alters wanting drink

[Lily76_]

Hi my name is John am writing this on behalf of my host Ella who is unavailable at the moment.
We have Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) meaning we are personalizes or alters living in one body
the problem we are having at the moment is that some of the teenage and adult alters want to drink.
Its hasn't got to the point were someone has bought any but one alter was looking at whiskey this afternoon as we were shopping.
he wasn't very happy that he couldn't get whiskey and is now in a bad mood with everyone that has told him no.
I know that our problem is an odd one but we are unsure what to do
when we switch alters we have no control over who is out and what they are doing.
Thankfully Ella's husband was with us and we didn't end up getting drink but we are worried that some day if we are ever out on our own that an teen or adult alter that wants drink will come out and buy some.
At the moment its unlikely that we will be going out on our own as we have social phobia and cant go anywhere with out Ellas husband, but there will be a point when we are out on our own and we will have to deal with something like this.
so we are unsure what to do the last time we had a drink was 2 months ago and we are trying hard not to drink again

Thanks
John

 

[HUBIE]

John,

I'm guessing that an Alter is an Alter-Ego? Multiple Personalities?

If one reads, do all receive the same message? I would recommend you read the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and see if that speaks to you at all. You may have a problem drinker aboard there somewhat. Social Drinking has never been a problem I've understood. All my life, from my first sip, I started to drink for effect. I enjoyed the high very much and like to withdraw from others; which the alcohol helps.

I'm not a typical alcoholic in the main that I have social disorders to go with the drinking problem. The booze always intensifies my normal personality and that can be a bad thing.

Read some and maybe attend a meeting if possible and let us know what you think.

Cheers ~ Joe

 

[madison1101]

You need to discuss this dilemma with a psychotherapist, and work together on keep all of you sober. DID is a complex issue, and you need to work on this issue with you in therapy.

The problem is if the alter drinks, it will trigger the cravings for more in the body and brain of the host.

God bless.

Trish