Posted by Mary Ann on March 9, 2001, at 22:29:12
In reply to Re: alkie, much?, posted by sar on March 1, 2001, at 14:32:00
I was a heavy drinker and always felt like crap afterwards due to guilt, etc. I grew up in an alcoholic household so the first thing my parents and brother offer to me when I come over is BEER! Kind of like, "Hi, how'ya doing, wanna beer?" I started out taking Prozac, which took away all cravings for alcohol, which felt really good. Now I am on Serzone, which doesn't really make me want to drink, but when I do drink (I know I'm not supposed to) I only have one or two beers and can push the rest away.
All in all, I have had the best result with Prozac for my depression, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress and OCD. The other great thing about Prozac is that it took my appetite away and I have lost some weight, something I really need to do, but the circumstances to my weight gain are really complicated (near-fatal car accident which left me disabled, to make a really long story short).
Good luck to you. Life is so much better without that horrible craving for alcohol. I am also reading the Alcoholics Anonymous book, which I find very interesting. Your local library might have it, but if you want to purchase it (any local AA chapter will sell them) it is very inexpensive and can be a valuable tool to understand why you drink, even if you aren't ready to stop.
Anyway, enough of my preaching about AA (I don't go to meetings.)
poster:Mary Ann
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