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>>5756977
Jesus christ dude.

Did you even try to ween down before you went cold turkey?

>>5756999
no.
choice noice trips though

>>5756999
this. also consider trying meditation. it helps you focus on why you wanna quit, making it a bit easier. youre gonna make it brah

>>5756977
I had the same thing happen to me last night. How are you feeling tonight?

Anyone else get nightmares the first night of cold turkey?

>>5757840
Not nightmares so much as this feeling someone was watching me. Tonight I'm going for round two. When is this supposed to get better?

>>5757852
A few days, assuming you weren't drinking enough for withdrawal to kill you. A couple of beers a day will really help if you can control yourself.

Nightmares (when I finally do fall asleep), nausea, fever, dizziniess, racing heart rate, confusion, and super horny for some reason. I go through withdrawls any time I end a bender. If I only have a few drinks I'll wake up with a slight hangover but if I drink several days in a row it takes me about 36 hours of withdrawal to get back to normal. My advice besides not drinking: drink as much water as you can, take lots of hot baths, eat as much as you can keep down, watch tv. I find those help.

>>5757926
Also, been hospitalized for the DT's before, said there was about a 50/50 chance of me dying if I hadn't gone in. I had been drinking heavily for several weeks without stopping except for sleep though. Just be careful man, that shit CAN kill you.

I have a history of alcoholism in my family

Just now started stress drinking- feels bad (but also ok), man. :/

>>5756977
I also had an alcohol withdrawal a while back. Before then I though it was purely psychological but one week I tried to replace alcohol with weed and stop consuming both altogether. After smoking a bowl of regulated legal weed I was feeling good until an hour later when I started shaking uncontrollably and getting really week. Soon after slamming some vodka I felt fine.

Been drunk ever since

>>5756977
What finally got me sober for real was last August I caught West Nile virus. I got so sick for so long, I was finally forced to not drink, and I could finally think clearly after being blackout drunk for months.

So go outside and get some mosquito bites.

>>5757926
ARE YOU ME

>>5758037
But seriously, what is up with the getting so horny. I could come 10 times in a day, between puking and shaking and withdrawing.

>>5757001
Good doubles yourself :^)

>>5758037
>>5758041

I seriously don't know. And no, I don't think I'm you, unless I need to add multiple personality disorder to my list of problems. But yeah, I pretty much go back and forth from couch to bathroom for baths/jer king off all goddamn day. Feels amazing but after I nut I feel even worse than before for about 30 minutes. Then ist time to go back at it. Viscous fucking cycle lol.

>>5758041

I don't know and I will not question it. Coming off a bender is the only time I feel horny anymore and I will not risk losing that.

get back to me when you've had a seizure from DT's, kiddo ;)

>>5758133

I love the encouragement from both sides of the ailkies

Welp, I'm here again. Night two, I was fiending real hard like an hour or so ago. I feel fine now. I'm just going to eat a meal and go to sleep. Good luck everyone.

Reminder that AA is free, you're not alone and drink lots of tea.
Good night and good luck, I love you.
Also, sex helps.

>>5758313
But annon, so you guys are my AA. And I work nights so I can't go to meetings.

>>5758313
>sex helps

Been trying to quit...Made it two days then drank last night, but I made some great fucking progress tonight when I began heading up to the store after work and then turned around and went home, boozeless.

I feel pretty good about that. It's usually pretty impossible for me to stop when I've decided I want alcohol.

>>5758313
>AA
Bunch of Jesus freaks that shift your dependency to "God" rather than doing any work

Same guy that gets horny and got hospitalized here. Should have included that I've gone 6 months and 2 months sober before. After you get sober, finding things that you enjoy doing that don't involve drinking helps. After the 6 months sober, I started drinking again because I enjoy alcohol (the floors of red wine and scotch, respectively). Unless you're a Jesus freak, AA won't help. Just find something you enjoy doing sober that you can't do drunk (mine was reading good books). Past that, it's up to you when it is and isn't appropriate to drink. Long as you can stick to that, you'll be ok.

Having a beer now mates

>>5758377
*Flavors
**drinking right now

>>5758379
Good for you, have a dick pic

>>5756977

I know that feel OP, I feel like this at least 2 days a week... Every time i tell myself i will never drink again and then after i feel fine again i start binging again.

Getting a girlfriend helped me quit.
Well, I stop for weeks at a time, never longer than a month, because she gets all emotional when I drink. She really hates alcohol.

MAN, do I want to strangle her whenever she yells at me about drinking. It's never, fucking, ending!

The other night she saw I made it 3 quarters down a 10 oz bottle of shitty spiced rum that I bought 3 days prior and she through a fucking tantrum. She had a whole episode about not being able to trust me, poured all my liquor down the drain and threw out my flask (and my cigarettes (!)). All over that little bit of rum... WTF

I don't want to lose a relationship over something so stupid as alcohol. She told me to either promise her I'd quit drinking or she'd leave me. It took me ten minutes to finally promise her (I HIGHLY doubt I'm never going to drink again) and looking back: How the fuck could I possibly choose something as stupid as alcohol over a human-fucking-being?! How fucked am I?

>>5758432
Holy fuck, she sounds like a cunt. Forget the booze, that relationship doesn't sound worth it regardless. And anyone who gives you an ultimatum and says that they'll leave you can go fuck right off.

>>5758460
>i sure do love my alcyhol

>>5758432
Your choosing a damaged human being over alcohol. A typical person doesn't have that kind of conviction unless something has personally happened to them.

Who hungover and got work today here?

>>5758463

>>5758469
what bitch

bunch of people calling a girl sick and tired of watching their partner be an alcoholic a bitch.

yep, that's alcoholism for you. former alcoholic here, so sad to see this.

>>5758475
It's the way she's handling that's the issue. You don't fucking try to fix someone by threatening them and throwing out their property.

>>5758460
She's definitely fucked up, but I'm an alcoholic, so who's the real asshole, idk, but I DO know that alcohol=bad and girlfriend=good (as far as I've been told, at least)

>>5758479
sounds like this has been going on over and over, read what he said again.

she's not his therapist or counselor. there is a limit for everyone on how much shit we can take.

w/e though, just have to choose what is more important. your mate, or your alcohol (personal property lol...oh god).

>>5758481
What I'm talking about has fuck ALL to do with alcohol, you're the one who keeps dragging it into the argument here, not me.

I'm done with this argument though, it's clearly pointless to continue and I'm way too tired for this stupid shit.

>>5758481
Tell me, anon! What's more important? I NEEED to know!

Never date another alcoholic. that's just fire playing with fire alls im saying.

>>5758432
shes damaged goods op. you should spike her drinks.

>>5758483
ok ok, sip your drink and calm down..

>>5758485
it sure as hell isn't alcohol. not that it will matter unless you are ready to accept it.

>>5758486
Who do alcoholics date, then?

I'm gonna down a Steel Reserve and get one of those Carls Jr Texas BBQ Thickburgers this Friday night.

>>5758490
I've BEEN ready to accept it, though. Accepting it isn't the problem. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish I never took that first sip that made me fall so in love with it.
The problem is that without alcohol it's a fucking miracle I leave the house for more than work. I couldn't possibly get myself to have any fun or enjoy myself doing recreational activities or socializing without the aid of alcohol.
And get this, my girlfriends main complaint about me, next to the alcoholism, of course, is that I'm boring and too quiet. But how could I possibly be any fun without alcohol?!

