I was lucky in that I was able to just stop and focus on something more productive. I realized that my drinking was to cope with my bad feelings, so I made a rule that I would only drink when happy and around other people. I also stopped surrounding myself with people who were sad drunks like I was.
I was also diagnosed with a fatty liver and now it actually hurts to drink sometimes, which scares me into doing it less. Granted, it doesn’t hurt that much, but my body is telling me to chill tf out and I’m listening. Not to say I won’t have a beer here and there, but I’m not getting assed out drunk anymore.
I’m grateful that I was able to stop myself before it became a real addiction cuz I was headed there.
Toward the end of my “party years” my hangovers started to increase in frequency and pain. I don’t drink liquor anymore, don’t start before 5pm, and put a hard cap on the number of beers I allow myself to drink on any given night.
Only exception is I’ll have a glass of bourbon or two on special occasions
Switched to weed for awhile, realized that wasn’t much better really, picked a hobby I could do high but enjoyed doing sober as well and then just kinda slowly weened off the weed too. Now I typically have a few drinks on Thursday or Friday night and a maybe a joint while kayak fishing on a Sunday. It’s all in the balance.
Honestly, it sounds easy and stupid when I write it out, but I just stopped. When it finally clicked in my head that it was a problem, I stopped and didn’t drink at all for nearly 6 months. Then I decided I can drink socially but limited it to one time per month and no more and two drinks at the gathering. Now, I don’t have very strict rules anymore but I probably only drink 3-4 times per year or less.
The hardest thing was figuring out a different coping mechanism. I got so used to just getting drunk to forget about my problem and now I had to deal with my problems. Thankfully and luckily, my friends were supportive and helpful. We used to get together to drink pretty often but they help by limiting their own drinking and helping me stay sober too.
the first time I actually drank drank I got blackout drunk and i was like 14-15😭 cops got called, alot of shi happened that night. my body get nauseous before i even get anywhere near CLOSE to drunk now. i can get a lil buzz and im coo lol. 19 now!
also alcohol just dont taste good enough to me to make it a problem. Prefer that daaankk🍃🍃
Before we split up, my ex got me into drinking. She was a drinker who turned into a daily drinker, who turned into someone who self medicated with drinks. When I was getting depressed and burned out from work and other things, her solution was to give me hard liquor and have me drink it in another room. For lack of any other kind of interaction, I started drinking them. After she left, I realized I hated reading my problems with alcohol, and the thought of continuing to use it as a crutch disgusted me. Everyone once in a while, after a hard week, I might pour myself something with a meal or a movie. Including that, I might drink once a month, if that. When things at work got really stressful, maybe 3 Friday nights in a month, but that’s only happened about once this year.
I don’t consider my problem to be an alcoholic problem. More of an emotional problem I wrongly used alcohol to cope with, and one that I’m glad I no longer participate in. I never drank at home until the pandemic, and didn’t drink on a weekly basis until probably 2022 through 2023 when the relationship turned really bad. I have nothing against social and/or responsible drinkers.
If you drink all of it, there will be no more to tempt you. But really, alcoholism is terrible. If you think you may have a problem: confide in someone you trust; and see how many days without a drink you can go. If you actually can go a few days AND you actually forget about it (you wake up the next day realizing you didn’t even think about drinking yesterday), you likely have a habit or stress problem rather than straight alcoholism
My interest in alcohol decreased with that the. I went 3 months sober to see if I could
After 3 months sober I had found social alternatives (bitters and soda is dope) and that is my go to.. I still drink but very very seldom and very little
I know this is easier said than done, but there have been times in my life I’ve realized, shit, I’m drinking too much. The guilt makes me slow down and drink less.
I wouldn’t say I don’t currently have a drinking problem though, I’ll have probably 8-10 drinks a week.
Just stop. Stop going out drinking with friends. Stop buying alcohol. Stop enabling your alcoholic friends and family. If you want some encouragement, I appear to have stopped aging since quitting drinking a couple years ago. People say its just getting old, but for many its alcohol abuse mixed with lack of proper diet.
Just stop. Stop going out drinking with friends. Stop buying alcohol. Stop enabling your alcoholic friends and family. If you want some encouragement, I appear to have stopped aging since quitting drinking a couple years ago. People say its just getting old, but for many its alcoholism mixed with lack of proper diet.
