Just found this forum. Knowing I need to do something about my drinking; my father was alcoholic, and ended up killing himself. I have fears of ending up the same way.
I am a 56 year old woman, a professional-type, with a whole bunch of recent major stressors. Forced out of my job 6 months ago; loss of two old friends, a couple, after one of them developed cognitive problems (and a whole lot of anger) after a stroke; most recently, my mother (my only living relative), who has always been quite emotionally abusive and narcissistic, is in a nursing home with possible dementia and definite paranoia. And she is trying to go home... which will/would create enormous problems.
I did 3 years in AA, a long time ago... I tried going back there, a couple of years ago, but found that I just do not benefit from all the dogma (yes, some of it is true, but a lot of it is not). It is just too much like a religion, and I am also not interested in engaging in discussions about how "sick" we all are, or about our "disease," and "personality defects" etc.
So I spent much of the morning online, running some searches. Looks as if topramil is a good medication. I'm quite skeptical about hypnosis, but willing to check into it. Need to read a lot more about all this. Have downloaded the book.
Not sure about my next step(s)... Will do some reading here on the forum, and am open to suggestions.
Thank you.
I am a 56 year old woman, a professional-type, with a whole bunch of recent major stressors. Forced out of my job 6 months ago; loss of two old friends, a couple, after one of them developed cognitive problems (and a whole lot of anger) after a stroke; most recently, my mother (my only living relative), who has always been quite emotionally abusive and narcissistic, is in a nursing home with possible dementia and definite paranoia. And she is trying to go home... which will/would create enormous problems.
I did 3 years in AA, a long time ago... I tried going back there, a couple of years ago, but found that I just do not benefit from all the dogma (yes, some of it is true, but a lot of it is not). It is just too much like a religion, and I am also not interested in engaging in discussions about how "sick" we all are, or about our "disease," and "personality defects" etc.
So I spent much of the morning online, running some searches. Looks as if topramil is a good medication. I'm quite skeptical about hypnosis, but willing to check into it. Need to read a lot more about all this. Have downloaded the book.
Not sure about my next step(s)... Will do some reading here on the forum, and am open to suggestions.
Thank you.
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