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Xanax and Alcohol

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mamamia69

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I have been depressed for last 6 months due to my martial issues. My wife has left me and often keeps threatening me of filing false complaints which creates a great deal of anxiety in me.

I was on Zoloft for last 2 months and how have a script for Xanax 0.5mg as required. Since Xanax is addictive, I only keep it for extreme situations like when my wife calls me and yells at me. I only take .25 mg by splitting the tablet into two halfs.


For last few couple of weeks, I have tried to mix Xanax with whiskey. Here is what I do.

1. Drink from 7PM to 9PM normally 3 drinks of whiskey.
2. Eat dinner at 9PM
3. Take 0.25 mg Xanax at 9:30-10PM and go to sleep.

I sleep well and normally wake up at 3AM, take a piss and go back to sleep. I feel relaxed and forget all the shit going on in my life. Whatever I am doing here, is it bad? can it kill me?8(
 
not going to kill you at that dose. but it sounds like you are starting a habit. consider if that's something you want. too often, too long, and you will have a hard time falling asleep without. but maybe fuckall.
 
I forgot to mention, that I do this only on the weekends. I don't drink or take Xanax (except when my wife gives me panic attack) on weekdays.

main reason for me to do this over the weekend is that I feel, I deserve some relaxation after slogging all week at work and taking crap from my wife. Although I have never blacked out, I get deep uninterrupted sleep for 5-6 hrs.
 
oh, that's not that bad. but dude, it never starts off that bad. i'm certainly not saying don't do it. trying to make perfect decisions isn't worth it. just know that mixing benzos and alcohol is extremely reinforcing and (at higher doses and a higher frequency then you're at) physically addictive--landing it in the bad decisions category.

and sorry to hear you're in a rough time.
 
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With 3 drinks of Whiskey and .25mg of Xanax you are not going to be in danger. The danger comes when you use either of these substances in quantities that are greater than what your body can handle.

As I personally have a lot of experience with addiction in my young life, I know that stress can be the one thing that starts it. I agree that you do deserve to be able to relax, you do deserve to not have panic attacks, and you deserve to feel happy with who you are. The way addiction creeps up on people is that these substances provide all of those feelings when life on the outside prevents them from being able to have those feelings - thus you begin to use them more and more, and more and more.

Remember, nobody who is an addict started off by saying hey! I have a good idea, I'm going to become addicted to powerful drugs. It starts small. If you are reading on this site then you are obviously an informed individual, and I suggest you keep a close eye on your behaviors to make sure you don't fall into the trap that so many of us have fallen into, thinking we were different.
 
hydroazuanacaine said:
oh, that's not that bad. but dude, it never starts off that bad. i'm certainly not saying don't do it. trying to make perfect decisions isn't worth it. just know that mixing benzos and alcohol is extremely reinforcing and (at higher doses and a higher frequency then you're at) physically addictive--landing it in the bad decisions category.

and sorry to hear you're in a rough time.
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this^

i'd bet most of the users on this site start off by beeing weekend-warriors, then it becomes, "ok maybe ill just do it on wednesday or thursday nights aswell." then it becomes an everyday thing and you become physically dependent which is probably one of the worst experiences you can have in life.
 
^ laC speaks the truth.

If you can strictly maintain your guidelines, you'll be fine. DON'T start using benzos (or alcohol, really) more than you have to. Don't take tylenol (APAP, paracetamol, acetaminophen) with alcohol as it'll stress your liver too much (and it sounds like your wife is doing just fine for ya there :p )

Good luck mate,
 
Just be very careful.
After I realized my marriage was on a fast track to divorce I started drinkin, just on the wknds. Then smokin a lil weed. And before I knew it I was at the drs gettin Xanax myself. After combinin all these and escapin the horror my life had become I started usin more and more.
5 years later and I'm escapin reality daily now. I've quit a few times but between the panic and my life just suckin I always go back to the drugs.
Good luck and it does get better!
EDIT: I wanted to add that I found a guy 4 states away that has become my fiancee and a dad to my children.
I'm in counseling and I start out patient drug therapy soon as my cast comes off.
Life does get better, I promise...and my ex pulled some massive shit on me. Filed false police reports, took our kids, ect.
It does get better, but it's hard once you have an addiction. Then you have another struggle that you've created.
Stay safe!
 
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If you can keep it to week ends your fine bro, almost no chance you will die with that dosage. When i mix xanax with alcohol i take like a full bar (2mg) and like 6 shots and can still walk around fine and stuff (sometimes black out and do dumb shit). Anyways your all good
 
Thanks for all the replies. I'm glad I made this thread.I can't promise that I will quit doing this over the weekend. But this thread will act as a reminder when I go off track.
 
This does not sound that bad so long as you have a handle on it. Mixing 0.25 mg alprazolam with a few drinks isn't a dangerous combo. The only concern I would have is potential increase in frequency of this routine (more and more days per week), which could lead rather easily to a full-blown alcohol and benzo addiction. If you feel you can keep it contained to the weekends, and only use as needed (truly as needed) on the weekdays when you are really stressed, I don't see any issue.
 
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This does not sound that bad so long as you have a handle on it. Mixing 0.25 mg alprazolam with a few drinks isn't a dangerous combo. The only concern I would have is potential increase in frequency of this routine (more and more days per week), which could lead rather easily to a full-blown alcohol and benzo addiction. If you feel you can keep it contained to the weekends, and only use as needed (truly as needed) on the weekdays when you are really stressed, I don't see any issue.
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Yup that is what I am doing right now, out of 60-70 pills I was prescribed since Nov 2011, I have only consumed 9-10 till now. I hope to keep it this way.
 
Frankly, you should cut out the alcohol all together. It's the worst drug for your body that you can ingest. It's poison.
 
Wouldn't kill ya at that dose, but I can think of so many time I mixed benzos with booze and did really regrettable shit, but then again I'm an asshole ;).
It will make you 100 times more inebriated though, it potentiates alcohol 10 fold.
If you are just sipping on some beers before bed I doubt you'll experience any sever inebriation.
 
Well all I have noticed is that, I just sleep well and wake up after 5-6 hrs then go back to sleep.
 
I would suggest blocking her number -.- but yeah good job lol , when I did Xanax and drank it lead to the worst days of my life , Morley because of the fact that I'm a drug abuser and get extremely fucked up . But Xanax I found extremely addictive and cannot keep my hands off of when it's around .
 
It sounds like you need the "escape" every day. That's not normal, or harmless for that matter. Both alcohol and xanax are addictive, and as I'm sure you know by now, they play off each other. Just a little bit more....and a little bit more....and whammo - you'll wonder how that prescription bottle got empty so fast. People here speak from experience....so just be careful. Best of luck to you - and the situation with your wife.
 
If all of your wife's complaints are false and you don't even like her anymore, I'd cut off all contact with her (I'm not married, divorced or separated so I don't know what it's like) but I'd rather not take drugs and have no anxiety from a bitching wife than take drugs to cope with the bitching wife. Learn her telephone number and when she calls, simply don't pick up the phone (I assume you don't live together). Or perhaps make it so she can't call you at all. That would be my two, possibly impossible, cents.
 
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