I want to quit drinking but I'm afraid of what might happen or getting withdrawals.
I don't drink as heavy as I used to but I've been drinking so a long time 10+ years daily, I can't even remember the last time I went more than two days without drinking 6 tall cans of beer.
If there anything that can help me get over the three day - week hump? I'm actually terrified of the withdrawals. And I don't want to go to rehab or anything.
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I have no advice, but good luck user
Talk to your doctor. They prescribed me something for my withdrawals and it made it all a lot less shitty
What did your doctor give you?
What I noticed from going to AA meetings people who quit drinking smoke a ton and drink tons of coffee. So take up those habits. I don't go to AA anymore cuz I don't need it.
Your doctor can prescribe you with something to help ease withdrawl and curb cravings.
I drank quit a bit for a while and I couldn't eat or control my body temp for like a month after quitting.
However after it's said and done I couldn't be happier that I did. Losing weight, saving money, and not embarrassing yourself every other day are just a few benefits.
Yeah great advice there, just fuck yourself up even worse in a different way
Plenty of people smoke and drink tons simultaneously, you could just end up screwing your health over even more
Do you have tremors in the morning when you wake? Do you have tremors if you don't have a drink for a while?
That would be a sign you need medical help/supervision to quit. Usually that involves giving you valium like meds for the first week or so of not drinking.
I’ve struggled with binge drinking for about 20 years now. I had to go to the hospital for withdrawals and they gave me a script for Librium. You could always try a “taper” too. Do you drink all day or just at night?
I was an addict from 16 to 21.
I used weed and booze daily starting at 16. Go into meth at 17 and used meth, weed and beer almost every day until i first got arrested at 21.
Withdrawl absolutely does suck and its horrible (at least it feels horrible at the time) but with medication and therapy it's mangeable. This is going to sound stupid or cliche but try AlAnon. I used NarcAnon and it absolutely did help me get through addiction. Jail was a big part of it too tho. it took me away from the negative influences and also got me in touch with the health resources i needed to get through detox.
If u have questions or anything id be happy to answer them user, addiction sucks. but u can get through it.
i'm 23, been clean 3 years (no weed, a *few* beers in the past year, and zero hard drugs). im almost off probation and have a steady income/job. got my GED and have a real bf for the first time in my life with a baby on the way. If you told me 3 years ago id be where i am i woulda laughed, i had no care about living life and was pretty much convinced id overdose and die or get raped/murdered and i was honestly okay with it, thats how fucked up i was.
u can get through addiction tho. it just takes effort and help
Ooof this. I stopped hard drugs, weed, and drinking (spare a few beers here and there) but i CANT for the life of me give up cigarettes. Im desperately trying because im 11 weeks pregnant but holy fuck its hard. ive cut down from like a pack per day to 2-3 smokes a day but jesus
What the fuck is wrong with you?
what do you mean??? i kinda explain it here .
Ive had a rough life user.
At least you can look forward to explaining to your retarded baby that you caused it a lifetime of health problems because "quitting cigs sux lol"
YOU'RE PREGNANT. NO SMOKING. NONE. IT'S NOT THAT HARD IF ITS BETWEEN SMOKING OR POTENTIALLY FUCKING UP/KILLING YOUR UNBORN CHILD. GROW THE FUCK UP.
Taper with low strength beer.
Night 1. 8 beers.
Night 2. 7 beers.
Night 3. 6 beers.
Night 4. 5 beers.
Night 5. 4 beers.
Night 6. 3 beers.
Night 7. 2 beers.
Night 8. 2 beers.
Night 9. 1 beer.
Night 10. 1 beer.
10 days, you've done it.
To be honest user the withdrawals are pretty immediate. If you can go a day, sleep and you aren't shaking the next day you'll be fine. 6 tall cans of beer isn't much, people who get nasty withdrawals are downing vodka all day long.
Imagine thinking a guy with a drinking problem is going to have just 1 or 2 beers.
