Self-Injury Support Group

Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.

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bratpack
bratpack
alchlism runs in my family in fact it has gone as far back as 3 famiy historys so everyone pretty much thinks that cutting is not an addection and is just a attion thing of course most of the people saing this is the people who are drinkers how do i get it across to the drunks and sobers that cutting is an addection
deleted_user
deleted_user
i give you loads of credit for admitting it is an addiction. It's tough to explain to them and to get them to understand but, the way i put it to my mom is, it's just like smoking and drinking... you crave it or "do it" to drown something... there is no difference in my eyes...
Not sure if this helps but i do understand because i've done SI for 30 years. (i sure hate to admit that!) i'm doing my best to stop and will succeed this time!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sometimes we just can't make others understand. The alchoholics probably don't really admit they have a problem let alone admit you have one.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi there i hope that things are going better now? I have been sh for over 20 years and for all that i have also been a drinker,so i kind of have been on both sides. What you need to get is that its not easy on both sides that the why and wens of what youre doing. alot of people that i have met and have had talks with have been drinkers and as long as it is put in a way that they understand then its ok.At the end of the day some people would say that drinking is a form of self harm its just hard for them to get that openly cutting yourself is the same as drinking yourself stupid everyday. All you can do is pik the ones you think mite sit down and listen to you and tell them what is going on with you and why you do it(if they realy want to know) and thats all you can realy do they will either exept or not .Take care x x