I'm not an alcoholic but I have a few idiot family members who think I am. I get drunk literally two or three times a month at most, and only two unless my brother gives me beer or something because I can only afford enough alcohol to get drunk twice a month. It's funny, people who don't drink literally fly right to LOL UR AN ALCOHOLIC the moment they see you drinking a little bit.

>>5758500
That can take time, different for everyone... did you used to have fun before alcohol? it will come back, it's just a necessary struggle you have to fight through. some people don't get it, and if they don't, then they just have to deal with it or move on, honestly.

not being an alcoholic anymore will be so much more important and a blessing than the relatively short-term hell and frustrations to get to the other side.

>>5758511
Thanks, man. That really helps. I honestly thought it was going to be like this forever. I mean, everyone I knew was an alcoholic or drug addict and I'm the fist person I've ever met who's actually trying to get clean.

>>5758515
gl making it happen, man.

>>5758432
>not having an alcoholic gf who enables your addiction

step it up anon

>>5758509
get a better family

>tfw family members look at you weird if you don't get shitfaced during family get togethers

>>5758560
That sounds like my family.
I recently had a birthday and most of the cards I received in the mail had an alcohol theme.
The card from my dad even says to take some time off work to go get drunk with him.

>>5758581
Wish my dad would drink with me. As he's gotten older he's basically stopped drinking everything except wine with meals and, rarely, beer on a hot day. He had good taste in whiskey and brandy too.

>>5758581
>tfw family members dont know what to get me for christmas/bdays so they just buy me booze

it's a mixed feel

>>5758586
I haven't seen my dad in a few years but he's coming up to where I live in about 2 weeks, that's why he wants me to take time off work and drink with him.

>>5758468
Me

Living with my alcoholic mom for 10yrs was/is hell (still haven't saved enough to move out).

No money, she's a piece of shit, smells like one too, has ruined so many chances for good things in my life, has fed me undercooked foods/food that is barely even cooked at all, rarely buys any kind of food that isn't junkfood or cookies.

God, I wish she was dead. Worse even, my dad recently almost died, and I cursed every waking moment to whatever higher power there is that it didn't take my mom first.

two nights ago i only had 3 cocktails & was the first time i voluntarily went to sleep (as opposed to blackout sleepwalking to bed) in a very long time.

>>5758557
yeah it's great

Op here. Slept well last night. No tremors or sleep disturbances. My breathing was a little heavy though which was mitigated by sleeping on my stomach

I run a lot and suffer from cramps. Cramp free run this morning.

i blackout go to bed every night. i would like to film myself. i know im conscious but i remember fuck all i do after a certain point. i drink 16 or so cheap light beers a night, and take one toke at about 12 beers to wrap it up.

is it real life? rarely hangovers unless i go past 20 beers on a crazy brain driven night.

i cant control myself anymore.

i make enough money to pay my bills and am not a drain on society atleast.

>>5758432
let alcohol be your gf anon. she costs a similar amount as a woman, she will never yell at you, she will never cheat on you, and she will always love you even if you decide to leave her.

>>5756977
That is not withdrawls. Grow a fucking pair of balls. Idiots like you lessen the plight of those with real alcohol dependency syndrome.

>>5759410
Muh speshil club.

>>5759423
At what point did I claim to have EVER been an alcoholic? I'm just not a fucking twat trying to get into a "speshil club". Grow up.

>>5759448
>At what point did I claim to have EVER been an alcoholic?

You're in the wrong thread then bro.

>haven't drank since Sunday
>thursty Thursday
>opening season football
Aww yis. Just scored some apple pie moonshine to boot.

>>5759611
damn anon how did you score that? moonshine is the only booze i've ever had that made me want to fight much larger dudes

>>5759246
im the same way with seagrams 7 but im pumping the brakes. my stomach is in shreds.

>>5758486

never ever ever ever ever date a woman who shares the same self destructive behaviors as you. Different ones? Sure. I've only dated women who barely drink...the last one I dated for 8 years and she might have had a sip of champagne on new years...maybe.

I drank far less then than I do now as a single guy...and I have gone out with plenty of drinkin' ass bitches, and we have fun...a special type of relationship for sure...but it feels unsustainable and ultimately very bad. I wouldn't have made it so far in life if I had codependent co-alcoholic relationships. I'd probably be dead by now...very seriously.

Never ever ever date someone with the same self destructive streak as you...everyone has their own, just make them complimentary...at most.

How bad is my drinking problem?
I work on weekends only and usually drink about 500ml vodka at 5am before work which is enough to get me pretty buzzed. I do this purely to help my anxiety otherwise I get too nervous and can't work properly. Monday-Friday I don't drink whatsoever as I don't really like drinking or being drunk.

>>5759246

anon, I've been doing that for over a decade now. I've taken exactly two two-week breaks from drinking...the first because I suddenly started fighting every single time I went to this one bar--and I ain't a violent dude. The second time last year because I wanted to see just how alchy I was...

...turns out I wasn't that bad. No shakes, no problem resisting the urge. Getting to sleep was a motherfucker, but I blame the ADHD and associated anxiety for that...all the fucking melatonin in the world didn't help. An hour of heavy cardio every day did so long as I rode out the after-workout buzz and didn't catch a second wind. I just found that I was bored as fuck a lot, though I found plenty of ways to occupy myself.

After that it only took me a pint or so to get blackout-time-for-bed drunk.

Hell, myself and a number of friends shared group blackouts for a number of months 6 or 7 years ago...it was scary fun to recall, but scary none the less.

Now it takes 1/3rd of a 1.75L (a night) to get me there...which is a shame cuz I love good beer, but that gets expensive quickly.

>>5759940

...anxiety is the main reason I drink so much. Social situations and to get to sleep...because anxiety. The thing is, if you met me...sober or not...you'd be fucking blown away to hear that I had any anxiety. I seem all extroverted, energetic, sociable, extremely likable...the "life of the party" type, sober or not...

...I'm just really good at coping with my anxiety as I'm pretty sure there isn't any way to make it go away that doesn't involve drugs... (benzos or booze? I'll take the booze...at least it comes in many forms that taste good, is available everywhere cheaply and isn't a fucking benzo)

>>5759947
that is very interesting. i am plagued by panic attacks since 14 years. But people who know can never believe that I have these problems.

I also tried to self medicate with alcohol. result: lost my driver's license for a year.

alcohol is a great drug against anxiety. but when the alcohol leaves the body can be sheer horror for me.

but i still believe the self medication with alcohol is much better than antidepressants or valium.

>>5759993
100% Agreed. I'll take booze of klonopin, xanax, valium, et al. Every day of the week. Sure, sometimes I'll take both...but that's to get fucked up. I would not want to be drunk or under the influence of any of that class of drug, at all while at work. I have shit to do and all I can do is chug another cup of coffee (which is horrible for my anxiety), take a deep breath and just tough it the fuck out.

...few people get it, man...very few...and don't trick yourself into thinking many people do because all/most of your friends are just like you--you attract and are attracted to like minded people. All of us lives in a bubble of acceptance, whether we realize it or not. That's why we love these people...the real world is a colder and crueler place than even us fucking panic stricken folk think.

