Being a bit lazy here but does anyone know...

[Decisions]

When you are coming down like me.  (12-15 hydros a day)

Can drinking a few alcoholic beverages help with relaxation, etc?  Maybe this is a stupid question,   but I am curious if anyone has info on this.  I don't see EVER being addicted to alcohol.  I have never been much of a drinker.  I don't like the flavor of most booze!!!

[LateAugust]

On you earlier post you said you were taking Xanax to sleep,   absolutely DO NOT drink while taking that drug.  It is a horrible and potentially dangerous combination.  Please read your prescription bottle  and heed the warnings, or google Xanax and it's effect when used in combination with alchohal.


PLEASE do not combine Xanax with drinking,  and please educate yourself  on the mixture of these drugs and their effects on your body.

[corey411]

If you jump a few pages ahead there is a post by avisg on a member who just died from mixing alcohol and pills to sleep. Think they were benzos too. Jump a few pages ahead and scroll..you will realize the post when you read the title of the thread.

I also take Klonorin and have been taking one form of benzo or another for many years due to panic and anxiety attacks. I know that I will never abuse them mostly bc I don't like the way they make me feel. I do plan to wean(even though I'm only on 2 .5 mg a day and sometimes only 1 a day...I've forgotten to take them for a day a few times bc I didn't have anxiety which is what reminds me to take the pill. I also take 1 at night to help sleep. Once my PAWS are more under control I will cut these out all together if I can. I have been off them for a year, couple times for 6 or so months over the passed 20 years but have had lots of traumatic stuff go on and needed to go back on for panic.Except for this addiction thing all in my kife is pretty OK so I want to get off them and just learn to deal with stress when it comes. I also don't have to worry about having a problem w booze. If I have a problem and drink I feel worse and it also has the opposite effect on me and gives me insomnia. So except for an occasional event I don't drink more than a handful of times a year and then not much. Some people do believe that since they never had a problem w alcohol they can handle drinking not realizing that it impairs you thinking(for a fact) and can lower your inhibitions and trigger using your DOC so be careful about that as well. Good luck decisions. Let me know if you need any help. Corey

[TJack]

I can tell you the drinking will not help.  I tried it.  And don't think for a minute you can't trade one addiction for another.  I did just that.  Got off the hydros with suboxone and then my one or two glasses of wine became a bottle or 2.  Dr. said it is very common to do this .  So be careful and don't drink while on those drugs, it could kill you. Go to sleep and not wake up. TJ

[avisg]

Yes , one of our members just passed away from mixing benzos and alcohol and ambien .She did not take very much she didn't drink very much ,but she died .Its very sad .Dont mix alcohol and benzos. For now I would try to stay away from the alcohol all together.

[Decisions]

Thanks everyone for the good information.

I am NOT an alcohol "drinker" or benzo taker. I got a few from a friend actually.
I didn't take the xans last night, and did have a shot of tequilla.  BUT NOT both!!!

Thanks again everyone... By the way, no I didn't sleep my best.

[sadinmichigan]

ewwww Tequila? Yuck..LOL anyway..I have found that alcohol made it worse for me..and believe me I TRIED..I hope you get some good sleep soon..

[Korley]

I am a recovering alcoholic and did not think that the pills could get me, but guess what, they did! Please be careful. For me, I have a very addictive personality and eventually whatever I use, drink or whatever is going to take my life from me!!!

[CR_ST_NA]

hey, if it were me i would stay as far away from booze as humanly possible. if you need help relaxing i have a natural remedy. you can get it at your health food store and you usually get it in tea form, you know tea bags, hot tea,................. its called KAVA you cant drink it if you're pregnant but it does help to relax i wouldnt testify to it if it didn't work for me, im a results girl and i've only every done anything for results........... good luck. "C"

[Decisions]

Thanks guys for chiming in!
I will try to get by.  Still not my best, and still have major lower back spasms, and stomach issues, AND  shaking/nerves...  after almost 6 daze...  arrg.

[Dieing2Live]

drinking helps me get through the day but i find when im sobering up i crave more than i would normally. i found it impossible to sleep after drinking while in withdraws. i found myself though if i just had like 1 or 2 drinks it would help

[macksabratt]

I know how you feel.I am on day 8 cold turkey off vicodin and I can not sleep at all.I have tried everything.I tried alcohol too but it made it worse I think.I hope you find something that works for you.

