So true!. Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. They say alcohol alters the brain forever and I believe it. Well, I was dry all day yesterday and today I had 3 beers and then ate dinner. I also did'nt take my Lorazepam this morning so by the time the alcohol wore off, I was going through benzo withdrawl and at the same time I was having a lot of anxiety coming down off of the alcohol. I felt all spacy and surreal and a few time I tried to say something and it was like a person who's just had a stroke and the words won't come out (very scary!). I just felt out of it and a few time I felt like I was going to just fall over on the floor.

Another strange thing is the the tip of the "pointer" finger on my left hand has been itching like crazy all day for some reason. I killed a mosquito in the bathroom today and it it was full of blood (my blood??). I sometimes wonder if a lot of my problems are really caused by anxiety. I thought the tingling in my right arm and some of my other problems were caused by anxiiety until I had a MRI/C-spine and they said I had 2 compressed disks that were "drying out" and some other kind of problem (I can't remember) but they said it would affect my right arm (which it has). I'm sure a lot of my problems are anxiety-related but not all of them.

Then to add insult to injury, I drank a glass of Sprite and it triggered a major bout of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) so I was cramping and all torn up inside for a good 45 minutes. Yuk, what a day.

On top of that, I'm finding it more and more difficult lately to find any good in people because it seems like almost everyone you talk to on the phone, grocery store, etc goes out of their way to try and be rude and nasty. What's wrong with people these days?.

Well, I can't think of much else to say at the moment. I just took a Lorazepam a few minutes ago. My finger is still itching like crazy which leads to all kinds of worrying, etc.

Thank's for listening - GreyGoose