Dealing with a drinking problem

Ciggavelli

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If you’re asking, I think you know.

I went to rehab twice. Counseling never worked, I tried it for years.

30 day rehab isn’t enough either, I needed 90 days in rehab (with an 8 day detox :whew:). The longer you stay in rehab, the greater your chances of staying sober.

Also, you better have insurance, cuz an in-patient that long is like $50K.

Also, not all rehabs are equal. Some are fukking like jail and they treat you like a prisoner (like my first rehab). The second rehab, I did research on and talked to a psychiatrist about her experiences sending patients there.

The 90 rehab changed my life. I’ve been completely sober since 3/11/18.
 

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I was more looking for advice than explain myself. To answer your question I’m at work doing nothing and needed a really strong thermos full of “Irish” coffee to get going like most mornings.
If you need it to get going then you can't drink here and there. You have lost control. Only option is to give it all the way up.

Councelling is cool but you need to drop the drink
 

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@Sadbrownsfan on some real shyt:

You can absolutely get help and get better and then reintroduce alcohol into your life again after.

But don't worry about that now. Just get yourself some help.

Your life will still be yours. No one can stop a man who wants a drink from drinking. Getting help doesn't mean losing your agency as that would be impossible.

So go get help.
 

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What’s helped me is when I decided I wasn’t going to feel good all the time. I wasn’t going to be a little bytch under control by the Budweiser company.

I just accepted that sometimes life is boring an uneventful, i got so used to those really high highs and those lows that I didn’t know how else to live.

Set goals, stay busy, and learn to appreciate the life you have. I don’t think there’s a magic pill, you can do it on your own.
 

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Does counseling work or is the only option full blown rehab?

can you still drink here and there after getting help?
Try the cheaper option first. Only way to figure out what works for you is to try.

If everything turns to shyt when you drink, you might have to leave it alone for good.
 

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got stabbed last time I took shrooms. Long story. I’m on Prozac so shrooms and acid don’t work on me now, I’ve tried.

ketamine though :ohhh:

Be careful with Ketamine, Breh. If you've got an addictive personality and like to tuck into chemical vices to escape the normal world you might find yourself in a "K-hole" and them things never fun.

Please be easy with that shyt if you ever try it.
 
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