Alcoholism Support Thread - Down the hatch

[No. 7 cat]

Now let us drink!

A little bit of whiskey, hair of the dog, is no harm whatsoever.

 

[dick brain]

What's some good fake whiskey?

Spiritless Kentucky 74 is the only one I've had thusfar that I'd call good tbh.

 

[DeutscheKatze]

after a lil relapse i'm now at 160 Days no alc.
made it through my sisters wedding too,
many ppl wanted to drink with me but they weren't pushy after i told them no.
so that's nice.

since that's done i try to work out all april,
get back on training consistantly.


You can do it guys and gals,
if i can, you can too!

 

[CaptainAutism69]

I just had two craft beers... god they go down well in this warm spring weather. Happy Easter everytime

 

[George Lucas]

Managed to only drink beer this week until last night.

 

[dick brain]

Eleven months today.

I got stuck in Memphis coming back from the eclipse and spent a night on Beale Street with a nice girl, urges are few and far between these days but smelling the bourbon in her drink was a tough one.

Other than that I think more about shooting myself than drinking, which isn't great but bodes well for my sobriety I guess.

 

[56 others]

Cool fact about not drinking yourself to sleep regularly: You actually get sleep and can sometimes make it 8 hours without waking up! You usually dont need caffeine the next day either. I miss the drunk dreams tho, withdrawal dreams we're kinda fun too...

Now I find myself bored a lot, which was kinda the reason I started drinking in the first place. Have to put in effort to start entertained

 

[Chongqing]

I think more about shooting myself

Please don't shoot yourself.

 

[Neighborhood Janny]

Eleven months today.

I got stuck in Memphis coming back from the eclipse and spent a night on Beale Street with a nice girl, urges are few and far between these days but smelling the bourbon in her drink was a tough one.

Other than that I think more about shooting myself than drinking, which isn't great but bodes well for my sobriety I guess.

Congratulations on eleven months. You're doing fine and can keep going. I believe in you. And please don't shoot yourself, there are folks who love you.

Cool fact about not drinking yourself to sleep regularly: You actually get sleep and can sometimes make it 8 hours without waking up! You usually dont need caffeine the next day either. I miss the drunk dreams tho, withdrawal dreams we're kinda fun too...

Now I find myself bored a lot, which was kinda the reason I started drinking in the first place. Have to put in effort to start entertained

I certainly don't miss withdrawal dreams. I don't miss withdrawal period. Constantly sweaty, heart flutters, and increased paranoia were a bitch for me. I actually went through it all when I saw Tool in March 2022. I was sweating the whole time and felt like I was being ripped out of my skin. I know I shouldn't have, but I forced myself to just sit there, take it, and be a man about the whole thing. Funnily enough, that was the last time I dealt with withdrawal issues.

I've found that hobbies help with boredom. In particular, video games are helpful for me, but I've also taken up reading a LOT of things. I haven't been good about keeping up with my reading, but I'm about to start a massive 3 volume series on the Pacific War before moving on to the Dune series.

 

[Slobs]

I'm nearly two years sober, and for those of you that actually make it past the first hurdle I really can't stress enough how important it is to be careful about not replacing one addiction with another. And I don't just mean addiction to substances either, you're going to have to watch out for food (recovering alcoholics often crave sugar in particular), gambling/dopamine chasing, caffeine, you name it.

Keep an eye out for those bad habits and curb them instead of justifying them when they start to get out of hand. That doesn't mean you have to live like a monk, you can have your guilty pleasures, just don't let them fall into excess. As a (former) alcoholic you are extra susceptible to this.

 

[DeutscheKatze]

A Heart for you guys,

the strong warriors in training or already experts.
YOU can change, YOU can control your destiny.
Don't overwhelm yourself. Think about the small wonders.
they are everywhere once you take a deep breath and open yourself to take it in.
Someone needs you to stick around. Even if you don't know yet.

I'm proud of you!

 

[Disco Inferno]

I'm nearly two years sober, and for those of you that actually make it past the first hurdle I really can't stress enough how important it is to be careful about not replacing one addiction with another. And I don't just mean addiction to substances either, you're going to have to watch out for food (recovering alcoholics often crave sugar in particular), gambling/dopamine chasing, caffeine, you name it.

I've come to accept that I'll continue to swap one addiction for another.

I quit drinking a few months ago. Now, my current addiction is chess.

 

[Retink Retunk]

My problem is when I go a few days without drinking I start to feel like a million bucks and then I'm like yea let's go drink!

That's the insidious shit about drugs, you always find a way to convince yourself it's ok to have a little and it's not a big deal. I've woken up telling myself I won't have a drink for a long time only to decide to have just "one" with a meal by the end of the day because I feel ok.

I've come to accept that I'll continue to swap one addiction for another.

I quit drinking a few months ago. Now, my current addiction is chess.

Reminds me of Train Spotting.

 

[Rekeita's Kidneys]

I've come to accept that I'll continue to swap one addiction for another.

I quit drinking a few months ago. Now, my current addiction is chess.

That's usually how it works, gotta channel your addictive behaviors for something productive

 

[DeutscheKatze]

190 Days no alc.

 

[thejackal2]

Been sober all this week after drinking like 40 days in a row or something between 4-8 drinks. Quit weed too. I dunno, I don't really get bad withdrawals from either physically. Some cold sweats when sleeping but I can fall asleep fairly well (put on some collapse of civ youtube and drift off) and I wake up feeling great. One thing I hate about drinking in middle age is that feeling when you wake up and your brain just starts racing. That shit sucks. Waking up sober it doesn't happen.

It's all mental with me. I get bored and lonely and just want to drink a few beers, smoke a J and play some Rust or something before doing the wage slave thing (work for myself at least) all over again the next day.

There is little if any chance I make it a solid week through the weekend but we're gonna try harm reduction if nothing else.

 

[dick brain]

One year.

 

[Swine Schwein]

One year.

Well done man. Also well done for not shooting yourself, that's the most important one.

I've stopped counting days, months and years. But I did manage to quit benzos recently, after slowly lowering the dose in a very long time frame.

 

[MadStan]

Giving up alcohol is for quitters and that makes you a loser. As a fellow white man I find you an embarrassment.

You drank cause it make you feel good; you telling me you feel better when you not drunk? I don’t believe you.

You quitting cause you made a mistake when you were drunk. The solution my brother is to not make mistakes.

Blaming alcohol is a pussys way out of reneging your responsibility. You ever had a car accident? You blame the driving or you blame your bad judgement? You stop driving? No? You ever fall down and blame the stairs or your feet? Still got stairs and feet? Sure you do.

Mistakes happen; drinking helps you live with those mistakes. Don’t be a quitter.

 

[sorrycharlie]

Giving up alcohol is for quitters and that makes you a loser. As a fellow white man I find you an embarrassment.

You drank cause it make you feel good; you telling me you feel better when you not drunk? I don’t believe you.

You quitting cause you made a mistake when you were drunk. The solution my brother is to not make mistakes.

Blaming alcohol is a pussys way out of reneging your responsibility. You ever had a car accident? You blame the driving or you blame your bad judgement? You stop driving? No? You ever fall down and blame the stairs or your feet? Still got stairs and feet? Sure you do.

Mistakes happen; drinking helps you live with those mistakes. Don’t be a quitter.

Excuses, excuses. I felt like shit when I drank, and now I don’t. Simple as.