Drinking too much

[Buller100Participant 2189]

Guys I do not drink every day , but when I do i will have 12 bottles 330 Ltr and get smashed.

I do this 3 times a week , so 3 hangovers .. I have not had a drink since Sunday today is Thursday , sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Any tips for quitting , I feel I want to stop and as it is now I don’t feel like drinking again.

[iMickey503Participant 12465]

I wish I knew what to tell you brother, but I don’t know how it is. For me it’s smoking. I don’t really need it. I know its not doing me any favors, but its the one thing that stops me from going overboard.

Drinking is something I enjoy. And with how s~~~ my life is, I would do it daily. But have managed to stay away from the drink.

Its something I know that’s going to take time man. But you will do it when you are ready.

Good luck brother.

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[HitmanParticipant]

when your’e REALLY sick and tired ,
of being sick and tired…
you will find an A.A. meeting near you.

[bladeParticipant]

I turned to drink at the end . I am a wild c~~~ when i get p~~~ed . S~~~ comes up in me so i stay away from it .

Like you i got sick of been sick . A warning to stop .

Vitamin b berrocca for a hangover the next morning .

My guts are f~~~ed .

Got hole in my lung and liver . I fear sleep . Confused sometimes when shopping .

So i stay away from the p~~~ . When i hit it i was drinking a 30 can pack a day . I wasnt drinking but got to a point i started then i thought f~~~ this .

I smoke weed for medical reasons . Best thing ever .

Lol . When i lost it after everything i blew up my backyard . F~~~in just black . My mates arm was on fire . He had just lost his misses and i had lost my kids after a mother not wanting them for 4 years . We had a good night on that one .

THE PLANTATION HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE KILLING FIELDS . WOMAN ARE NOW ROLLING CAMBODIAN STYLE .

[bstoffParticipant 4863]

Sounds like more of a binge drinking problem to me.

Limit what is available around the house for you to drink and resolve not to go out for more after you’ve already had some.

Another good idea is have a glass or two of water along with your beers.

I was just dealing with a female I know was binge drinking wine.
These methods helped her a lot.

If you can skip a day or two or three without having anything to drink, you are probably not alcoholic, you just need another outlet to unwind, enjoy yourself or to get over problems.

Activities that don’t involve drinking, like walking, hiking, biking, whatever appeals to you without involving drinks.

Realizing there is a problem and wanting to do something about it is a great first step.
All you gotta do now is resolve to deal with it and don’t give up on yourself.

[Anonymous 38]

Just stop. There’s no secret to it. Force yourself to do something else.

[xanthineParticipant 4903]

I have struggled with drinking most of my life…i used to get smashed almost every single night. A lot of it had to do with stress, but i am sure a family history of alcoholism has played a part too.

I’ve been wanting to get my drinking under control for a long time and finally seem to be coming out on top. In the last month i have only had alcohol a few times, but it was just a little bit and always in a social setting. There are several things that have really been helping me:

1. When you’re about to drink, try to think about the worst hangover you’ve ever had. Or any hangover. Think about how you will feel like s~~~ and not get as much done the next day because of it.

2. Think about the long term damage you are doing to your liver, brain, and pretty much your whole body. Ask yourself if it is worth being f~~~ed up when you’re old and having fewer quality years to be drunk now.

3. Find other things to do. If you can get past the initial craving, you’ll start to think about something else. When you first start doing this it will be really hard, and you will have lots of cravings. After awhile, you will have fewer cravings and they will not be nearly as strong. Once you get to that point, DO NOT just start drinking again because you think you’ve got it under control. You’ll know you have it under control when you are no longer thinking about it.

Anyway this is just what has been working for me. Hope it helps.

[Secret Agent MGTOWParticipant 22506]

Buller100 wrote:

Guys I do not drink every day , but when I do i will have 12 bottles 330 Ltr and get smashed.

I do this 3 times a week , so 3 hangovers .. I have not had a drink since Sunday today is Thursday , sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Any tips for quitting , I feel I want to stop and as it is now I don’t feel like drinking again.

Redirect to something else productive. That urge enters your mind, do something else. F~~~, do pushups. Do situps. Pullups. Exercise ups your endorphins. Or jerk off quick, for oxytocin.

Gotta refocus and retrain. The urges will come but you can control where you route them. Calculage how much money you will save not spending it on alcohol and that can be turned into useful money for you.

Women want everything, but want responsibility and accountability for nothing.

[JB BooksParticipant 3182]

Consider joining the fellowship of A.A. No matter where you live, there’s tons of other guys in the program and meetings near you… try going online and find a meeting.

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[CombatRollParticipant 2594]

Hangovers Suck!

Are you going out to drink? Staying home? Are your buddies keeping you out for more imbibing?

Are you happy when you’re drinking or is it a band aid for depression?

[CrispParticipant 197]

I am just like you. Same pattern. Pick up a copy of Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Drinking. I know the title comes across as hopelessly trite. Still, just read it. Seriously.

Not his Control Alcohol Book I have not read that one, so I will not vouch for it.

MGTaoist and Xanthine have got it right

Plus, don’t beat yourself up.

Read that book!

