Drinking too much

[Buller100Participant 2189]

Gravel Pit wrote:

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.

I read Alan Carrs book , decided to stop and have 5 days now and do not even want a drink.

Thanks guys.

[Anonymous 3]

Hi,
for me, I liked to have a drink or two at the end of the day. Or more at the end of a s~~~ty day. It helped to feel better.

Now, I’m again prescribed on a cholesterol reducing drug and together with that, no alcohol. I keep being sober (for a week now), but I’m missing the fun of my life. Eating more ice cream, because it can be damn hot here. but that won’t help me losing weight…

I don’t feel like doing anything after arriving home from work. and then no booze… f~~~ing boring. Also with booze I wasn’t completely happy, and had hangovers when drunk too much, but now, nothing is fun. I just keep doing stuff because I have to.

But anyway,too much alcohol damages the liver over long time. But does anyone know a safe alternative? Some antidepressant that calms me down at the end of the day?

Someone mentioned exercise. I usually ride bike a lot. Today I pedalled some 80 km, sometimes in rain, bike is full of mud, then I ate a burger and I’m still not happy. Usually I drink a beer or two after long rides but today I took the pill that the doctor prescribed… What the hell can I do?

Against loneliness, my cheap sex doll sleeps next to me… fixed by ducktape at many places, and her vagina is not my size… so our relationship is limited to cuddling overnight, but at least she isn’t jealous on my fleshlight..

[draconic1Participant 89]

I would recommend supplementing with Ashwagandha powder in a smoothie every day. It reduces stress, assists with sleep, gives a lot of energy, and has a lot of other proven health benefits. Using it will help you maintain your will and not fly off thinking about whatever triggers you. Once your head is clear, deal with the issues that are making you want to drink in the first place. Family, work, society, loneliness, whatever it may be. Find something outside you enjoy doing and get under the sun more, it will also raise your mood. Set goals with tangible outcomes you can point to and recognize your achievement over time. Success begets success and eventually you become busy enough that there isn’t enough time for binge drinking.

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