i think i´m in deep, i just started ¨drinking¨ about 2.5 months ago. when i say ¨drinking¨i mean, of course i had drunk before, but not on a regular basis. now i go to bed and wake up with it. i am addicted to it because when i drink, a sensual feeling comes into my belly and i feel sexual or i feel good. i need somethign to produce this same feeling that is not alcohol, what you think?
2007-04-04 03:51:27 · 14 answers · asked by lonesome me 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
i´m not gonna go to AA puuf.
2007-04-04 04:05:16 · update #1
Caffeine usually sustains me during the day. Working out, especially ab exercises, help me out a lot. Getting hit in the stomach also usually gives me a nice sensual feeling in my tummy, but I'm kinda weird. And I am a firm believer that a glass of wine a day keeps you quite healthy ;-)
2007-04-09 07:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by Green Eyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not like AA is the only way to overcome an alcohol problem. If it were me, I would try to conquer it on my own first - then I would enlist support from my friends and family.
There are definitely good ways to get the rush that you so desire - excesses, meditation, dancing, laughing, crying, making art, etc.etc. You can do it - you know as much as I know that you don't need the booze to feel alive and sensual! Maybe it was a GOOD thing you had this little dark period now because it helped you realize that you were missing something and now you understand the feeling you will get when that something is in place....remember the feeling and get rid of the bottle, than start figuring out how to feel that "high" it probably wont' take too long, but don't get discouraged if it does. Also, don't you dare start drinking again if you DO get a little discouraged!!
2007-04-10 00:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Holly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you this but you already said you are in deep, addicted was the word you used and drinking morning and night. You've already done the most important thing....admitted you have a problem. Good for you for realizing it so quickly. Don't thumb your nose at AA. My nephew, who is 23 yrs old is an alcoholic and has been going to AA. He enjoyed it, even though he didn't want to go at first either. Just go 1 time. You don't have to introduce yourself or say anything if you don't want to. You can just sit in the back and listen. It's worth a try. Don't let this addiction take over your life and ruin you and your future and believe me, it will. One day, I hope you will be able to realize that you can find the peace, joy and happiness within to make you feel good, sensual and all the good things. Alcohol is a depressant and if you continue it will do just that to you....depress and destroy you. I've been there, self medicating through alcohol everyday. I don't miss it a bit, believe me. Try counseling maybe to see what the root of the problem is. Ask yourself, why you started drinking in the first place,,, was it to relax, forget, not care about anything or to fit in? You also need to have someone neutral that you can trust to talk to about all these things. I wish you the best and hope you will get help soon.
2007-04-04 11:40:46 · answer #3 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
But do you feel good sober? I don't have to point out to you that life with alcohol is not going to be the best life you can live as you are really not available to those around you while under the influence and drinking causes chaos at home and also effects your functioning during the day - think hang over.
Do you want to live your entire life like that? Drunk, hang over, drunk, hang over. It takes more and more alcohol to get the same effect and the hang overs get worse and worse and worse. You age faster on the outside and stop your maturity process on the inside. You become a drunk child in an adult's body. It doesn't look good and life is over before you know it.
What are you running from? Face it and recover.
2007-04-04 11:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by Stefka 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I wouldn't suggest becoming addicted to another drug or substance. You need to take a step back an evaluate your situation, are you really enjoying the alcohol? Do you really want to live with waking up and craving it everyday? When you get that feeling, it is really a FALSE sense of being. Find something that truly makes you happy, makes you feel good inside, and produces a high like feeling, everyone is different only you know what you really enjoy.
2007-04-04 11:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although Mary Jane and AA would both be great alternatives, I have found Excercise Vigoruously three to four days a week gives me the same feeling and has become highly addicting. Not to mention I can still have alcohol socially and don't need to over indulge...Good Luck
2007-04-04 11:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by EW 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to go to AA to help you through this. It is a difficult addiction to beat alone.
There is nothing that can produce that feeling that is legal. You need to be careful because you may replace your alcohol addiction with another addiction.
2007-04-04 11:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Athena13 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stop drinking so much. Your senses will return. You need a partner that can do the same for you. When you find the right partner no amount of alcohol will give you the warmth that a true partner will bring. The alcohol gives you false senses and dulls the real ones.
2007-04-04 11:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by The Central Scruitinizer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Girl, you are looking for something that can only be produced over the long term via happiness and spirituality. It sounds like you are wanting the easy and quick route via booze- but you are playing with fire. The only answer long term is to be true to yourself- get some counseling and be happy drug and alcohol free.
2007-04-04 10:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by VICKI W 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you aren't going to go to AA then just continue having this problem, working out will only hold you over for so long. You're going to have to do things you don't want to do in order to change.
2007-04-04 13:39:54 · answer #10 · answered by Katelynn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