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Help me please my life's gone to hell

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andy41445
andy41445

hi all I'm new to this so bear with me.I'm a middle aged man and have been anxious all my life. I've always had trouble sleeping due to worrying about what tomorrow will bring and stupidly resorted to having 2 or 3 cans of lager a night just to get me off to sleep. For the past 12 years I've been a successful logistics manager. In June this year I was made redundant and boy was that a shock, I'm now in a never ending spiral as I drink too much to calm my anxiety and then when I wake up my anxiety is so bad that I have another drink.I'll not even be able to cope with a job interview without the help of the demon drink and if I was lucky enough to be offered the job I would still need to top up all day and will eventually get fired. I feel I've let myself down my family and friends I just don't know how to get out of this spiral of self  destruction. I don't believe that I'm addicted to alcohol but I am addicted to its short term release from this hell 

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  • mia48740
    mia48740 andy41445

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    Andy I am with you on this ,I am a new drinker but it helps me at times of anxiety ,I am oly loosing myself a glass of red wine ,it works the best when empty stomach but its my help as I am not taking any medication from doctors .Try a book called healing code by alex loyd,it helps a lot if you got underlying issue .
  • kevin66749
    kevin66749 andy41445

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    booze is the worse thing for anxiety fella so ur only making urself feel worse! if u feel that u let ppl down go out there and make them proud! stop the boozing and go doctors and get medication to help! i suffer from anxiety and on diazepam sort term while sertraline kicks in (not the best side effects). come on fella u can do it and trust me on this! here if u want to chat
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