Anybody here got an alcohol problem? Did you manage to fix it?
>>77171696Semaglutide, I haven’t drank in 2 months. Was putting down probably 60 a week for years previously, secret drinking etc. had one challenging day where I was with my bbgirl at a beer garden on a sunny day but I had a couple non alcoholic ciders and it was fine. Just turned the noise/cravings off pretty much. Doesn’t seem to work for everyone, but it does for a lot
>>77171696Starting to. I drink a lot more often and on a whim more but I've been able to cap it and even dial it down. Just like a pint or two every couple of days. I think I'm becoming dependent on it because I lack an outlet for stress. Wasn't like this before could go months without it. I think the stress of moving after 8 years is just so profoundly uncomfortable for me it's driving me to this in the absence of actual medication.
i used to daydrink moonshine when i was 20, i had three huge containers of sugar wash going off for distillationguess going way overboard helped to make me just quit one day, thinking of drinking booze now makes me sick. 5 years later now, still have the still but now just drink a beer once in a blue moon.
>>77171700You're taking it just for alcoholism?
>>77171708Dude that fox is fucking cute. Is it AI?
>>77171696yeah, I got a problem without alcohol
>>77171737How much are you drinking sweatie?
>>77171738~8 beers 2-3 times a week
>>77171740That's nothing man. Hardly a problem.
I just woke up and cracked open a beer i dont have a lift or jog for today but i do have to paint a wall
>>77171696i was having 10-16 drinks a day ages 22-28, with some odd breaks here and therenaltrexone helped reduce intake by 40-50%, but never was enough to curb it for me. it is worth looking into the sinclair method, thoughchange of scenery where i was in a much more controlled environment (work+living conditions) brought me down to only drinking about once a week on average, but still problem drinking whenever i did imbibewhat really did it for me, funnily enough, was getting prescribed adderall/vyvanse. now, i used to take adderall back in my drinking days at times just to function, and i even took it for fun as well. but taking that shit daily forced me to lock in and take my day-to-day health more seriously, because adderall is not to be fucked with in this regard. i'm currently just letting the stims stockpile, haven't taken them in 2 months because they fuck with sleep and appetite. i'm about 9 months drink-free and will get to a year, maybe 18 months before i consider having a beer here and there again. it's really a shit-tier drug in appreciable amounts, but when you're hooked, you're hooked.
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>>77171752Yaya paint job or did u wanna see me drinking in bed
>>77171754Wanna see the beer down bad man.
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>>77171696Most of my mates are married with kids now. That cured my drink problem because we never go out anymore. Never really drank much at home but on nights out I always smash it like a retard and fuck myself up
>>77171760Cheers m80
>>77171696>alcohol yes>problemnolife is kinda objectively fucking terrible without alcohol. alcohol is the solution, not the problem
>>77171772Fuck that looks good.
>>77171777You just haven't had enough for it to become a problem I guess.
>>77171778At one point in my life this was a go-to beer. I still like the 32 oz cans but often prefer corona familiar 32 oz though it is maybe double the price. Got into craft beer for a bit too but i cannot rationalize the cost atm. I actually only occaisionally drink anymore, but there is still nothing like waking up to a cold one from time to time.
>>77171712>leaves the stopper in rookie mistake
>>77171787Europeans are way better at being a functional adult while using, but not abusing drugsAmericans always overdo everything
>>77171696My father had a booze problem. He was in the pub EVERY single day of the week from the age of 25 to 50+ before he died of numerous alcohol-related conditions. It was very rare to see him in person (or sober) when we were kids, as he typically returned home when we were in bed. Alcohol never looked tempting after watching it destroy him. If you have children, they'll never forget you are an alcoholic.
>>77171696Drank far too much for years - coping mechanism. Used to be a reasonable athlete but stopped due to poor health. Several failed attempts to get back, decided to have one last go while drinking to excess during lock down. Now only drink with food at family gatherings and in my best shape for decades.
I fixed mine by not drinking
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>>77171747>sinclair methodI do the high T method of drinking alcohol like it's coffee
I used to drink heavily every Friday as my post work week relaxation ritual and then once every couple months I'd be invited somewhere socially and inevitably get shit faced with varying levels of bad consequences.I've been sober since July last year. Initially I very much missed the Friday drinking, but over time it has become apparent that it wasn't doing me any favours. I don't really miss it.Nicotine was the harder substance to give up.Socially I just drink zero alcohol beers or soft drinks. Honestly after every one has had a few drinks and the vibe has loosened up it basically feels no different except that I can actually converse coherently, drive home, spend hardly any money and perform sexually if the need arises, which it does more often being sober.
>>77171696Yeah, I just stopped. For me it was easy
>>77171696>drink rest of alcohol>liquor store closes in 8 minutes
>>77171915How do you just *stop* after years of being reliant on the stuff?