[CrispParticipant 197]

Drinking in an attempt to quell loneliness is my problem. I am sure it is common to many others on here as well. I go to bars more or less to be around other human beings seeing as how I work and live alone. But….one drink easily turns to 9, and when you have to work the next day.

Yeah. You know the feeling. It is dark

[Anonymous 42]

Buller100 wrote:

Any tips for quitting , I feel I want to stop and as it is now I don’t feel like drinking again.

Just decide never to drink again and live by it! Alcohol is no friend to sanity and stability. I practiced quitting over and over until one day I decided I don’t need this s~~~!

Life has been relative smooth sailing ever since then! The s~~~ f~~~s you up in many more ways than you can comprehend! It creates estrogen and destroys testosterone over time, you’ll even get girly titties over long exposure, and that’s to name only one negative side-effect out of 500!

If you drink alcohol, you have a problem!

[TaxGuyParticipant]

I wish had better advice for you. I have a different issue, I don’t get hangovers. I learned a long time ago to drink better booze. And NEVER mix it with a drink that has sugar in it. You fix a hangover the night before, not the next day. NEVER bend over to buy booze, the bottom shelf is liquid headache. But I’m not a beer guy.

My advice is to cut back slowly. If 10 beers leaves you hung over, then lower the number to six. If you really drink a ton, you don’t want to quit cold turkey, it can cause heart problems. I wish I could remember where I read that but I have seen that before. Google can be your friend there.

Start by leaving it alone during the week, then cut back the number on the weekends. Hangovers suck. If you have a little voice in the back of your head saying you’ve probably had enough, listen to it. It’s trying to make sure you aren’t hung over the next day.

Good luck.

Order the good wine

[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

Buller100 wrote:

Any tips for quitting

Exercise your will to not buy the beer in the first place. Your will is just like your muscles. If you exercise it, it will strengthen. If you don’t use it — YOU WILL LOSE IT.

When women lead, destruction is the destination. -- Me.

[BigDParticipant 3024]

Just posting to keep up with this thread. Alcoholism has always fascinated me. I don’t understand how someone can become addicted to booze. Not saying it doesn’t happen, because it obviously does. I’m just trying to understand it.

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[FrostByteParticipant 19005]

Buller100 wrote:

Any tips for quitting , I feel I want to stop and as it is now I don’t feel like drinking again.

Binge drinking is my problem as well. Took me a long time to learn and accept what I’m saying below.

All it takes in one glass or one shot and I want WILL drink the entire bar. I won’t quit till I’m down. The next day I wake with no desire to drink whatsoever and go weeks without drinking, until I have the one drink and the cycle starts over. It’s all or nothing with me.
My advice is accept you can’t stop once you start.
You have to say no when your strong. Stop thinking you can stop after you start when you have proven over and over you can’t. AND never have that first drink.

If you rescue a damsel in distress, all you will get is a distressed damsel.

[FrostByteParticipant 19005]

Kudos for opening up and bringing it up here, with men who care about other men and won’t coddle you, but will give you straight advice.

If you rescue a damsel in distress, all you will get is a distressed damsel.

[hollowtipsParticipant 681]

Everyone has their vice, just drink less instead of having 12 bottles 3 times a week have 1-3 a day. I love a nice cold drink with my dinner and another with some kind of evening snack I’ll get a little buzzed/drunk but not to the point I wake up feeling hungover the next day, I only get that drunk a few times a year.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

It’s been a week since Buller started this thread. He hasn’t been back yet.

Here are my questions for him:

Have you ever lost a job due to drinking?
Have you ever been arrested for anything relating to drinking?
Are you taking anti-depressants?
Do you use prescription drugs for recreational use, combined with drinking?
Is your recent recognition of having trouble with drinking combined with relational problems with a female? Like, as things got worse with her, you have been drinking more?

I’m trying to get a bearing for who we’re talking to. It could very well be that you’re just bored and can handle a few drinks, you’re just over doing it a bit lately. Doesn’t necessarily mean you’re an alcoholic.

But if you’ve lost jobs or been arrested due to drinking, I’d say it’s 99 to 1, you’re an “alcoholic.” If that is the case, it’s going to take more than changing your routine and favorite booze brands to get past this predicament.

It’s the age old question. Some drunks find solid sobriety, some can’t and they die. What is the thing that happens that grants alcoholics sobriety? What bottom did they hit, how did they hit it, and what happened psychologically?

If you’re still struggling with this and agree that you’re indeed an “alcoholic” (no matter how you define it) then you should talk to us. There are many frequent posters here with MANY years of sobriety. We were stone cold drunks, prisoners, you name it. We beat it, or at least something happened and now we’re sober for good. You can win, you never have to drink again if you don’t want to.

If you are a “drunk alcoholic” there is no middle ground bro. People are not exaggerating when they say it WILL kill you. And the expression, “jails, institutions & death” ins’t hyperbole either, many of us have brushed all three before getting sober, some never do. I have a buddy who is not even a drunk. He drank a lot his whole life and his body is f*&^KED. I wont go into details but you do not want to be on your deathbed at 50 or having to pay $100,000’s in medical bills and weekly treatments. Stop now. Initiate a bottom and duck out of drinking permanently.

Anyway, if you’re not an alcoholic, ignore me. Sobriety is great. My whole life is WAY better now.

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