Past few months ive being drinking alcohol everynight just to forget about my problems and because im so bord. Does anyone else drink? Im worried about becoming an alcoholic but i cant help my self beer seems to make me sum what happier
I used to drink for those reasons. It didn’t solve anything, and just made me very poor. I was much happier once I committed to therapy and learning coping skills.
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I’m an alcoholic. Nearly 6 years sober though. My advice is quit while you still can. Because one day you won’t be able to.
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Nothing much else to do tho i know i should stop but cant help it seems to help my sz symptoms ive put weight on tho got beer belly and it costs alot of money i will stop soon i hope
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I am 3 and a half months off the sauce. I didn’t think I had a problem but I feel a lot better off it. All of my problems are still there but I am a lot fitter to meet them than when I was drinking every weekend and recovering for half the working week.
Weekend drinking aint so bad i used to do that when normal haha its drinking everyday what am doing and its becoming a big problem
You’re right it costs a lot of coin. I have saved a lot in just three months. Buying a lot of puddings and ice lollies though
Sometimes I live with problems that build up to the point I can’t stand the pressure so I binge drink
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Thats what im dealing with aswell too much stress and pressure so i just get drunk. I said just 4 cans tonight drunk them back to shop bottle of vodka and 4 more cans not good 
Never a good thing. If you get up in the morning and your thinking of drinking then you have a major problem. It’s not bad to drink moderately. I still have the odd drink when out but I don’t drink to get drunk.
Cut it back. Using any drug as a crutch isn’t good and is not healthy. Be healthy.
Alcohol and cigarettes are gross. @Ninjastar it must have taken a lot of strength to give up the booze.
Not for me. Once I addressed my root problems and learned good coping skills, I actually didn’t want to be drunk anymore. I stopped drinking when I started antipsychotics because I didn’t want them to interact badly. Turns out I like the antipsychotics much more than alcohol.
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Yes believe it or not anitpsychotics made me puke when I drank alchohol.
I believe it. It’s really dangerous to mix alcohol and psych meds.
I drink every night also. Waiting to see a psychologist. I think nanjastar is right and root problems need to be addressed. I hope I can adress mine. Good luck.
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Well I’ve been sober 20 days now. I’m an alcoholic. I really don’t know what possessed me to drink the last time. I bought an 18 pack of beer, telling myself I’ll make it last three or four days. But this was on Saturday, and I drank all of it except three cans which I drank Sunday. I couldn’t buy anymore because alcohol sales on Sunday are illegal. I mainly have problems drinking on the weekends when I’m alone.
I feel you. I used to drink,but it just shut me down. My brothers friends several times invited me to a party, and after a few drinks they were all happy, but in my case I was again shut down.
But, after taking Zoloft, and again at a party and having a few drinks, I was in heaven. I for the first time in my life was able to converse with the others. My intellect had blossomed. I became the focus of the party.
Sadly, the effectiveness of the Zoloft over time faded away.
But I will never forget it. Food tasted ten times better. I could smell the scent of flowers and pine trees like never before, and my vision of color was so much more extreme.
Boy do I miss those days.
I just drink Wine sometimes.
Helps too.
I’m an alcoholic too. And on this thread I had trouble adding my two cents of support.
But maybe that’s just it; maybe it’s a disorder that gives us less to say and therefore is all the more cunning and powerful for it?
Anyway all I can say is you’re not alone.
Drinking is hard on the liver. Mixing with medication that is metabolized by the liver makes it doubly hard. Please think of your health.