Anons who have stopped consuming the ultimate gains goblin how did you finally manage to do it?
I seem to be stuck in a cycle of weekend drinking that resets my progress every week. I also get stuck in this mentality that I need to drink to socialize and go to bars, which is obviously a problem and a crutch. How did you kick it?
Just don't buy it retard
By drinking non-alcoholic variants, then just switching to water.
If it's peer pressure you're worried about then be consistent and your friends will back off and accept you eventually.
>Tfw self-designated driver
>Tfw seeing people drunk making a mess of themselves is hilarious
>Tfw look composed to women compared to people stumbling around
>Tfw night driving is the best
drinking on weekends shouldn't completely reset your progress, you need to eat better or train harder. also, drinking is not good for gains but you can mitigate the damage of alcohol and a hangover by making sure you eat before and after drinking, chugging water or milk or gatorade before bed. Chugging water until you sober up before bed is the best.
T. boomer
Based and redpilled.
Tried doing this but the peer pressure gets me everytime
I just need to take a stand
I think being a teetotaller is similar to doing no-fap: some people have no self-control and need to go cold turkey, but for most people they're very beneficial in moderation.
Frankly, i just stopped drinking, completely removed triggers from sight and when i had cravings for the occasional chill drink i just had a glass of milk or carbonated water with some lime juice instead.
After a certain point you start feeling so good and such a great mind-body connection that you won't want to drink.
If it's peer pressure then just stay at home for a few days toet yourself adapt and afterwards just dont succumb to peer pressure, you do whatever the fuck you want to do, nobody can enforce anything upon you.
Keep in mind that the occasional "go out and get hammered with friends" is nice every now and then.
Like with all things in life, alcohol is ok if consumed in moderation, if you abuse it it fucks you.
Godspeed user
You can go out sober, no one actually cares. You can also do drugs like mdma or ghb
>tell bartender you're driving your group
>ask for free soda
>tell people it's a mixed drink
Ezpz
Op succumbing to peer pressure is idiotic, you must steel yourself and stay true to your wishes and goals.
I quit smoking weed cold turkey and my friends would spam the fuck outta me so i would smoke with them, thus disrespecting my dedication to myself.
I just kept saying no and did not let myself succumb to the peer pressure.
Fast forward 1 year, i have 2 classes left to get my diploma and found a well paying job while balancing a good social life and also have a great wheyfu gf, while all my friends are probably smoking weed and playing dota as we speak just like they did for the past 8 years.
Not succumbing to peer pressure is a necessary step for self development
I did, well almost. I decided to drink 1 w-e /2 so 2x/month.
That way I can still get smashed occasionally w/ my friends AND enjoy some sweet gains when I'm sober.
> tfw water w-e, tfw next w-e is my drinking w-e and my birthday, noice
It's easier after college and once you and your friends become home owners so you have a place to places to hang out that aren't cramped apartments or restaurants/bars where you're obligated to purchase a drink.
Also, when you get to the post college age is when you need to recommit yourself to your priorities: no drinking/smoking, fitness. Because the half-assed lifestyle isn't sustainable and will start taking its toll if you continue it past college age.
Thanks user. Good to know it is possible
Panera?
Oh yea, as for suggestions start fit activities. Go get capable cheap bikes off craigslist and start going on bike rides. Go grab a portable grill and hang out at the closes national/state park for a day eating burgers and tossing the football while blasting your bluetooth speaker. Go find a rock climbing gym. Go hang out at a beach (ocean or major lake near you).
You need to start moving away from just hanging out in bars and restaurants. When I lived downtown in a major city it was hard not to but once I did I saved so much money and had much more fun.
Dubs of hope.
Yeah, you do what is best for yourself, you're not obligated to do shit.
Sure you can go and get hammered every now and then , but seeing you re obviously making an effort to better yourself, you need to place boundaries.
It would have been way easier for me to just say fuck it and accept that joint, but then i would go back to a rollercoaster of bad habits, low productivity etc and i wouldn't have been where i am now financialy, socially and physicaly.
