I have been drinking alcohol in excess this past month, used to do it only occasionally and took me several months to get through a single bottle of whiskey. Last month some problems came up and i started using the bottle to cope, that problem isn't too bad anymore but I've gone through 3 bottles of rum and tequila in the past month, saving it for after work but on off days it's usually twice a day.I just don't want this to turn into something that gets me physically addicted so how do i know if I'm overdoing it?
>I've gone through 3 bottles of rum and tequila in the past monthYou're over doing it. You need to slow down and stop if possible. I watched an uncle drink like this for years and it fried his liver so hard he died before 55 years old. And it was a painful last few years too. Don't do what he did. Try and stop drinking for a bit and see if it causes withdrawal symptoms. It might. If it does you need to find a doctor and get off this poison under medical supervision
>>35089221I should clarify that it was 2 bottles of rum and 1 tequila, not 3 and 3.If i had six in one month I'd turn myself into the rehab center right now.My problem is alcohol is an almost instant cure for anxiety and boredom. Weed usually makes my anxiety 10x worse but alcohol eliminates it entirely. I'm sober right now and am feeling a slight craving, but i still feel like i can live without it.
>>35089229>am feeling a slight cravingGrim.
Occupy your mind on something else
>>35089291Gta 6 comes out next week I'm gonna want to play that sober.
Keep the drinking to weekends or if out with friends. Switch the addiction with something less destructive like social media or videogames.
>>35089319You should probably stop before then.What got me to stop drinking was overdoing it one night with booze and weed edibles and puking my guts out. Made me not want to touch the stuff again.
>>35089221I don't know man, there's a part of my depressed side that tells me if the booze kills me, at least I'll die feeling good
>>35089644That is one of the most dangerous mindsets you can have. Address whatever is making you feel this way
you've got to replace it with something. movies, video games, gym, reading, something to focus energy on.you are on the road to physical dependence, you might already be there. plan a taper plan (do not just stop drinking, it can kill you) where you decrease intake by 10-20% a day until you're going 48 hours between drinks, then you can jump off.The quantity is not particularly concerning from a medical perspective. I was in a dark time in my life at the start of covid and was drinking a 750ml of hard liquor, several 8-10% beers and often 1-2 bottles of win a day at the peak. i ended up in the ER, it was brutal to come off. nip it in the bud, it gets worse not better over time. sober something like 890\900 days, there were certainly relapses and they sucked but I've stayed out the ER the last several years.
>>35089948I'm gonna be playing gta 6 next week and i wanted to try to get the ocarina of time remake on pc
>>35090483Good idea
>>35089210I wish i had the money and time to drink like you.
>>35089210Ur at a crucial point rn. Don't play with alcohol desu it is so trash. It's sneaky it boils you like a frog, when u are at a crucial point it feels like a joke like someone will call you a pussy bitch for even thinking ur an alcoholic or something. Trust me gang get addicted to weed. At least there are no real consequences. You can literally smoke 24/7 for years and u will most likely be fine. I literally smoke like all day except for work for like ten years and all it has done is make me act slightly more retarded on average. I smoke an ounce every three days of mid tier shit
>>35089644Nah u won't feel good. It's like the most miserable horrible way to go. Imagine a slow slow slow death where u bloat and smell like shit and ur brain is literally turning into poison and u are in constant agony every morning u have to go through a massive insane routine just to prepare yourself to have your vodka because all bad alcoholics start living off hard liquor. It's hell dude like don't romanticize that, there is nothing romantic about bukowski I promise you that he is just a good writer who can make a den of meth head tweakers at a dive bar sound like some magical place where anything can happen lol. It's unimaginable how gay it is. The euphoria will be fully gone as well you will simply drink to continue to "exist"
>>35090601If you're an actual alcoholic you always manage to find the money and time
>>35089221>>35089948Holy shit OP is drinking three bottles a month not three bottles a day. He's still drinking like a college kid.I'm not going to sit here and defending drinking, it's objectively bad for you, but holy shit stop overreacting. He's DEFINITELY not getting withdrawal symptoms yet from this, and I think you're both underaged LARPer faggots. >>35089210OP, you're not a heavy drinker yet, not even close. The thing you need to do is just stop drinking every day, so stop buying alcohol unless it's a special occasion or you're planning a party. Many people in this world just have a predisposition towards alcoholism, you sadly might be one of them if you find yourself needing alcohol to "wind down." Be grateful you still have some discipline and cut it out now.
>>35091231Yeah. Ok. I'll try to go all day tomorrow without. I don't feel like any right now
