for about 4 years i developed a heavy alcohol addiction because i randomly got tmj pain 24/7 that made me constantly miserable and unable to sleep. i would get absolutely wasted and lay in bed for 15 hours and not sleep at all. eventually i would buy a bunch of whiskey and chug it until i blacked out. this went on for years and i was prescribed gabapentin and muscle relaxers. i had to beg and plead for sleeping pills when it got really bad. one day i puked out blood after a booze bender and decided to quit drinking before i die from it. i started lifting weights and strengthened my back and shoulders, and core. i fixed my posture and started mewing. the pain is still there but it's like 10% of what it used to be. the worst part of it all was people like my family and doctors being dismissive of the pain. "it's just a dull pain? could be worse, try tylenol." constant pain, even tinnitus, can drive a person insane.
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