Also, socializing while sober can be surprisingly nice once you get used to it.
It's similar to working out in a sense, you start out slow and as your form gets better you start to improve more and more.
I assure you that setting boundaries will be best for your long term development.
Don't replace alcohol with soda tho.
31 now, will be sober for exactly two years on October 11th. It took literally years of binge drinking, quitting, relapsing, quitting again, and each time the pattern repeated, my drinking got worse. Eventually it got to a point where it was either get medical help with a detox, or die.
So my only advice would be to drink as much as humanly possible until you hit rock bottom, and hope the bounce doesn't kill you outright. It was the only thing that worked for me.
Or, you know, you could stop being a faggot and just stop while you still can do so without going through the same shit I put my dumb ass through. You'd need to eliminate triggers, dump any friends that make you drink or think of drinking, any activities that make you more likely to drink, and find other alternatives for both. For me, it was martial arts, specifically joining a BJJ academy. Got new friends, something fun and interesting to do on 4 nights of the week, and the other days I'm too sore and beat up to even want to contemplate drinking and making it worse with a hangover.
I have kinda same issue. I train 5 times a week and eat healthy. But at the weekend I get laid at least once but I'm still making progress. And I fucked 2 thots this weekend because of alcohol #getsmashed
Checked these quads
I designated drove my girlfriend and a bunch of cowgirl thots to a country concert and after the shit we witnessed my girl and I will never drink again. We no shit actually picked up the bible and had a good read for the first time since highschool the day immediately after.
>tell people it's a mixed drink
If you feel the need to lie about your life choices you are doing it wrong. Just tell the truth that it is a diet coke.
Btw drinking makes you feel like what you are saying and doing is cool but in reality you are acting and speaking and looking like a horny down syndrome kid with a severe concussion.
Elaborate user. And good for you. There is now way to happiness, happiness is the way.
I love Jesus
It's really that simple, sure you'll get some flak for the first night or few that you don't drink but eventually, they'll ease off; they always do.
cucklord
This, drank 0% beer for the first few months this year. Still do from time to time, but mostly just drink water. It was pretty easy desu. You could wait till january and have the usual december/chirustmas gluttony with a good bulk and then quit with new years eve. I was by no means an alcoholic, but I got really tired of being hungover so much. Also training for a major event (ultra run in my case) really helps.
Drinking and smoking weed can also be a crutch to make people's boring lives feel less boring as opposed to actually changing it. Obviously not everyone but for a lot of people I find that's true.
Sitting at home drinking and playing games/watching Netflix is pretty lame when you could be out there doing martial arts, taking classes, meeting people, or whatever, but when you're drinking or smoking it seems cool.
It really not like nofap. Alcohol is a poison and putting it into your body is not 'very beneficial'.
>So my only advice would be to drink as much as humanly possible until you hit rock bottom, and hope the bounce doesn't kill you outright. It was the only thing that worked for me.
Seconded. 28yo 3 months sober after latest detox. Short period of time but haven't felt this healthy for years.
Even Jesus thinks you're a cuck
I've been sober for 2 weeks today. Just stopped cold turkey
how can drinking a little once a weak impede gains?
If you're just drinking a little once a week you're going to be fine. For a lot of people it turns into drinking heavily a few times a week or more which is terrible for gains though.
Keep at it bro, it took me at least 3 months to just start feeling human again, after that it got better every day. Now I'm in the best shape of my life at 31, haven't been this fit at 20.
I smoke cannabis on the weekends instead now to help unwind.
Before I was a 7-10 oz of whiskey a night drinker.
Honestly I feel a lot better since I quit. I enjoy my mental vacations because I have a lot on my plate and I'm not a particularly mentally hardy guy.
enjoy fucking your memory and motivation
Not to mention your lungs
>inb4 i vape
still fucks your lungs in the long term, just not as bad
Does mdma kill gains? I mean i could quit alcohol but its really fun going out and getting drunk
I drink more now than I used to and my gains are going up.
Have you tried..... Not eating as much on days you drink?
