WHY I NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL (OVERCOMING MY ADDICTION)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
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The part about drugs and alcohol actually working made so much sense, and because of that, self medicating is so hard to resist when you KNOW it works. Especially if you are having a hard time finding prescription medications that do. I feel like I’ve been through so many mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, etc. that haven’t helped when self-medicating did. However! You’re so right about it working instantly but causing so many more problems down the line, like addiction and ultimately actually causing more instability. It’s so important (I think) to hear both sides - instead of what a lot of HCP’s do and just say “Nope, stop! Drugs are bad and that’s that!”. Great video, as always! So happy I found your channel. ❤️❤️❤️Much love
Good choice to quit. It took me a good 20 something years. I used it to make myself numb from the depression. You saved yourself from a lot of grief and regret. Like your friend. She will regret losing a good friend when she is alone. I hope you forgive her and take her back you did it smart because you need people to talk to when the cravings hit and only God can remove that desire from you. You didn’t try to do it alone as it is near impossible to overcome that way
My brother was an alcoholic. He died from it 2 years ago after decades of alcohol abuse. Vodka was his thing too. I actually found your openness and insight very helpful!
I quit drinking after a particularly dark depressive episode. I have to remind myself of that emptiness I felt at the point on order not to drink.
This story triggers cravings. Sorry.
I don't know if I have a mental illness.
Good video, Liz. 🙂
Wow I’m late to this video, it never showed up in my feed, sorry
So glad to hear you’ve gotten over it and no longer crave it, I’m proud of you
When I was younger we were allowed to have a little bit of wine at Christmas and also at communion but after a few years, at 13 I decided, not sure why, that I was done with alcohol and then when I got a little older and learnt more about mental health I was like bam now I’ve got an actual reason for not drinking, what I’ve heard about alcohol with anxiety has actually like terrified me from ever having alcohol, like I even hate the smell of it, lol (in almost 19 btw)
Thank you for the explanation.😊 Once a Norwegian girl said to me in this very weird accusing tone, "I noticed you don't drink alcohol? Is there some sort of religious reason?!!😠" I told her that I just grew up in an environment where it wasn't disapproved of; drinking alcohol just wasn't a priority. She just couldn't comprehend that anyone would have a non-religious reason for not spending all that money on it. (By the way, on your INTJ video, who did that cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in the beginning and end?🙂)
Punishment for online trolls should be a compulsory grammar course.
some similarities to how I feel with caffeine sometimes. can help jumpstart mania from depression, but too much just gives anxiety. wish I could say I was less dependent on it. sounds like your alcohol dependency was worse though.
WOW! Hard to believe you were so dependent on alcohol! I find myself drinking alcohol alone sometimes lol. But to my defense, only when cooking with alcohol and happen to have a glass while doing so; or while drinking spiked hot cocoa. I love hot it takes the edge off.
Glad you're not craving it anymore.
Before I start I like to mention I've never been an alcoholic. But reading John it says to drink Jesus's blood (wine), and eat his flesh (bread). Does this mean I should regularly eat Bread and Wine?
In a hotel there was a hot water for coffee spout or thing. I ran my left hand through it, and it hurt so much. But we were on vacation, we couldn't go to a hospital. I kept running my hand under cold water, it felt better after an hour. I've never heard of a dry campus, but that's good. When I was in college I was LDS, and Mormons don't drink.
I can't drink alcohol at all I dive into deep depression.
I have same diagnosis as you,just milder.
My companion doctors or Friends tease me to take so called high dose medications. It's a bad feeling.
What meds worked for you to stop alcohol cravings and eliminate the need for it? Are you still on lamictal now or are you using something else? I used it to manage mania for years and am yet to find the right med to replace it.
I think any mood stabilizer will! But praying helped the absolute most!! Around that time I went on lamictal!! But just try out all the mood stabilizers and also antipsychotics work really well in eliminating mania! Keep doing trial and error and eventually you'll find the right meds balance!
