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Any ex-drinkers in the house?

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slightlyhuman said:
what a waste of a fucking thread. stop drinking. as other have said, you want us to pat you on your shoulder? you've been around here long enough, what kind of response did you really expect from us?

#growafuckingpairofballsandshutthefuckup
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If only I had put that I was looking for advice on how to do it from other people who had gone through this, in the OP.

Sigh...
 
HAL9000 said:
If only I had put that I was looking for advice on how to do it from other people who had gone through this, in the OP.

Sigh...
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we get it. you're gay(or is it bi), lonely, have a drinking problem, have a posting problem, have a being annoying as a fucking canker sore problem..

but hey, you have 10K posts in a year and the majority are troll posts. that's got to count for something.
 
slightlyhuman said:
we get it. you're gay(or is it bi), lonely, have a drinking problem, have a posting problem, have a being annoying as a fucking canker sore problem..

but hey, you have 10K posts in a year and the majority are troll posts. that's got to count for something.
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So you don't have any advice or anything constructing to add to the thread? You thought you'd just come in screaming and shouting with irrelevant insults? Good for you.
 
Srsly I was slipping down this path too a number of years ago. Essentially I wanted to just forget the day, and to get home from my (seemingly) horrible job and get fuzzy so I felt better, then continue on to drunkenness where I could just hit the bed and pass the hell out. One day I just said - screw it. I don't need to drink. Its as easy as that. I didn't stop at the liquor or beer store, I just went home, watched TV and managed to fall asleep with no help whatsoever. I realized that day that I could stop drinking whenever I wanted. A few years later I started drinking again really for no reason - and I lashed out physically at my GF (didn't beat her ass or anything, I think I threw something at her). I went straight to an AA meeting that next morning and I met some "Real Alcoholics". That sobered me up (pun intended). I realized that these people really did have a much much bigger problems than my piddly little bullshit (Oh I like to drink too much and get angry). These folks lost jobs, killed people drunk driving, alienated family, got arrested, started prostituting to pay for it, sold stuff, stole stuff, etc. It was a real eye opener and I haven't had any "problem" since then. I can have a beer with american football, or a wine at dinner and not chug it like a frat boy. I can go to the bar and still manage to not get over the legal limit while my wife gets hammered (and later hammer her cuz I don't have whiskydick).

If they have something across the pond thats similar to or the same as AA - I suggest you go visit at least one meeting. It doesn't mean you have to start getting chips, but definitely don't go drunk, go right after work or in the morning if you have to, and just for an hour - listen to these people. You'll figure out before too long whether its for you or not, or maybe even just get a slap in the face taht you need to get the fucking bottle out of your mouthhole.
 
My problem with AA (yes we do have it in the UK, just checked) is that it's all christian based, and as an atheist that wouldn't help me.
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It needn't be. You can effectively go through the steps and replace the word "God" with "FSM" or "Joe Pesci" or "" or completely edit out any portion that involves any deity and still run through it and be successful if that is how you want to do it. Lots of members are the type to throw everything to their "maker". Saying that AA won't help you because its members are "mostly christian" is an excuse. You don't need to pray, nor to "give it to God", or anything like that. I'm not even saying go get a chip (the symbol used to indicate how long you have been sober). Just go and listen. You don't need to talk, you don't need to "believe in the lord" either. Just go and listen.

The important thing is that there is hope, that you can overcome something like this, that you don't "need" to drink every day. The easiest way to stop drinking is just that. Stop Drinking. Like right now. Don't drink anymore. You will live. You will survive, it won't even hurt. Don't worry about your underlying issues so much, nor blame them for the reason you drink - thats a fucking copout, and as much of an excuse as calling "AA" Christian for the reason you won't go to a meeting. All you have to do is not buy anymore, nor drink any where you are. You just do nothing at all and your doing it!

As for dealing with your problems - I used to drink to cover up OCD, let myself out, but I realized soon that people don't like drunk angry me, so quiet resentful me is probably better.
 
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I was never a heavy drinker but now when I drink I have partial seizures, so I just stopped.

You need to fix what is causing you to drink before you can stop drinking.
 
OP, have you talked to a therapist? That's the first, best step you should take. They'll give you possible options. And, therapy + 12 step programs gives much better results than just AA on its own.

Addiction is a compulsive mental disorder. You should consult a mental health professional for ways to deal with it.
 
