I have struggled with addictive behaviors a well as anxiety depression and intrusive thoughts (possibly OCD) for decades. I've started getting a handle on my addiction b thanks to God and the 12 Steps. I assumed that my depression anxiety and intrusive thoughts would get better after I got sober. Instead I feel like things have gotten worse mentally... Especially with regard to intrusive thoughts. Can anyone relate to this?

honestly when people struggle with addiction, getting clean magnesium levels plummet. when magnesium is low it can cause bipolar episodes and also causes low vitamin d. I highly highly recommend having your doctor check vitamin d levels (optimal is 60-80) also magnesium rbc checked (not serum) is very important. but these are huge for not haging ruminating thoughts, impulsive behaviors and addictive behavior

Yes man, I got sober cuz I was getting paranoid from smoking weed, I struggled with drugs last year including lsd, cocaine, salvia, and drinking I got sober just like 2 weeks ago with everything except alcohol in moderation which I’m stopping too, I think my lsd trip triggered ocd, and I get terrible terrible thoughts about being gay and shit, it sucks and makes me so uncomfortable it’s not only hocd but also rocd I struggle with bad thoughts about the devil and it scares me both scare me to death to the point I sometimes don’t wanna live, but I tell myself it isn’t worth it and that means ur giving into temptations and the devil is winning, but I want to be with the lord and just live a wonderful successful life, with a hot wife and great kids, I’m 20 rn so I’m working on mental health and slowly does get better some days but some days it gets terrible like today and I didn’t know why I wanted to live but I started just praying and praying that it would get better, and slowly it did, I am 100% a believer and getting baptized tomorrow and I’m super excited, I really just want to be on the gods path, I was a huge sinner for many years and it led to almost death and jail not once but two times, I’ve been thru a lot but recently I really had a spiritual awakening and started learning about god and reading the Bible and it all made since, I want to be a full man of god and follow his greatness, I do struggle with these intrusive thoughts a lot but I believe and have faith that soon I’ll be able to control these stupid insane thoughts and live my life being happy, I have morals and know what I want to do but my anxiety and ocd messes with it bad

remember in order to heal we need to find inner strength and not seek reassurance. it sucks but we have to actively fight our brains.