>25 year old who started drinking at 15
>for the last few years have been drinking a bottle of whiskey every night. Major weight gain, depression, anxiety, breakdown of relationships.
> currently haven't had a drink in 2 weeks
>constantly think about it, and get mad cravings and everything fucking sucks, but feeling physically and mentally the best I have in years.
Thanks for listening Yea Forums
cravings will last for a few more months lasted half a year for me. havent drank for more than 2 years and feel awesome.
Only drink with people you like on special occasions. I used to be you. Dropped 110lbs and built a very nice bourbon collection since it doesn't disappear instantly. Just pick up a new hobby and start using all your time on things that you're interested in beyond alcohol consumption.
It can be done.
Just keep on keeping on.
Cravings will be hard for the first year.
After that it'll be smooth sailing with the occasional strong craving. Just remember all that drinking has taken from you over the years and you'll stay strong.
Good luck user, try AA if talking about it with strangers here helps AA would probably be effective for you.
Don't listen to this jackass.
Most alcoholics are addicts and there is NO CURE for being an addict. Dancing with the devil is asking for trouble.
Good shit dude, fingers crossed I get to where you're at
Good work on the weight loss and being able to moderate you drinking man, I'm starting to look for new sober hobbies, good physical activities that I would have never though to do when I was drinking
Thanks man yeah been to a few meetings but I like the actual anonymity of the internet. Will try to get to more meetings though.
Of course, I was listening to a podcast with Robin Williams where he said he was sober for 20 years then he had 1 drink and a few weeks later he was back to whisky and cocaine for breakfast. For me personally, i think total abstinence would be a lot easier then trying to walk the fine line of moderation
you had no physical withdrawal? if so good for you.
Ya I agree with user above. I have struggled with drinking and using since about the same age. It sounds lame but AA is the only thing that has worked long term for me.
You got this buddy, stay strong. It's not a good idea to poison yourself into an early grave.
>no cure
how did i stop being addicted to drugs and alcohol?
So you feel physically best in years? Means youre not addicted. Makes this thread pointless though
During addiction spirals, certain nerve clusters get built up in your brain that facilitate drug or drink abuse. With guidance, focus, and determination, you can build up other nerve clusters around these to weaken, block, or bypass the signal but those nerve clusters will never fully decay. Meaning the addiction will always be there, however dormant, and it requires constant vigilance to prevent relapse.
people kept telling me shit like this so i intentionally stopped drinking and smoking cold about 7 years ago. I get now that some people just don't have the nuts to do it on their own and want help but i live on spite and anger. If i can't do it by myself then it just can't be done
OP is a pussy. Tried to look tough but probably exaggerated with one whiskey bottle a day. Real addicts dont eat or sleep and never go to AA lmao what a cringeshit. Real addicts shake all the time and dont eat and vomit constantly.
i just do nothing though. no maintenance.
I'm not arguing with you because you may be an exception to the rule.
Addicts are genetically predisposed to be addicts. They don't have the usual mechanism that tells people they have had enough. There is plenty of scientific literature that defines this is a FACT.
Alcoholism is considered a disease for a reason, it's incurable. All you can do is put it into remission by abstaining.
that's great user. Maybe you should try to find something to do with yourself now that you're feeling better. Like go to the gym, find a productive passtime... you know
You sound like someone who had shitty parents.
Good job, OP! I wish you the best.
Keep it up, I’ve been sober 6 months. I ruined my life drinking. It led to divorce and some very dark times. Since I sobered up I’ve lost 50 lbs, feel way more confident and have so much more energy. I still get thoughts all the time about having a drink but I keep reminding myself how much my life has improved. You got this keep going.
No but would just start profusely sweating for no reason some times, getting better over the last 2 weeks. Never had any seizures or shaking or anything like that thank god
Nothing tough about having your whole life be controlled by a liquid. You're making alcoholism sound like a contest. But I'm lucky I never got that that stage, was certainly on the way though.
Fuck off with your gym. Why should i waste my time and energy by lifting heavy things? You idiot. Gym guys are on average dumber than non gym guys cause of metabolism disposition. Fucking brainlets you get dumber as more bullish you look
>Gym guys are on average dumber than non gym guys cause of metabolism disposition.
The opposite is true.
You sound like a butthurt DYEL that has trouble getting ladies.
Thanks man yeah been lifting a little bit lately and feels a lot more rewarding then lifting a bottle to my face
so those that never use again are just suppressing their addition? the brain isn't as simple as case study.
Withdrawal hits some people harder than others. A bottle a day is pretty serious, your lucky you didn't get any serious withdraws. The guy you're responding to obviously has no idea what he's talking about or has had a really shitty life and thinks that because you didn't get as bad as him you don't deserve to complain.
Shitty person either way.
also drink a fuck ton of water and less sugary drinks if you can. It will amplify the opposite effect of stopping with the alcohol
>haven’t had a drink in 2 weeks
Nigga you gonna fuckin die
>so those that never use again are just suppressing their addition?
Yes, plain and simple. They are addicts so it's possible that they will move from one addiction to another so they need to remain hyper-vigilant to make sure that doesn't happen.
>the brain isn't as simple as case study.
Nor would I presuppose it is. The fact is alcoholism has been one of the most in depth and well researched diseases mankind has tried to find answer to. There is no argument that people are genetically predisposed to devolving it, that it IS a disease and that there IS no cure for it.
If you would like to try and refute almost 100 years of research on the subject then you better have some pretty compelling evidence.
Who hurt you user ?
Gyms are owned by jews who want make goy from a thinking person to a soulless tool which serves the thinking jews.
start smoking weed
why is every pictures saying...FILE NO LONGER EXISTS (404) FOR EVERY BOARD
This is the most retarded JOOS post I've ever seen on Yea Forums and I've probably seen a thousand.
