I have realised that I have been searching for something to replace my alcohol.... I really like energy drinks....the feeling after 4 or 5 is a feeling I like....
I was informed it is dangerous though.... each one has like 10 coffees....the caffeine apparantly can be dangerous to my heart if I take more than two.
I have seen replacement addictions so often...
My real concern right now, however, is my daughter.
I have witnessed this with others and now I am seeing it in my daughter....
She has been into drugs for the past few yrs...mainly pot, but I got strict on her and now I see she is cutting down big time on the drugs but is starting to get into alcohol quite seriously.
I believe it is changing one addiction for another that she is in the process of doing....
To make things more comlicated, we had made a temporary deal last yr.... she asked me if she could smoke some cigarettes to try to replace the pot....I agreed on a temporary trial.... I am a smoker also.... but she never quit the pot or cigarettes.....now it is occasional pot, cigatrettes, and she is starting to drink quite a bit.
I have been finding bottles in her room... she says they are her freinds... she has freinds over all of the time so I can"t get the proof.... but I know she is drinking more and more.
I am an alcoholic so she doesn't take me seriously enough in this topic....
any advice would be appreciated,
Patricia xx