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A desire to pick myself up, 'carry on', focus on future goals; balanced/contrasted with the need to stop the denial; accept the reality of just how serious things have been. ARE. STILL.
My discharge letter uses the words 'fatal'.
1/17
A desire to pick myself up, 'carry on', focus on future goals; balanced/contrasted with the need to stop the denial; accept the reality of just how serious things have been. ARE. STILL.
My discharge letter uses the words 'fatal'.
1/17
2 Mental Health Act Assessments in 7 days.
4 nights in an acute general hospital. For treatment.
*They* can't all be wrong. Exaggerating. Coercive. Risk averse.
*I* have to take responsibility for causing concern.
Responsibility but not blame.
*I* have had to revisit my
2/17
4 nights in an acute general hospital. For treatment.
*They* can't all be wrong. Exaggerating. Coercive. Risk averse.
*I* have to take responsibility for causing concern.
Responsibility but not blame.
*I* have had to revisit my
2/17
Safety plan; again and again and again. And right now that means 'family supervision'. But in my own home. Where I want to be. Where I am safer. At the moment: change is constant and I must also acknowledge that.
And I am still p*ssed off at the way the #MHAA was undertaken
3/17
And I am still p*ssed off at the way the #MHAA was undertaken
3/17
If you have Alcohol Use Disorder, consider speaking with a psychiatrist trained in the use of ketogenic diets. (1/7) #RecoveryPosse #Alcoholism #Alcoholic #metabolicpsychiatry
A 3-week RCT done by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that a ketogenic diet could reduce the need for detox medications. (2/7) #Journal #Research #PeerReviewed #ThisIsPublicHealth #RCT
They also found that a #ketogenicdiet reduced both #alcohol withdrawal symptoms and reduce alcohol cravings. (3/7)
ALCOHOL RELAPSE EMERGENCY MANUAL
9 Reasons why you relapse and how to fix them:
#1 I FEEL LIKE SHIT I GOT SO MANY CRAVINGS WHAT DO I DO?
Share the cravings with someone. Sharing the feeling is enough. If nobody is there, call. If there is nobody to call, share it on paper.
9 Reasons why you relapse and how to fix them:
#1 I FEEL LIKE SHIT I GOT SO MANY CRAVINGS WHAT DO I DO?
Share the cravings with someone. Sharing the feeling is enough. If nobody is there, call. If there is nobody to call, share it on paper.
#2 I HATE THIS. I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK, WRITE OR READ RIGHT NOW.
That’s okay. Stuff your face with shit food, play loud music or waste your entire day watching movies if you have to. Be utterly useless today. Just endure it sober. If you feel like you are going backward (cont.)
That’s okay. Stuff your face with shit food, play loud music or waste your entire day watching movies if you have to. Be utterly useless today. Just endure it sober. If you feel like you are going backward (cont.)
you are still moving forward. Avoidance by drinking = going backward. Enduring misery sober = progress.
Sometimes that’s all we can do.
Sometimes that’s all we can do.
8 years ago today, I was staring at the clock at 4am wondering how I was going to function when my brother was picking me up in 4.5 hours. I got out of bed and grabbed onto the wall as I slowly worked my way to my bathroom. When I got there I grabbed the sink and
stared back into eyes that looked dead. I tried brushing my teeth but I couldn't even hold the toothbrush because my shaking was so severe. I had no choice. I grabbed my bottle of vodka, sat down and drank. I drank slowly, as I had been doing for the past 3 yrs.
Trying to only drink enough to be able to function. So I sat there & drank for several hours. When I finally got the shaking to stop enough to hold my toothbrush, I brushed my teeth and took a shower. By the time my brother picked me up, I was able to function enough to go.