>>5758479
The only property was drugs, alcohol, and an alcohol container. She gave him an ultimatum but a lot of people have dealbreakers.

>>5758500
Talk to her about helping you find fun things to do without alcohol. You have an addiction, anon, you're going to be drained without it unless you can find a healthier social outlet.

>>5759410
Those are withdrawals, anon. If you stop taking a drug that your body has a dependence on, and you experience symptoms due to that, that is called withdrawals. It's not as bad as some of the harder stuff or someone who is deeper into alcohol dependency, but you are incorrect if you deny that what OP is experiencing is withdrawals due to dependency.

>making a roast with no veg at 23:30 on a Thursday night

This took too much effort

>>5760152

fuck it, it was worth it

>>5759902
Where I live in Va is small enough not to be a trash city but big enough not to be a backwoods hick town either. It's pretty easy to get if you know the right people, I love this shit but damn you gotta sip it. Even a seasoned boozer would be blasted beyond belief if they treated it like the regular stuff. I usually don't like sweet drinks but the apple pie shine gives such a great burn with the sweetness and you get that delicious alcohol taste we all love.

>>5756977
I tried to quit last week and it was fine at first. My emotions were all over the place and I felt shaky/jittery/itchy, but the night went well until I tried to sleep. It just wouldn't happen without a good strong buzz. I've since fallen back into my drinking habbit.

Keep in mind I was drinking about 3 bottles of wine a day within 3-4 hours.

Ive been thinking of going to AA, but I feel like I don't belong. When I was a kid I used to go with my mom [she was a meth addict, but our town didn't have NA], and I always remember hearing the members talk about how alcohol ruined their lives and all the fucked up shit they did while drunk.

Then I look at myself and realize I've never had a bad experience caused by addiction to alcohol. I am addicted and I drink a lot more than anybody I know, but I feel like I'd just seem like some pissant little pussy compared to those guys.

>>5756977
Been a functioning alcoholic for 8 years, at least a fifth of whiskey or rum a day, 5 days a week.

I got so drunk last night that the cops came in and said a neighbor filed a complaint. I was confused because I wasn't making any noise, just drinking and browsing 4chan.

Here's the kicker though: No cops came to my house. No complaint was ever filed. I was so drunk that I literally hallucinated the police coming into my house.

I decided to quit this morning. Already feel shaky and there are dull pains in my liver.

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>>5760339
What are you drinking?

How much does one have to drink to be considered an alcoholic?

>>5760152
looks amazing mate. what are the little balls of stuff?

>>5760484
It isn't about quantity. A person could drink a beer every day and still be an alcoholic.

>>5760319

>>5760330 here

I've thought about going to AA. Even looked up a few places near my house. But I probably won't go. I'm too ashamed to admit that my drinking problem is really that bad.

I guess I could go secretly. I live with my gf though and I'd have to lie about where I go.

quitting alcohol. I have been drinking for about 4-5 years now every night. However in the beginning I was around 6 standard drinks a night and then for 2 years I was at 4 standard drinks a night. But since my GF cheated on me I was at 14 drinks a night for all of summer. Now I decide to finally call it quits. I am tapering off. (Drinking 1 drink less per couple days.) Currently at 4 standard drinks per day and going to hold this for a couple days to make sure nothing bad happens.

In the summer I was anxious (chest felt like a ton of bricks,) high blood sugar, blood sugar out of wack (Diabetic,) and gained a good 5-10 pounds.

Replaced drinking with more eating however once I finally taper off and go sober I will replace my eating with healthy eating. When that happens I will add a workout into my routine.


Anyone else known to tapering off? So far I have had minimal withdrawal symptoms down to 4 standard drinks. My hand twitches every now and then but not anywhere near the summer time.

>>5760505
No.

>>5760619
Yes. Being an alcoholic is about needing alcohol, not how much alcohol you consume.

>>5760628

What if you drink every day but don't need it?

>>5760635
Then you're not an alcoholic, dipshit.

>>5758316
There are meetings at different time

Make the effort it is worth it

Source : 45 days clean today, tho im an NA main but i started as an alcoholic so ya

>>5758317
Masturbation is a helluva drug

>>5758348
Non religious

U just have to accept that something is bigger then you, even the group itself can be your higher power

Or a rock or anything

Does anybody else have issue with masturbating unless they are drunk?
I cant seem to get into it without some whiskeys in me now

>>5760872
When I'm drunk I have my mind taken off of things. When I'm sober I can jack it like a jackrabbit.

>>5758337
Thats good, you did great anon I'm proud of you

>>5760875
I mean maybe its cos I have ldr so I have to "perform"
Idk its like a pavlov thing now, I see a glass of whisky, I get wet thats my life now

>>5760875
I agree here

Also being sober off drugs and alcohol now, as well as quitting smoking

Well its all i got so im about that life

>tfw all alcohol does is give me a headache
>tfw I will never know what it means to be buzzed or drunk

I last 2-3 beers and then poop. Nothing happens but a throbbing headache. More alcohol just makes it worse.

Just fucks up the rest of my day.

>>5760965
If u wanna fill drunk have a bottlecap full of GHB

But youre not missin much and are kind of lucky

>>5756977
I can never enjoy drinking really. There have been times where I have had one beer and have become so drunk that I puked.

Usually when I drink, my vision gets all distorted and 'spinny', almost like how they make it appear in movies.

So I just turned 21.
Where do you start with alcohol?

Growing up, my parents let me have a small glass of wine with dinner (and my aunt always let us have margaritas), but that's about the extent of what I've had.

welp, drunk again. my favorite thing in the world is getting drunk alone. I actually enjoy the sneaky part of it. my gf goes to sleep, I start pounding vodka. I'm trying to slow down on the day time drinking. I guess that's something.

>>5761068
I do this too.
>tfw my gf wakes up in the middle of the night and finds me blackout drunk on the living floor

7 years of this, at least 3-4 times a week. Jesus Christ, I'm amazed she hasn't dumped my ass yet.

Decided to quit this morning after 8 years as a functioning alcoholic.

Already feel a dull pain in the liver. How long until this goes away?

>>5761141
A week or two. Get some b-3 vitamins also known as niacin. Alcoholics have real low levels of it and it helps the cravings and withdrawal,

>>5761008
I started with scotch. Hard to drink in copious quantities for a beginner, and you don't yet know enough not to like the bad stuff. Get a different bottle every week and enjoy the new experiences.

>>5758016
The weed was too strong man, buy some mids and mellow out.

>>5760965
Are you asian?

>>5761135
yeah, I'm glad someone else has the same feels. if my gf left me I would have nothing. I'm pretty much a stay at home dad with no kids, just 3 cats . I take care of the house and do all of the shopping, cleaning, ect. my self esteem is just gone. until I start drinking. Thank god I lucked out and got a codependant alcoholic spouse that makes 140k a year. cheers!

been drinking at least half of a 1.75L bottle of vodka per day for almost a year

I get panic attacks when I don't drink

I don't even enjoy being drunk anymore but due to a combination of wanting to stave off the panic attacks and a strange compulsion to drink even though I don't want to be drunk, I continue.

I've gained about 5lbs, feels bad man.

