Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

i just got back from MEPs and i did my asvab and physical. I passed all my tests. When asked in my physical (have I ever been arrested for alcohol/ drug related reasons) I stated truthfully that I had 2 DUIs 12 yrs ago. He ordered a psych test. He said according to the regulations anyone with 2 or more alcohol offenses must be cleared by a shrink. I laughed because I don’t even drink anymore. Dose anyone know how long this process takes as in setting up a shrink counseling? Or where I might find that DUI guideline posting. I understand some what I guess you must be crazy to be a scout.
With all this ive always been up front and i guess thats what really matters for my security clearance.
Thank you
ARMY STRONG

like i said i have been taking prozac for around a week now on my 3rd or 4th day i decided to drink alcohol i drank 8 cans of stella.
i love my girlfriend completely and have been anxiety issues with her trust because of a situation where a guy had shown interest in her. i know that these feelings were in my head so i consulted my dr who referred me to counseling and per-scribed fluoxitine.
on the specific night in question i had confronted the guy asking him to back off because he was making me feel uncomfortable with the situation and i didn’t really get what i was looking for from him.
later that night i drank and without any meaning i found myself flirting with a woman from work by text msg. i know that i never had the intention of doing anything there but i still did it and i cant explain to myself why.
could the fact i was taking prozac in any way made me act irrationally? could the fact that i mixed my SSRI with alcohol caused me to act in a way i normally wouldn’t? and could it be possible that i was just being selfish because i was feeling down about the situation with this other guy?
i know in my head that i had no intention my words i just want to understand why

I am in the addiction education field – teaching students who want to be drug and alcohol counselors. Lately I have noticed an increase in students who have strong beliefs that anyone who does not recognize Jesus Christ as their Savior will not be saved, i.e. going to Hell. My dilemma is that when a student refuses to participate in an activity or does not allow themselves to enter into a critical analysis without using their religious beliefs as a “get out of jail free’ card. As a professor/therapist I don’t know how to navigate my way around this issue…How can these students want to work with addicts/alcoholics who have lifestyles (for the most part) that are diametrically opposed to the Christian tenets? How can a ‘counselor’ be accepting and open-minded when their client may have other religious/spiritual beliefs? Can they really keep an open mind and open heart and believe the person they are counseling is damned. Faith based institutions are a solution- but not in this case

It would take too long to explain her situation, but she’s in an unhealthy environment. She’s 23… her mom kicked her out, she doesn’t know her dad and she’s staying somewhere that’s bringing her down. I’m watching her slowly kill herself by numbing the pain with alcohol and drugs. She admitted to me the other day that she thinks she needs to be “sent away” but I can’t think of a place she could go. She doesn’t have any money, so she can’t pay for hospitilization. Does anyone know of a place for people like her to go and get help? Like… a home where they’ll counsel you. I don’t know… I’m just so worried about her and I don’t know where to turn.

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i am 5 months pregnant, and to activate my social services account for food stamps and cash assistance, they had to ask me drug and alcohol questions. i have not been drinking the past few months, and don’t plan on drinking for a LONG time while i’m raising my son. but when they were asking me questions i answered no to all of them except ONE and the question was ”have you ever been in counselling for drug & alcohol” and i said ”yes”. so the opening case worker said ”okay well i am recommending you to go to this drug and alcohol screening on the 13th (today)”
i didn’t WANT to go, but in order for my case to activate, i had to.
so i woke up this morning and peed without thinking because no one told me i would be getting drug tested today. so i show up to the appointment and the counselor said i had to pee for a drug test.
so i didn’t know what to do because i had JUST peed and i NEVER pee i literally pee like once a day at around 4pm after classes because i hardly drink anything all day. so she takes me to the water fountain with a cup, and tells me to drink as much as i can.
so i drink about 6 cups of water. we go over paperwork for 15 minutes, i still didn’t have to go. so she sends me back to the waiting room, tells me to drink some more. so i fill up the cup and drink it… fill up another cup… and another.. another… i ended up drinking about literally 20 cups of water.. it was seriously about a little over a gallon of water.. i got VERY bloated feeling so i sat down.
after 10 minutes i got up and filled the cup up again and sat back down and drank it. THEN all of a sudden after i drank that last cup, my MOUTH got this WEIRD tingly feeling and my ears popped my head got light headed. i smacked myself in the forehead, didn’t know what was going on.
then my mouth started tingling and felt like it was on FIRE.
all of a sudden water started POURING out of my mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got up and RAN to the bathroom and kept spitting out like half of a cup of water!!!! it was like literally GUSHING out of my mouth!!! then i started puking and spitting it up!!
it was really crazy. it felt like i was drowning!! it felt like water was taking over. my ears felt like water was coming out of them, my eyes started watering, my mouth was just POURING out water.
i ended up peeing (obviously) but now im sitting here thinking about it, and i am FREAKING out, what if the baby started to drown from all the water i drank????? i don’t know what to do!!!
does anyone know if it could have damaged or hurt the baby??? does it sound like i was starting to drown because it literally felt that way i was choking and puking after the water was coming out of my mouth.