How Did Y'all Stop Drinking?

[Formerly Black Trash]

I only did it in college

It dont taste good enough for me to fukk with it

I like wine but dont even drink that because alcohol is a toxin, there is no acceptable amount

 

[Diondon]

I never liked it
Social pressure from my clubbing days
but I became a gym nut

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

My problem is I love drinking.
I really increase it lately

 

[verbalkint]

Once I took a long break it put my habit in perspective. Going from a dry month to doubles of whatever felt insane. Plus I don't keep alcohol or drink at home.

 

[Eza]

Day 338, almost at a year without that shyt.

Def have urges to feel like "myself", but I love waking up in the AM ready to conquer the day with no hangover symptoms.

 

[Harry Sax]

U a weak nikka

Letting some liquid poison have a hold on u

I stopped because I got tired of getting sick, spins throwing up hang over

Now I’ll have a drink or 3 but I much rather smoke weed

 

[Redwood]

Had to start some form of discipline while cutting back. I use to drink a whole pack in less than a day, day drinking included.

It feels better when your whole body is not aching the next day

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Realizing “why” you were drinking and making goals to work with that reasoning.

Also, breaking habits and creating alternatives.

I still drink but only if out with co-workers, and not to get sloppy drunk either.. since I’m usually solo and driving.

And the consequences outweigh the temporary fun/bliss you get from being drunk

Honestly, I drink because I'm bored and depressed.

I took a year off work to help my dad after a stroke and I have no one helping me.

I have siblings, but I'm the only one bathing him, taking him back and forth to appointments and literally waiting at his bed.

When my day is finally done nothing feels better than drinking.

Then I think about the fact that I'm alone, no one is helping me and when I have to go back to work my days will consist of working in the morning, taking care of my dad when I get off, and nothing else.

And I'm a functional drunk. I'll drink all night and regardless of what time my dad's appointment is the next morning, we'll be there on time.

That kind of scares me. The fact that I've fit drinking into my schedule so easily.

I have no life to look forward to.

Not to mention I have a little resentment towards my dad because I told him 6 months before he had his stroke that he needs to go to the doctor for a checkup.

He on that old black man wave of not trusting doctors. So I had to figure out his insurance, get him a primary doctor and make sure he's taking his prescriptions.

I wouldn't have had to change my life so drastically if he would've listened to me when I told him to go.

 

[Ski Mask]

For me seeing and smelling the drunks made me develop a system to drinking early on before I even started buying my own.

No beer or drinks that require multiple cans or bottles to get a buzz, 3 shots of liquor only and once I can start drinking any alcohol straight with no chaser is when I quit for 6 months to a year.

Now this day I've only drunk twice this whole year, as I just cant stand the taste of alcohol anymore, even my favorite cheap brand of svedka doesnt blend in anymore, so im done. Weed is the only substance im gonna take and even then im on a break on that too

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Left college. It never tasted good enough for me to continue

 

[head shots101]

-Busy enough that I don't have time

-Saving money so I can't afford to spend on it or afford to waste money on the thoughtless dumb shyt I buy when intoxicated

-Stopped hanging around people that have nothing better to do with their time

-Im in the greatest shape of my life now and I can't afford the calories. It hurts my performance in the gym as well

-i began looking at it as a fun toxin (which it is) that poisons a body that I work very hard to maintain

I've grown out of it. I began viewing myself through a different lens and I don't do the same things I used to do. The old me that spent more weekends drunk than sober isn't me anymore. Once I looked at myself differently it became easier. I'll still have a drink or 2 occasionally. But it's not my "thing"

Bro …. I’m in the same boat….i started my fitness journey on may 12 of this year. I haven’t touched a drink since Father’s Day …. I’ve been drinking since I was 16 years old and I haven’t stop since then…. My goal wasn’t even to stop drinking but to slow down but since I’ve been hitting the gym hard I don’t even have the taste for it and I don’t want to ruin my body that I’ve worked hard for just to have a drink that don’t do shyt…. I use to literally drink every single day …. shyt ain’t worth it …. I’m in the best shape of my life man

U have to want to stop man … point blank

 

[head shots101]

Honestly, I drink because I'm bored and depressed.

I took a year off work to help my dad after a stroke and I have no one helping me.

I have siblings, but I'm the only one bathing him, taking him back and forth to appointments and literally waiting at his bed.

When my day is finally done nothing feels better than drinking.

Then I think about the fact that I'm alone, no one is helping me and when I have to go back to work my days will consist of working in the morning, taking care of my dad when I get off, and nothing else.

And I'm a functional drunk. I'll drink all night and regardless of what time my dad's appointment is the next morning, we'll be there on time.

That kind of scares me. The fact that I've fit drinking into my schedule so easily.

I have no life to look forward to.

Not to mention I have a little resentment towards my dad because I told him 6 months before he had his stroke that he needs to go to the doctor for a checkup.

He on that old black man wave of not trusting doctors. So I had to figure out his insurance, get him a primary doctor and make sure he's taking his prescriptions.

I wouldn't have had to change my life so drastically if he would've listened to me when I told him to go.

I’m sorry to hear that man. I get it you drink to escape. It’s tough man but try to find something else to look forward to to take your mind off the drinking.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I feel for any of the brehs who struggle with it.

I enjoy a drink every once in a while but I've never been a fan of drinking so it's hard to relate.

I have a homie who has struggled with it for years and it's hard to help him because for me when something is not good for me I just stop doing it, but I understand that with the bottle it's a physical addiction as well.

 

[L@CaT]

I never really had a drinking problem until I discovered hard kombucha lol. I can drink like 8 of them in a night and not feel terrible the next day smh.

I realized I enjoy numbing my self out and listening to music. Alcohol and music is the best. Haven't drink a few days but I'm trying to cut it out completely the next couple of months.

 

[Uachet]

I can't keep doing this

It was easy for me...

I never started.

Actually, that is incorrect. I did do it as a kid...