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Alcohol
Does anyone with OCD abstain from alcohol or anything that alters your present state for fear their thoughts will manifest? Anyone avoid being vulnerable for that reason as well
Does anyone with OCD abstain from alcohol or anything that alters your present state for fear their thoughts will manifest? Anyone avoid being vulnerable for that reason as well
I seem to be okay with mild to moderate drinking, but if I get drunk my OCD gets majorly triggered and it takes a while to get back to normal. I think it is best for me to avoid it all together.
I quit drinking a month ago because the day after drinking I was having terrible OCD triggers (I have health related themes). I also knew I was drinking to avoid some of the OCD feelings so I was using it for the wrong reasons.
Not for those reasons, no. I just don’t like the taste of most alcoholic beverages.
I do. Ill have a beer occasionally because I really like the taste of a good craft beer. But even that I want to quit. It doesn’t help me in the least bit mentally and I get a headache after like one beer. I’m 28 and my college days are over lol. Im a lot more comfortable in my own skin and don’t need liquid courage. It’s just not fun anymore tbh. I started drinking when I was like 15 and always thought sobriety was kinda dorky. But now I realize I was just insecure. Sobriety is a great way to live more intentionally and in the present. And you just feel healthy, like you aren’t posing your body and mind. I mean it’s your one life and body, gotta treat it with respect
I noticed drinking makes me feel anxious idk if it’s ocd related though
absolutely! i do have other factors for not consuming alcohol but that is definitely one reason!!!
I drank occasionally with my friends and I didn’t mind it, but I don’t anymore bc I’m on medication. I’ve never been drunk before but I have smoked cannabis and I hated being intoxicated, so I’m assuming alcohol would have a similar effect too.
Yes exactly that’s why I will never black out. Which is probably for the best!
Yes! Never drank or used drugs, but I get really scared to do it bc I'm afraid I'll do something terrible.
I quit drinking during the pandemic because I realized 1.) I only enjoyed drinking socially 2.) I enjoyed being active and not feeling run down when I worked out after imbibing and 3.) I was in more control of my ocd and depression. It’s a personal choice and it’s becoming a lot easier to go out and find zero alcohol options now a days so I haven’t looked back. On the odd occasion (maybe 1/2 times a year) I’ll actually have 1 complete drink like my anniversary or holidays. But usually I can’t finish a full glass because I don’t have the desire to any more.
Lady thought: I’m also on medication and that too had helped me steer clear
@luveytwizzles **last thought
Yep!
Yes quit drinking! I’ll occasionally have one or two but it has become a trigger for me in sense where it just exacerbates everything making it not worth it :)
It makes me anxious thinking about having a drink with my significant other due to my Harm OCD. If I do drink, I try to not get drunk because I need to be in control. I won’t get black out drunk at all. I’m going to actually quit drinking since I’m going to start medication again and want to be healthier. I completely understand why you would avoid it. It’s the OCD making you question your character.
Does anyone have advice for intrusive thoughts while tipsy? I haven experience this before and then a random thought hit me! Had this happen. The buzz had warn off but it still freaked me out cause I don’t know it was OCD or an actual thought. I got anxiety really bad after.
Alcohol and OCD: A cruel mistress! Hi all. I wanted to share my thoughts and potentially start a discussion about the role of alcohol in OCD. Certainly in my case I think it is a fundamental contributor to my suffering, and I'm not surprised about the statistics related to how many OCD sufferers also suffer from problematic drinking. My current obsessive themes are Real Event/guilt OCD and are often related to situations and events where I was incredibly drunk with fuzzy and missing memories, or my drunkenness contributed to certain actions that I now obsessively regret. Whilst this was in the past, alcohol is still contributing to my suffering, and I'm starting to wonder whether I would be much happier without it. I find that after sometimes months of feeling fine, most if not all of my major relapses have occurred directly after a night of heavy drinking, and that spark has sent me spiralling for days and sometimes weeks. I then became obsessed about limiting my drinking in certain situations, I had a fear that if I was drunk I would end up committing some horrible crime or cheating on my partner. Now though I'm finding that I'm drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on a very regular basis, just to take my mind off my obsessions, which is very unhealthy. When I have a drink, even just one, it feels like my thoughts just almost vanish in importance, it's like a beautiful break from all the suffering. This feeling scares me a little and I now worry that I might be verging on some form of dependency on alcohol. I'm not looking for any reassurance here, just wanted to share my experience and chat with others who might also be struggling in this way.
So if my ocd is attached to certain objects. My ocd relates certain intrusive thoughts with things like say coffee. It’s easier for me to avoid coffee so I don’t get bad spikes while trying to drink coffee. But my question is. Is that avoidance? and is it making ocd stronger ? If I want coffee should I drink it anyway? I’m afraid I’ll get stuck and have to drink coffee over and over until I am able to finish the cup on a clean thought? I know it’s freaking crazy. I’m freaking nuts I guess 😐
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