Having some positive/negative influences really helps. That’s why AA can help so much, it gives a face to others suffering with it. A friend of mine got sober a few years ago and is doing much better whereas my cousin just drank himself to death a few moths ago leaving a few kids behind. Seeing that divergent path made it pretty clear what my options are.
Having a sober period and then even briefly relapsing makes the dysfunction all the more stark too. Avoid that if you can.
I went to rehab and didn’t drink for a month right. For my after care I was getting pissed tested once a month ,not bad but it was for a year. So I kinda saw it as a challenge. I’ve been learning how to cope since
Stopped. I realized I was drinking a bottle of more of port a night. It was giving me a acid reflux when trying to sleep. Sometimes I’d wake up choking on acid drool I’d breathed in and it burnt like crazy. I’d be coughing and struggling to take in air again, like a plastic bag was put over my head. Sometimes I’d get up to pee and then end up on the floor nearly puking when washing my hands. Overall during the day I felt like crap. I just stopped, it wasn’t doing anything positive for me.
I still drink socially, but don’t usually have beer or anything in the house. If I’m gifted beer I’ll go through the slab somewhat quick, but I just don’t go and buy more when it’s gone.
I don’t think I was addicted, I just stopped. I think I was more craving the sugar/sweetness due to constant fatigue throughout the day with exhaustion really hitting at night when I got home from work. Like a lot of sweet things and snacks once I start I struggle to moderate intake to a reasonable level.
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Stopped worrying about it.
I quit
Stop buying it, find sober friends, don’t go to places if you can’t help yourself, try new hobbies to keep you busy
Stopped thinking it was a problem about alcohol. Alcohol is not the problem, is something deeper.
I was lucky in that I was able to just stop and focus on something more productive. I realized that my drinking was to cope with my bad feelings, so I made a rule that I would only drink when happy and around other people. I also stopped surrounding myself with people who were sad drunks like I was.
I was also diagnosed with a fatty liver and now it actually hurts to drink sometimes, which scares me into doing it less. Granted, it doesn’t hurt that much, but my body is telling me to chill tf out and I’m listening. Not to say I won’t have a beer here and there, but I’m not getting assed out drunk anymore.
I’m grateful that I was able to stop myself before it became a real addiction cuz I was headed there.
i highly recommend r/stopdrinking. i’m 72 days calisober and loving life.
Toward the end of my “party years” my hangovers started to increase in frequency and pain. I don’t drink liquor anymore, don’t start before 5pm, and put a hard cap on the number of beers I allow myself to drink on any given night.
Only exception is I’ll have a glass of bourbon or two on special occasions
Switched to weed for awhile, realized that wasn’t much better really, picked a hobby I could do high but enjoyed doing sober as well and then just kinda slowly weened off the weed too. Now I typically have a few drinks on Thursday or Friday night and a maybe a joint while kayak fishing on a Sunday. It’s all in the balance.
Stopped drinking
Honestly, it sounds easy and stupid when I write it out, but I just stopped. When it finally clicked in my head that it was a problem, I stopped and didn’t drink at all for nearly 6 months. Then I decided I can drink socially but limited it to one time per month and no more and two drinks at the gathering. Now, I don’t have very strict rules anymore but I probably only drink 3-4 times per year or less.
The hardest thing was figuring out a different coping mechanism. I got so used to just getting drunk to forget about my problem and now I had to deal with my problems. Thankfully and luckily, my friends were supportive and helpful. We used to get together to drink pretty often but they help by limiting their own drinking and helping me stay sober too.
I quit cold turkey.
Drinking made me a bad person and it nearly cost me everything. I decided I liked everything more than drinking.
