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Alcohol increases anxiety. No tips unfortunately...
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I drink and then for a couple days im like “depressed” same w smoking. I just dont feel great after. I try and do it less. Also it makes my stomach feel gross and i dont really like being drunk so its not that hard to say no. Kind of annoying when thats the main method of socializing in college/adulthood tho. I try amd go out and do fun activities w ppl instea. If you are feeling anxious the next day maybe practice kindness towards yourself? And try and spend some quiet time thinking about whats making you anxious and challenge those thoughts the best you can. Thats what i learned in cbt. Good luck to you homie
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Challenge how?
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Hey! I have the same thing. The only thing I can say is that (and this sounds so fucking tired) is people who are actually your friends will respect your need to not drink. Plus, I find that most of the time on nights out if the music and the company is good enough you don’t really need it. Drinking can be fun but not engaging with the culture can be a good bullshit filter. If ur worried about people judging you lemon lime n bitters is a good option bc a lot of people have vodka in theirs
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I noticed the direct correlation between drinking and its effect on my ocd, anxiety and especially depression, even when it was only occasionally. And I will say there is nothing worse than having too much and ruminating on what did/did not occur, questioning true/false memories or worst yet, the lack of memories at all. I gave up drinking altogether, but found a lot of craft breweries that make some darn good NA beers to replace the real stuff. I agree true friends won’t give you static about not drinking, even when they are, but this way I don’t get insistent prodding from others about why I am not or why I stopped (not that I should care what they say or think) and honestly as a home brewer I missed the flavor/aroma of good beer. Not sure if this helps or not, but I wish you the best of luck and ultimately you have to do what is right for you and helps you with dealing/overcoming your OCD and anxiety.
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I’m curious if anyone else has ever had this. This is my specific theme in regards to my OCD that has been prevalent in my life since 2022. Quick back story: went to a party college for 4.5 years and had a blast, got as drunk as I wanted on weekends and never once felt bad about it. Then, hangovers got worse and I started partying too much. After graduation, I told myself that it’d be a really cool goal to get to the point where I could go out and just have 4 beers. Enough to enjoy myself, not enough to make me hungover. Well, this simple healthy goal turned into a massive obsession. Now, if I go over my limit of 4-5 beers/drinks, two things happen: 1. I give up and binge drink bc I might as well if I’m already over my limit. 2. The next day even if I’m super hungover, unless I can’t bc of work scheduling, I will perform a check where I drink 4 beers and see if I can still get drunk off of those. If I can get drunk, then I feel normal. If I am not as drunk, then this cycle continues. I worry about becoming an alcoholic all the time bc at this point in my life I am very active in my social scene, and alcohol is very much present. While I certainly do not have any family history of alcoholism nor the personality or drive to become one, I still fear that I might one day despite knowing I won’t. I also worry about raising my drinking tolerance by continuing to feed this obsession/compulsion loop. It’s slightly affected my personality and confidence. I’m aware it’s irrational and the solution is to simply cut back as anyone would and go out less frequently, or drink less frequently when I’m out. And yet, my other obsession with alcohol is experiencing the painful withdrawals that alcoholics experience when they stop drinking!! Despite never having experienced those withdrawals when I’ve not drank on a given night. So, it’s a weird one. Thinking the ERP is just going to be not performing those checks. If I’ve reached my limit and am not as drunk, okay. Alcohol absorption is affected by a lot. No need to check my tolerance nor go overboard since I’m not as drunk. We’ll see. I’m on Zoloft too which has helped a ton with other symptoms but this theme is making it less effective and I need to get control of it now.
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