Posted by Shar on October 2, 2001, at 22:37:08
In reply to Re: Drinking is better than self harm, posted by geekUK on October 2, 2001, at 18:10:41
If u r backed into a corner, and drinking does not help, and self-harm is appealing, at some point you have to rail against it. If you have refrained for more than a year, you have made and remade the decision not to choose self harm; this is good.
Whatever you choose, it's damn near impossible to get to feeling better all by yourself. Unfortunate as it may be, other people are pretty necessary, in whatever capacity you can stand it.
I prefer the real life consequences of drinking because it is so public. It's not a secret, you and everyone else will know that something is going on there. Self harm is hidden, secret, under the table, behind the back, under a mask, a parasite on your mental health, an ambush. I believe secrets rarely contribute to our well-being.
Shar
> Not sh yet, been about 1 1/2 years.
> but feel the need, has never left. drinking messes up my real life, sh affects my self life.
> THanks for reminding me of the guilt and aleination of it.
> but I am reminded of the murderous desire for blood from my arch enemy. the sweet revenge. this is the passion that I find unable to channel effectivly anywhere else. The more lost i get the stronger it becomes. perhaps this should be, what do u do when drinking dont cut it any more
> MC
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