>>77171952Because it was a coping mechanism (depression management). Exercise was always my 'get out and when I lost that, things spiralled - hence drinking.Athletics - trained hard as a kid and, despite meager talent, made age group nationals, in team for a very good club blah blah. Coming back into a different event, I knew I would only have a chance of being even vaguely respectable if I ditched the booze. I managed it before for meds - after a bollocking from the psych - so I knew I could do it again with the right motivation.Glad I did. Saved money, improved health, back doing my favourite activities with a good social network from the track, involved in other club activities, go to events and compete alongside my kids.Got the missing parts of my life back
>>77171696Going second year without a glass. Quit smoking as well. Both cold turkey.
I think i drank so much combined with other drugs that it caused brain damage to the point I go psychotic now without meds.I haven't had alcohol in nearly 3 years.
>>77171696Was 2 years sober during my undergrad studies. About a month after graduating I relapsed and I'm not actually sure why.
>>77171696I went through a long period of time where I would have 2 drinks every night. Changing my evening routine helped me stop.
The idea of being an alcoholic is so alien to me. It all tastes fucking disgusting, being drunk doesn't even feel good, it costs money and makes you fat. I can't find a single upside, I'm 30 and it still makes no sense to me.
I got no problem drinking alcohol at all buddy
The only time i got a drinking problem's if i spill it! *shakes belly*
>>77172072>being drunk doesn't even feel goodsincerely you must be retarded and monkey-brained. For intelligent people, we feel the overwhelming power of our frontal lobe and amygdala, identifying risks and constantly trying to inhibit our actions in order to protect us or be maximally prudent. Alcohol is able to liberate you from this oppression. It makes it easy to talk to girls. It makes it easy to tell jokes and funny stories that you have in your head but could never quite deliver right. It allows you to make new friends and feel confident. It gives you courage. It makes you feel powerful and invulnderable. I think you probably arent monkey brained though since you are posting on 4chan, you are just a pussy who doesn't like the taste so you never drink enough to experience any of what I am talking about. You drink very slowly so that all it does is give you a head ache or make you sleepy.
>>77172087Nta but i hate being around people who drink or do any other drug. You are annoying, especially to to sober people or those with more than one braincell to rub together.
>>77172093Obnoxious retards who are wasted, yelling and repeating themselves, are annoying of course. Fun people who drink 4 beers are just extra fun.
>>77172093>take tylenol because of mild headache>anon calls me retardedI guess I will just suffer through my pain, your opinion of me is that important
>>77172104Looks like u already got wet brain good luck
>>77171891>if everybody’s an alcoholic, nobody isThere’s absolutely no world in which drinking 6-10 beers a day is optimal. Eurofags just like to cope.Here’s my blogpost:>start drinking/partying as a teenager>weed/booze, binge drinking most weekends and smoking weed most days>discover cocaine at 17, develop a gnarly coke habit that would persist until roughly 34 years old>worked in kitchens from 22 up until 33, drinking most nights>drinking eventually always lead to getting coke>unaddressed mental health issues that the self medication is been doing over the years came to a head, the self medication no longer worked>had to cut ALL alcohol use for a solid year or two, did AA, learned a lot about myself and my substance abuse problems >found god >developed new healthy habits/routines, setting and achieving goals, completely rebuilt my life>get a handle on the underlying mental issues (major depressive disorder, extremely bad ADHD and anxiety)>quit AA because it really is gay as fuck>drink when I feel like it now, if out and about with people or celebrating something Drugs and alcohol just don’t scratch the itch I have in the same way they did anymore. I don’t particularly even enjoy drinking and I would rather kill myself than use cocaine.There’s no one size fits all solution to this problem. But you can’t possibly get a handle on what’s going on between your ears if you’re drunk or high all day every day so quitting everything for an extended period to do some soul searching is without a doubt the best move you can make.In life, you can’t have everything. If you want to drink, you have to make concessions and forfeit your ability to get other things done and excel in other areas of life. It just doesn’t fit in with my current life and lifestyle/goals.
>>77172333OH also, I forgot the most important thing:>never ever EVER go to the bar to have some drinks because you’re boredFor me, it was more of a habit than an addiction. It was just my default activity when I had nothing else going on.. Breaking out of that routine was crucial and the only way I was able to do it was a lengthy period of /nobooze/. It’s exactly the same issue people like picrel are facing, it’s just that he is using food instead of booze.Good luck, anons. Don’t piss your life away searching for whatever it is you’re looking for by looking in the bottom of a bottle of liquor or a can of beer or a bag of drugs.. it isn’t there; trust me.
How the fuck can you be an alcoholic in this day and age? It's expensive as fuck and makes you feel like shit. Beer I can understand since it's tasty with a meal, but I can't imagine drinking outside of social events.
I don’t know what to tell you. I figured that if I kept doing what I’m doing I’ll be dead in a year. So I just decided to quit drinking, took me 4 years to stop completely. It’s been 16 years now.
>>77171696Fasting. Don't eat can't drink.
>>77172363We’re all simply trying to cope with this existence and life that has been thrust upon us. Have a little empathy for people struggling with problems you don’t have; I’m sure you have issues as well.
>>77171696I drink too much yeah. Not sure how I could cut back knowing that there is nothing else to do