Hi Lizzie, I really like the part where you mention alcohol and cocaine being used to treat manic/depression vs. mood stabilizers and antipsychotics. I have a family member that is on meds but also uses cocaine. Probably to help with the depression but also for the high. It’s very difficult to be around her because she becomes paranoid and lashes out. She blames everything on being bipolar and doesn’t take responsibility for any of her actions. I try to be understanding but if she doesn’t do anything to change her behavior then she is just accepting bipolar to define her. I hope that makes some sense. Like I don’t want to always help someone who never plans on helping them self.
I drank caffeine for years. Then I got diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Now caffeine automatically makes me really anxious. I wonder if I screwed up my own brain.
🤣🤣 I've been sober for two years and four months. Drinking alcohol is not a sin but I was a hardcore alcoholic for years drinking vodka just about every week a few occasions. However after I became born-again-of the Holy Ghost everything changed. I was tempted to drink and I drank from a bottle that was the first time I ever felt the conviction of the Holy Ghost. I drank later though in my life from time to time. Lord once answered prayer for me and took my desire away to drink. He answered that prayer immediately right after me requesting that. He filled me with His peace that surpasses human understanding. I still went into the house and drank though I wish I didn't but the Lord forgave me.
I clicked on this while drunk after a night out with friends, hahah whoops
We as Catholics should always be careful of drinking alcohol because if we become drunk then it is a sin. Nothing wrong with drinking as long as it does not get us drunk or damage our health with it. Everything in moderation is ok as long as it doesnt lead us to sin.
Is drinking alcohol bad for all bipolar peope?
Yes.
Yes, and it is pretty bad for everyone.
OMG first time somebody said it: alcohol does nothing for me either ;)
Is there a drug reaction with alcohol and lithium?
Not a reaction necessarily, but it's a bad idea because since the lithium dehydrates you, you can drunk super fast... like the alcohol will hit you faster and the lithium basically lowers your tolerance! But if you have bipolar, alcohol objectively destabilizes your brain and will make any medicine or treatment you're doing less effective. As a depressant, it will put you into depression and since it's alcohol it will unwind you a bit more and make you crave being manic, might cause you to want to go off your meds. Bipolar is SUCH a dangerous illness and has a 1 in 4 suicide rate, so it's just not worth the risk to intentionally drink a substance that you know will make it worse.
LizziesAnswers gotcha. Interesting
Thank you for being so open and helping others even it must be hard for you.
Random note: I've heard that they referred to grape juice as wine in Bible times and when it says new wine is when it's actually alcoholic.
There was still alcohol in wine back then.
Wine have alcohol red or which wine when u drank the cup at communion and so stop lying and saying u don't drink alcohol for the bible say dink a little wine for ur stomach sake if one have a stomach condition.
Could you do a video on mixed episodes?
This has been requested SO much and I honestly can't! I haven't done enough research and just do not understand what a mixed episode is or when I've been in one, like I haven't yet developed the self awareness of when I am in one, how it feels, etc. I'm SURE I've been in one, but self awareness in bipolar is the most difficult part and I haven't become aware of mixed episodes yet. Some day I may make this video though!!
Can you do a video on Seventh Day adventists?
They would sacrifice her
How do you know you don't just have a vest for life?! I'm in denial 😂😂
I still drink, but probably shouldn’t. I had a stint for a while when I quit after a hospitalization...just remember people, klonopin and alcohol can kill you.
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I have Bipolar 2 Disorder and am on 4 different meds right now, with one being klonipin.
How much klonipin and how much alcohol used in the same day is too much?
My drink of choice is wine, and I may have 3 glasses a day. I am also on 3 (divided doses) mg klonipin per day.
In your opinion, does this sound like an ok amount of each in one 24 hour period.
PS You probably aren't a Dr., I would just really value your opinion. Thank you!
Amy Harvey speaking from experience, I know I was drinking way too much. A few glasses could be fine, but also account for when you’re talking the meds. I’m most certainly not a doctor. If I were you, I would definitely talk to my pdoc about it. Be honest and ask the important questions...better safe than sorry. I almost broke my eye socket once and my friends called and ambulance a second time. It’s no joke. Benzos and alcohol are no good together.
