I don't want to drink anymore

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

alcohol never did it for me

That's good.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Cold turkey is the scariest thing I've ever gone through

Did you get the shakes?

 

[ridedolo]

these threads are kinda sad.
hope all yall can get better and put that shyt behind u.

for some reason its kinda shocking to me that ppl are hooked on alcohol like that.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

IT GETS LIKE THAT. Like I don't even do it to be sociable anymore. It's just like fukk it I'm bored I need a buzz. "You wanna go out fam" Nah I'm good, I'm a watch the game or play the game and drink this entire 12 pack. And even then that would be cool. But people don't believe alcohol is a downer. It's all good when you having a good time and shyt. It's fun. But every now and then it plays a joke on you. And you feel angry. and depressed. That's why you be seeing all these white chicks crying cause they drunk. OR you see nikkas ready to fight cause they drunk. That shyt puts you in a bad place. Alcohol can give you good and bad trips like any other drugs depending on how you feel at the time. You got some chicks falling thru its all ball. But when you sitting at home by yourself and everyone out and about or doing some shyt it can go left on you real fast.

I'm sobering up now wanting to drink. Smh.. Things rushing thru my mind like.. How do I go out and socialize with the people who I usually drink with? I'm a have sober sex only now? What do I do on the weekends? How do i reward myself after a long day? What can I do when I wanna celebrate or when I'm bored? What will I do on my birthday??

I can already feel my mind making excuses on why I need to continue and its so shytty man. I can tell this will be difficult.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

I'm pulling for you for real I come from a long line of alcoholics on both sides so I know

It truly is like any other drug. That's why I laugh on here when people say "You can't be addicted to weed" Bullshyt. I know so many nikkas that was on tasked that wound up in jail cause they couldn't stop smoking it's crazy. You are what you do everyday. If you box everyday, your a boxer. If you lift weights everyday your a weightlifter. If you smoke weed everyday your a weedhead. Ain't no nikka gonna sit here and tell me barring a medical issue, If you smoked for 7 years straight. Stopping wouldn't be an issue. that's bullshyt.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

these threads are kinda sad.
hope all yall can get better and put that shyt behind u.

for some reason its kinda shocking to me that ppl are hooked on alcohol like that.

Its probably the most widely used/abused drug in the US. I worked for the state store in Alabama. We opened at 9 o clock. At 9:01 you would have people buying BIG ASS Bottles of liquor before work. damn near fixing to drop bottles because they hands where shaking so bad because they needed they fix. I'm talking people that make my drinking problem look like a small issue. Folks turning up Vodka in the parking lot like its coffee.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

I'm sobering up now wanting to drink. Smh.. Things rushing thru my mind like.. How do I go out and socialize with the people who I usually drink with? I'm a have sober sex only now? What do I do on the weekends? How do i reward myself after a long day? What can I do when I wanna celebrate or when I'm bored? What will I do on my birthday??

I can already feel my mind making excuses on why I need to continue and its so shytty man. I can tell this will be difficult.

And its gonna be hard. Anything you do for an extended period of time is going to be hard to break. Because that shyt is essentially you. Your biggest problem is going to be the bolded.

 

[NoChillJones]

Never had an issue with liqour my vice is tobacco.

 

[bangbreh]

Did you get the shakes?

If only that's where it stopped
Couldn't eat or sleep, pins and needles, cold sweats, puking, hearing/seeing/imagining things, hospital visits. Hell the shakes came every day around lunchtime
This was after years of hard beer drinking.
It's a real problem and scary one at that.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

If only that's where it stopped
Couldn't eat or sleep, pins and needles, cold sweats, puking, hearing/seeing/imagining things, hospital visits. Hell the shakes came every day around lunchtime
This was after years of hard beer drinking.
It's a real problem and scary one at that.

Yeah. See I tried going cold turkey and assumed that alcoholic withdrawl symptoms only came from hard liquor. shyt was three days in hell. Just gave up and gave in.

 

[Black Nate Grey]

I'm glad I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs (wanna do psychedelics like LSD and Shrooms tho).
I'm terrified of addiction and reliance on things like these, because when I find something I like, it's near impossible for me to stop.

At the same I feel like I'm missing out partying like the rest of my peers. I need to find some other way to deal with the pain without just burying it inside.
Sorry to say OP your misfortune has solidified my relative straight edgeness, You will and can get past this, and you may need to see a psychiatrist to identify issues that fuel your drinking.

Best of luck.

 

[bangbreh]

Yeah. See I tried going cold turkey and assumed that alcoholic withdrawl symptoms only came from hard liquor. shyt was three days in hell. Just gave up and gave in.

Weaning yourself down is the only, safest and least frightening way to go.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Weaning yourself down is the only, safest and least frightening way to go.

Thats what they say. But If I drink 3 beers instead of my usual 10 and some vodka. I feel like thats just gonna piss me off. Do they have any meds for withdrawl?

 

[bangbreh]

Thats what they say. But If I drink 3 beers instead of my usual 10 and some vodka. I feel like thats just gonna piss me off. Do they have any meds for withdrawl?

I've been given Librium, a friend has taken valium. But you'll never avoid the withdrawals unless you have a hospital visit and completely drugged up and on an IV.

 

[lespaulultra3]

The only thing that convinced me to stop drinking was to start taking steroids.