Alcoholism Support Thread - Down the hatch

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Not sure where else to post this since I don't feel like it's anything to brag about, but I've had three completely sober days this week (Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday).

I would drink practically every day, there were months when I didn't have a single sober day, so three in a week is progress. It made me fat, made me irritable, waking up sucked, and I probably could have been doing more with my life if I didnt spend the 8 hours of free time I have every day getting drunk and playing video games. But I'm here now, and I'm going to keep racking up sober days.
 
UnregisteredHypercam2 said:
Not sure where else to post this since I don't feel like it's anything to brag about, but I've had three completely sober days this week (Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday).

I would drink practically every day, there were months when I didn't have a single sober day, so three in a week is progress. It made me fat, made me irritable, waking up sucked, and I probably could have been doing more with my life if I didnt spend the 8 hours of free time I have every day getting drunk and playing video games. But I'm here now, and I'm going to keep racking up sober days.
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Great work. You won't regret it.
 
UnregisteredHypercam2 said:
Thanks man. Ive brought it up to my partner, and she is really glad, but this is the first time someones told me I'm doing something good (mostly because I haven't told anyone). Much appreciated.

If I make it through tonight, I'll have the majority of the week sober. That's not a bad start to quitting.
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If you can do one day sober, then you can do another day sober.
 
UnregisteredHypercam2 said:
Not sure where else to post this since I don't feel like it's anything to brag about, but I've had three completely sober days this week (Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday).

I would drink practically every day, there were months when I didn't have a single sober day, so three in a week is progress. It made me fat, made me irritable, waking up sucked, and I probably could have been doing more with my life if I didnt spend the 8 hours of free time I have every day getting drunk and playing video games. But I'm here now, and I'm going to keep racking up sober days.
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A few months ago, I had a two week streak that got broken and I've never begun again since. I want to start again to work on some ambitions and build better relationships with other people. I have some other problems as well like wasting too much time on YouTube and other similar sites, but alcohol has been giving me the most trouble both physically and mentally recently
 
UnregisteredHypercam2 said:
Not sure where else to post this since I don't feel like it's anything to brag about, but I've had three completely sober days this week (Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday).

I would drink practically every day, there were months when I didn't have a single sober day, so three in a week is progress. It made me fat, made me irritable, waking up sucked, and I probably could have been doing more with my life if I didnt spend the 8 hours of free time I have every day getting drunk and playing video games. But I'm here now, and I'm going to keep racking up sober days.
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Brag away man. We're here for you. I guarantee there's always going to be a bunch of us in here happy to read it.

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UnregisteredHypercam2 said:
If I make it through tonight, I'll have the majority of the week sober. That's not a bad start to quitting.
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I'm in no position to be handing out advice, but the way I think of it is that you have the power. You're the absolute sovereign over your body, you control what it does and what you put in it, at every moment. So in this regard, know that you can do it.
 
I will not drink with you today, kiwibros. I leu of Cobes' death I think we should revive and get this thread pinned for anyone struggling with drugs or alcohol.
 
What would people consider the minimum amount of drinking to have alcoholism/be an alcoholic?
 
chrisc said:
What would people consider the minimum amount of drinking to have alcoholism/be an alcoholic?
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It depends entirely on the person. It's more about not being able to stop once you start, drinking more than you intend to, skipping family/friend/work obligations to drink, going out of your way to make mental gymnastics excuses for why you need to go to mini golf every day so you can use the bar there.
 
chrisc said:
What would people consider the minimum amount of drinking to have alcoholism/be an alcoholic?
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If you are a male and have more than 15 alcoholic drinks per week (e.g. a standard 5% beer, a standard 1.5 oz shot of 40% liquor) you are drinking way too much. For women, this is 8 or more drinks.

Chances are, if you think you have a problem with alcohol, you probably do. If you cannot stop drinking despite having a desire to stop, that's a very clear sign.

A dog will run up and lick your hand. No bottle will do that. If the whiskey ever starts licking your hand, I advise you to lay off it for while.
 
Cobes dying was rough and this week has been rough in general. I'm having to try and do something that alcohol let me breeze through before and I didn't realize the connection. Have gotten a bit depressed about it but not thinking about drinking. Have worked on some strategies and also on not being so hard on myself.

