I've been sober for 3 months Jow Forums and I've never felt better than I do right now but I'm more tempted than I've ever been.
Please share your stories about alcoholism, overcoming it, motivation, etc.
Since I stopped drinking I've lost 20 pounds and managed to exercise every single day because I wasn't hungover all the time.
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My dads a drunk. You don't wanna end up like him
One night of drinking per week won't kill you, just don't go back to doing it every day. If you go like 2 or 3 days in a row it's easy to slip back into it. I got blackout 6 nights a week age 18-22 and now I've only been drinking 1 or maybe 2 nights a week (sometimes up to a month no drinking) since last January. I've made some sick gains too bruh
go ahead, drink til you cant even feel yourself. Next day think if that was really worth it after seeing all the progress you had this last 3 months. If that doesnt open your eyes you should talk to psychologist or someone who can fix whatever is broken inside
My mom is an alcoholic, but she's been getting better. She used to go through a 12 pack of beer every night, but she's cut it down to 6. The most beers I've seen her drink in one night is 16. recently caught her sneaking vodka into her drinks though. I hate it when she's drunk. I hate her. She's a shitty human being.
Don't give in.
I've relapsed twice in the past year
Felt terrible after. Both physically and psychologically.
It's not worth it and you know it. That's why you quit in the first place.
>how do I not relapse into alcoholism?
It's not wrong though. It's very much a willpower thing.
As long as you can conveniently go to a store to buy booze the option to drink will always be there. You need to be disciplined enough to fight it and choose not to drink.
Support groups, therapy and rehab can help you develop that discipline but ultimately if you want to stay sober it has to be because you are able to stop yourself from drinking.
Why is booze legal and weed is illegal when it's objectively a much more intoxicating, addictive and overall unhealthy drug?
How did that happen? When were the first laws put on the books to criminalize weed?
retard
Rhetorical, looking to stir race shit?
Weed is for hippie faggots. It literally turns you gay
Yellow journalism. Hemp was a threat to lumber barons.
Drinking 2 days a week is still quite a bit of drinking
It's just for today.
It's not that you can drink, it's that you have the fortitude to choose not to.
user this poster was trying to prove a point. Read the post before you start firing your mouth off you double nigger
Go call ur sponsor
You two misunderstand alcoholism if you think its something one can simply overcome by willpower alone. It wouldnt be an addiction if it were that easy.
And yet there exists people with serious addictions who managed to get themselves clean and to stay clean.
Also, there are varying degrees of addiction. I think your average alcoholic isn't the total drunk who drinks every day you're thinking of. They're more like people who drink 3-4 nights a week but when they do they have 10+ drinks and show up to work the next day hungover. That level of alcoholism is probably a little easier to deal with than someone who kills a fifth of scotch every single night.
I went full alcoholic for like a month and half before trying to off myself after my girlfriend died. I was doing 2-3 shots of ever clear every night. Every night I would puke and blackout crying. When I got out of the hospital I just stopped. Now I just drink whenever I feel like it which is usually friday/Saturday night.
Was a terrible blackout drunk from age 22-27. Went completely sober for the past 2 years and my life improved dramatically. Had 2 drinks this week just to test the waters.
Im glad I did, because it proved to me a few things. One, I still can't sip alcohol no matter the quality. I chug it down fast. Two, I still get the urge to seek out more and more before the drink is even done. Three, depression kicks back in alongside alcohol.
There's no amount of time that will make it okay for me to drink again. If I had those 2 drinks in an uncontrolled environment, I would've gotten blackout drunk again, puked, woke up puking, be useless for a day, went out to buy more alcohol, and repeated the cycle.
I'm so sorry man, that must have been awful. I hope you're doing better now.
I learned when I was a 911 dispatcher to never tell someone "I understand" unless you've actually been in a similar situation, so I have absolutely no idea how you feel... But I'm sure it's terrible and I'm sorry for her, and I'm sorry that you have to carry it with you.
Drinking booze has been my number 1 challenge to my fitness. It effects every portion of your fitness negatively. Not drinking for a few days, when you drink frequently, really makes you realize how bad it is for you.
>Getting drunk every week
>not alcoholism
>5'11 vs 6'0
I drink like 3, maybe 4 days a week and it's definitely not a problem for me. I'm in a frat though so it's hard to be social without drinking (and I don't do drugs so that's not a social option for me)
If you want to quit drinking (or just like drinking), watch this video
If you're ever feeling tempted just do what I do and pace around like a maniac repeating things like "LETS GO" and "TODAYS THE DAY"
Why even be sober?
If you look good enough and if you can be social enough while drunk, why bother being sober?
Life sucks, it's hard going through it man. Doing it sober is just doing it on hard mode. And really, why would you give a shit?
We lift to look good, looking good, looking good is life on easy mode. Drinking is also life on easy mode, because it makes us look good mentally.
Honestly I feel sorry for the poor sober saps
OP here
I've had about 6 glasses of wine. I'm getting buzzed now. I fucked up.
This is going to make things more difficult for me and I have nobody to blame but myself.
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>full alcoholic
>drinking the equivalent of 4 drinks nightly
My grandma is 75 and usually is on her 4th drink by noon. You just sound like a giant pussy if I'm being perfectly to be honest with you family.
Wow. That guy is as close to literal white trash, like I mean the trash that is in a trash can, as I have ever seen in my life.
everytime i drink now i blackout and do something really stupid.
drunk tank last week with almost 700$ in fines,
not worth the trouble drinking.
Thanks. I haven't binge drinked in about two years so I guess I am.
I guess. I'm really skinny and those were everclear shots so it was like 9.5 - 14.25 standard shots. I wouldn't call myself an alcoholic but maybe I was a binge drinker.
>you're not a retard because someone out there is a bigger retard