Alcohol withdrawal is KICKING MY ***. Official support thread.

Ghost Utmost

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You know the most fukked up part? Withdrawal gets worse each time you quit and start again. My dumb ass was thinking that drying out for a few months around New Years each year was a good thing. Turns out that those first few 'cold turkey's are now making it excruciating for me this time.

I have gone cold turkey like three times before it started making me feel fukked up. I quit cold turkey a year ago and that was the first time I really felt the pain. This time I can't bring myself to go cold turkey cause I just can't go through that again. I am now trying to wean off and while it's sort of 'better' than last time, it's dragging out because the weaning process is just longer than quitting flat out.

Funy thing is I was just trying to cut back in general, not really thinking of quitting per se. To keep it a buck: I went to work hung over and someone snitched on me. My manager didn't see me personally that day so she just let me know that that was a very serious accusation. So instead of partying until 4am and still dragging my ass to work I decided to limit myself to no more than one 40 of Bud on a school (read: work) night.

Simutaneously I also tried to keep it to a low roar on the weekends.

About a month in to my gentler drinking my bell got rung one morning. Out the blue the fuzzy headedness and blurry vision just hit me. Felt faint and everything. Then it was every morning. All day at work I was dry-drunk as hell. Hated that shyt.

So now I'm at the point where I know good and got damn well I can't turn back up. From here I HAVE to keep turning down. G-d willing, today was pretty good. I have been very strict about my portions even on the weekend for the past week and I feel like I'm over the hump.

I have Googled so much info and experimented on myself so much that I think I can offer advice to any Coli Fam that are struggling with this.

Apparently alcohol withdrawal is very dangerous and can even kill. I wasn't no fifth of vodka a day type, just an average low life with a taste for the booze. Prone to overdo it a couple times a week. Telling you now: get off that train while it's still early. You do NOT want to get hooked.
 

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:damn: breh. What was your weekly stats lookin like. My moms dad dealt with alcoholism and my pops prolly drank more than he should have and I'm scared to go on that path.

I was just thinkin bout coppin a bottle right now cuz all my plans got canceled :snoop:
 

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Damn I get the shakes every so often and cold sweats. I wonder if I completely stopped what would happen? I always assumed it wouldn't really rock me to bad because I'll go a week at a time not drinking and I don't feel it.
 

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I know the feeling all too well. The best advice I could give you is to find a balance. Nothing is terrible in moderation and that's what I try to stick by. I can't lie I love drinking, its just something I do, however if it in any way affects my life drastically ( welfare,job, overall) I done, no question. I have no attachment to it that I would jeopardize my livelihood. I just switched up to wine and I like it. I use to be into beers and liquor but I noticing a difference between liquor and wine. Enjoy though, you only live once, but enjoy responsibly
 

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breh, i went cold turkey years ago and have never gone back to the dark side. i smoke a shytload of weed though. remember this: you are stronger than it. do you want a healthy liver? do you want to avoid cancer? stop drinking. start smoking weed
 

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:damn: breh. What was your weekly stats lookin like. My moms dad dealt with alcoholism and my pops prolly drank more than he should have and I'm scared to go on that path.

I was just thinkin bout coppin a bottle right now cuz all my plans got canceled :snoop:

I am so used to minimizing my drinking to others that I really have to think about the truth...

The weekends were the worst. No real MO, just ball completely out until I made myself sick. Friday night maybe down the better part of a 12 pack and several shots.

Starting bright and early Saturday, finish off the twelve, few more shots.. By like 10 am. I would often drink all day Saturday if I had nothing to do. Not crazy, but perhaps a dozen drinks by night fall. Of course party Saturday night. By then I'd be HAMMERED. Another ten drinks or so at the club/bar.

Sunday. Wake up like 2 pm and swillmdown a few. Usually the shots would catch up with me and I would end up tossing my cookies in the sink or something. Fom there earling off and on all day and just laying in bed.

Word up... There were times I wouldn't sober up until like Wednesday. I would be soberish on Monday but still queasy and groggy. Tuesday a bit better. For those two days I would want little to do with booze, but by Wednesday I would pick up another six. Wed and Thursday would be sort of reasonable, but Friday would come soon enough.

Other weeks I would be decent on the wekend but fukk around and go out during the week til like 3 then drag my ass to work the next day.

Essentially I was getting drunk drunk 2-4 times a week. Never drinking at lunch or anything.
 

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I am so used to minimizing my drinking to others that I really have to think about the truth...

The weekends were the worst. No real MO, just ball completely out until I made myself sick. Friday night maybe down the better part of a 12 pack and several shots.

Starting bright and early Saturday, finish off the twelve, few more shots.. By like 10 am. I would often drink all day Saturday if I had nothing to do. Not crazy, but perhaps a dozen drinks by night fall. Of course party Saturday night. By then I'd be HAMMERED. Another ten drinks or so at the club/bar.

Sunday. Wake up like 2 pm and swillmdown a few. Usually the shots would catch up with me and I would end up tossing my cookies in the sink or something. Fom there earling off and on all day and just laying in bed.

Word up... There were times I wouldn't sober up until like Wednesday. I would be soberish on Monday but still queasy and groggy. Tuesday a bit better. For those two days I would want little to do with booze, but by Wednesday I would pick up another six. Wed and Thursday would be sort of reasonable, but Friday would come soon enough.

Other weeks I would be decent on the wekend but fukk around and go out during the week til like 3 then drag my ass to work the next day.

Essentially I was getting drunk drunk 2-4 times a week. Never drinking at lunch or anything.

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I just smoked a bowl of loud and downed a 4 pack of
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,...and ate a pack of Snackwells....BUT, I cooked healthy, drank 20 oz of water (after 20:00) and plan on 8 hours of great REM. :ld: fukk are yall non-balanced ******s on? :what: :mindblown:


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