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    9 months ago

    I‘d suggest a „pause“. Just see how long you can make it. It takes the „I can never do x again“ pressure away and makes it a lot easier to keep off something. Did the same with smoking.

    Have you tried yoga/meditation? I make breathing exercises if stuff gets rough. Either awake or when I want to fall asleep. I count breaths in and out. When I come to 100 I start over. My brain calms down at repetitive stuff and i get tired.

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      9 months ago

      I do breathing exercises and they do help a little but not usually enough to get to sleep or stay asleep.

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          9 months ago

          You didn’t mention exercise before but I do weight lifting and various forms of cardio. I’m in very good shape physically but those do not help at all with my sleep. Medication requires going to a doctor and that’s too expensive.

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            9 months ago

            Whoops. I did include it mentally but as I see now I didnt actually say it. Sorry.

            Very tough situation you‘re in. What country do you live in?

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                Why is that no surprise to me? The american dream these days to me feels like „I hope I can make it before I become seriously sick or injured.“

                I suppose you have no way of getting insurance or some program to help you? Because self medicating with alcohol is pretty brutal for your health over time.

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                  9 months ago

                  I have insurance but every time I go to a doctor they always still manage to make it cost 100+$ and thanks to their incomprehensible medical billing codes I don’t even have a way to budget for it if they decide to do some test that costs a lot and insurance comes back saying it’s not covered after the fact.

                  I’m mitigating the alcohol thing by only using it in majorly stressful times. Normally I don’t drink as much.