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Addiction & Recovery

MH1

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7. as someone with anxiety issues ...

Reply to Peregrine Took (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:44 PM

Dec 2011

have you talked to a doctor? My doc prescribed a beta blocker for situational anxiety and it has worked well for me. If you can treat the anxiety medically, maybe you can stop using alcohol for that, and that will make you more free to choose not to drink some days.

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Can I be a member here if I am trying to cut back? [View all] Peregrine Took Dec 2011 OP

I'm in the same kind of boat-mild but weighing me down. tfsoccer Dec 2011 #1

Every one is welcome NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #2

I don't see why not get the red out Dec 2011 #3

Welcome to the club! Taverner Dec 2011 #4

The idea of quitting altogether is not "do-able" right now. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #5

as someone with anxiety issues ... MH1 Dec 2011 #7

Yes- a doctor can help a great deal. I'd be lost without my doctor. BeHereNow Dec 2011 #8

What beta blocker did your doctor prescribe, if I may ask? BeHereNow Dec 2011 #9

Propranolol 10 mg MH1 Dec 2011 #10

Tell you brother smoking is also a habit (some say), till they try quiting. demosincebirth Dec 2011 #12

Here is a site I have found very helpful... Lisa0825 Dec 2011 #6

Not for many of us who frequent this site. nt demosincebirth Dec 2011 #13

Does it affect your life in any negative way or anyone else s? demosincebirth Dec 2011 #11