HI everybody im tom just started this program in october again this my 3rd or 4th try but heres my question or consern i dont drink alot but when i do the days after i get really depressed like wensday i drank got a little drunk i had about 6 now since then i feel really depressed just wondering if anybody else has this

Hi tomd, I had the same problem. The alchohol is a depresive stimulent but it took me many years to figure it out. I havnt drank hardly at all since 97. When I do its the same old thing. So I really dont anymore but when I do its the same old thing,,lol. GOOD luck on the program it trully helped me, bruce

Hi TomD. What Stagerlee said is soo true. Alcohol is a depressant and that is probably the reason why you are feeling that way after drinking it. Others who are not prone to depression can probably deal with it better than those who are prone to depression, even if it is mild. So it is going to effect you that way. Hope this helps to understand why you are feeling the way you are.

I found the same thing especially if I had more than one drink. Sometimes I couldn't understand why I was getting so depressed then I realized I had too many drinks a few days before. I find it hard to go in a restaurant when everyone is ordering and not order a drink, even though most of my dinner partners rarely drink. I think doing the relaxation tapes are helping me in that area. It also helps if I have a plan in my mind on how to avoid drinking before I go out. Drinking too much has been a problem I have struggled with for many years, but I am doing a lot better. After reading your post I decided not to have a drink at a social event this evening.

HI,

ABSOLUTELY. I AM WITH YOU. I DRINK WHEN I NEED TO STOP MY PANIC OR CHRONIC ANXIETY. WHEN IT WEARS OFFF, I AM DEPRESSED AND HATE MYSELF FOR IT. WE CAN STOP DOING THIS!!!

GOD BLESS
YOUR NOT ALONE,
OGIE

I to drink more than I should, but try this to cut back, for each drink have a tall glass of water in between, it helps cut back and believe me it helps clean your system

I used to drink. Not anymore. It did the same thing to me. The next morning would be aweful. Panic attacks are bad enough, but to have them AND a hangover.....forget it ! I used to care what people thought if I didn't have a beer in my hand. What ended up happening was other people stopped drinking too............

I recently lost my 41 year old son to lung cancer. My son had cusodey of my 3 grandkids but I lost them too when the natural mother took them calif and told me i could not ever see them agoin. I have had depression for about 30 years using alcohol to control the anxiety and depression. I am still somewhat a productive professional and always kept my drinkning to the closet. Lossing my family has intensified everything. I am hoping this program will be helpful. Today is the first day I am working it having just recieved the kit.

THANK YOU everybody for the input i like drinking cuz it makes me feel good i guess but when i do drink i really have negative thinking so i dont no why i do it but it is fun once in a while an to gail im so sorry for you lossing your son an grand kids that must of been hard i lost my feincee to cancer to about 3 years ago its hard but i think its alot harder for you lossing your grand kids to i wish you luck on this program im strugglling with it to so keep working on it dont give up its hard i no i havent mastered it yet but im going to keep working on it i just wish there was a easier way but theres not that i no of thanks to everybody

hello everyone, Angeline here, I have been reading all your postings and I often think of the times I have had to struggle through in my life all alone, and I wonder what would have been different if I would have known of a program like this and people who have suffered as I have. My problem is having buried all my emotions to the point of only existing. Gail, I know your paid, I buried my 18yr old daughter and my 1st grandson, it has been a long time but it sometimes seems like only yesterday. There is something else for you to to think about, I lost my son for 10 yrs His father took him from me, but I knew in my heart he would come home one day and when he did his father never heard from him until the week he lay dying in the hospital. I had to argue with my son to go see him which he finally did. I also lost my grandchild when my son did not marry the girl he had them with I have seen probably 3 times in the last 18yrs. But your grandchildren will come back one day they will never forget you no matter what you think and when they are old enough they will come to you. Children do not forget love or those that gave them love. So believe and it will be. Well I guess I will go for now.

I forgot to stick to the topic, when I was a lot younger I came to a point in my life where I knew if I ever picked up another beer I would become an alcholic so I never did, I do drink every now and then but only a small amount just enough to take the edge off of a really tough day. There are a lot of thinks in my life I consider a blessing, this was one of them most of my family are alcholics and I just don't want to be that way. I pray all of you will have the strength to stop. Another problem I had was I never had a hangover so it would have been easy for me to keep going. There have been times in my life when my only hope was my faith it has saved me many times though I still feel depressed and sad and lonely, I have been saved just in time, a few times in my life by my faith. But why I can not rid myself of my depression and anxiety I do not know.

Hi TomD, I used to get home and hit the refrigerator for the wine. My reward for a long day. Usually a glass was okay. But Fridays were different because it was always going out and drinking more. Saturdays turned into a nightmare that often ruined Sundays as well. So I switched to Cranberry juice and soda and it's nearly as satisfying without the aftermarket depression. 2 days ago I drank on Friday and the weekend has sucked. Certainly there is a correlation. I suppose it's inappropriate to say it but I will anyway...

Cheers

mikeinphx