>>5761262
I do the same. you're not alone anon. I'm drunk right now.

>>5761266

so am I, there's no way I'd be able to drink that much in just a couple hours before bed

why do I want to drink if I don't even really enjoy being drunk? I'm a fucking mess. My life is stable too because somehow I hide it so it's not like that's gonna be a driving force to stop. Although because I'm a neurotic perfectionist (ironic, I know) if something like a DUI or whatever did happen I'd probably just kill myself because I'd be so ashamed.

>>5756977
I really enjoy these al/ck/oholics threads. They kept me from drinking a couple times! We must have them daily! Anyway... I want to quit alcoholism, but its so difficult! All the social events are alcohol based. My grandma is about to die and she offered me some Canadian whisky, so I dranked a couple of shots. When I left I went straitght to the liquor store and bought a mickey of rhum and drank it all. There is no way to escape!

>>5761278
What helps me is not buying liquor to keep at home and just buying beer. I could go through half a liter of vodka a night, but two beers puts me to bed. Lately drinking vodka, and especially not drinking it, makes me feel like shit so I'm mostly drinking beer. I always drank to excess because I had fun but lately it's just not fun anymore. Not drinking at all is going to make you feel awful and getting wasted on liquor will do the same, so just try and moderate it with something that's pleasant to drink without wrecking you. At the very least it's more difficult to drink enough cheap beer to kill yourself than cheap vodka.

>>5761297

the only reason I haven't swapped to beer is the higher caloric content

well, and I can't hide it in a water bottle

I appreciate the suggestion though

>>5761302
Alcohol is almost exactly as bad for you as sugar; a standard unit of vodka is approximately 100 calories, compared to 100 calories for a light beer and 130 calories for a "heavy" beer like Guinness.

Drinking in situations where it's not socially acceptable is going to bite you bad at some point in the future, trust me. You can't hide it as well as you think.

Day 3, cold turkey. The cravings are getting less. Sleep was kinda hard last night but not nearly as bad as the first night. I'm already feeling better. Thanks for all the support these last few days guys. We can all quit.

>>5761279
>go through almost a 750ml of rum or whiskey every day
>wake up next day and have awful hangovers
>tell myself that I'll drink the rest in the bottle (couple shots worth) to alleviate the hangover
>get really buzzed and go buy another 750ml bottle
>repeat for 5 years

When will this cycle end? I've had to alternate everyday between grocers, corner marts and liquor stores to hide my addiction.

>tfw I know the cashier at the liquor store knows I'm an alcoholic
>tfw that shameful look she gives me whenever I buy there

>>5761323
Hang in there man. Stay strong.

>>5758016

I feel for you bro

>>5758041

I think like your body thinks you are dying, so it wants to pass on your genes before you die. I've noticed the same shit.

>>5758400

>felt that way until i feel the way I feel now which is as soon as I wake up I want to drink

>>5758492

>a single steel reserve

You'll cowards probably don't even drink the black 8% ones.

>>5758511

>not being an alcoholic anymore

You don't think it be like it is comrade, but it do.

>>5761480

>8%

are you sure you're an alcoholic?

>>5758602

>trying to stop drinking and mom buys me a 6 pack on my b-day

>>5758511
>did you used to have fun before alcohol?

actually no. when i started drinking i had the most adventurous year of my life. i was socially active, lost my virginity and got laid frequently, broke the ice with my co-workers and chilled with them regularly, had my first relationship and break up, and got into another one. i also wrote a lot of poetry which is a passion i had lost long ago, and i started drawing again. i started running again (sometimes buzzed) after quitting for a year. i started doing karaoke and to my surprise i can actually sing and have stage energy and several people told me i should front a band.

booze made it all happen... i became the other part of me that i shut away...

>>5758509


Dude, i'm gonna type as sober as possible, that honestly sounds fcking pathetic and disgusting compared to my family. and I'm being one hundred percent serious. Sorry we dont talk sht about drinking a few beers. you're a fuking joke dude, and im dead fuking serious. gert areal family that cooks good food, drinks beer and wine and winecoolers and has a good fuking time, and has a milliondollar house on the beach, im seriously.. dont eever potst your fuking sob sotry on these forums ever the fuk again bro,

>>5760788

How is a rock going to be your higher power? I've heard that before from AA people. Just WTF how do you rationalize that?

Fucking hell. I was doing alright.

Wasn't drinking _that_ much, just a couple glasses of whiskey when I got off work to accompany whichever John Wayne movie I was watching after I ate dinner.

She fucking called me tonight.

First time since the beginning of last month.

Looks like I'm draining the rest of this handle.

It's been months since I've had to curl up in my bed and hold back the tears while I try to pass out listenting to Hank Williams Sr., but apparently it's that fucking time.

Good news, though, I physically threw out the last remaining items that directly reminded me of her; at least before I started listening o Hank Williams Sr. A small step, but I'm sick of her.

>>5760997

gtfo chink

>>5761068

I know this feel. It just feels fun as fuck when she goes to bed and I stay up smoking weed/drinking like a little kid. Haven't smoked in like a year but still driving the booze. Feels like your a kid on christmas.

>>5761141

I've been drinking hard for 7 years, and I'm sure i've trashed my body. Funny thing is, I've never felt anything from my liver, not even a slight discomfort. WTF?

>>5761262

>only gaining 5 lbs

Try 40 and you're a real alchy son.

>>5761511

I drink at least 1.75L in 2 days, I'm pretty sure that qualifies. I still eat the same but I exercise compulsively in an attempt to compensate.

>>5761413

>liquore store guy giving a shit about alcoholics

I know that feeling though, I have 3 spots and also know when which cashiers will be working, so I only see each of them once a day.

The ride never ends.

>>5761484

What is your point even? Some alcoholics drink light beer. Are you saying someone who drinks high gravity beers can't be an alcoholic?

I drive in whiskey, but if I am short on cash ill grab a few steesl or 4lokos.

My point about the 8% was that there are 2 kinds of steel reserves. the silver can and the nigger can.

>>5761502

You're like a combination of a old cowboy and a teenage beta male.

why are there so many alcoholics on /ck/?

>>5761502
We're here for you man. Stay strong.

>>5761520

you ever work in a commercial kitchen?

I can't imagine what the average blood alcohol level is in one, I'm sure it would be comical to know.

Hell, I first started working the line after being a waitress because the manager knew Iiked to cook and started throwing me on the grill when the grill guy would get too drunk to work (this was not an uncommon occurrence).

>>5761522

Got any pics ?

>>5760635
>don't need it
How can you say this if you drink every day? It's like smokers pretending they can quit whenever they want and don't do it. Then, years later, if trying, they find a lot of good excuses for not succeeding.

>>5761522

Yeah I would go to work high as fuck and drunk. I just threw the dishes in the that machine on the conveyor belt without spraying them and let the spics down the line clean them up.

Ayyy lmao.

>>5761515
it's really just my own shame concerning my addiction rather than her actually caring about my health. to her, I'm just some drunk.

>>5761526

pot is not comparable to weed. having been "addicted" to both, weed is easy as fuck to quit.

