[letsgogh]

I find I'm only really attracted to alcohol when I'm in an episode..

anyone else the same?

[Wander]

No. You are not the only one. I crave alcohol when in an episode.

[sugahorse1]

I crave alcohol depending on how my day went and the external factors. I don't think it always correlates to a specific part of an episode - that's for me anyway

[LadyShadow]

I drink mainly when I am really lonely and bored. Sort of how I feel like now. I think its my laziness that stops me from drinking, and the fact that I would have to hide it from my parents.

I used to but it became counter-productive. I don't drink anymore.

[Ripose]

I used alcohol to numb my mind for almost my entire life. I have always been ostracized and bullied and was usually alone. Alcohol was also my self-medication for mental issues. Amazingly I did make it for 7 years without a drop. Now I only drink rarely when my wife is away.

[hopeless2015]

Yes, it doesn't always work out so well for me though

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[BipolarMama31]

When I have an alcohol craving, i know i am severely off

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[Coconutzo]

I do, but I always wake with my mind lurching and shrieking louder than before. I can also feel out when I'm in an episode by my drinking. Normally I drink in healthy moderation. Manic, I drink like its my job. Depressed, I drink to be able to socialize.

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For the last 3 months i have been drinking daily to dull the pain.

[st0psign]

I find I drink more often and in larger quantities when I'm in an episode.

[gina_re]

When I'm all worked up and backed into a corner, maybe. I've lost the craving for it in general. But Monday I was so...I can't even think of the word...I just wanted to disappear. So I did, after taking a benzo. My Restoril for sleep. 15mg. I couldn't help it, that's how desperate I was. But no such cravings before or since then.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I've been using alcohol again pretty badly. Mostly i need it to sleep or just relax. I often smoke pot along with it too but it does make my paranoia worse. Like my bf and I will smoke on the way to dinner and after one drink at the restaurant I get obnoxious and loud or at least think I do lol. It's probably all in my head.

But yea a year ago I had to detox from alcohol in a hospital so as long as I don't get to that point again. I am ashamed for going back to it after being sober for almost year.

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[Unrigged64072835]

I used to but I got into trouble with it. I now don't drink because my liver is messed up. (Not from the drinking though.)

[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

I use alcohol like I use food. I drink/eat when I'm up, when I'm down, and when I'm stable. When I feel great, I use it to celebrate. When I feel awful, I use it to feel better. I'm pretty good about sticking to a couple glasses of wine (or, alternatively, a cocktail or two) - I don't drink enough, most of the time, to feel it in the morning or even get more than a mild buzz.

I also use it as a social crutch when I'm depressed and have to go out.

[bizi]

yes boredom, "want to have fun"
social anxiety
I binge drink often (5 drinks or more in a setting)
bizi

[MusicLover82]

I'll take a Xanax, which is a similar thing to do. Xanax surprisingly can help with hypomania for me, as well as anxiety, of course.

[JustJace2u]

I tend to crave it more when I'm in a depressed state.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I'm walking to the liquor store right now lol . I've haven't been able to sleep without a few beers

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[sugahorse1]

And I drank too much last night. I was just on a roll.

Originally Posted by sugahorse1

And I drank too much last night. I was just on a roll.

I have been there. How's your anxiety right now?

Some people are ok with some alcohol and bp and their pdoc says ok. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people.

[Wild Coyote]

I've gone most of my life with no interest in drinking.
This past year, I have drank intermittently. I enjoy a drink now and then.
I have had some very destructive active alcoholics on both sides of my family. I stay a bit vigilant about drinking because I am afraid of becoming an alcoholic.


WC

[hopeless2015]

I drank too much last night...it was fun till it wasn't! It went bad really fast, pucking and all then my mood tanked. It was bad

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[sugahorse1]

I was feeling surprisingly good this morning. And with good I mean my mood was good.
I had half a bottle of red wine and a double whiskey. I guess that's not really considered too much then

[SvanThor]

I used to drink heavily in my early high school years, sometimes I still do it so I can sleep or get some sort of quiet for my mind. Unfortunately drinking has led to more dangerous things.