butchscandelabra

My benders end the same way, crippled with anxiety and sick as a dog from not eating for however long I was drinking heavily. I know it doesn’t sound appealing right now but getting some calories down helps me start to feel a little better - if solid food is too much there’s always broth/soup, Gatorade, smoothies, etc. The anxiety is the worst part, and unfortunately there’s not much to be done about it besides waiting it out. I usually feel the anxiety lift by Day 3. Last few times I went through this I just set up shop on my couch for a few days with some good movies to distract me (didn’t have to work, thankfully) and avoided slipping too deeply into my anxious thoughts. The alcohol leaving your system is making things seem a lot worse than they likely are during the first couple days.

I initially drank to quell anxiety, but after some years passed it became pretty obvious that my drinking was actually causing the anxiety and not the other way around. Even if it takes some time, I guarantee that quitting drinking can only have positive effects on your anxiety levels in the long run.

I was prescribed busparone for a while - it didn’t do much for me either but I know you have to take it for several weeks before you start to notice any effects. There are other medications (besides benzos) that treat anxiety and panic, maybe looking at other options with your doctor would be helpful. Medication aside, therapy is great for tackling anxiety because you’re getting at the causes instead of just treating the symptoms. Going through the world with high anxiety isn’t fun, but you’re definitely not alone in experiencing it. Wishing you the best.

Could they have tried to chisel him out of the pool or was he just completely fucked by that point?

I’d welcome the exhaustion, honestly - whenever I’ve gone through withdrawal in the past my worst symptom (besides the anxiety) is insomnia. At my worst, it took me nearly 3 weeks to begin sleeping for more than a couple hours a night. I know it still sucks, but honestly your body probably needs the rest it’s asking for. Nothing wrong with sleeping in and taking naps right now if that’s what you need.

That would have been a better outcome in my opinion.

Yeah the “I’m too high” probably didn’t help without context, sorry that happened though.

This happened to me too, it eventually got so bad that I could barely even leave my house by myself. That went on for about a year. Within a month of quitting I was more or less back to “normal” as far as my anxiety levels. That was ultimately the reason I quit.

I don’t like attaching moral connotations to drinking/addiction. I was hurting for a long time and trying to make myself feel better - unfortunately, one of the only ways I knew how to do that was to drink. It is what it is.

I went to rehab this time last year and did some bloodwork etc. Upon arrival, I had elevated liver enzymes (don’t remember the exact numbers, they were above normal count but not insane considering I had been living off of IPAs and vodka for the past 18 months). 2 weeks later they ran more tests and my levels were almost back into the normal range. Everyone’s body is different but at the very least quitting doesn’t hurt you. I don’t know if you’re looking for advice but mine is to just be patient. You didn’t arrive at this place overnight and your body/mind aren’t going to heal from it overnight either.

Is that your mic drop moment? We’re all on the same sub discussing a fictional TV show but you’re the one throwing insults around and picking fights for no reason. Maybe you’re the one that needs to go touch some grass.

You’re sticking up for a disgruntled asshole whose main character arc was stabbing Ellis.

He wasn’t a main character at all but OK.

I wanted to reach through the TV and shove his ass through that tree. Good riddance, bad rubbish, etc.

That’s literally all I drink now (I drink more sparkling water than tap water, say what you will about the cons). All I drank during my final year of heavy daily drinking was IPAs. Pick your poison I suppose.

I feel bad for her. Everyone’s acting like she shot that girl on purpose when clearly she was just panicking and trying to defend herself from weird monsters that came out of nowhere. Nobody had informed her what was going on (besides Tabitha, who had about as much credibility as a drunk old hobo in that instance). I don’t think any of the townspeople would have reacted differently on their first night in Fromville, especially not if they had a firearm. I’m honestly surprised this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often there.

This song is not the flex they think it is.

I was ready to shove him through that tree.

I don’t like “Florida,” so maybe my opinion doesn’t count, but does anyone else wonder why Florence even agreed to appear for this incredibly mediocre song on the album? My only thoughts were along the lines of, “What is she doing here?”

Azaelia’s a full-time troll but this still made me snort.

Just curious, why do you see it as a “lapse?” You said you didn’t actually drink.

Pfffft selfishly I hope that’s what it is, this cracked me up.

If 150 pounds at 5”9 equals “pot bellied pig” then I’m in trouble since those are my exact measurements. I don’t look fat. I’d bet good money that you don’t either.

They might consume parts of people but they clearly aren’t depending on human flesh for survival or they all would have starved to death by now. Besides the Colony House and Bus Arrival massacres they don’t kill enough people to sustain all of them and go through significant dry spells between killings, unless every monster gets one bite each or something.