Posted by AuntieMel on November 3, 2005, at 10:53:16
In reply to Re: 1 drink 2 many 10 not enought?, posted by Paulbwell on November 3, 2005, at 4:05:41
> My basic point is when you feel scared and afraid alot, drink, drugs, mask, take away the feeling, until it wears off. You either recover, continue, or die-often a seemingly welcome to the problem:(
I think jail is the fourth option.
Many, many of us ended up in the drink because of those feelings. I always felt like I was never good enough, good looking enough, funny enough.....
I always felt like no one liked me and I was all alone in the world. If someone, for some odd reason, *did* like me - well, something must be wrong with him.
But a couple of drinks? I was brimming with confidence. I could do anything.
It's a chicken and egg problem, but I've read that they are finding that more depressed people start drinking than drunks end up with depression. And a high number of depressives end up drink/drug abusers.
I finally, after years, quit the drink. Will it be forever? Who knows. But I figured out I could never get a grip on the depression with the drink complicating things. It's been a long road, but I think it has been worth it.
Good luck.
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