bde
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Drinking alcohol and OCD
Did anyone completely stop drinking alcohol because of OCD, and if not, how are your symptoms with it?
Hopefloats227Hopefloats227
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I’m a month completely sober. Feels good. Alcohol and mental illness don’t mix well.
tbac4365tbac4365
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@Hopefloats227 Very true , alcohol and OCD just don’t mix well . So many times when I’d had a drink I would think about suicide , not ever really strongly but it was there . Not a good recipe , but my wife is amazing and I couldn’t put her through that .
tbac4365tbac4365
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I used to drink a lot with my OCD And found it did help numb the pain but I never really gave a monkeys about anything when I drank anyway , it was just a temporary fix for me the next day they were still there with a vengeance . I haven’t touched alcohol for just over 11 years now , realised it was just a band aid on a gaping wound and not the real answer in the long term .
bdebde
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Thanks for sharing. Good on you for finding what works. 11 years is impressive. I started to stop altogether, then I started to drink again but I’ve noticed flare ups ever since. Thinking of quitting altogether again
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