Posted by ksvt on March 1, 2001, at 17:41:08
In reply to Re: alkie, much?, posted by sar on March 1, 2001, at 14:32:00
>Sar - i was just a few years older than you when I had my first depression. My pdoc at the time announced that he thought I had an alcohol problem. This infuriated me, because I didn't think (and don't now in retrospect think) that this was true. Alot of my social life was centered around bars, but I have a very low tolerance for liquour so, I could feel the effects without drinking alot. The more i argued with this guy about my "drinking problem" the more I realized that I couldn't win the argument because denial is typical to lots of alcoholics so my arguing was going to get nowhere. i finally decided that the only way i was going to prove my point was to stop drinking altogether, and to demonstrate how easy it was to do that. It was fairly easy and it stopped being a point of discussion, but I do think it made me more reserved in social situations. I still went to bars with my friends, I just drank sodas. But really, I think the security it gives you in social situations is pretty transitory, and as many times as it made me feel more comfortable, it also made it easier for me to do or say alot of dumb things for which I would feel embarrassed the next day. Also it's only going to give you one more huge problem to deal with when it sounds like the depression is tough enough. K
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