Quit Alcohol - Support Thread

[GET MO]

It crazy how addiction works. Every morning I swear im done, hen 4-5 pm hits and my brain somehow comes up for a reason to need it. Itcan ne simple like an argument with my wife or over whelmed with the kids, other times i might get a headache n think maybe I should just take one shot. Or man what if alcohol is preventing my from bloodclots, better thin my blood with 1 shot! One shot is all it takes, a single lil bottle, then i meed “just” 2 more, then just 2 more, then just 2 more. 4 trips to the store later n im blitzed. I dont handle all the stuff i have to do, procrastination kicks in, n when i wake up I swear off drinking again. Then boom here come 4pm. I feel like im in groundhog day. Wtf wrong with my brain???

 

[D. B. Doober]

This December I'll be 9 years off alcohol¡!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[flylowgethigh]

I used to drive around with a beer all the time, like constant. Yesterday I ran into a "safety checkpoint" around 1:30 afternoon, perfect drinking time.

I would have been arrested and maybe worse. I had a good cookie buzz and gave the state cop my opinion of how this violates the 4th amendment (with a smile as I handed over my license). No problem, I wasn't drinking.

Just realize how you are really fucking up, spending money you don't need to, screwing up your body, hurting your family... and maybe get skaird of the damn stuff. Switch to Doritos or something - spicy nachos are as addictive as booze.

 

[GET MO]

Yo I been usin this app called reframe, its a wuit alcohol app, sounds kinda crazy but its kinda dope, if anyone interested they got a free trial then its like 6 bucks a month i think.

 

[goingrey]

Mo I wish you luck in your recovery!

The "good" thing about alcohol is how toxic it is. The longer you manage to stay on the wagon, the easier it becomes, as your body becomes less accustomed to it and eventually even small amounts just make you feel terrible.

It's crazy how as teenagers (usually) we learn to like it. Why? Why are we so dumb? Well, nowadays kids drink less than before, good.

 

[flylowgethigh]

The biggest thing I have noticed after quitting a case of beer per day+ habit 2 1/2 years ago is the gut fat going away. The stuff inside the outer muscles, especially below my belt. Nice difference.

More money to spend, don't have to deal with all those empty cans.

Totally worth it.

 

[midwestkid]

I just passed the 3 year mark in April. I liked beer. IPA or Fat Tire. Breakfast lunch and dinner.
I thought the beer helped with my nerves. Kinda funny once you're all healed up and realize the alcohol was contributing to the nervousness.
I always had a beer between my legs while driving. I grew up in the 80s watching my parents navigate as functional alcoholics. Times changed and now they'll try to jail you for an open container. I'm glad I don't have to worry about that shit anymore. Cops are a lot less threatening to me now. I put in over 20+ years of drinking and it didn't do me many favors. We had to split up.

 

[Three Berries]

I was up to 6+ beers a day when I quit. Had been drinking 3-4 a day for decades. Quit cold turkey when felt really strange one day. Was 300 lbs and on hi blood pressure meds. Lost 45 lbs in about 6 months. I now have one hard seltzer a day I started a year ago or so. But I have nerve problems in one leg and it aggravates that if I go two.

Then went keto to take care of high blood sugar. Probably the issue when I quit drinking beer. Down to 188 lbs now, what I was in high school.

 

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[shithawk420]

probably got scerosis at 34.havent seen the blood work yet.i dont see myself stopping.down to about 8 or 10 beers a day.drinking less with sleeping and blood pressure medicine.got no reason to quit.probably gonna be homeless soon.fuck it.might just get a gallon of whiskey and see what happens.probably end up in jail.only way i can quit.

 

[flylowgethigh]

You are taking the only life you have and throwing it away for booze.

Sad.

 

[shithawk420]

Yeah well ain't much of a life.got no food.no microwave or stove if I even had food.its easy to tell people to change but when a dog's get treated better than you wtf you gonna do.im getting tired of this shit.its not like I wanna drink.wish I never started.must be nice to have friends and family.

On that note congrats to everyone here.keep it up

 

[pinkus]

got no reason to quit.

