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Alcohol

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I have problem with alcohol. l drink and when I start  I can’t stop, and I get too drunk.It helps me with my anxiety and stops me worrying about bad things that might happen. It helps me lot with my life. I need to look at other solutions. If anything else has helped please advise. I really don’t want to be an alcoholic.

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  • I drank heavily until I was around 25, mainly binge type drinking that could last up to a week, more often 2 or 3 days. A lot of this was due to my previous childhood childhood experiences, ongoing health related issues. When I drank the pain would go away, it also helped with social anxiety within pubs when having to deal with people, although I didn't realise this was autism at the time. Anyway when I was 25 I met my wife to be, decided to calm my drinking down, which helped. I'm 54 now & only drink on occasional basis & not heavily, don't want or need to now.

    Looking back drinking only numbed my pain for a short time & I actually felt a lot worse for doing so long term, but it took me a while to realise. 

    There's only you that can do something about it when you feel that you are ready, there's plenty of help out there if you feel you need to take it.

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  • I drank heavily until I was around 25, mainly binge type drinking that could last up to a week, more often 2 or 3 days. A lot of this was due to my previous childhood childhood experiences, ongoing health related issues. When I drank the pain would go away, it also helped with social anxiety within pubs when having to deal with people, although I didn't realise this was autism at the time. Anyway when I was 25 I met my wife to be, decided to calm my drinking down, which helped. I'm 54 now & only drink on occasional basis & not heavily, don't want or need to now.

    Looking back drinking only numbed my pain for a short time & I actually felt a lot worse for doing so long term, but it took me a while to realise. 

    There's only you that can do something about it when you feel that you are ready, there's plenty of help out there if you feel you need to take it.

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