I used to drink all day, then this one job I took up pretty much forced me to taper, I think it saved my life.
I only drink in the evenings now.
Sometimes on weekend I'll wake up with shaky hands, I have elevated BP which makes me worried about withdrawals.
And that's the only obstacle. Willpower.
okay first off all boomers and shit smoked when pregnant lol is it perfectly healthy fuck no but its also not the end of the world BUT i AM trying to quit still. for one i cant afford this shit anymore im sick of smelling like smoke and yeah im trying. the fact my mom smokes 2 packs a day doesnt help tho
DUDE IM FUCKING TRYING
You know, I hate China with a passion and wish we could nuke them into glass, but they're on to something with their forced sterilization program. Retards like you should not even be allowed near children let alone having them.
Ever heard the saying, 1000 drinks isn't enough 1 drink is too many?
I had pretty shitty alcohol withdrawals when I was 24. Had been having them for about 2 years every time I was trying to stop drinking. I would HIGHLY recommend talking to your doctor about it so they can prescribe you klonopin. Made it 100x more vestibule than just cutting down over weeks. But you gotta be serious about it because quitting cold turkey(even with meds) and then starting back up again can be incredibly dangerous.
If you’re looking for ways to lessen the symptoms while you taper I’d say tons of cbd 100mg like 3 times a day and melatonin for sleep time.
This is sad. It's not fair to bring another kid in the world that has to deal with a trashy single mom. It'll become a scumbag like you and perpetuate the cycle. Honestly, if you can't muster up the willpower to stop smoking long enough to give birth and put it up for adoption, just abort; you're going to cause it a lifetime of misery.
Did you find your body and mind got somewhat addicted to the klonopin?
I might talk to my doctor at least, I've tried going three days and then my sleeps just become horrible.
Talk to doctor about it, get some medicine. Might be stating the obvious, but they will not tell anyone about it, nobody needs to know, and you don't need to be afraid or ashamed. You'll be doing the right thing
My tolerance is so high that a beer's affects will wear off in less than an hour. I start to crave it and I can't fall asleep without hard liquor. If I do tire myself out and fall asleep I'll wake up at 4 am with a panic attack, hot flashes, cold sweats and suicidal ideations...it's all in my head but it's fucking miserable. I'm 21, almost broke and I sure as hell can't get a job in this condition. Is it common to go to the ER for addiction? I function great in the day but I haven't had a good nights sleep in years where I actually feel well rested. I also don't wanna be labelled an addict and my CCW/Driving privileges taken away. How the fuck are ya'll chronic drinkers still alive? Maybe it's the winter cabin fever but I don't even enjoy fishing and most other fun hobbies I used to do...it all revolves around drinking anyways
why how do u know what kind of mom ill be?
im not a single mom. the babies dad is my boyfriend. im in a relationship retard. i expect to be single mommed but suprisingly he stuck around which is awesome bc i didnt WANT to be a single mom.
Only ever so slightly and it was mostly mental. I was prescribed enough for like one week and tapered down from that halfway through. The mental addiction part was just that it was still super hard to sleep without it. Ended up getting prescribed sleeping meds probably a month later which were a fucking game changer for my life.
Shit, I've been drinking a quart of whiskey a day since the lockdowns. Quit a week ago. Shakes and sweats for about 4 days, then anxiety. Not too bad. Using grass sparingly to sooth the anxiety at night and get to sleep.
>How the fuck are ya'll chronic drinkers still alive?
If you live past 27 or so, and haven't drank yourself to death or quit by then, it usually means you're a functional alcoholic and a good chunk of your day is working, and you sort of plateau in your drinking during the week. That's been my experience at least, but when I was between 20 - 25 I'd drink all day, I didn't even think I had a problem at all. It was weird, and then one day I just said to myself "I need to stop or cut back".
went i went off meth i pretty much was the same, id shake like crazy, puke, have crazy panic attacks. i was in jail at the time for the worst of it though so they'd just cart me to the medical area and they'd give me anti-anxiety meds.