>drinking anything alcoholic but wine or spirits straight
It usually leads to some great cardio
I do vape. If I smoke more than once a week I do notice a decrease in motivation and I'm super scatterbrained so I try not to overdo it. I'm getting my NP degree at the moment so I need my brain to be working. While working full time. Working on house work all the damn time. While helping take care of my disabled father.
It's either pot, alcohol or some jewish antidepressants for me. Call me weak if you like but this is how I function.
>chug Gatorade
LOL just chug some sugar water for no reason and add 400 calories.
Hahaha yeah I've actually always thought that
alcohol is very beneficial for all the autistic virgins on this board who complain that they don't know how to talk to girls. Alcohol is a good crutch and that's why even normies use it to socialize
Nah that's pretty impressive, keep it up
Just be mindful of the downsides of weed and try not to get too dependant on it as a "relaxant"
electrolytes. a few extra calories is the least of your problems after binge-drinking. I've literally eaten pizza or kebabs to mitigate hangovers and I have no regrets about that trade-off.
I find it so incredibly fun and euphoria inducing that it is a struggle to keep it from becoming the same sort of problem that alcohol was...
Cheers mate, I'm currently 1/6 of the way through my degree. Oh and I'm trying to knock up my wife so in like 10 months I'm going to be even more stressed!!!!11
well the calories help the bulk and the electrolytes are crucial
just get the low sugar versions. Its better than normal water
This hard. I somehow get with girls and have fun clubbing and dancing on the weekends despite being a huge sperg. Biggest crutch but fuck is it a helpful one
I don't think I can stop drinking tbqh. I love the taste of whiskey and beer to much. Just drink in moderation and only occasionally. I haven't had a drink in three weeks and then I didn't drink a huge amount of alcohol, just about 3 glasses of wine and a beer.
This probably won't be relevant to you but I only stopped drinking when I got an out of town camp job. We aren't allowed to drink here and it's a 21-7 rotation. Obviously people do drink but I never have in the 18 months I've worked here. I'll usually binge 2 nights on my 7 off. The only thing that could break my alcohal addiction was basically having no access to it.
LSD cures alcoholism with very high success rates in people that want to quit ruining their lives(or just want to stop it) with alcohol
LSD microdoses are also great social lubricants so you could do that, go to a bar and just get diet soda or something.
Picking up a martial art (Jiu Jitsu is likely the best for this) will get you the male camaraderie that may be missing from your life.
Trail Ultra Marathons are a good way to meet girls too.
never tasted it. ama
I don't drink but food is my addiction, feels like it's so hard to cut back, I just wanna lose weight
What if I'm addicted to food and alcohol?
i'm not sober but i consider myself to have 'quit' drinking. up until 4 months ago i was drinking a half liter+ alone every night for 2 years. went dry for 2 months, now im pretty normie with it and drink socially ~2 times a month without any problems thus far.
the biggest thing for me was getting more into Jow Forumsness. i was sick of working out hungover so i stopped drinking the day before exercise, and eventually progressed into not drinking period. if you dont do cardio pick it up for anti-addiction gains
if ur main concern is fitness progress then just drink once a week before an off day, drink vodka-water-limes and do everything in your power to avoid hangovers. ez
CHECKLIST TO STOP DRINKING:
>1. Dont keep any alcohol in your house
>2. Dive deeper into fitness and cardio
>3. Pick up a hobby bro
>Bonus: smoke weed instead. only recommended if you have cravings
good luck user
Alcohol should be easier to cut out because you don't need it to survive, technically you don't need food either. Good food can be beneficial to your body while all alcohol is poison
For me I had such bad withdrawals I couldn’t stop. Then my asian fren gave me this magical elixir, dawn 808. It’s expensive as fuck, like 5 bucks a bottle but after 3 days of drinking an 808 a day, all urges go away.
