How have some of you managed not to turn to alcohol/drugs out of desperation?

[IWantToSleep]

Title.

 

[Alwaysbadtime]

Due to my brain hurting from stress and unhappiness I don't feel the sensation of being drunk anymore. I can't handle pot and other drugs just do nothing. I don't have anything to talk about so it isn't fun or whatever.

If I had access to major downers I would take them.

 

[everydayiloveyou]

I've never drank, smoked or done any drugs besides drinking caffeine in coffee.

Personally I've never had any urge to. I'm legal so I could buy cigs or something but it's just in my mind and I never actually do it.

My immediate family did not do any of those things around me. Alcohol addiction runs in one half of my family though so I'm scared to try alcohol or stimulants especially since I have anxiety and apparently drinking/uppers can make it go away temporarily.

 

[peacefulhorizons]

It makes N less effective

 

[Mr2005]

I don't drink because I never think about it. It was always a social thing for me. I smoke pot though, it seems to suit the solitary lifestyle better

 

[UKscotty]

I used to abuse alcohol and other drugs but they stopped working too and made it worse.

 

[heretogethelp]

well i was raised muslim, so i've never tried

 

[GoPeaceful]

Alcohol and Cannabis increase the sadness I experience tremendously. Benzodiazepines help to lead (at least for a couple of hours) to a normal healthy mindset, but lose their effectiveness really fast.

 

[Journeytoletgo]

I abused alcohol however it only worked for so long. I begun doing it when my ex screwed me up years ago, I'm carrying a lot of emotional baggage from that incident he really really hurt me, I shouldn't feel so screwed up just from sleeping with a guy I didn't even know that long and it triggers me when they abandon me I become emotionally unstable I'm scared for myself

 

[Lost Magic]

I abused alcohol and took a lot of prescription pills. The alcohol and weed made me paranoid and ill as fuck so I stopped taking them. I don't need to increase my paranoia with that shit.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

No. Been drinking heavily for 18 years with one year of sobriety. I was most suicidal when sober so I'm not planning on quitting again any time soon.

 

[mostlysober]

I think for a lot of people in recovery, at least me, ending it while sober feels right. I would like people to know that I made this decision in full trust of myself, and not influenced by drugs or alcohol. Some days are better than others. I think if I started drinking again- I would probably want to stay alive to keep drinking. Who knows though, if I had the money I would probably go out like Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas.

 

[Pluto]

As a fairly rational person, I figured that spending huge sums of money (over the years - add it up!) on alcohol or needing to tackle additional health issues doesn't make sense. Aside from something occasional, alcohol doesn't seem to have any appeal. I'd be open to substances like pot that could actually help with pain management, but it's far from legal in Australia.

 

[HappyForever?]

I'm afraid of making my life worse than it is now.

 

[OnlyTheWind]

I only abuse myself, which has also just made things worse.

 

[Insomniac]

I abused benzos and now I am practically brain-dead. Drugs are a bad idea, no matter what. No matter what. Anything is better than addiction to drugs...especially hard drugs.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

They simply don't help (well, nothing can). I use them (for short term distraction and long term destruction), not the other way around.

 

[SheJumped]

I drink every so often but the recovery from drinking as I get older isn't worth it.

 

[Journeytoletgo]

Alcohol ruined my life I begun abusing it 6 years ago. It's another reason why I want to CTB. I wish I never tried it, but now I notice it makes me incredibly suicidal

 

[clown_17]

Only reason is because of my meds. I don't feel any drugs anymore because of my anitpsychotics. I only get the bad side effects

 

[mustard_glass]

I don't have the money, otherwise I'd be getting Lahey-drunk on a daily basis.

 

[one.way.out]

I turned to self-harm, porn, and music instead.

 

[frost]

Because it's not an option that I have access to

 

[Titania]

Found other ways to cope such as sex, self-harm, and binge eating. Weed and alcohol I have tried but never really gotten addicted to.

 

[slyna]

It makes N less effective

Haha, say what?
.Edit ah you mean toleranxe ...Benz?

2 bottle kill u anyway

 

[CatabolicSeed]

Expensive

 

[BrokenLine]

I've never drank, smoked or done any drugs besides drinking caffeine in coffee.

Personally I've never had any urge to. I'm legal so I could buy cigs or something but it's just in my mind and I never actually do it.

My immediate family did not do any of those things around me. Alcohol addiction runs in one half of my family though so I'm scared to try alcohol or stimulants especially since I have anxiety and apparently drinking/uppers can make it go away temporarily.

Yes this.

In my life I've been drunk twice I'm 41 I enjoyed the feeling but having an abusive alcoholic parent is how all my problems started, so drinking and drugs for me I know it would just add more problems to my life the short time benefits aren't worth it.

 

[Sadaiz]

I don't….

 

[MrAsclepius]

I wish this applied to me.