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Thank you so much for your rapid response; I appreciate you, and hope you are doing well now! 😍
Amy Harvey much better and stable on latuda and lithium. I have my issues, but I’m well. Thanks.
need to get your vol lvls sorted out...this vid was super screechy
Ive never had an alcoholic drink in my life. I think thats a reason why poeple dont like me.
one of the first comments
It sounds like it was a good choice to go back on medication!
I'm sooo happy I did! I feel so much more centered & grounded.
So for me my story on drinking is complicated as its still even today an on going story :)but for me i used to believe i could never drink it was not something that interested me and was something seemed just as tabbo as smoking ciggerates or doing drugs as a kid. and my teenager years were kind of like so much quite frankly fear mongeraing(to be fair it went on as a kid too but at least i was also sheltered from it)or yeah i was too scared to try it. as for when i became a teenager i never grew out of that fear as quite frankly i still wanted to be a little kid i was scared of becoming a teenager and did not want to accept i was one. a part of me feels ashamed i was a teenager its complicated so yeah plus i had just discovered oh shit alcholism runs in my family so that was shoved down my throat. so no easy access to drugs or achoal for me as a teenager,making a personal promise to myself and to my parents about how i would never drink combined with still the fear of what it leads too. just made me not want to drink. i got froced into it when i was around 19 and it was a horrible experience i hated myself for drinking i could not beleive i was drinking i felt like i was betarying myself and thankfully i cut out people who were forcing me to drink or encouraging me to drink or whatever. flashforward 5 years later things are better i have better friends, i have a job so i have my own money, and its like drinking is more and more a part of well the culture i am facing. so i cave in and say you know what i am going to end up drinking and i did drink before a few times and i was fine. and yeah since that day it has felt a bit like i have been flashforwarding through what a typical drinker goes through when they first start drinking. and i never saw anytime i crossed a line which was rare like 2 or 3 times i think maybe 4ish maybe even 5ish its complicated but yeah i feel like what i went through were learning experiences such as throwing up for several hours in the bathroom bar or passing out on my frends coutch which still kind of happens to this day and everything i still go through is an experience when drinking. and for me its never felt like a need but a want to drink. its never felt like a way to cope with life but for me its just a way to experience life and lossen up and try to enjoy myself. like i am so confident in my self in controling my drinking that i feel like i am ready and want to try bar hopping just for the experience since i never did it.
Jesus used to drink wine in minor quantities and even made wine at a weeding. Fundamentalism denies this fact and fundamentalists want to be Holier than Jesus.
Lizzie, congratulations. That's a true accomplishment. I wanted to let you know that I recently gave a Biblical rebuke on your video about Christians and non-believers dating in the comment section. As a Christian, I truly believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and I'll stand by it despite popular opinion. As a Christian, I would hope that the true context of Scripture is important to you, as well. If so, could you please give your thoughts on my response? I believe that some of the things that you are saying are leading people astray, and they are causing people to stumble. Out of concern for the truth, please respond to my thoughts on your video because, as Galatians 1:8-9 says, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!" Therefore, I refuse to allow a false gospel to be taught without at least challenging it.
Ok I agree that alcohol can become really dangerous if you abuse it, but i'm not gonna lie, weed is actually very helpful for treating mental illnesses. The effects are much more manageable and it's not addictive. I would actually recommend recreational marijuana for anyone struggling with any kind of mental illness.
A.J. Unlimited yes I use marijuana for bipolar and pain as well. But I got tired of spending $300 a month to maintain minimum pain in my neck. But now there's a new product that has CBD instead of THC. I've been taking the CBD hemp oil for over a month now. It's great it works. 29.95 a bottle compared to 300 a month
For me, marijuana used to help me calm down during mania. I got into a bad car accident a few years back and since then weed just gives me panic attacks and anxiety ( yes all did strains). So it no longer is helpful to me, but it really can be for a lot of people
While this is irrelevant to alcohol.
Can you make a video, about "how to be a misguided, uninformed Christian?"
Nvm. You've already made hundreds.
Haha you should really watch her videos before you open your mouth, I'm not even catholic im orthodox but I have sooooo much respect for her views because she truly believes and is a christian, unlike you who just wants to make others feel bad because of your stupid views.
you have alcohol is grocery stores? 0.o Florida is weird