Hello folks, some of you may recall I was quite active on these forums about two years ago. Then I was all for moderation, and I was quite good at it, but it always slowly slides into bad drinking.
This time it really slid downhill. I have just come out of a three week binge, i.e. drinking alll day, every day for three weeks. Some days light; a bottle of wine; some days that bottle of wine, then six beers, then 500ml vodka.
I don't drink to escape anything but withdrawals. With my anxiety disorder, simply a weekend of drinking, then stopping, brings on horrific withdrawals; these are easily fixed by being able to buy a bottle of wine at 7am. However, this was the first of my such binges where I actually felt my life was in immediate danger; where having that 11am beer (after the 7am wine) didn't make me feel strong again, just less withdrawals and weaker.
I am now on day 2 of Valium assisted withdrawal, and I know from past experience this should go well.
This time it really slid downhill. I have just come out of a three week binge, i.e. drinking alll day, every day for three weeks. Some days light; a bottle of wine; some days that bottle of wine, then six beers, then 500ml vodka.
I don't drink to escape anything but withdrawals. With my anxiety disorder, simply a weekend of drinking, then stopping, brings on horrific withdrawals; these are easily fixed by being able to buy a bottle of wine at 7am. However, this was the first of my such binges where I actually felt my life was in immediate danger; where having that 11am beer (after the 7am wine) didn't make me feel strong again, just less withdrawals and weaker.
I am now on day 2 of Valium assisted withdrawal, and I know from past experience this should go well.
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