Does anyone have a solution for me? I’ve had

Mental Health
#1

Does anyone have a solution for me? I’ve had stents of sobriety. I had a sponsor,went to meetings every day,even volunteered
I felt lot better and even started working. It didn’t take long for my anxiety to show itself. I kept on working my way thru it until the feeling I was having every morning I went to work finally won out. So,I quit,relapsed,and went to treatment again. Got out and exact same thing happened. My anxiety always wins out and I relapse. What can I do to lessen the anxiety I feel all day every day

#2

Hi Adam, what ever you do just give up on yourself. I had really bad anxiety as well but I didn't want to take any meds So I started hiking ,cycling or working out and this helped me out . Continuing going to the meetings and find a hobby.. hopes this helps.

#3

Sorry I meant don't give up on yourself

#4

Thanks for reaching out Noel. My first treatment center was about 12 yrs ago. I found out quickly that anxiety is my real demon. It breaks me every time. And I’ve tried working out,long walks,lots of different medications. Nothing seems to work and it’s really overbearing

#5

Hi Adam, have you ever tried meditation and mindfulness. There’s a rad book called Full Catastrophe Living that provides a guided program that seriously changed my life and my relationship with my anxiety (I have a slew of diagnoses that all contribute to my anxiety). Meditation and mindfulness taught me to be 100% present in my life. Oh, and I had tried other types of meditation and nothing had worked, but the universe pushed this book on me and it was the ticket.

#6

Your welcome I agree with Jenn I forgot to mentioned i do meditation as well.

#7

Hey jenn,thanks for reaching out. I’ve done yoga a few times and enjoyed it. I’m willing to try again tho for sure

#8

Hi Adam, yoga is great too, but meditation and mindfulness are totally different. Yoga can be intense and disjointed sometimes and includes body movement, meditation is a different kind of calming and most of the time requires little to no movement.

#9

If you work the 12 steps, the big book mentions your situation on page 35, a failure to enlarge the spiritual life.

#10

Quit your job or switch jobs. If that’s the main source of your anxiety, change it up. Sobriety works if you want it to.

#11

Running from things that make you anxious is not the answer. Giving up control to God and accepting the results removes the anxiety for me. Just stop whatever you are doing (when you feel anxiety) and say to yourself, “I’m okay. No really. I am okay.”

#12

Meditation can be great maybe look into recovery dharma? Great support group