>>5761522
I work at a sushi restaurant, its in a good area, I do prep work and am learning all the combinations of the sushi rolls and stuff so i can actually work with the sushi, but our head chef is pretty much sober all of time, he won't even drink with the rest of us after work. I have worked in kitchens where everyone was drunk though

>>5761530

Yeah that's basically it. The arabs at the gas station are finally starting to warm up to me though. They used to not even take out their headphones, speak a word, or make eye contact.

Sometimes now I get a "thank you" "have a nice night". I consider these my good days.

>>5761534

yeah same here, has gone both ways

the owner at a sushi place I worked at is this old super japanese alcoholic bro who will challenge anyone in the restaurant to sake bombs and would give their entire table their food for free if anyone beat him. Only saw him get beat on a couple of occasions, he was absolutely loaded by the end of the night though. He was a cool dude.

>>5761532
I meant smoking cigarettes.

>>5761541

>not spiking that gooks drink so we all get free fod

>>5761559

smoking with cigarettes? welp, i'll see myself out. my excuse is the liquor

Just stopped after 8 years of drinking. Ask questions if you want.

>>5758911
That's great man! You should be proud. First steps are damn difficult

>>5758560
I know that feel a little too well

>>5760588
Same. Do four drinks day 1, two on the 2nd day, and one on the third, then quit. you will feel like shit, but deal with it. I'm on the 3rd day sober and its slowly getting better.

>>5760588
Tapering off can work well but it sure takes a lot of control...which i lacked every time until 8 days ago. i'd been hefty beer drinker for a little over a decade but about a year and a half ago i made the turn to darkness and started drinking vodka. that quickly went out of control from a few shots, to half a fifth, to a fifth, to half a litre every single day, save a few times I tried to taper off and quit.

8 days ago i woke up and felt partial numbness on the inner sides of my legs. Knowing that was most likely alcoholic neuropathy beginning, i freaked the fuck out and used what little vodka i hate to do a half-assed tapering off and just rolled with the punches the next 3 days (throwing up bile/nothing much else 4-6 times a day, relentless fidgeting, insomnia, intense painful anxiety).

day 8 now and the only issue i have now is insomnia, but that is getting better too. the only thing that isn't, is my legs. Everything I read says that usually is permanent unless you stop immediately and don't pick up again, and eat healthy/get the vitamins and nutrients back in order, and even then it could take months and may not go all the way back.

scary shit man...just trying to stay hopeful. i have had a couple of flashes in my mind to have a drink, but then i just reach down and touch my calf that feels half-asleep, and that scares me right back in to place.

>>5761654
I meant a litre, not half a litre. throughout the day of course.

>>5761511
lol wut

you dont gain weight when you're drinking all the time. you literally waste away like an anorexic.

>>5761517

my point is that when you're desperate for booze on a constant basis what's the point in buying beer when you can buy hard liquor almost anywhere you can pick up the lighter stuff? beer takes multiple cans to do what liquor can do with a 3-swallow swig.

>>5761680
>you dont gain weight when you're drinking all the time

uh, what? i definitely did. adding like 1000 calories from a substance that wrecks your normal body functions in all kinds of ways, including metabolism, should be a no-brainer if you want to gain weight in as much of an unhealthy way as possible.

>>5761584
hey thanks anon. i'm also lucky to be in therapy. lots of my drinking is due to anxiety and being shit on in life, which i'm sure other anons can relate to.
although simple, this was really interesting to me. my psychiatrist said, "try counting your drinks when you drink". i never counted! i would just drink until drunk. this is really helping me limit my intake.

>>5761686
silly anon, alcoholics dont eat. booze & no food results in a skeleton with wet brain.

>>5761689

>"try counting your drinks when you drink". i never counted!

>Not counting every drink and time between them so you can maximize your drunkenness for the least cash

>>5761691

well i'm an alcoholic and a binge eater. yes some of us do eat.

>>5761691

You do if you mix weed with your booze which is pretty prevalent here

>>5756977
>tfw just got a 750ml bottle of Cuban rum delivered to my doorstep for $20+$5 delivery fee not even 10 minutes ago
Life is good

>>5761702
Actually weed kills my appetite... It's not the same for everyone, you know. I'm ravenous when i'm sober to the point that i only sleep an average of 4 hours a night because the urge to binge drives me to stay awake to shovel food in my mouth. Weed breaks the cycle and makes eating seem like a horrible experience, and booze distracts me for a while til suddenly i go hard like a sledgehammer to the knee on whatever food i can find.

>>5761693
lol pretty much
>>5761702
i mix both and am severely underweight
>>5761696
you're right. i cant eat. that post was kind of vacuous. sorry.

>>5761715
some studies have found weed to be an appetite suppressant, much to the chagrin of munchies media culture

>>5761716

>i mix both and am severely underweight

You're probably skinny fat then with no muscle, weight is not a good indicator

>>5761724

I could be curious how those studies were done, I have been so high I have forgotten that I am hungry

>>5761753
whats skinny fat, exactly? it sounds so oxymoronic. i'm just too tall & too thin.
>>5761753
i can ask my MD next time.

>>5761761

not that guy, but skinnyfat means you have no muscle tone, and you have unsightly if not necessarily huge fat deposits in the typical areas (belly for a man, ass and thighs for a woman)

>>5761761

Ever see that Tim Buckley nudes?
That's skinny fat, you're not fat but there's not enough muscle to keep it "toned" and since muscle weighs more than fat you're probably unhealthy and "fat" but the lack of muscle makes your weight normal

>>5761775

Weight also get's distributed to the breasts as thighs first

>That tipping point where tits get so fat they start to sag

>>5761775
thanks.

>>5761786
i just google'd, couldnt find nudes. i understand your description, but would like to see a pic. but trust me i am far away from looking normal.

>>5761792

Google right? Turn off safe search or use bing

Bing legitimately has a good image search

>>5761501
Same guy again

And thh i dont know thats the part im on and im struggling with it

Im just trying to accept that something is bigger than me but im such an egomaniac its difficult

Ill update you when i figure it out

>tfw about to break my month and a half of sobriety
Feels good and bad, man.

>>5761995
Why can't you be your on higher power? Split tje concept of you in two, your higher and lower selves.

>>5762333
Maybe

I dint care what it is, i just wanna get one

Im noob tho day 46 now

>>5761786
Hahahahaha if fat went to my tits first i'd probably get my shit together and start eating properly. Mine goes right to my middle... Every time. My boobs are small and lifeless.

God damnit these threads always make me question the couple of beers I drink after work. But these are always the best threads on /ck/.

Am I an alcohol /ck/?

2-5 shots of 80-100 proof liquor a night along with 3-6 beers

I've been doing this for about 3 years now, not every night but most. Lately though I've just been drinking the spirits to try and cut some cals.

>every time I drink I end up smoking a pack of cigs
>get a cold a few weeks ago
>can't stop drinking therefore can't stop smoking
>two weeks later I still have shit in my lungs from the cold
>doesn't go away because I'm constantly drinking/smoking
I should probably see a doctor soon.

is there anybody here who has like a alcohol/cocaine thing? i drink like four times a week, approx. 10-14 beer plus maybe 20cl spirits each time and like 2 grams of cocaine each week. the alcohol is okay but to to wake up with an hangover and the aftermath of cocaine just makes me so paranoid and retarded.. ive been drinking the last 4 years 3-4 times a week and im 22. im now starting to have like ocd of killing myself when hungover, especially when im on balconies high up. ( i live on the 8th floor and my dad lives on the 10th). ive seen that theres alot of experienced drinkers here, have you ever felt the same? i have a great self confidence etc and have alot of friends and everything is fine but these things tend to pop up when im hungover and sometimes when im drunk, like now. ive been smoking weed for like two years on and off but quit like 8 months ago because i felt i was becoming dumb and also somewhat schizofrenic (not able to control my own mind from time to time), but as i said, i dont smoke anymore. so really what i want to know is if anybody has had the same experiences as ive had..?

