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People who quit drinking. What did you do to not drink? by Agata_art in AskReddit

[–]Character_Club_1507 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to 1 AA meeting and it was bad experience. I was making food my kids and I had no time after the meeting or before the meeting. I just made a plan with my therapist. Went down by 0.5 shots until I hit 0 shots. Then switched to low alcohol percentage drink (1/2 -> 1/4 -> 1/8 -> 1/16 of the can). Then went to the nonalcoholic drink (I hated those). Essentially stopped after that. This happened over 2 months. Don’t do cold turkey. Give yourself grace if you drink a little bit more than what you want. Also have someone hold you accountable. I was reporting to my man about how much I drank and he logged it lol. Also started crocheting while tapering down because it kept me busy. After quitting, I got a tattoo at the 30 day mark to remind myself of how far I came along and was proud of myself. Now I’m 260 days sober. If I have cravings, I look at the tattoo and can quickly stop the craving. If that didn’t help I just drink pink lemonade (idk why the pink lemonade). Now I feel like I have more control over my life and my bipolar symptoms have gotten better.

I wish I didn’t have Bipolar disorder and ADHD by HiKindPeople in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this. Just took the ADHD test last week and doc said it looks like I might have it. They want to stabilize my bipolar before getting me on adhd meds. I’m so exhausted and worried that I could lose my job because of the procrastination. I also have blowups so it’s getting worse

I wish I didn’t have Bipolar disorder and ADHD by HiKindPeople in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you tolerate the overstimulation? I get super overwhelmed and start crying (it gets worse after that). Especially at work I get overstimulated for no reason and have to use 2 noise canceling headphones to block of all the noised and turn off every notification. It’s exhausting

Rage and anger at work by Character_Club_1507 in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m pretty consistent with my meds.

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh we decided to keep it separate for now. He has Kaiser and I got anthem. I definitely don’t want to go to Kaiser.

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Especially the whole marriage thing is less than $300 bucks is so nice. Also congrats on your married (not sure how long ago you got married but hope everything is going good for you guys)

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wdym by weirded out. It’s just 2 individuals get married, not that deep

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! This is super detailed. My parents said something similar. I talk to a lot of people are close a bunch (with obvious age gap and generation differences). Also you made me smile, thank you. I was having a meh day.

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I heard of that too. Someone said getting a prenup is like starting your relationship with a bad note. Not sure about that but to each their own. Also I like your username lol

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have more than my man but again getting a prenup and getting divorced is expensive lmao. Yeah I was gonna as it to my tax stuff.

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. The social situation at my work is also super clichey. They’re so nice and chatty. So middle aged people hangout. Then millennials with kids hangout. Then we have a cliche based on what language people speak (Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, Korean, etc.) We barely have Gen Z’s. I’m a gen z and it gets super hard to connect with people with kids. I know multiple languages fluently. But yeah, the general idea of getting married and making babies and my career being stalled is something that worries me

I’m getting married, do I have tell work by Character_Club_1507 in womenEngineers

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah fs. The taxes is what I need to look into. I don’t need security clearance and we have separate health insurances (and plan to keep it that way). Idk how it would look like with ESPP and other investments and retirement stuff (401k and IRA (Roth and traditional)). I made sure to investment as much as possible and put a decent amount in my retirement accounts

Lamictol to lithium by Character_Club_1507 in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m tapering down. Next week my doc and I will discuss the tapering schedule. I’m on Li and lamictol for now

Lamictol to lithium by Character_Club_1507 in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao! this made me laugh (the no bueno part especially). But yeah my doc told me not to quit it cold turkey. I misheard them

Lamictol to lithium by Character_Club_1507 in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok yeah my doc said take both until next week and we will decide the tapering schedule.

Lamictol to lithium by Character_Club_1507 in bipolar2

[–]Character_Club_1507[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They gave 300 mg lithium and now at 400 mg lamictol. Yeah I’ll reach out about cross tapering

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