Anybody else an alcoholic?

[The Coochie Assassin]

1. It's a mental thing....telling yourself you need a drink

2. You're bored not doing anything so what do you do? Some people eat. Some people have sex. Some people drink.

Have you ever went to the liquor store drunk as a skunk trying to buy more? Also, how do you buy your alcohol? Do you go to the same spot or try to switch it up so the people don't know how much you are drinking everyday?

 

[Max.]

Anybody do oxy?

Im in pain alot my legs...

I dont drink or do drugs.. but i need sumthn

 

[Pool_Shark]

I've struggled with alcohol for years. Fortunately it's the only substance I'm addicted to now. I'm really trying to stop now though cause I can't take the hangovers anymore. At 27 I don't remember it ever being this bad. I used to drink a lot more and would bounce back like nothing. Now I drink a battery pack and I'm useless the whole next day. It's just becoming too much of an inconvenience.

 

[mortuus est]

at one point in my life i was drinking heavy, from 19 to 22
started when i got drunk at a house party from there i couldnt leave drank alone

things got better when i became a weed head, i was alot more calmer

drinking isn't only to get drunk, some people need that boost

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Yup. Havent drank in 80 something days.

I am a full blown alcoholic. Used to get the shakes and all that crazy shyt. I'm done with it.

Been in substance abuse counseling for a few months now. I'm at peace not drinking again.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

No idea how people can drink every fukking day Christ.

It eventually becomes a medicine you need or you become worthless with out it and need to go to the hospital to detox from it.

Its2 a progressive addiction. It takes years of practice to get your body to need it everyday.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

hell nah, you'll drink like 2 beers and be whooped. Just like playing video games you lose it. it don't take much.

Research has shown that if you are an alcoholic, when you start back your tolerance stays where you left off. No matter how long it's been since you have drank. Heard it from people personally say this.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

You trying to quit? You cool with it?

I ain't gonna lie. I can't quit.I can't imagine life being better without that shyt.

Funny you made this thread. Both my parents swear I’m an alcoholic but I don’t think I am. My dad even gave me some AA reading material a few weeks ago to get my life together lol.

Alcohol relaxes me. It just is what it is.

 

[Mantle Drunk]

Idk maybe. Been drinking a 6 pack everyday for the past like 2 years. I can go a couple days without drinking then I get the urge to drink bad. I don't get the shakes or anything tho

I’ve had a doctor tell me that having like 6 beers a day is better then only drinking on the weekend but drinking like a maniac like I do. Basically said running a mile everyday not bad running a marathon twice a week is. Plus if you never got the shakes in your life to me your not an alcoholic.

I never drink on weekdays and if I do I’m responsible enough to drink like 3 and tap out. But on the weekends or vacation I don’t have a limit I just go bezerk. From the minute I crack a beer it’s 1000 miles per hour. The amount I consume is scary. Last summer I had actually gotten to a point where I was saying to myself dude you had 13 beers do you really need to get to 25? That would get me to stop. But Since Then I’ve been hitting it ballistic when I do drink.

But then I see people who constantly get banned from bars go on benders that run into the work week and call in sick a lot because there still drinking or to hungover to function. Knowing that there’s people in worse shape doesn’t help because you always reason that your not that bad.

 

[duncanthetall]

I struggle at times with whether Im an alcoholic or not. I don't feel physically reliant on it currently but I have been in the past. But now I'm..managing it. Took a good 3 weeks off drinking earlier this year after a really bad stretch that culminated with me almost killing myself. Was drinking almost a fifth of vodka a day. I live in KY and was typically a bourbon drinker but I have some GI issues and vodka tonics are a lot easier on my stomach.

My unhappiness led to booze as a coping mechanism and my personality led me to believe that it was the only thing getting me through the day. After my unfortunate stretch I sought support and cut off ties with a lot of the toxic relationships in my life. I still drink occasionally now. Haven't drank in a good 4 days. But I never drink in excess and only socially. The thing about me is I'm not stupid. I know issues arise if I drink constantly and in excess. I have goals in life and the idea of living it in a bottle doesn't appeal to me anymore. If you feel you really need help, please seek help. I know a lot of you hate on reddit, but r/stopdrinking helped me when I was in a very bad place mentally.

But for as smart as I think I am I know all it takes is a bad couple of days or one traumatic episode for me to go back to how it was. Maybe one day I can stop completely.

 

[duncanthetall]

Research has shown that if you are an alcoholic, when you start back your tolerance stays where you left off. No matter how long it's been since you have drank. Heard it from people personally say this.

That plus your eagerness to consume again after a long time probably impacts how quick you drink, thus assed out faster

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

why do people who don't drink post in threads like these. no one is even talking to y'all. unless you legit have something to help people, go head onto the thousands of other threads about other shyt.

And Ya god damn right I'm an alcoholic. Half the people in my city are alcoholics. It really is miserable like someone said earlier and I just take shyt a day at a time, drinking or not. I been drinking less tho and not cussing people out as much. I should probably quit but if I do that, I will likely have to move.

If you do quit you have to change your People Places And Things. That's the start. And then find out the unlining reason why you drink so often.

For me it was to get out things that I wanted to say and do when sober. And yo escape reality.

I need to live life on lifes terms and deal with issues sober.

 

[WesCrook]

Very uplifting thread...

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

I've drank everyday since I was 18. at 24 or 25 I added Gin to may daily regimen. I can drink a 12 pack and be smack sober.

This is part of the reason why I got sick. Now I am trying to slow down bc of health issues and it’s next to impossible. A 12 or 3 40’s was light. Now I’m trying to find ways to slow abruptly and it’s leading to binge behavior.

It’s hard to control and I started to drink to cope with stress and I liked how it made me feel. Fast forward to now, single sick father trying to tell my family that I need to come home and my schizophrenic mom has basically disowned me since my dad died.

It’s hard to deal with shyt when your family is not in your corner. Living on a college campus where the drinking culture is magnified is hard as well.

 

[Food Mane]

I know we're all different but I don't consider you guys who just drinks beers alcoholics.