re: At what point do you go and see a therapist/ Do they really help?

I’d say if longer than a week or two goes by without some balance of condition, e.g., some good days or if it gets bad enough to really affect you physically but also doing your best to manage triggers on your end first.

For example if you’re feeling really bad mentally but are also drinking excessively and not exercising I’d definitely work on that first. It’s hard because feeling like shite mentally makes you want to drink a lot but try to break or minimize the cycle.