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Ok here is the way I quit drinking. If you don’t die it will work for you.

From my teens and for some 30 some years I had been a social drinker, never had a problem maybe a drink every night. And on some occasions more.

Starting about the month before I “quit” started getting nerve pain shooting pains down my legs and arms. (another long story there) So I started the Vodka treatment to ease the pain. It worked! I would gulp down a glass pass out and wake up 4 hour later rinse and repeat. Well after not showing up for work for sevreal days a friend came over and I tried to get up off the couch and fell over and broke my leg. Ambulance came. Trip to the hospital and several hours later I started to go into convulsions and that’s the last thing I remember.

17 days later I woke up in the hospital from an induced coma I was cured!

In two years I have had probably 2 beers.
 
Thebobo said:
Ok here is the way I quit drinking. If you don’t die it will work for you.

From my teens and for some 30 some years I had been a social drinker, never had a problem maybe a drink every night. And on some occasions more.

Starting about the month before I “quit” started getting nerve pain shooting pains down my legs and arms. (another long story there) So I started the Vodka treatment to ease the pain. It worked! I would gulp down a glass pass out and wake up 4 hour later rinse and repeat. Well after not showing up for work for sevreal days a friend came over and I tried to get up off the couch and fell over and broke my leg. Ambulance came. Trip to the hospital and several hours later I started to go into convulsions and that’s the last thing I remember.

17 days later I woke up in the hospital from an induced coma I was cured!

In two years I have had probably 2 beers.
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Weird. What was up with your leg?
 
Hal have you *really* tried quitting? Like put some thought in to it- had a plan for what you were going to do the first few nights when you normally would be drinking...ask for support from a friend/family etc? Seems like that should be your first step...don't just assume you can't do it on your own...

And if you have tried- really made a serious attempt- then I agree groups would probably help or at least give you another route to try.
 
Not much of a drinker but I do like a good beer. Someone gave me a 4 pack of something called "Trois Pistoles" a beer by some company called Unibroue. I drank 1 bottle, tastes good. And somehow got a strong buzz.

WTF?? One beer? never had one beer do this.
 
Hugo Drax said:
Not much of a drinker but I do like a good beer. Someone gave me a 4 pack of something called "Trois Pistoles" a beer by some company called Unibroue. I drank 1 bottle, tastes good. And somehow got a strong buzz.

WTF?? One beer? never had one beer do this.
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9% ABV will do that to ya...I'm guessing it wasn't a 12oz bottle either...so if it was 24oz that like drinking about 4 regular (coors type) beers. (and I agree- good stuff)
 
You have to want to stop drinking. Otherwise chance for success is slim. I was the same way with cigarettes fags. Quit cold turkey with no nicotine patches or crap like that. 10+ years later and I still crave cigarettes fags quite often. But realizing I am still addicted after 10 years without a single drag proves to me how fucked up cigarettes fags are, which in turn helps me to stay away.
 
Kyle said:
9% ABV will do that to ya...I'm guessing it wasn't a 12oz bottle either...so if it was 24oz that like drinking about 4 regular (coors type) beers. (and I agree- good stuff)
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Yeah. It feels like I took a percocet when I had tooth work done years ago. Its a strong buzz, A warm feeling that takes over and definitely buzzed right now and tingling numbness, warmth. but Its a funky buzz.

One bottle. And its from Canada?? It tastes good. Anyhow I will limit it to one bottle. Save the other three for special occasions.


Anyhow for the Alcoholics here, I recommend this beer. Never knew the Canucks knew how to brew a proper beer.
 
dank69 said:
You have to want to stop drinking. Otherwise chance for success is slim. I was the same way with cigarettes fags. Quit cold turkey with no nicotine patches or crap like that. 10+ years later and I still crave cigarettes fags quite often. But realizing I am still addicted after 10 years without a single drag proves to me how fucked up cigarettes fags are, which in turn helps me to stay away.
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😱 YGPM. 😉
 
HAL9000 said:
I don't get hangovers, I don't miss work, I don't get sick. I have a problem.
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You have ADHD. I drink almost everyday. Hard stuff too like 8year old bacardi and glenlivet. I get a really nice buzz and chill out. Sometime I get really blitzed and pass out. Only problem is I usually wake up after only 4 hours of sleep and am wide awake. I never had a hangover, even if I drank til sickness I have never felt hungover. My liver must look like a prune by now.
 
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