Is it normal to sometimes use excessive alcohol to deal with stress?
Usually it stays in the bounds of normal social drinking but every once in a while I get into negative spirals triggered by stress, grief or self-loathing.
(embarrassingly also sometimes triggered by fictional characters going through the same stuff)
I can really go from only having a beer or wine in social settings and being fine to suddenly drinking multiple glasses of hard liquor a day on my own.
I have a lot of trouble controlling my impulses in general and I try my best with alcohol but in those spirals itβs like my body acts on itβs own and suddenly Iβm halfway through my second glass. Not to the point of regularly getting black out drunk and those spirals last only about 2 weeks before I get back on track and quit it.
So I canβt call it alcoholism but I also know that Iβm not always able to keep control over itβ¦
The reason I ask is because I tried bringing it up to a friend once and it got shrugged off like Iβm nowhere near an actual addiction so itβs fine. It doesnβt feel fine though.
Na dost! Not normal.
I know it feels like an easier way out.
But nah.
Itβs just a relief. Not the solution.
Communication is the key. Buss keh do ki yaar I donβt feel okay. Reach out
We are all there for you nah!
Weβll help you get through.
Coming with a large cheeze burst Pizza rightaway wait.
I had been going to a counsellor, last year, for a few sessionsβ¦
I discussed my alcohol dependency with herβ¦ after taking my stress, anxiety and depression test she mentioned that my levels were so high that I have no wriggle room with the 3β¦ that is why I rely on alcohol a lot of timesβ¦
It helps to calm the nerves and even sometimes forget the stresses in lifeβ¦
Iβm imagining it must be the same case with youβ¦
She suggested I do things I like doing or should be doing but ai just can not gather any motivation to exercise/ meditate etcβ¦
Chalo one baby step at a time.
Talk for like 10 mins about your problem might help I feel.
Wanna try?
Unfortunately there are no problems and there are manyβ¦
Thats how depression isβ¦
How was your day?
And tell me about one of your interests
Wanna hangout with a cup of coffee?
We can watch friends together
Yea its been alright, have a house inspection tomorrow so did my seasonal clean
How was yours?
I donβt have a lot of interests atmβ¦ looking to find someβ¦ wbu?