Given your recent impregnation, I question your advice and judgment, PAanon.
Pregnant titties or GTFO
>I can't even remember the last time I went more than two days without drinking 6 tall cans of beer.
You actually can remember a time you went to sleep without alcohol then? That's great news.
It means that you should only have a three day hump and not a week. Also you probably should expect to just be awake for 40odd hours and not 150odd hours which was the worst part for me. Once you can sleep for the second time your brain will try to catch up on all the REM you've been missing so expect weird and difficult dreams for the next while. While awake try to find something active that you can obsess over. You'll need the distraction, also you need a drink replacement and water won't cut it. I always drank Sprite plus juice plus vodka and I still drink sprite plus juice no vodka ten years later.
I do all the time, it's pretty easy when all you have is 1 or 2 beers.
why? like why am i not allowed to get pregnant? ur just fucking jealous you didnt get to put it in me lol
im only 11 weeks. no milk trucks yet sorry user. they do be hurting like a mf tho the past week.
>your brain will try to catch up on all the REM you've been missing so expect weird and difficult dreams for the next while.
holy shit yes. when i was detoxing the dreams i had for the first month were crazy. not awful, not great, just crazy. i remember some of that shit vividly still.
you will never be a woman kys tranny
Go to detox. It's a safe place to come down from alcohol. They will give you benzos. It's not safe to detox on your own if you've been drinking that long.
Yeah, I bet everyone's just wishing they could have fertilised your tobacco-coated womb
You're going to be mother of the year, PAanon. I believe in you.
kys white nigger
No it's not the end of the world at all like these pansies have been brainwashed to think. The effects of a couple beers a week is nothing at all same with if you only smoke two cigarettes a day. Of course the more you drink and smoke the greater the potential for harm. There are plenty of kids born without FAS who had lushes for mothers but it becomes a question of probability at that point so of course it's a bad idea but a few drinks a month and a couple smokes a day aren't going to do anything as long as it is minimal
It's funny because it was a dream that had while I went to bed somewhat early that really shocked me into getting serious about my drinking.
I had to choose between fixing some landslide thing which could be fixed over time, or saving some small animal from dying. The small animal was a baby elephant, funny, elephant in the room.
Yeah, it's bullshit. But if you believe it so it will be true for you. I've managed to learn how to moderate and that means 1 or 2 drinks is actually enough
Binge hard enough that day 1 you don't want to think about alcohol
Spend no time trying to cure your hangover day 1
Day 2 still queezy due to not caring for body.
At this point eat to cure hang over before you go to bed but avoid drinks at this point your brain is thinking about booze but you are still feeling off.
Drink lots of water just stick a gallon jug near the bed and sleep in you are going to feel like you are coming down with the flu
Call out of work for flu like symptoms.
You will be feeling like hot garbage.
Just enough energy to move between bathroom and bed.
Drink water , sleep and if you have a TV in your room just leave it on.
You will feel too sick from withdraw symptoms to want booze or food or anything at this point.
You may if not planning this delude yourself Into thinking you have a real cold.
Don't worry you are just sweating the poison from your system.
By the end of the week you will recover eat whatever you want during this but you won't want much.
The hardest part is after the withdraws.
When your adict minds says ... just drink 1 beer ... it won't hurt.
Then remember what you had to go thru to quit.
You will need to force of will yourself away from any alcohol for months before it would be safe to even attempt 1 drink ... but depending on who you are 1 drink may be 1 too many and you will dive right back in.
So every time you want one remember your with draw pains and question if that is worth 1 beer.
>I haven't had a good nights sleep in years where I actually feel well rested.
