Binge drinking, memory blackout and anxiety

General health and lifestyle
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Its late and i've spent the best part of the weekend trying to work out how i got home on friday evening after quite alot to drink. I have the worst anxiety in relation to how I got home and i'm angree at myself for putting myself in a situation where by I, had far to much to drink and didnt eat anything resulting in me leaving a club alone and drunk. I managed to make it home with some food which i have no idea where i bought it and only knew i had bought it after my house mate said i had left it in the kitchen.

I'm not a daily drinker but do drink on the weekend and it tends to be one night of heavy drinking.

Does this resinate with anyone else? Have you stopped drinking altogether? I'm no spring chicken and not in my 20's, but Ironically i work in the alcohol industry and see so many people in states.

I mean how bad does this kind of behavior need to get before something bad happens. I guess i was lucky not to have been hurt or worse, but i'm still extremly unsettled that i have gotten to the point where i have memory loss!

I really hope i'm not alone in this.....Any constructive advice would be appriciated. 

I did read up on alcoholism and i'm sure i havent let myself get to that point, but this does feel like a bit of a wakeup call, which i'd like to share and also get advice from others who have dealt with similar situations.....thanks

 

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It doesn't sound like you are physically dependent on alcohol YET. But that will happen unless you can do something because it will start to get to a point where you drink on other days of the week too.

Don't worry about how you got home, You did and you got home safe. Worrying yourself sick about that will lead to more drinking and more anxiety, as alcohol can cause or worsen anxiety.

You sound like a good candidate for Nalmefene. Google it or listen to BBC Radio 5 Live tomorrow between 3pm and 3.30pm (or on BBC iPlayer afterwards).

One bit of constractive advice I can offer to anybody who accidentally goes over the top on a night out, after the first two or three drinks, start alternating between soft and alcoholic drinks. This way, you have a gap between the alcoholic drinks and have more of an idea about the effect of the last alcoholic drink on you, before you drink the next one. Drinking one after another is more likely to make you lose control and you can slip over into 'one too many' very easily.

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*constructive

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Please see a alcohol addiction specialist. They can help you with so much with the new drugs to help stop the cravings and anxiety. 

also read related information column  next to this post rt side.

let Paul set up a program for u. 

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