Alcoholism Support Thread - Down the hatch

Neighborhood Janny said:
As best I can every day, brother. Holidays are tough for sure. Winter is usually the worst time of year for me, so I'm anxiously awaiting for Spring to come and get me out of this cage. I've got plenty of zero sugar Dr. Pepper Cherry to keep me from hitting the bottle.
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There's a reason that cold countries have high rates of alcoholism: there's nothing to do except sit around and drink. Stay strong, buddy.
 
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Got somewhat close to buckling yesterday completely out of boredom as per usual. I'm still in that mindset of "getting drunk I'll randomly boot up some game I haven't touched in years and socialize and shit", and it obviously never happens. I've started thinking of rather than drinking as extending the night, it robs me of the next morning, and I'm up early and productive on my days off so unless I absolutely have nothing to do, which is never, I can't justify drinking.

Spotify suggested some doomer zoomer song going "I don't wanna be sober but I'm tired of being hungover" and word.
 
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These guys make quite good videos.

Anyway, I watched season 1 of True Detective and alcohol is a big topic. At one point a guy says "How can you trust a guy who can't be trusted with one beer" and that's kinda where my issue lies. Once I reach peak happiness I don't wanna skip a beer on xmas eve or what have you, but it's also tiring to jiggle on the line.

Do or don't.
 
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Neighborhood Janny said:
As best I can every day, brother. Holidays are tough for sure. Winter is usually the worst time of year for me, so I'm anxiously awaiting for Spring to come and get me out of this cage. I've got plenty of zero sugar Dr. Pepper Cherry to keep me from hitting the bottle.
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Think about it janny, we’re halfway through January, febuary only has 28 days and by the middle of march it’s open window weather. We’re all waiting together and we’ll all get through it!
 
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Not even going to pretend like I was remotely sober to pretend that I relapsed but I drank a liter of hard liquor last night then slept for 13 hours. This shit is stopping me from going to the gym so my bulk is just turning into being a fat retard who doesn't work out.

This hangover is fucking satanic, and I'm not even going to pretend I'm not going to drink next weekend. Fuck me.
 
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I'm not intentionally quitting alcohol but I haven't had anything since lunch on Sunday which means I'm at 4 days dry. I've got a headache and I assume it's because I'm not drinking. I wasn't expecting that I drank enough to suffer withdrawals from stopping so now I'm thinking I should abstain long enough to at least clear the headaches and let my body reset itself a bit.

OTOH it's making me less effective at work, so maybe I just need to have a glass of wine to perk me up then reduce my drinking to the level that if I stop, my body doesn't kick up a fuss. I'm not happy to be weighing these options.
 
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Do you think drinking every single day for 5 years straight but never drinking enough at once to get drunk counts as being alcoholic?
 
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dick brain said:
That's pretty much how I treated my ptsd for a decade.

The question isn't whether it makes you an alcoholic, the question is whether it's a problem.
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Sorry to hear that dude, it may not be good for us in the long run but it certainly helps calm the nerves.

I'm not sure, when does it start becoming a problem? When you get holes in your brain?
 
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dick brain said:
Only you can decide that.

I figured it out too late, though. Err on the side of caution.
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Once you realized it was causing you damage and you stopped, did you fully heal? Once you are wet brained is that just that, you are impaired?
 
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Forsaken Wanderer said:
Once you realized it was causing you damage and you stopped, did you fully heal? Once you are wet brained is that just that, you are impaired?
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I don't know, I didn't regularly drink in quantities large enough to get wet brained, just enough to take the edge off. I fucked my life up in other ways and could have prevented it if I was honest with myself about whether I had a problem. I'm better off for it, but I would have been much better off if I had recognized that I had a problem earlier.
 
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Magnitude2717 said:
Not even going to pretend like I was remotely sober to pretend that I relapsed but I drank a liter of hard liquor last night then slept for 13 hours. This shit is stopping me from going to the gym so my bulk is just turning into being a fat retard who doesn't work out.

This hangover is fucking satanic, and I'm not even going to pretend I'm not going to drink next weekend. Fuck me.
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Well done on 13 hours sleep though, I can barely get 3 or 4 after drinking.
 
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dick brain said:
I don't know, I didn't regularly drink in quantities large enough to get wet brained, just enough to take the edge off. I fucked my life up in other ways and could have prevented it if I was honest with myself about whether I had a problem. I'm better off for it, but I would have been much better off if I had recognized that I had a problem earlier.
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Well it's good that you eventually recognized the booze was causing you issues, whatever happens in the future you are certainly going to be more healthy. Myself, I'm going to have a beer and a cask wine in a minute.
TheSunSets said:
Well done on 13 hours sleep though, I can barely get 3 or 4 after drinking.
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It's a downer, doesn't it help you sleep? I fall to sleep way to easily as it is, when I drink some spirits at night I'm asleep so fast I spill the glass I'm holding all over myself.
 
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May He forgive me for I have given in. Or rather, I deliberately chose to drink. I've no issues going to bed early cause I'll wake up equally early and be productive, but sometimes I have such little to do that spending 8 hours in bed being hungover is better than doing nothing, cause I almost dread having to get up and finding something to do, often just gaming, if I could be without.

I still don't want to stay sober my entire life and be the pisser who won't drink champagne on new year's eve, but having this discussion with myself every other weekend is tiring as hell. I had gone a few months at this point without drinking and I honestly felt no healthier. Fasting, going to bed without looking at screens, choosing books over games. I've changed a lot of things yet feel none of the benefits. The next step is to trash my coffee maker and quit drinking. I already avoid caffeine as much as possible or worst case drink tea, but it has actually given me anxiety in the past so even if I don't get that anymore, it's obviously a bad thing to consume.

Maybe I should just do like my chad childhood friend and become water-only, rather than anti-alcohol.
 
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