srsly?!?!
i feel better and less melodramatic than i did last night. that's good. i actually felt irked at my melodrama this morning when i re-read what i posted last night. i don't know if that's healthy or not... i have a tendency to get very annoyed at anything i see as blame-shifting, guilt-avoidance, self-pity. i don't want to be that person.
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came over to take a look.
I believe addictions is in the genes, but in a way it doesn't matter why we drink, what matters is that we stop doing it.
Going cold turkey can be dangerous, alcohol withdrawel is the worst. I suggest you go see a doctor or something for some help with the detox. I don't know what you have around your place.
Sorry I can't point to any reading on withdrawel.
By the way I'm Lisbeth 5 years sober and Danish.
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thankfully, i think the withdrawal process is over. i don't think i was physically addicted enough for it to be really bad, fortunately. just that one night of cold sweats was all, i think. i've been well since then.
i do agree that there are definite genes that can predispose you to addiction, but i also believe there are environmental and psychological factors involved. and for me, i know the "why" is important. i have been trading off one addiction for another for about nine years now. sometimes, they are addictions that have no bearing whatsoever on my body - they are just harmful compulsions that i am driven to perform. so even if i stop drinking, i'm in danger of just substiting a new addiction, like an eating disorder or a sex addiction. so at this point in my life, along with quitting alcohol, i am investigating the root causes of the possible psychological reasons for my tendency to get addicted. :)
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