It took some good friends to kick my ass to stop
it was never that bad for me. but I switched to alcohol free beer at home.
the first time I actually drank drank I got blackout drunk and i was like 14-15😭 cops got called, alot of shi happened that night. my body get nauseous before i even get anywhere near CLOSE to drunk now. i can get a lil buzz and im coo lol. 19 now!
also alcohol just dont taste good enough to me to make it a problem. Prefer that daaankk🍃🍃
Before we split up, my ex got me into drinking. She was a drinker who turned into a daily drinker, who turned into someone who self medicated with drinks. When I was getting depressed and burned out from work and other things, her solution was to give me hard liquor and have me drink it in another room. For lack of any other kind of interaction, I started drinking them. After she left, I realized I hated reading my problems with alcohol, and the thought of continuing to use it as a crutch disgusted me. Everyone once in a while, after a hard week, I might pour myself something with a meal or a movie. Including that, I might drink once a month, if that. When things at work got really stressful, maybe 3 Friday nights in a month, but that’s only happened about once this year.
I don’t consider my problem to be an alcoholic problem. More of an emotional problem I wrongly used alcohol to cope with, and one that I’m glad I no longer participate in. I never drank at home until the pandemic, and didn’t drink on a weekly basis until probably 2022 through 2023 when the relationship turned really bad. I have nothing against social and/or responsible drinkers.
I poured all the alcohol down the toilet and never drank again. It was incredibly hard for me.
I went to AA, relapsed and lost almost everything important to me, went to rehab and have been sober almost eight years now. Living again.
Stopped and listened to my body to prove me wrong.
If you drink all of it, there will be no more to tempt you. But really, alcoholism is terrible. If you think you may have a problem: confide in someone you trust; and see how many days without a drink you can go. If you actually can go a few days AND you actually forget about it (you wake up the next day realizing you didn’t even think about drinking yesterday), you likely have a habit or stress problem rather than straight alcoholism
Judge gave me an ultimatum and rehab was the best option.
I’d stop drinking.
I started eating magic mushrooms (microdose)
My interest in alcohol decreased with that the. I went 3 months sober to see if I could
After 3 months sober I had found social alternatives (bitters and soda is dope) and that is my go to.. I still drink but very very seldom and very little
I know this is easier said than done, but there have been times in my life I’ve realized, shit, I’m drinking too much. The guilt makes me slow down and drink less.
I wouldn’t say I don’t currently have a drinking problem though, I’ll have probably 8-10 drinks a week.
Just stop. Stop going out drinking with friends. Stop buying alcohol. Stop enabling your alcoholic friends and family. If you want some encouragement, I appear to have stopped aging since quitting drinking a couple years ago. People say its just getting old, but for many its alcohol abuse mixed with lack of proper diet.
Just stop. Stop going out drinking with friends. Stop buying alcohol. Stop enabling your alcoholic friends and family. If you want some encouragement, I appear to have stopped aging since quitting drinking a couple years ago. People say its just getting old, but for many its alcoholism mixed with lack of proper diet.
Stopped drinking
I didn’t.
Having some positive/negative influences really helps. That’s why AA can help so much, it gives a face to others suffering with it. A friend of mine got sober a few years ago and is doing much better whereas my cousin just drank himself to death a few moths ago leaving a few kids behind. Seeing that divergent path made it pretty clear what my options are.
Having a sober period and then even briefly relapsing makes the dysfunction all the more stark too. Avoid that if you can.
I went to rehab and didn’t drink for a month right. For my after care I was getting pissed tested once a month ,not bad but it was for a year. So I kinda saw it as a challenge. I’ve been learning how to cope since
Stopped. I realized I was drinking a bottle of more of port a night. It was giving me a acid reflux when trying to sleep. Sometimes I’d wake up choking on acid drool I’d breathed in and it burnt like crazy. I’d be coughing and struggling to take in air again, like a plastic bag was put over my head. Sometimes I’d get up to pee and then end up on the floor nearly puking when washing my hands. Overall during the day I felt like crap. I just stopped, it wasn’t doing anything positive for me.
I still drink socially, but don’t usually have beer or anything in the house. If I’m gifted beer I’ll go through the slab somewhat quick, but I just don’t go and buy more when it’s gone.
I don’t think I was addicted, I just stopped. I think I was more craving the sugar/sweetness due to constant fatigue throughout the day with exhaustion really hitting at night when I got home from work. Like a lot of sweet things and snacks once I start I struggle to moderate intake to a reasonable level.
With any addiction make it inconvenient, keep it out of your house make it so you have to leave the house to indulge.
I stopped and kept myself busy.