what if I just continue drinking and cut down gradually? I don't like hospitals and doctors I think I cut down too much too fast, I went from a half liter a day, to about a 1/4 liter a day in the past week and yesterday had 5-6 drinks (5-6oz.)
actually I was at the doctors office today and she took my BP and asked if I was nervous since it was pretty high, but if it was anything drastic she would have done something, correct?
Phil wrote: Yup...I'd see a doc and get checked out bud...
When ones body is used to being pickled...and all of a sudden, you take most of the pickle juice away...
Theres going to be some kind of physical trauma...:)
If you have been consuming alcohol in the quantities you mentioned above, and you go to the hospital and they keep you there, it may be to save your life.
It may also be the turning point in your life where you get your life back.
I have to agree with Phil. It is either that you have come to the point that you are ready to quit or ..... It is sobriety you REALLY want or you want to make excuses. (Denial) There are many on this board that have done that. Made lots of excuses time and again until they could no longer deny they had a problem. Could it be that the possibility of hospitalization is just that ..... an excuse? It is a question that ONLY you can ask yourself honestly. If the answer is yes to sobriety then any medical provisions could only mean that the dr/hospital will attempt to help you in your journey to sobriety in ways the feel best to help you. You have to be very honest with yourself first......then with them. Sometimes we must go over the rocky road to get to our destination. It seems very likely that with the amounts you say you are drinking there will come some pain and struggle to get to sobriety. You will never know......unless you go.
I was on BP meds for years prior to quitting drinking. Since getting sober I've been able to cut my meds down from 3x a day to once.....since I quit smoking my doc says I may even be able to come off that (if I get off my lazy arse and start exercising.).
Hypertension is nothing you want to play with......I'm agreeing with the rest, it's time to either S$#* or get off the pot!
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I've been on BP meds for 8 years, I've been sober for almost 11 years. I don't know if I had high blood pressure before I quit drinking as I wasn't in the habit of going to the Dr. The meds I take is a Beta blocker, it lowers my BP by slow my heart rate, it also makes me less tense and lessen the tremors that I had most of my life. We've get lots of visitors here who aren't ready for recovery. If you think you have a drinking problem, you probably do. Detox is no joke, people die from alcohol withdrawal. Stop trying to be your own Dr. You need to make a decision, we can share our experience, strength and hope but it's really all up to you. Bob.
-- Edited by cooncatbob at 23:53, 2007-03-29
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