This might sound dumb

[alienshe_cheesycake]

I don't have a problem with drink or drugs
but
I think I'm at risk of developing one.

I don't drink at the moment because I used to live at home with my dad and there's no way I look 18, so I can't buy alcohol anyway

But when I do drink, I drink waay too much, and primarly for the purpose of getting drunk and forgetting stuff,
I'm turning 18 soon and getting my own place and I'm scared that I'm going to go totally off the rails and drink myself into oblivion most days.

Also, it's dumb stuff like, the other week I OD'd ever so slightly on my anti-depressants, only to find that the next day I felt pleasantly stoned
I'm worried that I'm gonna be tempted to OD again on these or my ant-pychotics.....

Told you it was stupid, I'm just worried....

[Wonderland.]

you should tell someone you are worried so that they know you will need extra support when you get a place of your own.

amy x

[blondiebear]

It is fine that you are worried.

You might consider looking up the AA web site and taking one of their little quizzes. No one but you will see or know the answer.

Pardon me if I'm being a 12 step thumper here, but in the text of the first step of one of the AA books, it says that the old timers could see people who were scarcely potential alcoholics and save them from years of hell. The old timers could see where the potentials were compared to what their path had been.

I'm not an old timer by any means. But it is said that it is not how much you drink, it is why you drink.

Good for you for worrying and thinking about this!

If you want to PM me, feel free. I'm an alcoholic and a member of aa with 13 years of sobriety, that is my "qualification" if you want.

I'm glad that you are thinking about this. You may be saved those years of hell.