Posted by paulbwell on November 3, 2005, at 14:05:35
In reply to Re: 1 drink 2 many 10 not enought?, posted by heatherann on November 3, 2005, at 13:02:51
> > > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> fun topic :)
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> > 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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I hear ya all, the booze DOES complicate mental health problems, and indeed this morning, i'v had a few to starve off the sh*t feelingd fromthe night b4.Alcohol seems to alieveate fear, lack of confidence, and other psychic sh*t. however when the stuff wears off, the symptoms return with avengince, thank god i got Stelazine, Valium, to keep me outa hosp,
F*ck, when the high of being, merry, drunk, hits, it's f*cking wonderfull.
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