Hello All
Good to still be here, albeit I rarely post any more but do read every day! Over a year and it is still the best place to get advice encouragement and inspiration, without a shadow of a doubt (and not forgetting lots of laughs!).
Anyway, something I have been thinking about for some time now and I notice that many here have stressed how essential this aspect of successful ?recovery? is?that is, to treat our underlying symptoms/problems if we want to truly become well/sober (or in control), that merely stopping drinking without addressing these issues will, more than likely, cause us to revert back to old habits at some later stage.
In my search for all manner of tools to help me, I am always faced with a dilemma, for example, with hypnosis, should I go for one for curing my alcohol addiction or my anxiety or my low self-esteem/self-confidence and once those areas are ?fixed? then the alcohol will no longer be an issue? I know this seems strange when we are all here battling this, but I just wondered if I worked on those issues, would my desire for alcohol dissipate?
A few years ago I attended a counselling course and met with the counsellor first and told her about my drinking. I was amazed that she seemingly brushed it aside and said it was inevitable as I was medicating and needed to sort out other problems. I thought this was so wrong and far off the mark!! I mean I was telling her I was drinking too much and she didn?t seem to see it as a problem!! But now, I see what she was saying and I?m beginning to think more and more about this.
I hope I'm making sense;
I?ve been trying to make sense of it myself but it just won?t go away and I wanted to ?talk? to someone about it!! Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I?d appreciate hearing from you! (BTW, I am not trying to say that the alcohol is not a huge problem that shouldn?t be tackled now; not at all. It is doing damage in so many ways and cutting it out or back should be paramount)
OK, I?ll post this now. I can?t seem to put it any more eloquently. I hope it doesn?t come across as ?keep on drinking guys, everything will sort itself out?:H
Much love
Blondie
Good to still be here, albeit I rarely post any more but do read every day! Over a year and it is still the best place to get advice encouragement and inspiration, without a shadow of a doubt (and not forgetting lots of laughs!).
Anyway, something I have been thinking about for some time now and I notice that many here have stressed how essential this aspect of successful ?recovery? is?that is, to treat our underlying symptoms/problems if we want to truly become well/sober (or in control), that merely stopping drinking without addressing these issues will, more than likely, cause us to revert back to old habits at some later stage.
In my search for all manner of tools to help me, I am always faced with a dilemma, for example, with hypnosis, should I go for one for curing my alcohol addiction or my anxiety or my low self-esteem/self-confidence and once those areas are ?fixed? then the alcohol will no longer be an issue? I know this seems strange when we are all here battling this, but I just wondered if I worked on those issues, would my desire for alcohol dissipate?
A few years ago I attended a counselling course and met with the counsellor first and told her about my drinking. I was amazed that she seemingly brushed it aside and said it was inevitable as I was medicating and needed to sort out other problems. I thought this was so wrong and far off the mark!! I mean I was telling her I was drinking too much and she didn?t seem to see it as a problem!! But now, I see what she was saying and I?m beginning to think more and more about this.
I hope I'm making sense;
I?ve been trying to make sense of it myself but it just won?t go away and I wanted to ?talk? to someone about it!! Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I?d appreciate hearing from you! (BTW, I am not trying to say that the alcohol is not a huge problem that shouldn?t be tackled now; not at all. It is doing damage in so many ways and cutting it out or back should be paramount)OK, I?ll post this now. I can?t seem to put it any more eloquently. I hope it doesn?t come across as ?keep on drinking guys, everything will sort itself out?:H
Much love
Blondie
c: :heart:
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