Powerless Over Alcohol
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Published on 02/19/2008
Powerless over alcohol? No, I don’t think so - perhaps once I had a few drinks, but powerless is the wrong word. It was my power, my energy that picked up that drink and stuff it down my throat... Powerless over anxiety - yes while a drinker. No - once I had stopped medicating the anxiety.
Powerless over alcohol? No, I don’t think so - perhaps once I had a few drinks, but powerless is the wrong word. It was my power, my energy that picked up that drink and stuff it down my throat... Powerless over anxiety - yes while a drinker. No - once I had stopped medicating the anxiety.This always gave me a problem. I might be powerless over you, but was I really powerless over asking for a drink and then drinking it?
Powerless over alcohol? No, I don’t think so - perhaps once I had a few drinks, but powerless is the wrong word. It was my power, my energy that picked up that drink and stuff it down my throat.
Powerless means lacking power. But it also means - devoid of strength or resources. Now that is more interesting, was I lacking strength not to take a drink? Oh yeah! But still not quite right.
One of the definitions of power is - possession of control, authority, or influence over others, in some ways I had lost this over myself.
A synonym of power is control; however even if you add the less to this it is again too extreme.
I started drinking when I was 15. I hated the taste, it made me vomit, and I got into trouble. Good start. However all the fear and anxiety I live with left for a period of time.
I have not met an alcoholic that does not have an anxiety problem, it is often masked under anger or the like - but scratch a little and you find the anxiety.
Alcohol reduced that anxiety, simple. I felt like I had never felt before - anxiety free.
I loved not being anxious = I loved alcohol. Though I did not particularly like alcohol or its effects on my life.
I drunk different types of drink, trying to find something that suited my taste buds. I hated wakening up from a hangover - but the reward had been a few hours living anxious free.
My anxiety was such that I sacrificed my present life to be free of anxiety for only a few hours. Anxiety was in fact the main problem.
In reality I had (and have) an anxiety problem that I medicated with alcohol, drugs, (and after getting sober with food and some other less obvious habits).
I developed a habit that was difficult to break, as my behavior did not change for the better - it seldom does with alcohol - this increased my anxiety, I was caught for a long time in a down-ward circle.
I stopped drinking. I went to Alcoholics Anonymous. I had cravings for drink, I was very angry. I became more obviously anxious. I had treatment for depression.
However once I started to see anxiety as the major problem my life stared to get better. For anxiety think fear.
Powerless over alcohol - no. Lack of control - yes.
Powerless over anxiety - yes while a drinker. No - once I had stopped medicating the anxiety.
Source: My Alcoholism, Addiction, & Recovery
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Related page: Anxiety relief products/programs
Powerless over alcohol? No, I don’t think so - perhaps once I had a few drinks, but powerless is the wrong word. It was my power, my energy that picked up that drink and stuff it down my throat.
Powerless means lacking power. But it also means - devoid of strength or resources. Now that is more interesting, was I lacking strength not to take a drink? Oh yeah! But still not quite right.
One of the definitions of power is - possession of control, authority, or influence over others, in some ways I had lost this over myself.
A synonym of power is control; however even if you add the less to this it is again too extreme.
I started drinking when I was 15. I hated the taste, it made me vomit, and I got into trouble. Good start. However all the fear and anxiety I live with left for a period of time.
I have not met an alcoholic that does not have an anxiety problem, it is often masked under anger or the like - but scratch a little and you find the anxiety. Alcohol reduced that anxiety, simple. I felt like I had never felt before - anxiety free.
I loved not being anxious = I loved alcohol. Though I did not particularly like alcohol or its effects on my life.
I drunk different types of drink, trying to find something that suited my taste buds. I hated wakening up from a hangover - but the reward had been a few hours living anxious free.
My anxiety was such that I sacrificed my present life to be free of anxiety for only a few hours. Anxiety was in fact the main problem.
In reality I had (and have) an anxiety problem that I medicated with alcohol, drugs, (and after getting sober with food and some other less obvious habits).
I developed a habit that was difficult to break, as my behavior did not change for the better - it seldom does with alcohol - this increased my anxiety, I was caught for a long time in a down-ward circle.
I stopped drinking. I went to Alcoholics Anonymous. I had cravings for drink, I was very angry. I became more obviously anxious. I had treatment for depression.
However once I started to see anxiety as the major problem my life stared to get better. For anxiety think fear.
Powerless over alcohol - no. Lack of control - yes.
Powerless over anxiety - yes while a drinker. No - once I had stopped medicating the anxiety.
Source: My Alcoholism, Addiction, & Recovery
~ ~ ~
Related page: Anxiety relief products/programs