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Old Feb 08, 2020, 01:02 PM
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I think it depends on why you think you may be using the alcohol. If it's mainly or even partly as a coping mechanism, then the right therapist can teach you different/better coping mechanisms (this is something I'm working on now in therapy). You'd likely have to start using those and find which are effective before you're able to cut down on/stop the drinking. Do you talk to your therapist about your drinking? If so, what have they said about it? Do they have any ideas to help you? Looking for a T with experience working with addictions, if yours doesn't have that, would be one route to take. Or you could consider trying some sort of group while doing therapy (whether AA or one of the alternatives), just to see if it helps. There are also some medications that can help with it (naltrexone can make it less pleasurable and help with cravings). I think the first step is talking to your therapist about it, if you haven't already, and see what they think.
Thanks for this!
Eleny