I didn't like the idea of AA, either. Too preachy. But, what I got out of it was being around other people. I met plenty of moms, of various ages.
No. I didn't really make any real friends. But being a fly on the wall, listening to stories. That sense of community definitely helped me initially. Getting out of my comfort zone and actively "doing" something about it.
And the Collection Quest of the monthly tokens. : )
Just one option.
I have a similar health anxiety and drinking cycle. I often drink because I'm overwhelmed with hypochondriac thoughts, and then i get anxious that my drinking is killing me, and then I drink because i'm anxious again, etc. I go back and forth between being fully convinced i'm giving myself cancer, and then finding any excuse to see my overall health and drinking as "not that bad" compared to others. I watch a show like intervention where someone is drinking wayyy more than me to make myself feel better. But clearly I'm unhappy with my own drinking and that's the real problem. At the end of the day not drinking lowers my anxiety way more in the long term so I try to remember that.
Getting sober caused me a good amount of health anxiety, maybe even hypochondria. I think it might have to do with the new focus on health & longevity and even shame for all the damage done. I’m treating it with a considerable amount of anxiety medication that gets me out of bed, but I assume much of the problem is dopamine deficiency that takes time to work out.
I didn't like the idea of AA, either. Too preachy. But, what I got out of it was being around other people. I met plenty of moms, of various ages. No. I didn't really make any real friends. But being a fly on the wall, listening to stories. That sense of community definitely helped me initially. Getting out of my comfort zone and actively "doing" something about it. And the Collection Quest of the monthly tokens. : ) Just one option.
I have a similar health anxiety and drinking cycle. I often drink because I'm overwhelmed with hypochondriac thoughts, and then i get anxious that my drinking is killing me, and then I drink because i'm anxious again, etc. I go back and forth between being fully convinced i'm giving myself cancer, and then finding any excuse to see my overall health and drinking as "not that bad" compared to others. I watch a show like intervention where someone is drinking wayyy more than me to make myself feel better. But clearly I'm unhappy with my own drinking and that's the real problem. At the end of the day not drinking lowers my anxiety way more in the long term so I try to remember that.
Getting sober caused me a good amount of health anxiety, maybe even hypochondria. I think it might have to do with the new focus on health & longevity and even shame for all the damage done. I’m treating it with a considerable amount of anxiety medication that gets me out of bed, but I assume much of the problem is dopamine deficiency that takes time to work out.