Valium sounds so appealing right now. Do they still prescribe it, or is it outdated? Vodka is easily accessible and my father's favorite drug of choice. I'm just wondering if there is much drug abuse among the caregivers, since those receiving the "care," are sometimes already very well medicated (with or without their doctor's prescriptions.)
I wouldn't call what most of us do as abuse. Is it an escape from from seems like an unescapeable situation. When we start using our methods of relaxation to excess and it becomes harmful to us or others, then it's abuse. From what I've read here. Most of us have learned the art of relaxing in an impossibly tension-shot situation. I'm enjoying some Wild Irish Rose right now, as I'm still unwinding from the tension of caregiving and placing my Mother in rehab. It's my chance to relax and get unwired. It's my respite before whatever may come next. She may come home; she may not. I'm just got to relax and regroup and get ready for the next assault of whatever--is going to hit the fan--maybe, who knows. Usually, I use cycling as my tension reliever and also a means of keeping in shape and healthy, but this last month, I can't cycle as I'm healing from a surgery. So, the alternative to cycling is----Wild Irish Rose. Hey! Put me in a corner and I'll still (like everyone else here) find a way to take care of myself. Sometimes I get "the moose" out when I need to get really silly. "The moose" is an animated stuffed animal that sings "C'mon, give me your best shot!" and dances. I bought it for my Mother when she was in the hospital, one of numerous times. It gave her a giggle and encouragement, and I find it good, encouraging reminder too. Whatever you need to do to relieve stress, do it!
Whitesage, long as it wasn't sitting out all nite....I have been known to gulp down a leftover splash and ewwww, not that great!
Chips and chocolate are good too. And ice cream, right Boni? Heehee. An occasional toke would be nice too, or a special brownie. Dh and I made a batch of brownies once that had me seeing technicolor cartoons...on the backs of my eyelids. Those were the days.....