Posted by ClearSkies on September 22, 2007, at 16:37:55
In reply to Re: anyone learned to control their drinking w/o A, posted by Dragon Black on September 21, 2007, at 20:48:47
I know that alcohol does a great job at blunting our moods, but it does a wicked job on our livers (and brains, and stomachs, and ultimately our lifestyles, with chronic use). If you have been able to identify that you are indeed experiencing rapid mood cycling, and are also not covered by insurance, then I believe that some of the pharmaceutical companies have programs to help with the cost of medications.
I'm pretty sure I've seen some threads about this here at babble if you do a search on it.
I did find that once I was sober for more than 6 months that my mental state was generally improved as well - though not at all to the point that I don't need medication. (I'm not some Pollyanna saying every day without a drink is a happy beautiful thing.) But it made life much less complicated not having to manage all the drama that I'd created surrounding the drinking career. (I hid it from my family and friends so it was a big job to manage to drink every day while everyone thought I didn't drink at all. Except that they knew I did. OK, it was a mess. But it was a lot easier once I actually DID stop drinking, to work on the residual depression and anxiety, without the drinking habit and its associated problems.)
And the alternative - to not live? - isn't really a viable alternative for me any more. I honestly couldn't say that while I was actively drinking.
ClearSkies
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