Define 'self-medicate'?
I drink alcohol. By some standards a fairly high amount. I'm also an optimist, and generally happy with my life. I just like tasty, tasty beer.
Me too! I also like the taste of wine. But, self medicate means that I sometimes use it to help me to feel like my life is smoother than the awful bumpiness that it is. I usually don't drink to medicate. I think there is a fine line between being in control of my drinking and losing control of it. My daddy was an alcoholic.
The people that I see who believe they are living the truth are as though they are self-medicating imo. I KNOW that some doctrine that they call true isn't. And, according to their belief system and mine, it will turn out badly for them just as it will turn out badly for people who drink too much. They know and teach that liars will not inherit God's Kingdom but they can't see that they are lying.
Like, I lie to myself when I tell myself that one more drink won't hurt. (I don't do drugs but, some people think I should do prescription drugs, I have heard) LOL
I lost a lot of weight and now, I am down to one drink a day.