ASD + Alcoholism

Hey everyone -
I’m wondering if anyone else out there has struggled having ASD and Alcoholism? I recently detoxed (about 12 days ago) and haven’t drank since but it just opens this whole world I feel like I have to look at. It’s so easy to not notice you’re different from other people when you drink but ... without that it’s difficult to like yourself. It’s not that alcohol made me “cured” of ASD ... it’s that you don’t notice you’re you.

I wish it was a bit easier - in fact I wish it was a lot easier.

Welcome to Psychforums. It is important to have support for early sobriety. Stopping drinking is only the beginning of what can be the greatest adventure of your life.

Did the detox offer any program or ask you to attend AA meetings? We are all different, but we all want the same thing.

How it works was my favorite reading and First things First was my favorite slogan. It is OK to do a 1st step every day.
Best of luck to you.

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-10_howitworks.pdf