Hey Jow Forums have any of you struggled with drinking?
I know its bad for my gains (I'll often workout fridays/saturdays and drink heavily after) but now I have pancreatitis for the second time in two years.
Has anyone else struggled with drinking?
>alcholism
Are you still fucking 14 ? Addictions is.a.child.behavior
>pancreatitis
rough sorry dseu
drinking sucks, if you do it because lol depression you're fucking yourself over doubly because alcohol is stupid inflammatory, which is linked to depression.
coincidentally inflammation reduction is also linked to depression relief.
I don't know how to quit things but if you're struggling with not really having a reason to live try a new diet or kill yourself whatever.
>Not being able to control your adictions
If there is one benefit of working out is the discipline that comes with it, bitch stop drinking yourself to dead and have a beer every other week.
Now, alcoholism is not an illness, it's a sympton, since you're in Jow Forums I'm gonna take a wild guess and say depression but might just be straight boredom. Consider picking up a hobby, maybe take a class, anything to keep you busy.
yes.
6 years sober. I was a very heavy drinker.
And I'm retarded so if I can do it you can.
Yeah I used to but now I EDC a bottle opener.
>not understanding it’s a disease and not just discipline.
It’s always the morons without it who say shit like this.
The cause of alcoholism is that you are born with the disposition. alcoholics metabolize alcohol differently from non-alcoholics. It’s mostly genetic, but some factors during childhood can increase its severity and how quickly it progresses. Go to an AA meeting and you will hear how everyone has that first experience where they get drunk and it’s like the shades have been pulled back for the first time in their life.
10% of the population are alcoholics. Only 2% stop drinking. The rest die primarily from alcoholic related diseases.
The fact you have pancreatitis makes me think either you have shitty pancreas in general or you are downplaying the frequency and amount you drink.
The easiest test to see if you are is go to a bar and have two drinks and leave. You will know if you have a problem because everything inside you will want to stay and keep drinking.
Not alcoholism, but I had issues quitting smoking.
I would chain smoke after a workout and used vaping mixed with smoking to quit smoking all together.
Alcohol is different, you can't really ween yourself off of it like cigarettes. Just cut it out, cold turkey. If you try to ween yourself off, you'll fall of the wagon. Don't take issue with hitting up something like AA if it's serious enough. Alcohol not only makes you feel like shit, but is filled with empty calories that fuck your diet up. Drinking beer occasionally, and occasionally getting fucked up is alright. Standard lager is my choice (salute Rolling Rock), avoid hard liquor all together.
>born with the disposition
>muh genetics
fucking dipshit
>ignores all medical research on the subject.
>tries to make it a moral disease because he hates himself and has to find ways to make himself superior to others.
It’s not your fault.
I had pancreatitis too. And I still have gastritis from burning away my stomach lining with booze. The only thing that keeps me sober is I don't drink at all. If I had one drink I'd be fucked. Abstain entirely and don't try to moderate your drinking or you will die painfully. Having pancreatitis twice is a clear indicator that you can't drink like a normal person. Ignore people that don't understand it or say mean shit or whatever. Just accept that you can't drink and then don't drink.
you should go back
This. My mom is an alkie and I was always weird awkward and antisocial until I had my first drink at 18. Its been a painful difficult ride thats left me hospitalized twice in four years and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy
I think people self-diagnosing their alcoholism is almost on par with self-diagnosis of depression.
It’s not your fault.
Don't fuck with me Sean, all right? Not you.
Dude I hate muh genetics garbage more than anything as an alkie that's lost 100 lbs but alcohol is a serious ass drug and not the same as fucking Cheetos. Fatties are pathetic
Go to a.a. and give yourself up to the program
The people just want to help
Good luck
All the great lifters and bodybuilders drink.
It’s only poor genetic cope losers that act like drinking matters
No. But I do have a hefty supply of bottle caps, and that's not including the cans I've had since starting out 3 years ago. I'm trying to avoid it though because it makes me break out on random spots on my body and exacerbates my psoriasis.
I did for a while in college. Then i started smoking weed instead. I feel way better, lost weight, and I kill it at the gym. I come out of it feeling like a million bucks.
I got a recovery coach who I talk to every other week. Plus I have her number. Shit helps.
Drinking made me fat, and made me get put in jail a few times for petty misdemeanors.
After stopping it for a while, alcohol just makes me feel like shit, stuffs my nose up, makes me feel sluggish, gives me an awful hangover.
I like cardio a lot more. I'll only drink if friends are drinking or I'm having really bad anxiety. Both are pretty rare.
Recovery.. coach?
>muh genetics
>alcoholics metabolize alcohol differently
Bitch there’s only two enzymes used in the metabolism of ethanol
Less ethanol dehydrogenase = more flushing and lower tolerance
Less acetaldehyde dehydrogenase = worse hangovers
And an increase in the expression of either just means you’re drunk for a shorter time