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    using alcohol as a calming agent

    Why I don't drink anymore ( by Tom Edwards, no idea who he is/was ) that summarises its effects neatly ::

    I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles, it comes in people.

    You should have seen me.

    I drank for happiness and became unhappy.
    I drank for joy and became miserable.
    I drank to become outgoing and became self-centred.
    I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely.
    I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious.
    I drank for friendship and made enemies.
    I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity.
    I drank for strength and felt weak
    I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency.
    I drank medicinally and became sick.
    I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job.
    I drank to stimulate and blacked out.
    I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all.
    I drank to forget and became haunted.
    I drank for freedom and became a slave.
    I drank for power and became powerless.
    I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply.
    I drank to cope with life, and invited death.

    Keep it under control - please




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    How very true Meg

    Cheers for reminding us


    Nicola

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    I drank to forget but became sober

    Ty

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    Thanks Meg, this just gives me a good reminder as to why not to drink.
    Cheers Tara xxx

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    Doesn't solve any problems does it - Unfortunetly some people think it does and it isn't until it is too late that they realize how true the poem is - easy enough trap to fall into..... a hell of a lot more difficult to get out off

    Thanks Meg

    Lucky

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    I remember being asked why I hadn't just opened another bottle of wine when I was starting with panic and this was from medical colleagues.
    Where would I have been now ?
    One does have a drink problem and the other had to have a long sabattical .

    I gave up all alcohol and caffiene for 3 months and can now have as much as I like again without any extra ill effect.
    I can also have my beloved diet coke again but haven't gone back to 4 -4 a day .


    Meg

    Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.
    If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
    Robert Albert Bloch

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    Hi Meg, I gave up caffine and alcohol a year and a half ago just after my first panic and i haven't touched then since, the main reason is that i am to frightened, i used to love a glass of wine but i do get afraid that i will feel good at the time but pay for it later Tara xxx

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    If you're doing well and have been looking after yourself well nutritionally and are well on the mend you may want to try a spritzer and see how you go .



    Meg

    Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.
    If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
    Robert Albert Bloch

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    My Father Drank, and I thank me for that lesson.

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    I was lucky that the thought of alcohol never really crossed my mind...

    Started having panic attacks quite young and when my anxiety got to an all time high I was either pregnant or had a young baby to look after...

    Peter - alcoholic parents are a great deterent

    Lucky

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