Everything in your statement contradicts this. Everything SUCKS right now because you are its slave. You don't HAVE TO continue down this path. There's another path right next to you that you can't see or take until you stop going down the one you're on right now.

if I got on the right path anyone in the world can.

 

[FletchF.Fletch]

We are self-repairing, self-building Organic machines. What you put in is what you get out. Changing or stopping habitual behaviors that are harmful to ourselves and the people we care about is a Gift to ourselves. Don't even get me started on the "That's where "THEy" want you" rant. So many of us have gone against the grain intentionally only to find ourselves trapped by consumption of a Corporate commodity.

For the record: I was a wicked man with a blender at hand. Bought, brewed, sold alchohol from the time I was 14 until stopping almost 3 years ago. No groups, no steps, no problems.

Mic Drop....

 

[shithawk420]

I live in a house that burned down cause of field mice.cant fix my care.have black mold.asked multiple people to help me with pay included.but no one wants to help me.whats your solution geniuses? Or am I missing something? Cause I sure would love to hear it.had to pay a friend of mine just to get to the gas station.about $5 or more for a gallon of milk it cost me. You guys just don't know unless you live in the country.simple as that.even if I wanted to keep a gallon of milk I can't cause I don't have a proper fridge.tell someone not to to drink when you have lived liked me.news flash you probably can't cause you probably don't know anyone like me.im getting pissed.you don't know any real alcoholics till you can't stay alive without drinking heavy amounts without dying.ive known prenty.get off you your high horse unless you've seen death in the face.im very serious

 

[FletchF.Fletch]

Sorry man, didn't intend it as an attack of any kind.

 

[shithawk420]

Its no problem.i.i live in a literal hell and people don't seem to understand it.my dad broke my right orbital lobe,I can't even say it was drinking but I wouldn't doubt it.we were arguing like we always do and he sucker punched and broke my right eye socket.had to have stitches.luckely they did a good job. But I'm still stuck here cause I got no one who cares. i know this seems wierd but look on a fucking map or whatever.its getting bullshit.letiing people take over hotels cause they don't wanna see homeless people in the nicer suburbs.its fact.i talk to the bum every day

 

[GET MO]

Damn thats ruff. I know if I was homeless I’d prolly hitchhike to sandiego or florida. Sleep on the beach, Bum for enough change to get a couple nice pairs of cloths, bath in the ocean, do pushups n hollar at tourists n try n find me girl with some money to help me come up. Maybe write a book. Sometimes all you need is a change of location to get right, its a big world.

 

[shithawk420]

My buddy lives in Naperville.one of the richest suburbs in the country.they won't tolerate bums living in tents so they free housing and turned a large hotel chain into a pad deal.its disgusting that all they do is get drunk and high and throw perfectly good food away.ive got half a mind to kick his ass for being such a degenerate.this asshole did 14 years straight in prison for robbing people when he was younger.just a straight asshole.hes too drunk and high to see it apparently.this is what's going on right now.the prisons are so full and the homeless problems are so bad they would rather throw them under the rug and give these pos free housing just cause they don't wanna see them on the streets.but guess what? They make there money on the streets! Stop giving these assholes money.period

 

[Cuddles]

I live in a house that burned down cause of field mice.cant fix my care.have black mold.asked multiple people to help me with pay included.but no one wants to help me.whats your solution geniuses? Or am I missing something? Cause I sure would love to hear it.had to pay a friend of mine just to get to the gas station.about $5 or more for a gallon of milk it cost me. You guys just don't know unless you live in the country.simple as that.even if I wanted to keep a gallon of milk I can't cause I don't have a proper fridge.tell someone not to to drink when you have lived liked me.news flash you probably can't cause you probably don't know anyone like me.im getting pissed.you don't know any real alcoholics till you can't stay alive without drinking heavy amounts without dying.ive known prenty.get off you your high horse unless you've seen death in the face.im very serious

It´s been a while since you mentioned the house burning down and to be honest, I had hoped/assumed that you´d found a new place by now That´s really shit.
Are there no social services or anything else such as charity organisations you can turn to?

I kinda know how you feel cause I´ve been through tons of shit and nobody really gave a f*ck about me either (and they still don´t) and I know that drinking seems to help for a couple of hours but I also know that this is not really gonna solve any problems ( I wish it had!).