Hello! My name is Jordan. I started drinking 10 years ago at age 18. After high school I took a gap year and made some new friends at my job. They liked to smoke weed, but it always made me super anxious so I started drinking to calm myself down when we would hang out. After a little while my drinking went from a few beers to a few six packs in a day. At the time nobody really noticed my drinking and I did not realize I was heading down a dangerous path. During college things really started to get out of hand. I was drinking first thing in the morning, drinking during class, and I was blacking out most night. Fortunately I never got hurt or arrested. During my senior year, my drinking had begun to take a toll on my friendships, relationships, and my GPA had started to fall sharply. After college I switched from beer to vodka. A few years after I graduated I was hospitalized with alcohol induced pancreatitis. By this point many people had tried to tell me I was an alcoholic but I didn’t believe them or didn’t want to. I was drinking just a few days after being discharged from the hospital. After that first hospitalization I would visit the ER every 2 months or so with withdrawals and/or alcohol poisoning. My body just couldn’t keep up. Two months ago I got my first Vivitrol injection, its a delayed release formula of Natlrexone. It has greatly reduced my cravings and now that I am on other meds to help with anxiety and depression, this disease has become more manageable. The injection itself isn’t a cure, and I still go to an Intensive Outpatient Program, and occasionally go to NA and AA meetings when I need extra support. As of this writing It has been a little over a month since my last drink. Lets beat this disease together!
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Nice work!! this is so inspiring! I love that you have a program and are holistic about your approach!
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