I have problems being just sober. Energy drinks, cbd, and beers. Im trying to quit drinking but i like getting buzzed a lot. I just cant seem to have a day where im totally off anything than just my meds.
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Have you tried AA meetings? They help a lot of people
No. There isnt one close to me.
I live in farmland. Unfortunately
There are virtual meetings
I know you could care less about what I have to say well paying someone that’s been in that boat before and had trouble getting out of it I found that if you replace what you are using was something else that gives you a buzz that habit goes away but I’m here to tell you if you’re really smart you wean yourself off this s*** pick up some good habits what are good habits well start drinking tea don’t like the flavor OT put something in it and eating be more creative allow yourself to give expression to watch you want to build in the way of food this will keep you occupied off the beer and the powerades best of f****** luck to you
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Oh re ally? Ive tried looking them up but never found one.
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I’ve been struggling too here and there. little relapses. not going to meetings. I told myself I thought i could drink normally but I ended up buying a 12 pack after drinking 4 IPAs. Don’t know. I feel physically uncomfortable now when I haven’t drank. I use CBD too but as a way to relax and feel comfortable when not drinking.
If you go to their website, go to where meetings happen. Scroll down and it says there are online and telephone meetings as well. Contact the AA closest to you and inquire about how to get into one of the online or telephone meetings
I had severe akathisia. I would start drinking beer at 8 o’clock in the morning. It helped. Until I discovered alcohol acts on my areas of the barin that control agressivity so I’d become agressive. Alcohol is a venoun to me. It goes straight to the wrong areas of my sz brain. I become emotional and out of control. I used to argue a lot with my father. Get really nervous. All because of the alcohol. But that is me.
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I dont get mad or anything. I could imagine that being undesirable. I just either feel good, tired, or paranoid.
do what you want. internal deep past incidents can cause much, or do you just drink for pleasure?
I lived almost 25 years without getting pleasure. When I drunk I got some pleasure but then I’d become violent for no reason. That is why I drunk: for bits of pleasure. Life with akathisia was terrible. There are other drugs to help you get pleasure. If alcohol works for you just don’t drink it in excess and I think it is fine.
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Yes. I try not to but i always end up drinking ten beers instead of one or two
I used to drop from 12 to sixteen cans a day of beer. It was my only source of pleasure. Actually if it doesn’t have bad effects on you just make sure to drink lots of water along. Alcohol diminishes the water in your body and drinking water along along with an eventual source of sugar. Alcohol also decreases glocuso in the blood. adding some sugar to the mix along with water and I think you’re good.
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well, when you drink it can be a biological urge, then when drinking, you stop thinking about the body, it’s satisfied.
Yes, it would diminish my akathisia.
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I suffer from akathasia to. Beer definitely helps. But i start feeling guilty and paranoid
There is always a negative side to it. Mine is agressivity, irritation for no reason. I guess it is package. Take the good, enjoy to the maximum, and deal with symptons when they arrive later. Try to drink water and consume little amounts of sugar while drinking. it might decrease the side effects.
Drinking always made me more paranoid the next day. It was a vicious cycle. Didn’t help my schizophrenia. Now I’m sober and I hope everyone else can be also sober. My mind is muddled up enough without the help of alcohol.