Posted by heatherann on November 3, 2005, at 13:02:51
In reply to Re: 1 drink 2 many 10 not enought? » Paulbwell, posted by AuntieMel on November 3, 2005, at 10:53:16
> > 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:(
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> I think jail is the fourth option.Don't forget wet-brained tied down to a bed. Sometimes folks don't get lucky enough to die. Maybe wet-brained tied down to a bed in jail after killing a family of three while driving under the influence but not even remembering it.
I agree, I couldn't even touch my depression or other assorted mental illness related problems until I stopped drinking. 1 drink is not ENOUGH, but it will send me right back to utter turmoil. Depression + drunk = complete ineptitude on my part.
>fun topic :)
> 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.....
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> 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.
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> But a couple of drinks? I was brimming with confidence. I could do anything.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Good luck.
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