Roll Call 36

Would getting anxious when you have no drugs mean you're becoming addicted? I know I could ask in the addiction forum but don't want to make a new thread. Pah, lazy.

This may help

Alcohol & Substance Abuse Symptoms | Psych Central

yea it does cause hes had two strokes cuz of it. well he he drank in the summer heat and had a heat stroke. we talk a lot about it. mostly everytime he drinks or when we get something to drink. i wish he would stop drinkigg altogether but i just kinda "started" drinking at 21 in my life. so i feel like my life with drinkng just started. but anyway some people mentioned i should stop in order for my dad to stop but why?

I don't think you should stop simply to get your father to "stop". Your dad is a grown man and can make decisions on his own. He should seek help for his addiction and learn to control himself when alcohol is around.

my sister and i have tried to get him to get help but its always failed. like to get him to go to get help. hes gotten a little better since his strokes but only a little. he hasnt binged drinked i have seen but has been drinking still and sometimes a lot.

You can't convince an alcoholic to get help unfortunately. They have to want it, if they don't want help they're not going to get any better no matter what anyone tries.

It sucks.

It's certainly worrying... if you are relying on drugs in anyway then they could certainly make you a little anxious when you run out. For me I started off being a bit anxious or bored if I didn't have drugs & eventually I just had no impulse control & if I couldn't get access to drugs I'd get very irritated or feel down. That was only psychological addiction too.

It's not a good path to go down, I wasted a lot of money & screwed up the effectiveness of my meds by using drugs last time I was ill. I'm sure the drug use made my apathy worse even though in some ways it was the only thing helping with it.

hey hows everyone today

I'm not too bad you?

Just finished watching season 4 of Dexter... pretty shocking ending!

I'm good. I ran my 5k this morning. I got a medal for first place for women in my age group, but I think I was the only woman in my age group.

you deserve a medal just for running the 5k !

I have to admit it was fun. I was in a bad mood when I started - and really nervous, I asked my son to come out and support me, he was there at the finish line, it was nice to see a familiar face.

he must be proud of you!

That sounds like me alright, I feel like I'm no fun and don't want to go out with my friends unless I have some. I can drink more and am able to communicate much more effectively when I'm on them.

Need to keep this in mind that it could become a problem for me very quickly.

Good job on running the 5k! Lol I'm so out of shape... a mile is difficult for me to run.

On another note... I looked at my butt in the mirror before taking a bath today and it's flat as hell. Lol all the weight I've been losing is going off my butt. D:

New fun for a cold and rainy day----will let you guys know how they are....

It creeps up on you... I went from using drugs maybe twice a week, to three times... occasionally two days in a row & eventually I was using drugs 4-5 days a week.

You will rarely realise you have a problem until it is full blown. I hope you manage to keep from going down that route.

i was supposed to do my 5k this morning but had no money to sign up...

Lots of good people...will hall, mackler, etc on the beyond medical model one....different ideas from trauma, spiritual etc., integration of unusual circumstances rather than trying to control them with meds....

Second one is shorter but more about patients....both are good...nothing hugely revelatory but might be helpful for those who haven't ever thought beyond the meds...more like inspirational....

These are put out by western mass rlc which also does a peer warmline.

ive been drinkin everyday for about 4-5 days now

I had a bottle of beer the other day but it didn't do me any good... made my voices & paranoia worse the next day, which is strange because during my psychosis last time... it never once made it worse.

Strangest thing... I was outside having a cigarette, saw my shadow & it felt like it wasn't entirely me... like it was watching me. Like when I was just a certain distance from our outside light, it seemed really dark & ominous. I felt I couldn't get away from it... obviously, which I can't because it's my own shadow! Strange.

Hi everyone. Just dropping in to say hello. Glad for those of you doing well - keep up the great work! I have been putting in extra effort towards being better myself lately. It's hard work. Hope everyone is haviing a nice weekend.

It's nice to hear from you Gr3tta!

This happens to me a lot. It also happens to my reflection. Someone is hidden in it and my shadow. They stare at me or tell me things. Last January there was an imposter in my friend.

It is definitely creepy.

anyone else pull their hair out like me? i pull my eyelashes and eyebrows out since i was 9. sometimes my scalp too. i have trichotillomania.