But yeah it's been ages since I've had a drink and only now just realizing more and more how much I was using it as a "tool". Having to face the same situations without alcohol again is rough but I'll get there.
 
chrisc said:
What would people consider the minimum amount of drinking to have alcoholism/be an alcoholic?
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That's the wrong question imo. People get hung up on labels and definitions, and often use them to cope when they don't meet the criteria. The only pertinent question is whether it's causing problems.
 
Church Lurker said:
A few months ago, I had a two week streak that got broken and I've never begun again since. I want to start again to work on some ambitions and build better relationships with other people. I have some other problems as well like wasting too much time on YouTube and other similar sites, but alcohol has been giving me the most trouble both physically and mentally recently
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Never a bad time to start again my man. Even if it only lasts a day longer, thats progress.

Also well done with the two weeks. I know I couldn't do that at the moment, hell even a week sounds like it would give me an ulcer. But I'm going to try, and I hope you will too brother.

Clem Fandango said:
I'm in no position to be handing out advice, but the way I think of it is that you have the power. You're the absolute sovereign over your body, you control what it does and what you put in it, at every moment. So in this regard, know that you can do it.
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I get that, I really do, but man its hard sometimes. I understand that it's my decision to put the bottle to my lips, but that urge hits me like a truck sometimes. It honestly makes it worse; I bought the alcohol, I told myself I was going to stop, and now I'm the one pounding it back. There's no one else to blame in the situation. Then you focus on that and feel an extra level of shame alongside the hangover.
 
cirs said:
What would people consider the minimum amount of drinking to have alcoholism/be an alcoholic?
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Medical criteria for alcoholism is dumb. Six drinks in one day is considered binge drinking. That's breakfast for some of my patients.

The no-shit dx is if you ever have cravings for alcohol that affects the way you want to live your life then you're an alcoholic. The amount doesn't matter.
 
I've had a slight pain in my ribs by where my liver sits for 10 or so months, but I've ignored it because I got my liver levels tested right before then, and while yes I have a fatty liver, it wasn't egregious levels just in the fatty liver levels.

After KingCobra's death however, that's a wakeup call for me. He's only a little older than me, I always coped it was impossible for my drinking to kill me because of people like him, Ethan Ralph, the local alcoholic ect. But this upset and shocked me to my core. I've been drinking more and more heavily for a while now, and I need to stop. After drinking today I'm going to try to not drink for as long as I can.
 
Whatisgoingon said:
I've had a slight pain in my ribs by where my liver sits for 10 or so months, but I've ignored it because I got my liver levels tested right before then, and while yes I have a fatty liver, it wasn't egregious levels just in the fatty liver levels.

After KingCobra's death however, that's a wakeup call for me. He's only a little older than me, I always coped it was impossible for my drinking to kill me because of people like him, Ethan Ralph, the local alcoholic ect. But this upset and shocked me to my core. I've been drinking more and more heavily for a while now, and I need to stop. After drinking today I'm going to try to not drink for as long as I can.
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It could be your gall bladder, too. Better to get checked. Remember: if you can be sober one day, you can sober all the days.
 
Whatisgoingon said:
I've had a slight pain in my ribs by where my liver sits for 10 or so months, but I've ignored it because I got my liver levels tested right before then, and while yes I have a fatty liver, it wasn't egregious levels just in the fatty liver levels.

After KingCobra's death however, that's a wakeup call for me. He's only a little older than me, I always coped it was impossible for my drinking to kill me because of people like him, Ethan Ralph, the local alcoholic ect. But this upset and shocked me to my core. I've been drinking more and more heavily for a while now, and I need to stop. After drinking today I'm going to try to not drink for as long as I can.
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Be careful, alcohol is one of like two or three drugs that can kill you outright from cessation. The other being benzos. If you get cold sweats or violently start shaking or can't sleep I would highly recommend tapering or going to a hospital for a medical detox. If you go to a hospital you can request the anti-alcohol shot or medication to help you quit. They may keep you for a 2-3 hold. Don't worry they won't tell anyone (US laws) but I believe it's best you tell someone close to you to help keep yourself accountable.

If they give you naltrexone it will make you violently puke whenever you drink alcohol forcing you to quit, but you have to take it every day.

There's also a 90-day shot you can get so there's no take-backsies which will make alcohol have almost zero effect on you and/or throw up.

You're ~30 I assume since Cobes was 34 — Once you get past the first few weeks you'll feel like a million dollars. Life gets better, hobbies get more interesting, exercise gets more fun, and the anxiety(hangxiety) goes away. Take it one day at a time.
 
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