[EyeOfTheTiger68]

Ok, I too have tried everything. The one thing we need most of is what we feel we have the least of...and that my friends is all, in the end, help us get through the sickness. I just know it. We have to fight for "Our" Lives. Liver damage, kidney damage etc. We will die if we do not stop. Ihave to have this attitude guys. It makes me fight for the only one true thing I have to myself...and thats my life and my sons life. Im only on day two and barely day two. I am wearing it BIG time but this site actually does help. The moral support is Far greated than the meds needed to help through. I am mad at myself every min for making me, feel the way I do. Mybe its the stage..maybe Im just tired, and tired or always wondering how Im gonna live the bad way --- always needing. Like I said we have to win this fight guys --- Together! Its the only way. I will pray for all of you, that it doesnt hurt for too long, or too bad. I need all the help I can get trust me, but writing in this Journal kind of thing helps, and then I see Im not the only one..Thousands..Do I hear day 3 and if so god please make it bareable. for me and my friends here.

[EyeOfTheTiger68]

Ok, I too have tried everything. The one thing we need most of is what we feel we have the least of..TIME....and that my friends is all, in the end, help us get through the sickness. I just know it. We have to fight for "Our" Lives. Liver damage, kidney damage etc. We will die if we do not stop. Ihave to have this attitude guys. It makes me fight for the only one true thing I have to myself...and thats my life and my sons life. Im only on day two and barely day two. I am wearing it BIG time but this site actually does help. The moral support is Far greated than the meds needed to help through. I am mad at myself every min for making me, feel the way I do. Mybe its the stage..maybe Im just tired, and tired or always wondering how Im gonna live the bad way --- always needing. Like I said we have to win this fight guys --- Together! Its the only way. I will pray for all of you, that it doesnt hurt for too long, or too bad. I need all the help I can get trust me, but writing in this Journal kind of thing helps, and then I see Im not the only one..Thousands..Do I hear day 3 and if so god please make it bareable. for me and my friends here.

[Decisions]

Hello eye...
Well you are into day 3 at this point.  Depending on how many you were taking , you are probably in full  swing withdrawals.  Today and tomorrow will be the worst of it, with some of the symptoms starting to get better...  but NOT gone.  At day 7, I am still dealing with back pain, the runs, dizziness, and extreme lethargy..  But I was taking a lot.  I have lost a week of my life this week trying to recover, and I have accomplished very little, with my family wondering what the heXX is up.  Trying to put a smile on my face, and I fall into bed at 9pm, only to toss and turn ALL night.

But I hear this is normal and I will start to get better... I can only hope the deadly PAWS arrow will miss "my" mark.  

[Decisions]

I can say with 99.9% authority, I will NEVER be an alcoholic.
My father died from it, and I vowed NEVER to drink a lot, and I never have.  Luckily, I really don't enjoy it that much.  Including the particular buzz it gives me.  Again, we  are all different!
And I did leave a .1% chance....  to chance!

Have a great day all.

[broknbck]

I hate to disagree with most, but a glass or 2 of wine helped me immensely.

But then i did not drink very much the last 2 years i was on hydrocodone. I was always designated driver. Didn't like to mix them.

[Decisions]

Well, when you are desparate to feel better, you try stuff.   I did try a couple belts of tequilla, and it didn't really do much, but I was on , I think day 4, which was the worst day for me as well..

It seems we are all the same, but different enough to have individual outcomes.

For me, the aminos, and recipe did, or are doing nothing that I can tell...  but how do you tell?  Each W/D episode is unique, and so, we try anything, including $150 worth of pills, aminos, etc..  Maybe it did help, but I will say this...  I was NOT happy this past week, and today for the first time, I feel a bit better.  I have a radicle headache, and my other symptoms seem to be a bit better so far today.  I am going to try and clean out my garage.  Slow and easy,  see what happens!

have a good day everyone.

[dominosarah]

Please please be careful with the alcohol.  I am a recovering alcoholic also and it can and will suck you in.  The only problem is it doesnt want to spit you back out.  For me i traded addictions.  First the alcohol and then the pills.  Now i have 2 addictions to work on every single day.  Hang in there all of you and congrats on the clean time.  It keeps getting better everyday.            sara