>>5762405
this is easy to figure out just stop for two days if you get withdrawl you might have a "problem" if not who gives a shit

>>5760485

its called stuffing, britfag thing

>>5762409
I do that about once a year. It is suffering.

>>5760330

>dull pains in my liver

I've had this for the last 9 months. I think I might be kill

>>5762405

>Usually 4 shots of vodka a night
>Stepped it up to 6 on weekdays now Co-op sells 1.5 Litres
>Panic I'm an alcoholic

You sure do make me feel better about myself /ck/

>>5762432
Save the coke for the hangover m8. It's a waste of money doing coke while you're drunk

Weed also helps cure a hangover.

>>5762432
You're drinking enough to seriously harm your body. The paranoia and suicidal thoughts is most likely the coke. You need to cut the coke and drink less beers

>>5762534

>Weed also helps cure a hangover.

It cures it as much as hair of the dog, or a fry up

>>5762481
Do you finally get over it or do you end up having to go to the doc?

>diet consists of one meal a day which is usually fast food
>get off work and go out to the bars and get trashed
>drive home drunk, might stop by mcdonalds for a quick burger before bed
>get home at 4AM and pass out
>start the next day feeling like shit
Been doing this for about a year now. Just wondering how long I can keep this up.

>>5761262
Hope you can find help

>>5762682
Sounds like me except the drive home drunk part. I ride a unicycle with a top hat on.

>>5762682
Only one rule playa
Don't get caught

- jeezy

>>5762729
Wh-what

any of you have to pre drink to get to the same level as your friends when you go out for drinks? this shit is getting expensive and i keep having to make excuses for being late

>>5762432
>cocaine just makes me so paranoid
Take it from someone who drinks a lot and has done a fair amount of coke. It's the coke that's fucking with your head. I remember when I did coke I couldn't just sniff my nose without worrying about other people 'knowing.'
And whenever someone around me sniffed his nose my mind ran, did he do coke as well? It got to some point when I worried my parents were using. The paranoia comes with coke.
I stopped that shit and didn't miss it for a day. It's addicting as fuck and not worth it.
That said, if you still feel weird shit like you described after stopping, maybe seek some help.

>>5763440
when i was at my worse i would do that every time w/o fail.

just got off a 3 day bender that I spent most of blacked out. i checked my bank account and based on the paper trail i drove at least 50 miles blacked out over those 3 days. i remember driving to the store for more whiskey but that's only about 2 miles and based on how much gas I had in the tank, I went somewhere else another time.

>tfw try to quit but in so deep that "i could kill someone" doesn't seem like a good enough reason

>>5763440

I had to do this 2 years ago.

Now it doesnt matter if I pre-drink or not. I am always the "most sober" one. Fucking hell, last weekend I drank 10 cans of Stella, 4 Kopparbergs, 2 strongbows and 2 bottles of bulmers, and I was still the most coherent of everyone.

I think the only way I could ever get "drunk" again is if I moved up to spirits. Though my alcoholism is so dire and depressing right now even though I am a beer drinker which is seen as OK in these /alck/s - I think if I made the step up to spirits then my life would end. I've found my addiction and I don't want to make it worse.

I can't remember what I started this post with. Fuck you, you cunt, its 2:40am and its the weekend so its a guilt-free day.

>>5763624

>a 3 day bender

Does anyone else remember when this phrase meant 3 days of being drunk?

In my own head, I now refer "a <x> day bender" as an amount of time I spent sober. Because it's so fucking rare.

Normalfags refer to being drunk as "lmao bender :^)" and I refer to being sober as a bender. Fuck me I need to kill myself.

>>5763726
i posted earlier, i was like you and made the move to spirits. that's the end man, don't do that. i can't feel parts of my legs from nerve damage due to alcohol now.

>>5763740
All these edges

>>5763740
Call it a 3 day Flexo.

>>5763740
I used to buy those huge bottles of brandy and literally spend my entire 3 days off drinking then passing out. Waking up drink again pass out. I'm surprised my liver didn't explode.

>>5763726
all my feels, I'm the same way. the drunkest of the pack, yet the most sober.

a couple months ago I was at a friends place for a party. a good sized group of us decided to break away and hit up the bar. it was assumed I was going to be the DD since I was sober. one of my friends had a pocket breathalizer and I asked him to whip it out to see who was the most sober. I blew way fucking higher than anybody there and they were shocked at how drunk I was because I was acting normal and didn't drink as much as some of them at the party.

I showed up earlier twisted on whiskey before they were drinking and nobody knew the difference. old friends were commenting on how healthy and good I'm looking these days. I'd been buzzed/drunk for hours and I do it everyday.

functional alcoholic feels. as long as I've got my hooch its smooth sailing. not being able to have it troubles me greatly though.....

>>5763962
I too am a functioning alcoholic. Only thing that bugs is the swollen looking face I get the next day.

>>5763832
underrated post

hello everyone, i just want to remind you guys to STAY HYDRATED as you drink yourself into oblivion. chug 8 oz every time you take a shot/drink a beer/have a glass of wine and glue your other hand to a water bottle.

>>5764033
drink more water and move around more

Hey co/ck/s, day four cold turkey and feeling pretty good tonight. That b-3 really helped. Hope all the other guys who quit with me are staying strong. I'm glad the three day hump is over. Now I'm stuck with the existential question of if I'll ever drink again.

>>5764043
Fuck no mate, going to the toilet enough as it is with out all that fucking extra water.

>>5764426
Good for you anon. Now the hard part is resisting temptation when seeing other people drink and enjoying themselves more than you. That's the real obstacle to quitting.

>>5761502
>First time since the beginning of last month.
so, what, like a week? come on man. what did she do anyway? and what you talk about?

>>5761576
How do you feel?

>Binge drink for a week
>hungover for half a week
>never fucking again
>start drinking few days later
Fuck my life

>be functioning alcoholic
>only drink to cheer myself up
>get roommate
>she drinks constantly
>oh cool drinkingbuddy.jpg
>drunk every day
>realize I just worked half my week drunk from the night before
>shit

Trying not to hang out with them while also not drinking so much is depressing.

>>5765029
Did you at least fuck her?

i think smoking weed and not drinking for the first 8+ hours of the day prevented me from getting full on addicted. drank 750 ml of rum and 2 tall cans of beer a night for 2 years str8, recently quit, after a few weeks i feel no desire to drink whatsoever, i never had any kind of withdrawals, and generally feel 100x better just from not drinking for a good month.

>drink a box of 10 stellas every night
>£13 from my closest shop
>order food when im drunk every night
>minumum spend for delivery is £10, usually spend about £12

>£25~ on booze every day
>£25 x 31 = £775 on booze per month

Yeah I wondered where my savings were going

still drunk

>>5765051

You god damned well know I didn't fuck her.

