Aa
3 days and counting
I'm 3 days clean from norco and alcohol, been struggling with alcohol since my teens, got sober for 5 years then got a hold of these devils candy (norco) 2 yrs ago , 8 months after starting that I started drinking slowly bcuz I thought I was ready to be able to control it(yea right ) now it's just really bad. I have tried quitting a few times but my anxiety and depression gets so bad I go back to drinking and then here I go getting some pills! I have always dealt with anxiety and panic attacks even while I was sober but no where like I do now, funny thing is if I take a half a norco which is the increments I took them throughout the day which added up to 2-3 a day.
Anyways I was think I should go to a dr so I can do the Vivitrol injectable that's helps with cravings and lasts a month(non narcotic, no WD's ) and also a non narcotic anxiety or depression meds until I get myself use to living w/o alcohol or opiates (narcotics) any suggestions about it ?
Anyways I was think I should go to a dr so I can do the Vivitrol injectable that's helps with cravings and lasts a month(non narcotic, no WD's ) and also a non narcotic anxiety or depression meds until I get myself use to living w/o alcohol or opiates (narcotics) any suggestions about it ?
I can really relate to your story, much of my adult life I drank away my anxiety. Then I quit for 6-8 years with AA and then I started in on pills.
To get clean I pretty much had to change alot of my thinking. Really listen to people who had ideas other than mine about it all. That was hard for me, my ego would not let go, I just knew why I drank, took pills, etc.
Frankly I have given up on reasons why. Pills and booze are very bad for me in many ways. I just hold on to the fact that if I return to any of it my life returns to the total disaster I made of it. I mentioned on here somewhere that my victory over anxiety came from not worrying about it so much. Leave it alone. It is a crazy sounding paradox I know, but now my number one focus is staying clean and trying to keep my guard up. That is enough I think to obsess about.
When I start to have anxious thoughts I remind myself that usually it is over something in the future or something I cannot change (serenity prayer)
Do not know yet about tomorrow, but I made it today!!
To get clean I pretty much had to change alot of my thinking. Really listen to people who had ideas other than mine about it all. That was hard for me, my ego would not let go, I just knew why I drank, took pills, etc.
Frankly I have given up on reasons why. Pills and booze are very bad for me in many ways. I just hold on to the fact that if I return to any of it my life returns to the total disaster I made of it. I mentioned on here somewhere that my victory over anxiety came from not worrying about it so much. Leave it alone. It is a crazy sounding paradox I know, but now my number one focus is staying clean and trying to keep my guard up. That is enough I think to obsess about.
When I start to have anxious thoughts I remind myself that usually it is over something in the future or something I cannot change (serenity prayer)
Do not know yet about tomorrow, but I made it today!!
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