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Should I worry?
Hey,
I'm a 32 year old male, I've been drinking just about every night for the last 2 and a half years. On average I'll go through a 1.75 liter bottle in 3 nights (40%). Lately, I've noticed some changes. For a while now, my stomach feels bloated and full (not just a large abdomen, but everything feels overfull), and I almost always have liquid stool that comes on very quickly, but for the past couple of weeks or so I find that it takes less alcohol to get me drunk, and I'm eating hardly anything at all. Also, when I've been waking up in the mornings, sometimes I'll feel drunk for the entire day, and just kind of paranoid/depressed.
My question is, is this enough time and alcohol content to be seriously worried, or are all these things still pretty common territory with being an alcoholic? And should I be worried if I try to stop drinking cold turkey?
Thank you.
I'm a 32 year old male, I've been drinking just about every night for the last 2 and a half years. On average I'll go through a 1.75 liter bottle in 3 nights (40%). Lately, I've noticed some changes. For a while now, my stomach feels bloated and full (not just a large abdomen, but everything feels overfull), and I almost always have liquid stool that comes on very quickly, but for the past couple of weeks or so I find that it takes less alcohol to get me drunk, and I'm eating hardly anything at all. Also, when I've been waking up in the mornings, sometimes I'll feel drunk for the entire day, and just kind of paranoid/depressed.
My question is, is this enough time and alcohol content to be seriously worried, or are all these things still pretty common territory with being an alcoholic? And should I be worried if I try to stop drinking cold turkey?
Thank you.
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Hi, i am going through some of the same things as you and have just realised that i need to do something drastic about it. i have had the same advice as you on here and i think it's the best advice so far.and i will be acting on it. For you to have posted a question on here it shows you realise that you know there's a problem and you need help, just as i do.. i wish you all the best ..
Hi, so happy to hear you are going to quit drinking. Good idea to tell your doctor everything, from your alcohol consumption to your mental health issues. Go to lots of AA meetings, find a good sober sponsor and learn the twelve steps, they make a person so much better. They changed my life. I went to outpatient recovery as I was very worried for my future. I was very negative and bitter and had bad panic attacks. I am so much better now, I am happy and content. Best Wishes.
Thank you very much for the response. I've been agoraphobic, besides the obvious onset of major depressive disorder, I haven't had the willpower or ambition to try much of anything (besides get drunk and act a fool online), and because it's very hard for me to speak. I'll be getting in an appt with an internal medicine doctor. I'll update here, hopefully with good news. Thanks again.
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