Alcoholism Support Thread - Down the hatch

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dick brain said:
One year.



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Proud of you, dude. That first year is one hell of a hurdle to clear.

MadStan said:
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.
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2/10 bait because you made me read it in Uncle Ruckus' voice.
 
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Drank a bit this weekend. Like 3/4 bottle of wine and a few ciders. Think I had like 20 drinks in total last 10 days or so which is a nice taper. Smoked a little weed, the tolerance breaks are always nice even just a few days off. Was able to bang out a bunch of work stuff last week with the sober sleep which was nice.
 
MadStan said:
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.
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You have no idea what you're talking about. Doesn't matter who you are, your life will improve if you abstain from putting crap in your body. You will make less mistakes overall.

If you need alcohol to help live with your mistakes, you're a pussy using a crutch bro
 
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I got out of a month stay in rehab last Saturday. I felt like everything was going really well but, I got drunk Friday night. It was horrible. I normally drank 18-24 beers no problem but with a month off I drank 13 and started getting sick. I couldn't sleep cause I got a terrible headache. I think I needed to do it just to show how bad it was, so my last memory of drinking would be a bad one, but that's probably just cope. Have no desire to drink now.
 
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Gone 4 weeks without til yesterday. Shitty day but I never drink for the sake of emotions, it's more of a tongue-in-cheek thing. Anyway I made sure to bring a glass of water with each mix so the hangover isn't too bad. I have however wasted my entire sunday in bed. I don't wanna be sober but I was actually just sort of hitting a "Yeah i can control this" high. I work every second weekend so skipping one friday is effectively 3 weeks of sobriety. It's mostly just boredom and lack of shit to do.

On the other hand, going sober would be a fun challenge in a way. I went vegan for a while to limit what I could eat and it was "fun" too. But my life just isnt in a place where sobriety makes sense. I wouldn't want an eventual kid of mine to ever see me hungover, let alone a partner. Shit Id want her to get wasted so I can be the chad guy who gets her home safely. In general I wanna stay sober just to be reliable and driveable lol
 
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Fear_Scale said:
Boredom. I am fucking terrible at being bored and not immediately talking myself into picking up a bottle.

Recently been in the gym a shitload, going for walks etc, anything to stop my asshole brain from Becoming Bored
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Same, insomuch as I find idle time is time I typically spend self destructively. I seek out activities that occupy most if not all free idle time. Takes a while to find something you actually like, but I think working out is probably the best and easiest choice. You can do it alone, broke, any time any place- it takes absolutely nothing but tiny effort and great intent to move your body. Before you know it, you're not only moving, you're moving up, and then you're moving on.
Till you're not. That's life.

In addition to what factors cause you to drink
i am also curious to know
what do you most often do/think about when you drink?
 
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i am also curious to know
what do you most often do/think about when you drink?
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Watching moves, listening to music, comedy stuff, things like that. Things that are plenty good sober, but then the alkie brain is like, "how much BETTER could this be if you had a bit of buzz going?"

As for thinking. Not much. That's basically the point.
 
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Overwritten Tapes said:
I'm a long time drinker, since my teens. Nothing opens your eyes than seeing someone else, even worse than you.
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Haha yep. I think for me it was an OnlyUseMeBlade video in particular, that made me think "ehhhh should probably try and get this drinking under control a bit" because apparently feeling like shit all the time wasn't enough motivation.

Ending up like him or Cobra would be a fate worse than death. Fuuuuuuuuck that
 
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owed to joy said:
What are the factors that cause you to drink (when you're actively trying not to)?
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I'll second or thirds the boredom. I get exhausted. I can't focus on reading, I hate tv, I don't have the energy to play games, I have no real hobbies, and working nightshift has me awake alone all night. Me and my best friend were supposed to be sober all June but I'm drinking now. Not sure if I'll tell him I fucked it up
 
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My name isn't Jeff and I'm an alcoholic. I'm two days sober from alcohol. Drugs and alcohol are something I've struggled with all my adult life. I kicked hard drugs drugs during Covid after I went a little too hard during a binge. The longest I've gone was a year and a little over a month. Drugs, besides weed, are gone but booze is prevalent.

It starts the same way. I'll have a beer or two at a party and within a month I'm making daily liquor store trips. The AA groups in my area suck. It's all crusty old fucks with 20 years and people with DUIs there to get a signature. When I did NA, I would hang out with the group on weekends and do healthy group activities but AA was very cliquey.

I'm seeing boredom as a big trigger for people here and that is definitely the case with me. I get home after working a long boring ass day and then it's drinking too much and vidya.

I never heard that alcohol acts as a stimulate to alcoholics but it makes sense. If I was drinking heavy on a week night, I didn't get to bed until after I ran out of hooch around 1 or 2. Last night I was in bed by 10 like a good boy.

It is nice to see a look at the future if you continue down the downward spiral. Prime examples being Ricky Rackets and Cobes. That's what separates the men from the cows. The ability to learn from mistakes and make adjustments.
 
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