Yes. This is the 'spiritual malady' we talk about in AA. The state of being restless, irritable and discontended feeling. You can add more to it anxious, fearful, depressed.....Thats what we need to address. In a way booze was a problem, but I used it well when I was young as medicine. But as I aged, the obsession to drink become harder and the physical craving (after i put the first drink) became harder and I drank way over what I planned for.
The spiritual malady depends on the level, for some it goes away but for some, its a lingering issue. We snap at people, even small incidents irritate us and then the mind would trick us into believing that we can handle a drink are two and we succumb to that thought and take that 1 drink. And then boom back to the vicious cycle.
Tomorrow I will have reached 12 weeks alcohol free, while I find it easier in some ways, like being out socially (once i know i can leave if i need, being able to sit with people who are having a drink, without savouring every mouthful they took), I am finding it harder in other ways. I have had a fairly stressful few weeks at work and managed not to drink in the evenings which would have been my usual pattern, however I feel as if I have been hit by a train, feeling stressed and anxious and I don't have the buoyant feelings of well-being I have had since I stopped drinking and have started to have thoughts of 'maybe one would help'
this familiar to anyone, strategies to get through this patch? Please
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