- Date posted
- 4y
- Date posted
- 4y
Comment deleted by user
- Date posted
- 4y
Are you sober or do you drink/do any drugs on it? I’m sure you weren’t faking anything. The whole point of the medication is to make you feel better!
- Date posted
- 4y
I just had some wine
- Date posted
- 4y
But honestly i felt better before i had the wine
- Date posted
- 4y
Do you feel like alcohol negatively impacts your OCD thoughts?
- Date posted
- 4y
@Anonymous Nahh not my thoughts, it just made me feel spacey
- Date posted
- 4y
Las year for around 4/5 months I used to drink whiskey everyday to cope with anxiety but it made intrusive thoughts, depression and ironically anxiety worst, then I realized that it made me feel weak and stupid so I stopped, I even though that avoiding alcohol or any kind of drug was a compulsion, denial or that I would miss a lot of stuff associated with them, but I kept my mindset of "don't do anything that makes you feel weak or stupid", now I can tell you that I'm doing way better without them.
- Date posted
- 4y
That’s awesome!! I’m so happy for you that you got sober. I used to drink very heavily. Like almost every day. But when we went into lockdown last year, alcohol started making me dissociate really bad and making me feel like I wasn’t in control of my own mind. I’d have a glass of wine and not feel buzzed at all, but then suddenly I’d get super spacey and floaty feeling and my intrusive thoughts would get SO bad. So, I got 100% sober because I suddenly hated the feeling that alcohol gave me. Now it’s been over a year and a half of being sober and my OCD is much better, I’m in a way better place. I feel like I am in the right head space to have a drink here and there if I want to. And I have been kind of missing the social aspects that come with drinking- going out for drinks with people, having a glass of wine at dinner. I do not intent to ever get inebriated again. But I do think I could have the occasional drink. I’m just scared to start drinking again because I don’t want to slip back into thoughts that I can’t control. Have you ever tried drinking at all since you stopped?
- Date posted
- 4y
@Anonymous Mmm... I don't know if I'm ready to drink again and I don't want to seek certainty so, "maybe I will, maybe not", due lockdown I don't even know if I'm really missing alcohol or social interaction, only time will tell, anyway so far every time I have the opportunity to drink something I don't see a good reason to do it, last time I got a ridiculously little glass of Vermouth like 3 months ago (I'm sure it has way more sugar than alcohol Jaja)
- Date posted
- 4y
@omd19 I think it’s great that you don’t see a reason to! Honestly I have been the same way. After not drinking for such a long time, I don’t feel the need to drink to unwind anymore which is fantastic. I’m glad that you’re doing well with it and not feeling the need to drink.
- Date posted
- 4y
@Anonymous Same, good for you mate, hope everything works fine for you.
Related posts
- Date posted
- 19w
For those who have had success with medication for OCD/anxiety, how is your life different now compared to before starting medication?
- Date posted
- 15w
In 2023, as I was finally getting sober from harder substances, I found myself in one of the scariest mental spaces I'd ever known. I was still smoking daily, my relationship was rocky, and one night—it all hit me. It felt like I had slipped into a video game. Nothing felt real… or maybe everything felt too real. The world around me was distorted. I had always dealt with anxiety, but this? This was something else. I was spiraling—drenched in guilt over everything I'd ever done, every person I thought I hurt, every wrong I tried to make right all at once. It was suffocating. At 23, I tried checking myself into a mental hospital—something I hadn’t done since I was 17. I was desperate to understand what was happening. My relationship took a hit as I spilled every ounce of guilt I carried to my partner, unable to stop the cycle. It wasn’t just anxiety. It was OCD. And while the diagnosis was terrifying at first, it was also reassuring. I finally had a name for the storm inside me. I wasn’t alone. People I admire—like Jenna Ortega—deal with this too. It’s not just me. It’s real, it’s hard, but it’s also something I can face. Since then, I’ve made big changes. I stopped smoking—realizing it only made the noise in my head louder. I started therapy. My partner didn’t understand at first, but as we both learned more about OCD together, we grew stronger. We’re now engaged, and I’m happier than I’ve ever been. But now it’s time to reconnect—with myself. I want to find the me before everything. The creative, passionate, connected me. I want to start streaming games again and hopefully rebuild the following I lost. I want to connect with people again—I don’t have many friends left, but I’m determined to find my people again. I’m also diving back into my art. Journaling. Sketching—even when I don’t like it. Because it’s the act of creating that heals, not just the end result. I won’t let OCD run my life. I will prevail.
- Date posted
- 13w
Hi guys, This is my first post on here, as I’ve been scared to be vulnerable in this way. I’ve had a lifelong journey of mental health, diagnosed with a myriad of things, and misdiagnosed with others. When I got diagnosed with OCD, things started to click and treatment has been going well. There’s still a disconnect, things I do that are different than others and aren’t compulsion or obsession related. The reason I’m posting is to ask if anyone has been diagnosed with OCD/Autism and how you navigated that comorbidity. Thank you to anyone who shares
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond