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Bluelighter
hi everybody - ill preface this by saying that i dont visit these boards often and i really dont feel like sifting through the search engine, so sorry if a similar topic has already been discussed.
i have a little worry. i'm a vegan, and have been for about 4 years, but i consider myself a healthy vegan. i eat well, though not too often (work makes it hard to eat meals during the day), take a mulit-vitamin and b-12 supplement daily, am constantly active, etc etc etc. but i drink a lot. like, a lot. just about every week day, i start in the afternoon when i get off work and dont stop until i go to bed. on the weekends, i generally start drinking a whole fuckin lot earlier than that.
yeah, i know, not good. dont have to tell me that. however, it's only been like that for maybe 2 years at the most. anyways, i get the shakes during the day. like, pretty fuckin shakey. i always assumed it was cuz i was hungry and hadnt eaten, or had some sort of vitamin deficiency. so i was asking a friend what he thought it might be, and he said those two reasons, and he also asked "well, does it stop when you have your first beer?" and i was like, well..im not sure. ive never paid attention.
so i started paying attention. and im pretty sure it's right after ive had a beer or two that my shakes stop. (i dont really drink hard alcohol often at all)
so basically im wondering: ive only been drinking heavily for 2 years or so.. honestly, probably a little less than that. is it possible to have symptoms of alcoholism this early? or do my shakes stop because alcohol relaxes me? kind of a chicken-egg situation. i dont ever CRAVE a drink, other than just thinking "id like to have a beer now.." not like ready to kill someone for a pabst or anything.
yeah i dont like the amount i drink, and im really not looking for advice per say, just wondering if alcohol is the cause or the (albeit temporary and not healthy) cure to my shakey hands?
thanks in advance...
i have a little worry. i'm a vegan, and have been for about 4 years, but i consider myself a healthy vegan. i eat well, though not too often (work makes it hard to eat meals during the day), take a mulit-vitamin and b-12 supplement daily, am constantly active, etc etc etc. but i drink a lot. like, a lot. just about every week day, i start in the afternoon when i get off work and dont stop until i go to bed. on the weekends, i generally start drinking a whole fuckin lot earlier than that.
yeah, i know, not good. dont have to tell me that. however, it's only been like that for maybe 2 years at the most. anyways, i get the shakes during the day. like, pretty fuckin shakey. i always assumed it was cuz i was hungry and hadnt eaten, or had some sort of vitamin deficiency. so i was asking a friend what he thought it might be, and he said those two reasons, and he also asked "well, does it stop when you have your first beer?" and i was like, well..im not sure. ive never paid attention.
so i started paying attention. and im pretty sure it's right after ive had a beer or two that my shakes stop. (i dont really drink hard alcohol often at all)
so basically im wondering: ive only been drinking heavily for 2 years or so.. honestly, probably a little less than that. is it possible to have symptoms of alcoholism this early? or do my shakes stop because alcohol relaxes me? kind of a chicken-egg situation. i dont ever CRAVE a drink, other than just thinking "id like to have a beer now.." not like ready to kill someone for a pabst or anything.
yeah i dont like the amount i drink, and im really not looking for advice per say, just wondering if alcohol is the cause or the (albeit temporary and not healthy) cure to my shakey hands?
thanks in advance...