Haha yeah, hope he finds his own peace within himself
Yeah man I'm on like 10 cups of tea a day, it's some good shit.
That's amazing. I lasted 10 months once.
I thought they were filling food with trans fats and sugar to make us all slow and dependant on their pharma.
Is this the reality user? Are these opposing factions of Jews going to put us against each other. Muscle headed stupid jocks Vs mentally strong fatties in mortal combat ?
Hold me user I'm scared.
This post is a stroke of genius
No one just wakes up one day and decides to drink so much that it risks their life happiness or health.
Focus on the issues that cause alcohol to be the side relief. You can remove these stresses. They're only there because we masked it
I know from experience. When you wake up and have withdrawals, its actually the only thing hooking you back into drinking. And it works.
When tapering down, you need to use alcohol as medicine. Don't go to emerg because it'll cause you to stop cold turkey temporarily.
Do this:
If you're drinking a bottle a day.. (starting in the morning), do the same the next day. The day after switch to beer. You have to first recognize this.
If you are doing 4+ shots an hour starting from waking up, you can't just switch to beer the next day.
Taper it down, and then switch to beer. You'll get a restful sleep and be able to eat again. Balance this practice out and before long you'll be sick of beer and simply want to go out running, the gym, and more.
You need to detox yourself the same way you built up your momentum and threshold for booze.
I'm speaking from experience. AA can't help, nor can the hospital if you're rebounding from withdrawals. You need to learn the discipline and have no fear that "the next day you can't drink anymore forever".
Use the alcohol as medicine only when you're suffering withdrawals. Go for a walk, spend a lot of time outside, and once it's kicked out of you make sure you have hobbies/interests/motivation to use instead.
If you've started the day with a bottle of hard liquor, the next day slowly taper it down. Instead of 2+ shots an hour, lower it to 1. Only drink when you feel withdrawals, and by the time you're out of the woods you will do what OP did.
Nothing is worse than wanting to quit and you can't because the withdrawals are too heavy to handle. Unless someone has experienced this, they have no idea.
Good luck Yea Forumsrothers who are reading this.
Exposed the jew trick haha. You probably took arnold schwarzenegger as inspiration on how dumb he is but muscular so you just found a way on how trick americans into lifting shit while brain size and iq shrinks. Thats some real jewish trickery right there. Ever seen any jews go lifting in a gym? No cause they want their nutrient distribution be that all goes to the brain so they can keep dominating mentally about the dumbed down goys
Top quality post, great advice
Holy shit this is a top quality JOOS schizo post.
Take your medication and fuck off.
Ever seen Jews fuck hot bitches? Me neither. Enjoy your intelligence
proud of you, user! keep going strong
what if you only drink vodka? you'll get drunk faster than beer and won't get fat so fast
How much money did you spend on alcohol?
Fuck this is insane!
Haha I like you're thinking but nah. I started on beers like many 15-16 year olds do. Around 20 I was drinking a box of golden oak fruity lexia every 4-5 days. I then moved to vodkas which I loved but after a few years I found I could only get wasted on dark spirits like bourbon and whiskey.
The logical next step would have been drinking absinthe or just drinking straight metho, but instead I decided to try and get my shit together. Cut to present day.
You Yea Forums fags are the best, Thanks for the support lads
About $30aud a bottle and would go through about 5-6 a week, so easily $150 a week. Having a not bad job and living with the parents allowed me to spend money on booze constantly. I would convince myself that "oh people go to a pub/club and spend $150 on just a few drinks for 1 night, I'm getting a weeks worth for the same price!" Great alcoholic logic
I am 25 right now aas well and been clean for about a year and a half and I can hoenstly say it is a pretty good feeling. So slight story if you care to read, but I was a neet for 5 years from 19-24 and during that time all I did was drink on my parents time, everyday. I ended up gaining weight and living like a fucking goblin, but in the moment i thought it was fine, hell I'd encourage others to always drink with me. Never again, its hard to break out of the habit, doubly so when you have people constantly doing it around you, but you can break out of it. Just willpower and a whole lot of it.
Now I have a job, since getting a job I now have a gf of 10 months, and anytime I've tried to even drink socially the taste is just outright repulsive to me.
That and quit soda shit really doesn't taste good and is so fucking unhealthy for you its crazy.
tldr; i'm your age, was in your exact spot more or less, made it out.
I won't lie though, I traded one addiction for another. That being coffee. Which also is unhealthy in the amount I drink of it it, but least people don't judge you.
Congrats man, sounds like you're doing great. Thanks for the support. At least coffee won't make you do crazy shit you'll regret in the morning
>for the last few years have been drinking a bottle of whiskey every night.
Yeah I did lots of crazy shit, especially towards my "peak". I felt as if I had 2 or 3 really bad nights where I was just a unrelenting asshole to everyone near me. That plus I hit my weight goal which hurt a lot. Which for me was 200lbs, I had/have always been a really skinny child and was proud of that so me getting chubby was terrible. 140lbs now and I'm convinced it was just by cutting out the calories in alcohol
Most people grow out of it and were just abusing the substance.
I'm currently struggling hard and its causing my health to suffer. I'm down to aboutb 6 beers a day, but damn my insides hurt.
you haven't. don't lie here.
you should stop throwing around your half-knowledge lest you run into an actual neuroscientist on here (which you just did) and have to shift awkwardly. the absolute statement "there is no cure for addiction" is wrong. is there genetic predisposition? yes. can you acquire predisposition for future abuse or relapse? yes. but successful resisting to an urge is not what is termed "addiction". and "nerve clusters in your brain" are not a thing.