Kuno78 Welcome to D/S and to the disease of alcoholism. We suffer from a disease of the body , mind and spirit. We keep doing the same things over and over again expecting different results. What we need to do in order to change our thinking is to change our actions. We can do that by attending meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous. Their program of recovery certainly changed my life forever. I was taught a new way of living that instead of picking up a drink I needed to pick up the phone and talk to another alcohlic. I needed to get honest with myself and just stop this insanity. If you haven't tried AA I suggest that you do. Its as simple as picking up the phone and asking for help.The bad news is it will never get better if you continue to drink it will only get worse. The good news is you don't ever have to drink again if you don't want to. Thats the miracle of this program and our believe that a power greater than ourselve can restore us to sanity. Make that call this disease is bigger than any one man and you're going to need help. We will always be here to support you but you have to take responsibility for your own actions. AA offered me a solution to disease that is cunning baffeling and powerful. Goodluck on your efforts and please Keep coming back. Greg

I drank even though I felt like shit the next day. I could feel the damage I was doing to my body and kept drinking anyway. And I could not start getting better until I quit.

I knew better and I drank anyway. Why? Because I was addicted to alcohol.

Thinking that is was stupid to keep drinking or that I would be better off if I stopped wasn't enough for me. I would not say to myself, "hey, let's drink 10 shots of vodka tonight, that sounds like a healthy idea!" Like you, I was compelled to drink. So I could not rationalize or intellectualize my way to sobriety. I had to choose, deep within, to give myself back my life.

I can relate to your dilemma. My husband who I love dearly told me that my drinking was a deal breaker and I had to stop or lose him. I thought to myself surely that will make me stop! Well only for a couple of days. I too made myself sick regularly by drinking. I don't even enjoy it anymore. But the obsession is still there. I have been coming to this forum for a few months and through the advice and urgings of people here I have started to attend AA meetings. It makes me feel so much better. I still have a lot of problems to deal with but I feel like I am making progress.

Keep coming back. You are not alone.

I ended up near dead from mixing anti depressants and booze-it is something that baffled them at the ER but WOWEEE it was awful.

I swear to GAWD that should have stopped me but, well, I just stopped taking the pills and boozed happily along.....

at least you can recognize and admit the problem, thats the heardest step. you are not alone. i have done the same thing and i know other people that do it too. ive heard its very dangerous to mox alcohol with any kind of medication but yet people still do it. not because they want to but because they are addicted. its hard to stop doing something your so used to doing because if your not doing that then you dont know what to so with yourself. i would encourage you to stop mising your medications with alcohol as soon as possible to prevent any short or long term effects. i hope that you check out the AA meetings. some people have their own opinion on AA meetings both positive and negative but you never know if you dont go! take care

Welcome. I havent got an dual drug/ alcohol issues but I know from meetings and these boards and reading...that they are prevelant. Have you talked to your DR about your alcohol use? You should.

Good luck.

nope makes no sense.....

The odd thing is that I have told my doctor that I do drink and she says, "Well a drink or two won't hurt as long as it is in moderation." Well...it does hurt and I need to just keep reminding myself of this. Zoloft has severely weakened my tollerance to alcohol, and it is going to be dangerous to continue.

Google the words "Zoloft and alcohol consumption" and you'll find a lot. At a glance, I see that it intensifies or lowers the tolerance of alcohol; also, when taken with alcohol, it can actually increase depression. In other words, alcohol gives it the opposite of it's intended use.

Our drinking never makes sense Kuno- that's the rub with alcoholic behavior. We do it even though it causes harm. Your depression and panic attacks can be treated if you remove alcohol from the equation though. Stop trying to moderate, and try quitting completely. See how you feel after 30 days.....I'll bet you'll see a great improvement.

Before I stopped drinking, I was drinking several glasses of wine a night while taking medication that you shouldn't drink with. Denial told me that the reason I was passing out, bumping into things, falling down was the medication. While that may have played a role, the truth is, a normal drinker who was experiencing those effects while drinking and taking necessary medication would not drink while taking the medication. It's that simple.

Toward the end, I was almost looking for someone to tell me I had to stop drinking...but I always got that 'in moderation' answer. Little did they know what moderation meant to me.

If you think it might be a problem, it probably is. Stop drinking and you may just not need the zoloft at all!

Kuno-if you are going to continue to drink, you need to discontinue the Zoloft. Period.

You might also want to talk to another DR as yours doesnt sound entirely responsile.

M.

It's natural for an alcohol to drink.