HUFFING/DRINKING RUBBING ALCOHOL

[LISA559]

I AM NOW 21 YEARS OLD I AM ADDICTED TO ISOPROPYL RUBBING ALCOHOL I GO THRU ABOUT 1 AND A HALF BOTTLES A MONTH I LOVE THE SMELL AND I HUFF IT WHEN EVER I HAVE A CHANCE, I EVEN DRINK A TINY BIT BUT ITS MAINLY HUFFING WHAT I DO. I DONT KNOW WHY I JUST DO IT, ITS LIKE A DRUG TO ME! I FENE FOR IT AT TIMES I SNEAK AND DO IT, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS 12 IM SURE ...WHAT DAMAGE IS THIS DOING TO ME? OR WHAT DAMAGE HAVE I DONE?

[99percent]

I started this habit from liking the smell of listerine. I then started warming it up a
little to get the evaporation smoke to huff. I realized after doing that a couple of times that it didn't work anymore, there was no smell. I discovered at point that it was the alcohol ingredient I liked. I started buying 70% isopropyl, then warming it up to huff it. After a hour I would get hungry and fall asleep. I stopped for a couple years and now over the last couple of months I started back. This time it started with these Sani -wipes I use to clean at work. The wipes contain alcohol but they are extremely strong. You can smell them from 100 feet away. I would hold it in my hand to warm it and make it stronger. I got up to 5 wipes at a time folded up until I found the 91 %. isopropyl. I've gotten to the point where I do it in public because it looks like I'm blowing my nose with tissue. It doesn't get me high, it just calms me.  I really want to stop because it is effecting my sense of smell.

I'm happy I found this site because I just found out a couple weeks ago that I have low hemoglobin(Anemia) and I was put on iron pills. I stopped huffing the isopropyl for almost 2 weeks but I thought that the cravings just stopped like in the past. I stopped my iron pills a couple day ago because they were making me nausea. I also started back huffing yesterday. I had no idea the two problems were related. Now I'm guessing that if I start taking the iron pills once a day again the cravings will go away. I didn't think it was pica because it doesn't list isopropyl alcohol but then again it's not something people want to admit to. I know I hadn't told Anyone!!! I was getting to the point where I was self conscious to buy it at the stores. One time I found the 99 % and I was trying to think of a lie to tell the cashier if she asked why I was buying this 12.00 bottle of rubbing alcohol. I'm done huffing this stuff. I don't want to die from this, I'm too young for that. I usually don't write much on the internet but I just hopes this helps someone else because the previous post helped me. Thank You all for being honest. :-)

[jessmcd10]

I have sniffed alcohol pad for 7yrs. I buy 3 boxes a week. I love the smell. I will not be found with out them on me. I don't know what it is but I smell them all the time. I started doing it when I was pregnant. It help with nausea.

[25andLost]

You said you started when you was pregnant. Did your baby come out in good health??

[binky1955]

Not to scare you, but the swelling sounds like liver failure. My ex husband who passed away a few months ago from liver failure had all the same symptoms. If this is the case you may be looking at liver transplant.

[Shalanda6]

Iron Suppliments, NOW.  ALL OF YOU.

It is called PICA.  Please, Google it.

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[25andLost]

How would a iron supplement stop the urges of wanting to Snuff alcohol??

[Queenbre]

Hello I stopped like three weeks ago and I am having horrible swelling in my stomach, legs, feet and ankles. I'm really scared. I started with hand sanitizer, then 70%, nail polish remover, Lysol and back to 91%. I could go through two big bottles a week and I could not wait until edit me because I knew I would have my privacy then.  I tried telling some people as a cry for help but others don't really know how real it is. I'm praying the swelling will run its course, but if not I'm going to the doctor. I'm too embarrassed o say what I have been doing for over 5 years. Everyone please stop, we are killing ourselves.  I'm praying for each person on this page for healing from the habit and healing of your bodies. Blessed

[drpy]

I am 16 and I sniffed and drank rubbing alcohol for about a year and a half. I thought about getting help and even told my a couple of my friends. What helped me stop drinking and sniffing it was getting it out of my house. The only way I thought I could do that of course was drinking it all so I did that. I never experienced severe reactions to it but I knew I had to stop. So I know I'm only a teen but to all you adult suffering from this just get it out of the house and stop buying it. Of course you are still going to have cravings for it but it's really not good for you. Not saying I'm doing any better I mean I eat paper like there is no tomorrow but I think drinking alcohol is alto worse. So yeah just get it out of the house.

[Darlingniki18]

Oh my goodness!! I eat paper (which has now evolved to toilet paper) and have an addiction to sniffing rubbing alcohol too. There has got to be a correlation! I don&#39;t understand it.i smoke cigarettes and I mix the 3. When I smoke cigarettes it makes me crave the taste of toilet paper which in turn makes me crave rubbing alcohol and it makes my mouth water.  It has been getting progressively worse and I have been doing it since my first pregnancy 9 years ago.  I don&#39;t understand what causes it. I am ashamed of it, and I hide it from my fiance and friends. Sometimes id rather be alone most of the time and miss out on things cause I&#39;d rather be at home alone to sniff my rubbing alcohol an eat my tp.