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Withdrawl

I am a 21 year old girl and in the recent past year I have been very heavily drinking. In the last months I've been getting really bad shakes throughout the day and I do experience dry heaving every so often. I have lack of appetite but when I do eat it helps with the shakes. I know that it takes a lot of work to get off dependency and I really want to be able to enjoy alcohol but moderately. I don't think I'm too far along where it would be too hard but I don't know if I should do tapering or quit cold turkey. I crave alcohol usually anytime past 5. I don't want to tell my parents our see a physician for it because I don't want to go to rehab. My dad was an alcoholic and he was able to get through it. I'm also wondering if I'd be able to do this with just myself. I'm really anxious to get rid of this addiction and get back to life. Ive been productive and haven't been slacking in work or relationships. It hasn't ruined any of those things but I just need advice to get rid of this.
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Hi,

Good advice from above ^ ibizan...
Honestly, I think you are in some denial about your drinking. Denial is a defense mechanism all of us use when we are faced with an issue that we cannot come to terms with, or know how to cope with... I thought and felt exactly the same as you do now, when I was in my early 20's ~ a lot of us old alcoholics did the same exact thing you are doing now.  Funny thing was, I never saw a problem with my drinking, especially because I thought I was a shining example of responsibility; I worked 60+ hrs. a week at a great paying job; took great pride in being a volunteer in my free time; was happily married, and I was a homeowner. Naturally at a young age, there was now way I could have foreseen all the problems that alcohol would cause me in the future; let's just say my drinking cost me a lot and everything I cared about, and I don't just mean financially :(  

If you are an alcoholic (which is quite possible), moderate drinking does not work; it may work for a little while, but that never lasts ~ I know, I've tried, and so have millions of others. Stopping drinking isn't the hard part, it's staying off the booze & staying dry that is the hardest .. There's a site you can go to for more info. on this: goodtherapy.org (type alcohol addiction in the search bar)...
For actual help that is confidential ( yet it will cost you money, unless your insurance plan covers it) you can seek therapy through an Addiction Therapist or Addiction Counselor... Really, it takes educating yourself w/ help, before you can empower yourself.

Good Luck and Take Care :)  
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The work it takes to get off an alcohol/drug dependency is very well worth it.For many of us here we had to get sick n tired of being sick n tired which means many efforts at controlled use and many failures.If you crave alcohol that is a definite RED LIGHT!Can you do it by yourself?Maybe!Sustained recovery is usually found in a support group of folks who role model how its done!You note the things it hasn't ruined YET!I had a bachelors degree plus a masters degree and had a position when i got sober/clean.I stopped using these as a cover and then really got EDUCATED!
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