Re: Just wondering--alcoholism..

[Guest guest]

Interesting theory.

I have had this chronic condition all my life, from childhood. I drank lightly,

socially beginning after age 21. I gave up drinking because, the older I got,

the more wonky, less stable, just a little alcohol made me feel.

Alcohol produces some of the same symptoms caused by our conditions:

-loss of and trouble holding onto fluids,

-low blood pressure,

-lowered neuro- and cognitive-functioning.

I wonder if alcoholism and drug abuse is a way people self-medicate for stress

and other life problems.

I also think of my conditions as having been caused by high levels of stress

since birth exacerbated by the thousands of toxic chemicals discovered, produced

and used since WWII.

Also an interesting theory.

toni

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> 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!!!)

>

[Guest guest]

Byron....

I didn't mean WHY in the sense of " why ME " ---I just wonder what causes the

syndromes.....

Lynn

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Subject: Re: Just wondering--alcoholism..

 

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?

[Guest guest]

Have any thought about a heavy metal detox.. just a thought.. I`am always

thinking.. can`t stand it sometimes.

I too had many exposures... Right now doing a candidia detox, and I have also

been exposed to mold.

Its quite amazing how many of us have been exposed to mold and have never put 2

plus 2 togther.

There is a definative link...

My 2 cents..

nne

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Subject: Re: Just wondering--alcoholism..

Hi Bryon, all,

finally got up and found my damn password etc for this site (get lazy..). I have

14 plus some years in recovery for NA/ AA. never shot up anything, but was a

chain almost pot smoker, and did do assorted other substances..

also was exposed to weird chemicals via jobs (jet engine assembly plant among

others), so with the weird chemicals .. who knows? I don't actually know anyone

in either recovery group with this.. or wait; one person I met with lots more

years in AA than I have.

somehow I think this is .. well, some of us have genetics which give us the

'gift' of being more inclined than others to get it. whether we also have that

other card -'allergy' to alcohol,or the hard wired brain of a tendency to become

addicted to anything bringing in instant gratification- well .. think this is

simply coincidental as are many other things..

[Guest guest]

I agree.. And I did make a connection. But it didn't seem as though there was

any way to prove it.

I lived in 2 homes in which mold abounds..(one in the absolute extreme)

i'm glad you've brought it up.

Re: Just wondering--alcoholism..

Have any thought about a heavy metal detox.. just a thought.. I`am always

thinking.. can`t stand it sometimes.

I too had many exposures... Right now doing a candidia detox, and I have also

been exposed to mold.

Its quite amazing how many of us have been exposed to mold and have never put 2

plus 2 togther.

There is a definative link...

My 2 cents..