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ok, i'm in severe pain and want to drink!
i think i've just hit a brick wall. i'm so frustrated! i just want to drink so i can get rid of this awful pain in my back and abdomen!!
darnit, i've been dry for seven weeks and now i am obsessing over a bottle of wine i have sitting in the beverage cooler. i want to go and open it and drink it so badly....
help.
darnit, i've been dry for seven weeks and now i am obsessing over a bottle of wine i have sitting in the beverage cooler. i want to go and open it and drink it so badly....
help.
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in1989 had a herniated disc...excruciating pain.had nerve block and took Darvocet which did nothing and robaxisol which eased inflammation.still had to manage pain.my sister is a devout buddhist and taught me mind defocusing techniques that helped tremendously.Last year another surgical procedure that was painful with the healing up...i never forgot those techniques and learned that doing some activity defocusing my mind in order to not let mind obsess on pain helped.
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its me again the Terminator woman!I'm reading the Narcotics Anonymous book...a great book."Self pity is one of the most destructive of defects it will drain us of all positive energy"We focus on anything not going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives"If we allow this negative thinking to continue we'll backslide in2 using.So nice ur hub checking on u....take stock of what u have good in ur life......it will lessen that pain 2 a degree...i b-lieve the mind is so damn powerful over the body......i was raised by 2 sturdy ethnic Slovenian parents...they were tough minded and self disciplined....i adopted that in2 my sobriety/mindset and i b-lieve that if alocholics and addicts r 2 suceed they hafta be this way with themselves!Namaste aka hindu saying for Peace!
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i do have a way of getting ppls attention girl....in china thousands dead because of the earthquake...myanamar aka burma thousands dead rotting bodies no water and nother cyclone on the way and the gov't blocking aid to them...do u read the papers?what r u grateful for in life?when u said u'd had it with the forum that rankled me....u've gotten good support here no need to lash out at us..and i hope u get the medical attention u need....and must but it is important not to allow urself to FOCUS on the pain...do ur best to divert it......Svetlana was what she was... a survivor. bet no one held her hand and coddled her no one did me .....but she had words of wisdom....and when it comes to sobriety there is so much hard work one must do...on their own......stewing about wanting to drink is so non-productive.....been there done that.....i chuckle at some ppl on this forum who get hit with reality by my comments...painfully blunt and they seem to want me to feel bad but i don't....if its gotten u to take action in a better way than mission accomplished!In my agency i see many alcoholics and addicts allow themselves to stew in non-productive mindsets...and relapse a lot....i say gee if i relapsed how would i get treated?answer is u know better and u'd get fired!I wouldn't have any sympathy!my sponsors never allowed me to stew in my my own mindpoop..never....and i'm glad they didn't!i try to steer myself away from my mindpoop on a daily basis!hope u get 2 feeling better soon!
ibizan - wow. thanks for the advice. yeah...i'm certainly glad i'm not in china? or myanamar? either. i guess i don't know what you are talking about in reference to those two countries, but i'm assuming they kill people who are in pain and having a moment of weakness??? are you suggesting that i should be glad that i'm not murdered as a result of my alcoholism???
a pretty brutal response coming from the forum moderator. thanks. i'll keep in mind the wonderful advice you gave using a character (a vodka slinging, prosthetic limb stealing, mob-sympathizing, adulterer) from the Sopranos. i saw that episode, and as i recall when tony went to see his psychiatrist she confirmed that when people have their basic survival needs met (food, clothes, security from physical harm), they move on to higher needs/problems - needs such as love, belongingness, self-efficacy, mastery, and finally self-actualization. it's a maslow's hierarchy type thing, yanno? however, your response is anecdotal at best, and i still don't see what it has to do with being in great physical pain and needing a little support to not drink.
yeah...last night i was self-absorbed and wallowing in self-pity. but isn't that the point? recognizing what is going on, and letting others know that you need help? having the courage to ask for it instead of falling back into the bottle?
jacker - thanks for your concern. the doc put me on hydrocodone 5s? i don't know that much about pain meds. they only work for about 2 hours then i'm in great pain again. the acute care clinic doesn't open again until 6pm so i can't call him. my hubby just called to check on me. he told me that the doctor said that if the pain gets worse or if i start running a fever to go to the ER. i was in so much pain that i didn't even remember him saying that. well...unfortunately this pain is getting worse, and i'm running a fever - 100 degrees. so i guess it's off to the ER for me. again, thanks for your concern and support.
above all, i'm just grateful that i didn't drink last night! thank God!!!
a pretty brutal response coming from the forum moderator. thanks. i'll keep in mind the wonderful advice you gave using a character (a vodka slinging, prosthetic limb stealing, mob-sympathizing, adulterer) from the Sopranos. i saw that episode, and as i recall when tony went to see his psychiatrist she confirmed that when people have their basic survival needs met (food, clothes, security from physical harm), they move on to higher needs/problems - needs such as love, belongingness, self-efficacy, mastery, and finally self-actualization. it's a maslow's hierarchy type thing, yanno? however, your response is anecdotal at best, and i still don't see what it has to do with being in great physical pain and needing a little support to not drink.
yeah...last night i was self-absorbed and wallowing in self-pity. but isn't that the point? recognizing what is going on, and letting others know that you need help? having the courage to ask for it instead of falling back into the bottle?
jacker - thanks for your concern. the doc put me on hydrocodone 5s? i don't know that much about pain meds. they only work for about 2 hours then i'm in great pain again. the acute care clinic doesn't open again until 6pm so i can't call him. my hubby just called to check on me. he told me that the doctor said that if the pain gets worse or if i start running a fever to go to the ER. i was in so much pain that i didn't even remember him saying that. well...unfortunately this pain is getting worse, and i'm running a fever - 100 degrees. so i guess it's off to the ER for me. again, thanks for your concern and support.
above all, i'm just grateful that i didn't drink last night! thank God!!!
I'm sorry that you're in a tough position right now- looks like you've been up half the night too. Is there anything the doctor can give you for pain regarding the kidney infection? I really don't thiink the alcohol would help it - it would be a short escape, but I don't think it will kill the pain being caused by this infection. It would put your kidneys to work (it seems) by processing the excess liquid.
Try to see if the doc can offer you anything helpful for this one. I think a short term persprip may help in this case.
Try to see if the doc can offer you anything helpful for this one. I think a short term persprip may help in this case.
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pour me pour me pour me another drink!two of the alcoholics greatest enemies....self pity and self absorption ..be grateful ur not in china or myanamar!One of my fav scenes in Sopranos is Svetlana immigrant russian girl telling Tony that americans complain to their shrinks so much,never happy with anything.....for she grew up with nothing.....U Americans are never happy with anything and u have so much...we have a lot 2 b grateful for and if u don't start looking at that u will end up drunk again and that is YOUR choice!
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