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- Daria AlexandrovnaDaria Alexan...
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Alcohol increases anxiety. No tips unfortunately...
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- poopoopepepoopoopepe
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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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- Daria AlexandrovnaDaria Alexan...
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Challenge how?
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- AnonymousAnonymous
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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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- Brian K.Brian K.
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- 3y ago
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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- Nyc0011
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Question - I’m sure alcohol triggers a lot of anxieties for people especially that day after feeling. What are things you do to help with the ruminating thoughts the day after socially/ drinking more than usual?
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- VicVinegar
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- 3y ago
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.
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- NrseKris
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- 2y ago
Alcohol and anxiety.
Does anyone drink? I used to binge drink a lot but started realizing my anxiety would be a lot worse the next day so I’ve been trying to cut back but last night had some drinks and I’m kinda upset at myself . I think I just need to go sober but it’s hard. Has anyone dealt With this
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