Dude you just need to push through it each month you further associate the need for alcohol with sleep will add up and I'm the guy who went 150odd hours without sleep when quitting. Words cannot explain the living nightmare that is a week long sleep deprivation. Three days without sleep is a jaunt in the park in comparison, deal with it now or deal with extra days
Fascinating, I just read up on REM rebound. I'm going through this currently.
tl;dr kys white nigger subhuman trash :D
You guys can call me a pussy but I'm hardcore addicted to weed. I smoke two ounces a month. The only time I have ever been able to stop smoking is when I became an alcoholic last April to lower my tolerance.
bet
bet. i hada shitty mom why would i do the same thing to my kid?
nah
honestly yeah and i even talked about this with my doctor and she told me the same shit. she said i NEED to quit ASAP but if i cant cold turkey its not going to like make my kid have down syndrome or some shit if i have to taper.
crackhead
Join a program. There free cost nothing and typically they work , Attempting to do this your self/ alone is beyond set up for failure.. So look in to support groups and also speak yo your doctor. as medically this has a massive impact in the body and you wanna make sure its done right... anyways hope this helps ya some and best wishes..
>i hada shitty mom why would i do the same thing to my kid?
You already are
This. I'm as libertarian as the day is long. I think the government should fuck off out of everyone's life. But you should really have to get a license to have a kid. Show steady employment and a stable home (no living in your stepdad's basement), a years-long committed relationship (not, I GOTTA BOYFRIEND), and no felonies or history of drug use. Christ, it should be at least as hard to have a kid as it is to buy a gun.
>I had to choose between fixing some landslide thing which could be fixed over time, or saving some small animal from dying. The small animal was a baby elephant, funny, elephant in the room.
Knowing the context, that might have been the most awesome dream I've ever heard and I'm not exactly sure how to interpret it.
>t. white nigger subhuman trash
Jews will always rule over you.
when i was using meth id go days without sleep. when i finally got clean id sleep like 12-14 hours a day at first and the dreams were insane.
i had a few death dreams where id wake up in a cold sweat because i literally had like such vivid dreams about dying that i couldnt tell if it was real or a dream. i also had a ton of super vivid sex dreams where id literally wake up orgasming in my fucking pants because the shit was so real i literally thought (and apparently my body did) i was getting fucked. it was insane. now that ive been clean a few years i dont really have those vivid dreams anymore and i dont sleep as deep but i sleep more on average per night then i ever did when i was using. i get like 4-5 hours a night now. when i was using daily id get like 5 hours a week of sleep if that
Not gonna lie, weed saved my life. It really helps with the withdrawal symptoms and them after a couple weeks you can just drop it without a second thought.
It didn't help my my withdrawal at all but it sure helps keep me from from drowning in a bottle. I smoke a couple hits after my one or two beers and I'm quite satisfied. Honestly weed being illegal is the reason I became an alcoholic in the first place.
To put things into context, the landslide was most likely representing my over all health and life at the time which was hectic, saving the baby elephant first was my liver, I had the dream after I started getting slight pain in that area and became worried about it.
I interpreted it as the landslide could be fixed over time, but the immediate danger that I know will cause me immediate harm was animal that would have died in the landslide.
You ever notice how PAanon derails every thread she waddled into? Regardless of what's going on, she's always, ME, ME, ME! Like this poor drunken bastard, seeking advice to get off the booze. Right away PAanon is like, MY ADDICTIONS! MY BOYFRIEND! MY BABY! Christ lady, have you ever tried not sucking the oxygen out of the room?
That's all women know how to do user. That said, she did give some okay advice in OP def should try AA, it's not perfect and not for everyone but for alot of people the 12 steps do work.
How do you know it's PAanon?
Really? For me it was hard because my body and mind essentially kept screaming at me "I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS, DRINK FUCKING SOMETHING NOW", and weed shut it the fuck up. Also helped with hand tremors and sweats, and the awesome thing is i just stopped weed after a couple weeks and no regrets.yrrn7m
You can tell by the typing. PAanon is illiterate and has talked about being a meth addict in the past. It's definitely her.