Noor, 32

No more wine as a reward

Then

Noor rewarded herself with wine every evening. A hard day, a good day, everything was a reason. She woke up at three in the morning with a racing heart and racing thoughts. Her anxiety kept getting worse.

The turning point

A friend told her that her anxiety eased when she stopped drinking. Noor didn't believe it, but she tried. After three weeks, for the first time in months, she no longer woke up at three.

Now

Noor has been alcohol-free for two years. Her anxiety is much less. She now rewards herself with a bath, a book or a walk. She says: wine promised calm and gave me restlessness. Now I have real calm.

“Alcohol often makes anxiety and low mood worse, even if it feels like relief at first.”

The people in these stories are fictional. Their experiences are based on what many people in recovery go through.

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