>>5756977
>drinking the fermented jew

you brought this on yourself

>>5765262
What's your favourite drunk munch

>>5765466

erry day

>>5765478
YUM. not enough tzatziki sauce tho

Sorry about the life story

Technically not an alcy (only 19, not really had time to develop a dependence even if I were to go down that route), but I feel like I'm on a slippery slope. I don't drink that often - it depends on the situation: I'll have a week bender every few months and a night out maybe a couple nights a week when I'm at uni, then nothing for a month. I'll have a fifth of whiskey or vodka plus beers typically, and if I pace it right then I won't black out. I've only been drinking for 2 years but it's just accelerated because of the drinking culture in the UK and my competitive nature. I've started drinking straight spirits (if I mix then it's about half and half) which is worrying me a bit - I can't tell if I do it to try and impress people or because I like it.

My mother was an alcy (it killed her at 45, she was having about 4L a week at the end), and my dad says she drank while she was pregnant, so I'm more at risk of alcoholism. Plus I have a pretty addictive personality normally, which hasn't extended itself to alcohol yet thankfully. I essentially use it as a medication for social awkwardness, which I see some other people in this thread do too. As it stands I see myself as towing a very fine line, but i feel very in control of it as it stands.

>>5765728

Mate, I had the exact same thoughts. Altho my mother died in her 50s.

I think my family has an addictive personality at times, be it alcohol or gambling.

I'm 24 now and none of us have become full blown alcys yet but its definitely something which I'm scared might run in the family.

Then again if you start with that mentality then you're already giving yourself assurances and reasoning to get pissed all the time...I do love drinking tho.

>>5765466
m u n c h y b o x boys

>>5765728

her drinking while pregnant doesn't increase your chance of inheriting the genetic predisposition for addiction, it is essentially 50% if one or both parents have it, aside from certain tribes of native americans which have a much higher likelihood to pass the gene on (we are not definitively certain as to why this is).

I work in an addiction medicine clinic

>>5765739
I was working in a bar for a few weeks in June and when we finished an all night shift we'd go round the corner to another bar and drink through the morning. I'd wake up at home at 6pm with KFC in my bed and no memory. Another time my parents had to come get me from town because I'd had a wine tasting session and downed a bottle. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Before that my parents didn't know how much I drank and they're a little worried about me, but loads of my friends have the same situation so I'm not gonna get concerned about that. If I didn't have so much going for me I'd probably fall off the wagon, but like I said I've got a leash on it at the moment.

>>5765728
>so I'm more at risk of alcoholism
You were at more risk for fetal alcohol syndrome

>>5765786
And one of the symptoms of FAS is a predisposition of addiction

>>5758432
>How the fuck could I possibly choose something as stupid as alcohol over a human-fucking-being?! How fucked am I?

You type like a queer and your gf is a cunt. I would've anally raped myself in front of her parents for destroying my smokes.

Is anybody else drinking tonight because its Saturday (so its totally acceptable) and telling yourself that tomorrow night you will stop drinking because you're not doing hangovers at work anymore?

>>5758432
you need to learn to keep your drinking under control and she needs to learn that drinking alcohol responsibly is a completely normal thing to do for adults. you sound more reasonable than her even if she's bitching because she cares about you. her ultimatum and reaction to you having a drink is unreasonable and you need to grow a pair and have a serious discussion about it. I would never say to leave her for alcohol but her threatening to leave you for light drinking should be a big concern and warning for you, you need to confront the issue and consider the stability of your girl and your relationship.

>source
I've got bachelor of science in psychology so I kno what I'm talking about :^)

good luck faggot

>>5765478
>mfw america somehow doesn't have this shit
If there's one reason for me to leave the land of the burger it will be to get one of those delicious looking things.

>>5766264

It's one of the few (probably the only) positive thing about immigration here in the uk.

I've never had an entire beer before. Am I missing out on something? Don't like the taste and I already have enough problems with bad soda habits.

>>5760965
Sounds like you might have an allergy. You're not missing out on anything. Being an alcoholic is seriously awful, most don't want this shit.

>>5765964
Y-yeah...I'm just sitting here waiting to inevitably cave in and go to the store later. Kept telling myself that last night would be the final day...we all know that's horse shit.

stopped 3 weeks ago. 8 years. feels good man

>>5766487
Teach us your ways.

>>5766493
I told myself this is enough. Do you want to know how did I endure physically or what did I do to get thru?

>>5766504
yes

>>5766504
Going for a smoke, ama. I wanna help you guys if you want.

>>5766504
both please

>>5766504
Well, I mean I'm sure plenty of us have told ourselves that but it takes more than that to actually go through with it. What did you do? I'm around alcohol constantly...live with people who are occasional drinkers, see alcohol everywhere. It's just so fucking hard.

The longest I've quit in the past like year is maybe 3 days max then I end up drinking again.

Take this thread to /adv/.
You addicts are bumming all the normal people out.

Why does /ck/ seem to be home to so many alcoholics compared to other boards? There's so many of us here, it's depressing. On a more positive note, it's really nice to see other people talking about the same things you struggle with daily and make you feel alienated and alone.

>>5766523
It's called hiding threads you don't like instead of whining about shit that bothers you like a child.

>>5766531
you fucking losers that fucked up your life with alcohol ( and I drink like a fish) can go fuck yourselves

I'm happily maried , gainfully employed, have a great kid, etc. You fucking alkies are a drag on /ck/.

Please just kill yourselves.
Your family will be happy.
A fucking user is always a fucking user and you have used us up.
kill yourself.

>>5766523
>>5766570

>you fucking losers that fucked up your life with alcohol ( and I drink like a fish) can go fuck yourselves
>I'm happily maried , gainfully employed, have a great kid, etc.

You sure do sound happy Anon, what is your secret?
Nice filenames btw

>>5766509
Well it does take strong will, theres no other way. I knew living like this wont take me far.

So like I said I told myself enough is enough. extacly 3 weeks ago I had my last sip of beer. The following day I felt pretty bad, not because of the usual drinking but because of the thought I will not have any drinks that night. That was the biggest torture. I drank alot of water, which constantly seemed to be not enough and ate alot, like 3 times I normally eat and prepared for the night. I did have trouble falling asleep, woke up several times due to bad dreams and I had to change my tshirt like 3 times because of excessive sweating. The next day was a bit better but the never ending thirst tormented me along with extreme anxiety. I just continued eating well and hydrating myself for a few following days. I did acquire some weed for better sleep. Got some cleansing herbal teas and started drinking yerba mate which helped alot.

First week was miserable, I didnt have any motivation to do anything. Trips to the store were daunting, passing near beer stands. But every time I looked at them, all the beer I love, I was telling myself no. I dont want to go back to this, I just have to endure until I feel better and just keep myself occupied. Eventually I started feeling better after 2 weeks and I dont even feel the urge to binge anymore. Sure Id like to have a beer or two but on the other hand I feel I just had enough over the past years and now its time to really invest into myself.

So here I am 3 weeks later, feeling great and not planning to get back to getting drunk repeatedly.

Was it hard? Yes and no., It wasnt hard to make the decision, it was tough to get past the period of anxiety and feeling weak physically. Once the body recovered its normal functions I feel like a new man.

