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I havent felt my toes since i was a teen. Alcohol makes the rest of me feel like my legs. I havent felt my legs either. Im in a mental hell. I want to do so much but my body doesnt allow me to. So i drink
That sounds kind of scary of not being able to feel toes and legs. I would feel crazy if I can’t feel my body too. Have you went to see a medical profession about this issue? I understand why people drink due to social occasion. Just be careful to not drink so much due to health reasons.
@HeartSupport I was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Scary is looking down at my legs and I’m half the size I used to be. I lost 120 lbs fast. Scary is not eating for 5 or 6 days. And not feeling like I need food.
We all have laid on our arm or foot until it’s numb, but you can move it. Then pins an needles start. Those pins and needles are what I felt from my belly button to my toes. Until I sat in the wheelchair.
Drinking gets me to forget for a night
I’m sorry friend for what you’re going through. It sounds incredibly hard, and I can’t imagine how challenging it must be to live with those feelings every day. It’s frustrating and scary to deal with how our physical health can limit us at times, especially when they interfere with all the things we want to do. I can only imagine how confusing and painful it must be to not be able to feel your toes or legs, plus the constant sensation of pins and needles. With weight loss, it’s a lot to handle, and it makes perfect sense that you’d feel like you’re in a rut. It’s like your own body has become a stranger, and I can only imagine how isolating and frightening that must be. The sensation of looking down and seeing yourself physically changed so drastically is something most people can’t even begin to understand. And not feeling hunger for days at a time is just another way your body is reminding you that things aren’t the way they used to be. Seeing your body change so rapidly and feeling powerless over those changes must be incredibly difficult. It’s a huge adjustment, and it’s profoundly human to feel overwhelmed by it all.
Using alcohol to cope is also understandable. It gives you a temporary escape from the seemingly neverending physical and emotional pain. Though I hope you know that there are other ways to find relief and support, even if it doesn’t feel that way right now. alcohol has been a tool to survive so far, but you have the resource within to overcome this struggle and learn to find peace within, with your situation and the way it makes you feel as well.
You’re living with so much every single day, and it’s no wonder you feel the way you do. Thank you for sharing about it, friend. We are rooting for you at Heartsupport. 
@HeartSupport thank you. I try each day. I have a group of friends I can’t replace. They know a different me. People I talk to now can’t believe things I say. They all think I’m just lying to get attention.
I don’t care about attention, get everyone to stand up, and have 1 sitting. Let me tell you the one sitting gets plenty of attention.
Took me falling to the chair to lose the weight to go skydiving. It’s just tough to know I’m never believed, that’s why I can’t replace my friends. They saw me at 245 lbs, throw 2 race quads in a ranger go to the sand dunes and fly, so I get to relive thro someone else’s memory. The one friend I always rode with has my quad now.