Anyone have any success story's , I need hope

[Anonymousgirlxoxox]

So I'm not in a very good place . My mental health is very bad at the moment , and I'm scared alcohol if effecting my health inside . I'm in a very crappy stage in life , me and my partner are not in a good place at all . Argue most days . And life's just really not good .

More to the point , iv been drinking heavily for around 2 years but recently it's gotten worse and more frequent. I'm talking big bottle of wine each night , now gone onto vodka , and whatever else I can drink . I'm 23 . I no if I don't stop it will continue and I will be worse off . Iv definitely drank over 60 units each week past 2 weeks . My anxiety it's through the roof . I'm in such a bad space . I try to stop but soon as stress hits I'm drinking . Please any success story's to keep me motivated or tips

Hi Anonymousgirlxoxox, I am new to this as well and would love to see some other success stories for motivation. I am the same, worrying that my consumption will keep increasing (it definitely has over the years) but at least you have recognised it and coming on here will help give you support. Sorry I can't give you more advise, I am only new to this but I have found setting up a sober Instagram and following pages has been really useful, as have podcasts and books like The Unexpected Joy of being sober. Even my 9 days AF have helped with anxiety and I'm not beating myself up as much now. Sending you a virtual hug 🙂

Hi op.there are loads of really supportive sober threads on here. I pop onto a few. Very similar stories re mental health. It really is the best thing you can do to improve mental health.

@Anonymousgirlxoxox In the past year I've got down from drinking hundreds of units a week to just managing my withdrawals. It's early days and I do mess up but I've come a long way.

If you respond to stress with drinking you could do some research on coping mechanisms and try to work on your mental health that way. Also try and resolve bad situations or problems in your life so you have less to cope with. I started accelerating with drinking because of problems I couldn't handle. Obviously the booze didn't make the problems go away so I just trapped myself. There are ways to get on top of mental health and solve problems but alcohol won't make anything better and that means you need more and more of it to keep escaping.

There are lots of resources online and stories from people who have solved their issues with alcohol. If you read and watch all of these resources you will acquire more information and ideas that "click" and work for you.

I'm sure you can do it and being just 23 means your body will recover well. I know anxiety is awful but drinking will make it worse as will avoiding the things you need to change.

Journalling can be useful too. Write your thoughts down so they don't overwhelm you. keep a thread on here where you can track your progress and get encouragement.

Good luck