Question:
I want to stop drinking but I don't know where to start. I originally
started to drink to help me sleep due giving up marijuana, but this
only made me become addicted to drink as well. I want to take things
one step at a time and give up the drinking but when I try I feel sick
and start to sweat and thats only by the first evening. What should I
do to get through this? Should I just brave it out? Will it last
long? I'm afraid of feeling so sick I can't work. I'd like to see the
doctor but I'm ashamed of what he will think, especially after I
admitted the marijuana addiction to him. I'm currently drinking
approximately 120 pints of beer a month. Thats 4 cans of lager a day
- when i don't have lager I drink a bottle of wine. How bad is that.
Finally are there any good support groups on the web?
Answer:
If you are having physical withdrawal symptoms, you should consult a doctor
to see about an observed detox to get you off the physical dependence. Then
you can deal with the mental issues that surround addiction.
If only they were as easy to fix as the physical. Physical dependence goes
away in a matter of weeks or months at the most. Mental issues generally
take the rest of our lives...
At least, that is my experience. Anytime I think I am cured and ok to
drink/drug again, that is a sure sign that I am NOT. I just had to try out
the theory once to be sure.
