Stress Center Peer Support

Hello. I am in the same boat. I go for three to ten days without drinking. The first day sober is hell ( self-loathing, anxiety, etc). Somehow when something stressful happens i believe the lie "it will be different this time", and I drink. I've been working the program about a month now, and I thin...

One great source for Positive affirmations and guided imagery CDs is Belleruth Naperstek. <A HREF="http://www.helathjourneys.com" TARGET=_blank>www.helathjourneys.com</A> She's nationally recognized and has especially helped people with PSTD in her practice. Her voice is very soothing.

I want to add my encouragement for fellow suffers to get up and move and breath deeply. As someone wrote, even 30 seconds will help. Going outside for a walk really interuppts my unhealthy thinking, as well as gives me the benefits of movement. It really works. Let's keep trying.

I sometimes have anxiety about 5 to 7 pm and I think it is about fearing change and transistion, in my case. I'm done with the day's activities, and not yet settled into the evening. Going out for a walk, or something like that to distract me does help. It is all a mystery, and helps to hear I am no...

I relate to your story and how you are feeling ajh. I have floundered about, judged myself a failure, but have kept on floundering and trying to swim forward. And then something caught, and helped me find and be motivated enough to start this program. It is great to hear your determination to keep c...

[QUOTE It feels very good to laugh, and as I do relate to these sensible (or irrational observations), I feel at home in this community, too. Thank you for the 'freggrent' observation: I just started the program last week, and 'freggrent' has been jolting me, until I also started accepting it ... sa...