2006-08-25 01:06:20 · 15 answers · asked by missytrist 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Sounds like you may have been drinking to mask depression, a very common cause of problem drinking.
I kept quitting for months at a time, but kept going back to drinking because it was the only thing that took the edge off my depression. Each time, quitting got harder.
Five years ago, I got help for depression, and drinking became a non-issue.
2006-08-28 17:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by raysny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about being a recovering alcoholic (and NONE of us are ever "cured"!), why can't we enjoy life?
When you live in an alcoholic stupor, you only interact with the world outside of yourself long enough to ensure your next drink. The highest spot of your day is scoring a bottle of your particular poison so that you can retreat from life, however temporarily.
When you have gone for months without giving into those desires, you begin to notice the world again. You interact with your neighbors and friends and just people on the street. If you're really lucky, you'll find something that interests you as much as drinking, that will get you reconnected with society.
And you take life one day at a time. And when it gets overwhelming and you want to run away from life again, you pray "Please, GOD, let me get past this without booze!" And you fight your own mind, tooth and nail, that is trying to get you drinking again minute by minute and second by second.
But, yes, the enjoyment comes. Seeing an innocent chiild's smile when you walk into the room. Watching your Mom's face when you go to visit her for the first time in years, clean and sober. Seeing the look of thankfulness on your partner's face that when you come home, there won't be any drunken accusations and recriminations.
But it's hard, HARD to continue on a daily basis. And all the love and support that family and friends can give helps tremendously.
2006-08-25 08:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've seen a couple of people (one family member & one not) thoroughly enjoy life AFTER alcohol. As a matter of fact, I believe they would say they enjoy life much more because they are no longer drinking. They are healthier, sober, and clear-headed. They are able to be with their friends & family in a different way & I know my family member may not even be alive & she would not know her grand-children (3 now) if she had not stopped drinking. If your question is because you're asking for YOU, don't give up hope. Call A.A. NOW. They'll show you how to enjoy life: ONE DAY AT A TIME!! **YOUR QUESTION IS NOT STUPID, BY THE WAY***
2006-08-25 08:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To ask that question, if you are serious, shows that you do not have a great relationship with alcohol or that you have an over reliance on alcohol to enjoy life. I like a good drink, am no saint in the least, but, if I did not have a drink it would not mean that i was not enjoyiing life. Sorry, will stop preaching now.
2006-08-25 08:14:59 · answer #4 · answered by Placebo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used to drink for Britain - a litre and a half of Scotch a day, but I decided to stop one day when I realised what it was doing to me, and I've really never missed it. I was lucky in that suddenly stopping had no ill effects on me whatsoever (no sly remarks, thank you!) and the only real difference it made to me was that suddenly my bank balance became quite large, so I started buying expensive luxuries, and do you know what? It's so much nicer than pissing it up the wall! I thoroughly recommend it to everybody who has the will-power, and don't forget, if THIS pratt can do it, Any pratt can!
It's about six years since I was last drunk, but I've had a drink or two over the intervening Christmas periods and still had no trouble in stopping again. Try it. It CAN be done!
2006-08-25 08:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
u can't!!! just kidding.
i am a borderline alcoholic if there is such a thing. up to last night i got drunk!!!! but that doesn't happen often maybe every 4 weeks.
nevertheless here is my advice - make urself happy. be active, join a gym or u can try kickboxing like me. i think that there was some study about exercising being a factor to better life, makes u more relaxed. u can also try reading, learning new things always helps me to forget about things in the past.
u can be happy - and i think that u have already taken the first step towards a better life. trust me. just asking questions shows ur williness to change.
good luck.
2006-08-25 08:28:04 · answer #6 · answered by juan_yong 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If enjoying life is so hard not being an alcoholic, maybe you should not stop drinking. In fact, drink yourself to death and give us all a break. In this world, it is definitely harder to find the good things in life, but life is sacred and should treated as such. I've watched several people in my life (family) drink themselves to death and or are drinking themselves to death it is in them and you to find whats good for you .
2006-08-25 08:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by Flyingfrog 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not that hard, believe me. You start enjoying different things, sports, movies, your family. And think of all the money you're saving by not drinking!
2006-08-25 08:13:31 · answer #8 · answered by kemchan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enjoy the simple things.
2006-08-25 08:19:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's easy. I've been clean since March 5, 2005. Life couldn't be better. My secret? It's contained within the pages of this book:
http://www.seekwellness.com/bookstore/books/book65.htm
My story:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/AntidepressantThatWorks.html
'Nuff said?
2006-08-25 08:17:45 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