<p>I'm drinking a lot. Like everyday, I get pretty smashed. This started about
6 motnhs ago.
I quit doing coke 3 years ago, but recently, my cravings are coming back. </p>
<p>Thing is, I'm afraid of getting sober again. I'm afraid I'll lose all social outlets, and I'm afraid of letting my parents know.</p>
<p>Main thing, I need to do really well this year. But I'm afraid of what might happen if I seriously go off the deep end.</p>
<p>Talk to your college counseling center. They are used to helping students with the type of concerns you are describing.</p>
<p>Yes, talk to someone in real life, face to face, who knows how to deal with these things. A trusted adult/counselor. Not just people online, no offense. It's just that every situation is unique and someone in real life will be much more able to help you come up with an appropriate plan of action. Please get help now and good luck.</p>
<p>Drinking that much everyday will wreak havoc on your body. Slow it down (a lot) and like the others said, talk to somebody who's in a position to help you.</p>
<p>afraid to lose all social outlets? man i think thats a self esteem issue. and yeah you should talk to someone who can help you like a counselor or something</p>
<p>Cocaine is a hell of a drug. That's all I'm saying.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with a little cocaine and a sip of champaign</p>
<p>Counselors tend to not help for this sort of thing.</p>
<p>I had two good friends my first year of university who loved cocaine and alcohol. They both vowed to quit both many times and clean up so that they could do well. It would work for about a period of two weeks and then they would go back to their old social outlets--run into someone they used to party with in a bar etc. After that, they would go straight back to their old habits for at least a week and be a total mess. Of course this ****ed them up academically. </p>
<p>It's definitely possible for you to stop the alcohol full stop and is probably easier than doing so gradually. </p>
<p>So do so. </p>
<p>It sucks to lose social outlets/friends, but it's better than messing your life up and making things very hard on yourself. Unfortunately, it's kind of a bitter cycle since drugs/alcohol dependence is usually a result of boredom/depression/loneliness and by cutting your social ties you simply make those things worse. It requires a strong will, but from your posts in the forum, I'd say you definitely have it. </p>
<p>I'd imagine that your cravings for coke would subside when you stop drinking and lose the desire to drink.</p>
<p>I used to drink alot but I then changed my outlook on life and don't really find it necessary for having a good time.</p>
<p>"Nothing wrong with a little cocaine and a sip of champaign"
If you can't spell it, yes there is.</p>
<p>"Counselors tend to not help for this sort of thing."</p>
<p>Not true. I worked as a counselor at a college counseling center, and the counselors were trained to help students with alcohol and other drug problems. Counseling can help, but as is the case with any problem, counseling isn't like a magic wand. The student has to be interested in getting help and willing to follow advice in order to get the help s/he needs.</p>
<p>check this out. It's an online recovery community where you can feel out if it's time to change and get some support.There are tools specifically designed to help with cravings.</p>
<p><a href="http://smartrecovery.org/SMARTBoard/%5B/url%5D">http://smartrecovery.org/SMARTBoard/</a></p>