Hi everyone. I'm here because people I care about in my life have dealt with alcoholism, but also because I can sometimes become dependent on alcohol too. I primarily struggle with BPD but occasionally I will abuse alcohol to deal with my BPD. My boyfriend is a full blown alcoholic and so was my father.

Substance abuse is something I'm very familiar with in life and I'm grappling with it right now. As my depression worsens with time it's becoming more and more tempting to drink away many of my problems. I am sad to admit that I do this sometimes without understanding why, but I am going to therapy to try to stop escaping my problems through vices...Before it was an eating disorder; now it's this.

I hope we can all find support with one another here when we need each other. Luckily alcohol isn't a daily issue for me so much as a circumstantial/secondary one, but I want to help others here with the same issues as well.