>>5766570
>this guy

>>5766570
Still whining like a child, I see.

>>5766570
>I'm happily maried , gainfully employed, have a great kid, etc.
and yet you're here posting on 4chan

>>5766587
Good on you for finally giving it up, man. I hope you don't end up relapsing. When I managed to quit for a little while, I had no love for alcohol. I would look at it with disgust, yet I still yearned for it. It's an awful feeling, really, like lusting after a person you fucking despise or something.

I know I'll get there eventually. I've been slowly drinking less and less and it's getting easier to say no. It's only a matter of time.

>>5766570
>kid
You dun fucked up

>>5766587

I've felt like this before but never followed though. I've been sober two nights since 2012.

Well done for giving it a kick bro, if you can do 3 weeks, you can do the rest of your life. I can't make it past 1 night.

>>5766638
Be strong anon, you can do it. My best advice would be to just stop. I think all of us are/were more scared of the thought of not drinking anymore than actually going thru withdrawal.

That feeling in the evening when you get drunk and it feels like someone would hug you.

>>5766642
What keeps you from making it thru?

>>5766642
I feel for you man. I'm more of a binge drinker myself. I can go a week or two without drinking. But when I do open the bottle I won't drop before my money or stamina runs out.

>>5766647
Yeah, I do just up and quit when I stop drinking and ride out the withdrawals every time. I'll drink a few days now then quit for a few and that sober time in between drinking keeps getting longer and longer to where I'm generally sober more than I'm drunk now. I used to drink every single day, so I feel better about that.

I hope everyone here can manage to give it up eventually. I don't want alcohol to be the reason someone dies. What a shitty way to go.

>>5766657
Thats good. Hopefully youll be strong enough to just leave it. Just occupy yourself with creative stuff. Ride a bicycle, workout, try doing new things. Cycling does it for me, instead of drinking, that gave me the feeling of freedom, i fell back in love with cycling.

And to all anons here, please at least eat milk thistle everyday to protect/repair your liver.

>>5766653

I'm also a binge drinker, but I do what you said every single night.

>>5766652

The fact that drinking is such a habit for me now and I can't comprehend an evening without getting sloshed. Everything I enjoy, vidya, cooking, TV, movies, stuff I'd do in my apartment, I have already associated with drinking. If I do any of those things, I need to drink.

>>5766698
I felt the same anon. Now I enjoy it without drinking. Its about time and just stopping. Just do what you have and dont fall back it. You know it will be better.

>>5766687
Will milk thistle supplements or teas do the trick?

How are you guys not constantly sick?
Whenever I go on a heavy bender (which for me is about a week of solid drinking) I get rough as fuck for a good 10 days just because my immune system gets shot to shit.

>>5766715
Your body just gets used to it. I haven't had a hangover in fucking forever nor have I been sick since I was like 18. For some reason I have a great immune system.

>>5766704

I would give anything to be where you are now.

>>5766715
I drink a shitload of water. After a night of heavy drinking I drink at least 4 or 5 glasses of water to lessen the blow for tomorrow.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you guys? I keep seeing people say they've been drunk for a decade and thinking I'm talking to people twice my age (I'm 19).

>>5766730
I'm 25. There are a lot of older people who post on 4chan, especially on /ck/. You never see the drunk old rambling guy post before?

>>5766730
30. I've been a drunk since the age of 15 or something.

>>5766730

24, British. Been drinking since I hit that luxury age of 18 where I could buy beer.

>tfw my 18 year old body was a ripped as fuck athlete and my 24 year old body is a fat, drunk, kebab eating 40 year old's body.

>>5766739
I don't think so, but to be fair there are a lot of drunk rambling guys in here, and I've only been in the threads for a couple of days. I wonder what proportion of people in here still enjoy drinking rather than just needing to - I'm trying to stay on that fine line for as long as possible, since I don't really consider myself an addict yet.

>>5766730
I turn 30 in three weeks. I didn't start drinking until I was 20.

Starting to have health problems, been on a handle (1.75 liters) a day for a while

>>5766751
He's pretty...special though. There are even screencaps of him floating around, wish I had them.

Also it's entirely possible for you to drink and not be dependent on it. There have been several studies done that show some people are genetically predisposed to being addicted to alcohol.

>>5766707
Yes. That or better just eat ground up milk thistle seeds. You can get them in health shops or amazon/ebay. They really make a difference.

>>5766756
Jesus Christ, every day? That's the worst I've heard so far. Good luck kicking it.

>>5766757
Yeah I know, my mum was an alcoholic and I have an addictive personality so I'm not off to the best start. The way I see it I'm gonna try to rein my drinking in a little, and probably stop altogether in a few years if it gets out of hand. It sucks sometimes how heavy the drinking culture is in the UK.

>>5756977
I drank a 750ml bottle of Canadian Whiskey last night and I am hung the fuck over today. At 2pm I said to myself "fuck it, I need a drink just to feel better." So I got me two 25 oz Bud Light "Clamato's". After downing them I feel a little better...

>>5766730

I forgot how old I was until my mother reminded me the other day

>>5766766
Nearly every day. After a while my stomach lining gets fucked and then I can't even take a sip without puking, so I go through withdrawals for a few days until I can start the process over.

It's honestly the worst drug there is. But I crave being unconscious.

Whatever. I drank a fifth of bourbon last night. And some beers. And then I got up in the morning and prepped for 300 covers, what's your point

>>5766730
Anon who quit 3 weeks ago here, 33lvl.

>>5766784
Who are you responding to?

>>5766775
I asked my family to stop celebrating my birthday years ago and I didn't know exactly how old I was until I did the math.

My concept of time is fucked. I remember having a roommate what seems like a year ago, but it was actually 5 years ago somehow

>>5766793
Why don't you want to celebrate your birthday?

>>5766792
All you pussies.

>>5766796
It makes me feel ashamed to be another year older and to have accomplished nothing.

I don't like celebrating any holiday really, when you attach significance to something it's just a recipe for disappointment in my experience.

>>5766811
Do you think you drink to distract yourself from that, or is that the case because you drink? Get out of the house as much as you can, even if you're not doing anything - it'll make you feel much better psychologically.

>>5766801
i want to be your friend

>>5766829
He already has the only friend he needs.

Alcohol.

Putting this out there cus im sure a lot of you can relate

I'm not an alcoholic but the powers that be would probably call me a problem drinker. Over the last couple of years at uni I would drink myself to sleep most nights, blacking out once or twice a week. I've finished university now and am living with my parents until the end of the month, when I get my own place with a friend. At the moment I drink every night, normally one or two beers. At least one night at the weekend I binge til I blackout. I know that when I move out I'll easily slip back into old habits.

Anyway I'm having some Teachers and coke tonight, cheers. inb4 someone calls me a pussy/fag/loser/idiot

>>5766998

You need to pack it the fuck in, cunt.

If you can drink one or two beers a night and leave it at that, you are not an alcohol. But if you keep it up, watch what happens.

No one in this thread wants to be an alcoholic, we became alcoholics because we loved booze. Now, we fucking hate booze, and we hate that we need to drink it. We want it, but we don't want to want it.

You are dangerously close to falling into this. You have the ability to easily avoid it, I suggest you take it now.

God bless bongistan

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