Just wondering--alcoholism..

[Guest guest]

 Seems like we have our fair share of recovering alcoholics on this list--I,

too, have been in recovery for over 24 years......

My ex-husband deals a lot with EAP programs--and is always going to conferences

to learn more about them.  He told me that he heard , from one of the experts

out there, that MANY people who are alcoholics in recovery---develop

fibromyalgia.

Has that theory been tested?  I know that I always read that people with FMS

were usually in a car accident--or had some type of trauma to their body.  SO--I

used to think that maybe the fact that I had a complete hysterectomy in

1993---then fibro came along in 1994----that THAT was my trauma to the body.....

NOW, I am wondering if the alcoholism is also part of this syndrome.

Sorry---I am always thinking....and WONDERING......WHY???? (not that there is

much I can do about it if I DID find the answer!!!)

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Well, I've got 12 years in Recovery and there's no doubt that Alcohol

Abuse is a trauma to the total body. I used to help my father install

formica countertops around the age of fourteen-fifteen or so; Methyl

Ethel Ketone in the Weldwood Glue we used, Toluene too probably. Went

to work and used Lacquer Thinner, Methyl Ethel Ketone again and other

unknown inhalants that would leave you pouring yourself down the

stairs to go outside to get some air. Then alcohol.

I developed dropfoot, brain damage, cognitive impairment, fatigue,

fibro-like body pain.... joints, muscles, skin to touch. Got labeled

with everything from ADHD to Bi-Polar, a number of -myalgias....

We've also read that there may be a viral component to some of these

Diseases, no doubt another Trauma to the body!

As for WHY? Why not?

As we well know, it's not what we did or didn't do, but what we do

from this moment on, Eh?

Peace and Love,

Byron

At 07:38 AM 8/11/2012 -0700, you wrote:

> Seems like we have our fair share of recovering alcoholics on this

> list--I, too, have been in recovery for over 24 years......

>My ex-husband deals a lot with EAP programs--and is always going to

>conferences to learn more about them. He told me that he heard ,

>from one of the experts out there, that MANY people who are

>alcoholics in recovery---develop fibromyalgia.

>Has that theory been tested? I know that I always read that people

>with FMS were usually in a car accident--or had some type of trauma

>to their body. SO--I used to think that maybe the fact that I had a

>complete hysterectomy in 1993---then fibro came along in

>1994----that THAT was my trauma to the body.....

>NOW, I am wondering if the alcoholism is also part of this syndrome.

>Sorry---I am always thinking....and WONDERING......WHY???? (not that

>there is much I can do about it if I DID find the answer!!!)

>

>Lynn