Addiction to narcotics and alcohol

[worried878]

I have recently gone thru some major life changes and turned to alcohol..beer..but still it was a crutch...turned to it to cope...and a sign of my very poor coping skills...my ugly addiction that lies dormant until sumpin ugly happens..I was curious how many of the pill/narcotic/benzo etc addicts out there can drink successfully..i usually did..never been a major problem and i continued to drink socially after stopping narcotics...i got a handle on the drinking as soon as i realized what i was doing...using it to cope cos i did not want to feel any pain..sounds familiar doesnt it?  I would hate to think I could never drink socially but the last thing i need is an alcohol problem/i am a people person and many times alcohol is involvedin lots of social functions...alcohol seems to get some people in trouble even more than pills...just wanna get some input on how u guys deal with this

[Kevin_Bacon]

Been to rehab (16 years ago) for booze -- helped for the time I was there, but always went back ...

Last five years or more, couldn't even look at someone hoisting a pint -- felt like puking. Lasted through a 4 1/2 lay-off last winter, depressed beyond description, but knew that booze would just make me want to die. Made it through, but in Spring, somebody said I looked tired and handed me three percs. The rest, as they say, is history ...

One time I did the home-detox route -- urgh -- and showed up for work three days after a 9-day stint for oxy detox. Oddly enough, in about 3 days, I hit the booze again, and two weeks later and after a ghastly home detox, got back to work. Lucky or what?

Look up "Isoquinolones" or "Isoquinolines" and find out about ethanol byproducts (acetaldehydes and brain amines) end up bound to opiate receptors. Should make you think about boozing after you kick.

-- KB

[candothis247]

I quit drinking 3 months prior to quitting oxys. I didn’t drink that much the last 3 years while on the oxys, but prior to that I drank socially + more. I agree w/ mister lucky on that one, need to be cautious, at best.  I just want everything out of my system to clear the fog from my brain from the 3 year hiatus. I can’t believe how much more energy I have and how much better my eyeballs look, and how much more alert I am. I feel great today. I’m so happy to be off that stuff, i still use sleep aids at bedtime. If I don’t get sleep I want to use oxys.

[avisg]

mr lucky that is such a good way to put it

[dominosarah]

I have never heard it that way and man is that true......

[mr.lucky66]

I found out the hard way as a long term addict that THE DRINK BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE DRUG BONE.

[freebird227]

I think there is a difference between " I CANT" and "I CHOOSE NOT TO" The later gest feels better.