The kicker for me was I started knocking off some huge goals, like 4 and 7 year goals, but did them quicker than expected.
I went to a festival once and took heaps of drugs and it was such a good fucking night, but the part that changed it all was I remember thinking
>"Fuck this is unreal, I feel so good. It's just like the feeling when I finally finished (goal A) and almost finished (goal B)" It sounds so cringey typing it but I was cooked like a pork chop and that's basically how I was thinking.
And the sudden realisation that the great feelings drugs provided me could be achieved by just killing it in my life. Yeah. That was more than enough to make me stop and just leave hoomantitty behind.
Also alcohol is the fucking worst thing anyway. Out of all the substances.
That's like "You can only do one exercise forever" "Ok, i choose Smith machine squats"
Colton Powell
Big time boozer here. I was drinking daily for over six months, probably closer to 8+
I would usually start at lunch but it got to the point where I was slamming vodka in the morning just to avoid the shakes. I would be smashed in the office everyday, sneaking vodka out of my desk. That shit sucked and I realized how bad I was fucking up so I went over to my grandmother's for a weekend and suffered through withdrawals. The whole week after really sucked. Sweating my ass off, shaking. Now, two weeks later, I feel like I've been through the worst of it but there is definitely still a bit of brain fog.
Basically, fuck booze. I'm glad I was able to realize I needed to stop.
Lincoln Ortiz
Are you me? Same experience, me and my friends threw ragers in high school and after that I just hated drinking. Fucks your gains too
Asher Scott
Anyone who can't practice moderation with any type of substance has an underlying emotional issue that they treat with said substance. Getting sober after hitting rock bottom often affords them the time to work on said issue after the fact, but if they were honest from the get go they wouldn't need to hit rock bottom, develop "a problem", and or subsequently look like a faggot at work or social functions
Christopher Johnson
To be honest the shits the day after are enough to make me want to quit.
Thomas Diaz
I haven’t drank hard in a long time mostly because I’m out of college and working in a city where I don’t know anybody. I probably won’t black out ever again, at least I don’t intend to, just because the hangovers suck so much. I don’t mind having a little bit when I do go out with friends. The problem I had for the longest time was controlling how much I drink. I am constantly drinking water so if you put a beer in my hand my natural reflex is to constantly drink that. I ended up blacking out almost every time I drank. I’ve slowly gotten better by just saying I’m only drinking x amount or waiting a decent amount of time between beers/shots. I think it’s moetly my impatience that creates this problem. I like being drunk but I don’t like the drinking part so I drink a lot very quickly and end up over doing it. I think i’ll stick to hard liquor so I feel the effects quicker.
Benjamin Brooks
2 months sober. Age 24.
I drank about 400ml of rum everyday to null my shitty life for over a year. Cost almost $1k. Said fuck that, let's put that towards a gym membership and more and better food. Working out well so far.
Cameron Murphy
Same here. My mom turned into an alcoholic when I was 18 and ever since I couldn't enjoy drinking at all. I'll sometimes drink but the remembrance just makes me hate alcohol
Hunter Cook
Many nights that I go out with friends I always oder my own drink at the bar; a club soda with lime and ask for it in a lowball glass And pretend it's a real drink I just don't want to drink every time I go out.. and people will act funny if they are drinking and you are not
Julian Walker
Luckily I've only had little to no alcohol. I was aware of the alcoholism of both of my grandparents and my dad might be alcoholic too (he always gets drunk when we meet as a family) so I just never got in to it and I hope to stay away forever.
