Struggling With Alcohol Addiction Six Months Pregnant, Please Help?
Question by sara: Struggling With Alcohol Addiction Six Months Pregnant, Please Help?
Please no rude comments. This issue is already really hard on me. After giving birth to my first daughter i got severe post partum depression, and i started drinking heavily. six months after having her i got pregnant again by accident. so now I’m 6 months pregnant. and I’ll admit I know I have a bad drinking problem. I really want to get it under control, to give this baby the best chance to be healthy, and to be a good mother to my children. I know I’m a good mother, just struggling bad with this addiction. I just want to get help, but I have know idea what will really help to cure this addiction. I’ve tried counseling and it doesn’t seem to help. I think that god gave me this baby to help me straighten my life out. It could have even saved my life maybe. my marriage was starting to fall apart with my heavy drinking before I got pregnant with this baby. and ever since being pregnant I have been doing my best to cut down on the alcohol. I went from extremely heavy drinking before I found out I was pregnant, to only having a couple small drinks once a week. like two glasses of wine a week. I have had maybe one or two episodes of binge drinking. but I’m doing good lately. not drinking barely at all. I’ve had an ultra sound recently, and every thing was normal and doing good with baby. My baby is developing well, and my doctor said he didn’t see any signs of fas so far. which is good. I’m happy about that. so there’s a good chance I could have a healthy baby boy. I love my baby, I really do and I don’t want to hurt it. I really want help. I’m scared. every day is a struggle and a battle between me and the alcohol. I have to fight to not touch it. which i’ve been doing good, but i’m so scared that after this baby is born, i may relapse back to my old heavy drinking habits if I don’t seek some major help now. but I don’t know how to get help, or what will really help. It feels impossible for me to break free of this addiction. any one ever deal with anything like this, or know any one who did, any advice or help would be great. and please don’t judge unless you’ve been in my shoes. thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by Kenneth Alexander born 6/5/10 <3
I’m sorry that you’re going through this situation. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to stop drinking but the best thing you can do is to seek psychological help. Because really this whole thing is because something is telling you that you need to drink. My mom was an alcoholic for years and she drank through her pregnancies and thankfully all of us turned out okay but it could’ve been a horrible outcome. She was very lucky! Anyways, she stopped drinking because she overdosed on anti depressants while drunk. And if you had PPD and you have a drinking problem, you need to seek help from a counselor or psychiatrist. It’s very important that you do because you have a baby and you have another one on the way, the last thing you want is to have them involved in your drinking life. Trust me, I had to deal with my moms alcoholism and it was by far the worst childhood, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy!
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