Comments on: I need help. Possible mental addiction to alcohol?

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:04:48 +0000

I understand why you going through like that. You have experienced many things and came up with that one big mistake. You need a personal recovery assistant for a total recovery. You cannot be healed by your own self. You need a companion.

By: starfisher

starfisher — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:49:40 +0000

I’m impressed that you’re smart enough to recognize addictive behavior in yourself, and that you’re making an effort to put a stop to it, instead of just hoping it goes away.

You say you “want to fix it” yourself, and that you are “not going to ask an adult for help”. You stopped your Zoloft because you read up on it, and what you read made you decide that you were addicted.

You’re intelligent, and you have an admirably independent spirit, but you lack the years of life experience needed to know this simple truth: there are things that people can’t do on their own, and fighting an addiction is one of those things. I know you don’t want to hear that, but it’s a fact. You need help. So right now you need to *face up* to what I’m guessing you probably already know, but haven’t admitted to yourself: you NEED help.

If you are serious about not wanting to mess up your life, help yourself to some help. Since the help you got previously for your depression “backfired” then go to some one else this time, and if they don’t help, then someone else. But don’t give up, persevere, please!

By: 7 Inch Heels

*7 Inch Heels* — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:38:14 +0000

Wow you sound like me! I became very mentally adicted to alchol after a few years of very rough times! Ive always been depressed and this was the one thing that finally could help me. And just like you I did not knwo when to stop! I hated when people cut me off! I though that when I couldnt physically put another drink to my mouth because I was so drunk then I could be done lol! It got worse and worse! Then it was more then a metal adiction. Then it opened up a new world of drugs for me! I started to try everything! Anyways what im trying to say is your not alone! I had nobody to talk to at all about my adiction! I had to go through it alone! Find someone to talk to even if its a stranger, you need to get help before its to late. You can always email me if you want. Good luck and be strong.

By: brad

brad — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:16:08 +0000

You are certainly showing symptoms of alcoholism. Alcohol is a wolf in sheeps clothing. You will start by drinking to have fun, then to feel normal, then because it physically hurts when you aren’t drinking. The deception is that when you thought you were having fun, you were actually putting a chemical that causes depression into your body. I gravely want to warn you, alcohol doesn’t care anything about you, it will relentlessly assault the quality of your life until your life is destroyed, or you are dead. Just think, if you had never taken that first drink, you wouldn’t be having the problems with it that you are now. I recommend finding an Anon group asap, and break the cycle before things go from bad to a living hell. .

If I could offer any advice on breaking the cycle. It would be don’t put yourself in a situation where you are around it, or people using it. Sincerly apologize to the people you have hurt while drinking(even yourself), and ask for their forgiveness. When I made the decision to quit, I prayed everytime I had a craving. Also when I visualized alcohol in my head. I stopped visualizing it as the cure for my issues, but for what it really was, the cause of my issues,and the reason for most murders, assaults, divorces, fatal car accidents, people becoming homeless, suicides, etc, the list goes on and on.

By: skinnyb1tch03

skinnyb1tch03 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:09:19 +0000

I’ve had issues with alcohol and drugs since I’ve been thirteen years old. I’ve also had a lot of depression issues. I understand what your going through and it’s hard. I went to out patient rehab. That might help you. What helped me even more than that was drug counseling and Narcotics Anonomous and Alcoholics Anonomous meetings. Addictions a serious issue and I hope you do seek help. It’s hard to do it by yourself, trust me.