Sobriety: Does it really help?

Health and Recovery
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I want to hear from those with experience. Does sobriety really aid in schizophrenia recovery? Will I really feel way better sober?

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Yes you will. This is my eighteenth day sober and it’s made a big difference. Alcohol depletes the meds from your system.

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I’m an opiate addict. Same idea though, right?

Congrats on eighteen days. :smiley:

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My drinking has gone down to 90 % less. I am glad for now

I feel more delusional the day after I drink lot

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I’m terrified of getting sober but I’m not sure why. Is that just my addiction manipulating me?

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Not to be a smart-ass but does being an alcoholic or an addict help with schizophrenia recovery?

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I’ve been clean from opiates for about 8 years, but I’m on suboxone so I still take something. I’d say it’s your addiction tricking you. And I stopped drinking about 2 years ago, which has been hard and I would like to be able to have a drink now and then, but I’m worried about the interaction with all my meds.

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That…is an excellent point. Thank you.

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I’m just scared to get clean but i sound like a baby. Idk any motivation helps. I just want to get better.

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I think I feel better just got to the point where alcohol just made me tired . Think the meds are more stable and definitely couldn’t get drunk without regrets. So I quit, still crave a cold beer but I will not touch it, just easier to quit all together ,to many reasons to stop and no good ones to keep drinking.

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Impaired thinking just isn’t helpful to the quality of anyone’s life- Sz or not.

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I’m ten months off alcohol, and getting sober has helped me quite a bit. At the very least, sobriety has helped my depression/anxiety.

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opiates are diff than alcohol sorry but its true… I had the same problem as you percs and tabs oxy an roxies… now I can use them when prescribed and have no problems with them… suboxone should be a last resort its highly addictive but if you must you must… the best thing I found was high doses of gabapinton and sleep till that ■■■■ gets out of your system… you will feel like hell…you will wish for death… but it will pass and the world will seem beautiful again I fought it off without help once and relapsed used gaba and sleep and now im fine took two tries but I did it and its wonderful… I wish everyone luck…

every addiction is different opiates you either quit or you drag that ■■■■ on and on…theres no 12 steps either you jump into the void and come out sober or you will forever be under the opiums curse…

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oh most certainly mu-fu-ka

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I bought a bottle of wine tonight. Giving up alcohol didn’t cure anything, but you have to drink with moderation, of course.

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you only gave it like 18 days, bud.
but okay…

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sirBoring is right…eighteen days doesn’t seem like long enough to make a fair assessment. Don’t give up. You can do it.

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I personally don’t see alcohol as a problem, instead, it might only be me, but it helps against negative symptoms and social isolation. I like drinking in the weekends.

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I’m sober for 4 years now (alcohol and cocaine). At least you give your meds an opportunity, that isn’t when you combine it with drugs and alcohol.

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Sobriety in itself isn’t a huge help. It’s what you do with your life after.

Alcohol made my moods very erratic and gave me more mixed episodes with rage.

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