> releasing the Kraken for this
>get fucking hammered at my house warming party because i know im not going anywhere
>gf and I get into a fight during the party
>leave house mad af
>go for a walk because i know im too drunk to drive
>go back to house
>have another drink
>get into another fight
>this time i leave and get in my car and drive off
>forgot my phone
>driving around, everything is fine
>driving down a dark, hilly, and windy road too fast
>hit a patch of ice
>car spins out, i hit the curb after who knows how many spins
>axle completely bends
>car is undriveable
>no phone, no money, it's 1 in the morning
>fuck
>manage to push car into nearby apartment complex parking lot
>have to walk home
>im wearing shorts and a t-shirt
>its the end of fucking january
>takes me 3 hours
>car ends up being totaled
>have to get rides to and from work from co-workers and gf for 2 months while I get a new car
>absolutely humiliated
I haven't had a drink since. That was my rock bottom. I've known for a few years that I'm an alcoholic. I'm a horrible binge drinker. But I know that was the last alcohol I will ever have.
Please don't let it come to rock bottom. Do whatever else you have to do to stop drinking
Based as fuck.
>tfw no more hangovers
>tfw saving money by not spending it on booze
>tfw can leave a social situation any time I want, on my own terms
>It's either pot, alcohol or some jewish antidepressants for me
This. I don't smoke weed but if I had to pick between ((anti-depressants)), killing myself from depression, or weed, I'd obviously pick the weed. Much better alternative to getting hooked on kike drugs or suicide.
>what is pic related
congrats. proud of you user
>fake sugar does absolutely nothing negative to the body or raise insulin levels at all
I thought you were just pretending to be a retard.
big message here. hope it helps someone
I switched to weed. Less expensive, and pretty relaxing when i've just done a workout that day. Also feel less depressive, but it's because i use it in moderation. Never under any circumstances more than 1 joint, and never have bad food in my house when smoking, and make sure i earn it by doing something productive, like cleaning my house.
Some days i don't smoke cus i just don't feel like it.
I quit alcohol after deciding giving it a try once to see what it felt like. I actually haven't gone back since.
after seeing how fucked it actually makes people (including myself) with sober eyes, I realised it's just not worth it for the dumb shit you do and the effects the next day.
my best tip would probably be to bring your own shit, whether it's non-alcoholic beers or energy drinks. Also go there late, since then most people wont even be able to notice. It worked for me, so it might be worth a shot
Why would you ever leave your own house after a fight instead of just kicking the now/soon to be dumped gf out of the party?
I smoke cbd strains. If anything it feels lije my memory improves. I can remember alot more shit from when i was younger nowadays. And overall short-term memory is decent.
I'm in the exact fucking spot. Every sunday i'm hungover and disappointed in my lack of discipline to just say no to alcohol, but i live in the barracks on a military base where the only fucking thing there is to do is drink whenever the weekend rolls around. about two months ago i hit the lowest point in my life and got a dui and demoted in rank and i swore off of alcohol. i was back drinking within two weeks. every monday i promise myself i'll be strong enough to say no this weekend but i never can. i just don't know what else to do. i simply cannot say no whenever someone comes knocking and wants to hit a bar/club or go get some liquor. now i can't drive and have to bum rides everywhere so i can't get off base and pick up a hobby.. all i do is work, video games, and lift. please help me
Because I've also had a lot of anger issues in the past. It was easier to remove myself from the situation than to stay and make everybody else leave. Obviously I wasn't thinking clearly because I was hammered
I moved to New Jersey from New York, and for the initial months I lived here I was binge drinking at least once a week. Then I what myself in a hotel hallway in New York City with no spare clothes. I spent the rest of the night in the shower fully clothed and cleaning myself off, after which I said enough was enough with the drinking.
So the best way to stop d4inking is to shit your self in public with no back up plan.
i am doing the exact same thing as you bro. we need to do somthing else and get used to doing that instead of going to the bar. because i feel like most of the time i go to the bar now is purely out of habit
grow a spine, twig boy
Ur just a beta that faps too much and pays 2 much attention to other mens thoughts and opinions. I would of jumped at the opportunity and completely wrecked them. Potentially a wine bottle to the head . i havent cum in 45 days