To me its always surreal how people drink or even cant stop. If you buy alco you literally support the israelites, you are literally the biggest golem. If this isnt enough to make ypu stop then i cant think of anything that would
Nice Anon, I'm finishing up week 2 again. I think my recent bender gave me a fricking inner ear problem (infection?) that today finally seemed to be a big jump in getting over
>If my schizo rant isn't enough to make you stop
Mate, theres much more convincing arguments out there
I’m on day 2
Slept like a deadman last night and didn’t have to wake up to piss 3 times during the night
The mental clarity you get from cutting out alcohol is fricking insane. People who've been drinking consistently for a long time often don't even realize how nuked their brain is. It's neurotoxic poison and it takes roughly 12-16 months for your brain to get back to normal
Depends on the severity of the abuse. If you were a weekend warrior then it will peak at about 12 months. If you drank 3+ times every week for years on end then 16 months is a good estimate. Really hard drinkers never get back to their old baseline since some of the brain damage is permanent. The alcohol basically shaved off 10-20 IQ points depending on the severity of the abuse
>People who've been drinking consistently for a long time often don't even realize how nuked their brain is
Fricking this, I've been there
Depends on the severity of the abuse. If you were a weekend warrior then it will peak at about 12 months. If you drank 3+ times every week for years on end then 16 months is a good estimate. Really hard drinkers never get back to their old baseline since some of the brain damage is permanent. The alcohol basically shaved off 10-20 IQ points depending on the severity of the abuse
It is indeed THE biggest thing I gained from sobriety. What I thought I'd gain: >some cash >better recovery from exercise >no hangovers
What I really got: >stupid amount of money, I almost hate it how much I actually saved, it's maddening to realize the impact of boozing on my budget >new PRs >almost teenage-like mental clarity, and it's getting better every week >MUCH better boners
I forgot the last time I drank
It’s probably been at least 4 months since my last drink In probably the rest of my life.
I am seriously under no circumstances will I ever get drunk again.
Too many bad things happen to me while I drank.
I can’t handle alcohol and I have accepted it
Plus my mother said that my face started to get dried up and looking like an old man face while I was a alcoholic yikes
Now that I am sober
I reverted back to my youthful self
Day 2 no booze. Gonna drink some light beers on the weekend though. This total sobriety all the time is gay shit. Self control and moderation is literally the goal of all normalgays for a reason.
If you cant go a couple of months without it then you are an addict. If you really have self-control, stop drinking for 2 months to prove it to yourself and after that you can start consuming in moderation. If you can't do it you're an alcoholic and shouldnt be drinking at all
Cope I already did 70 days no booze this year. You just can't drink in moderation so have to do this borderline religious no drink homosexual shit.
this is called the bargaining stage during a relapse. every junkie who relapses always starts rationalizing in their head how they can keep using but only in moderation. then a few weeks later they inevitably crack and go back to using heavily
this is called the bargaining stage during a relapse. every junkie who relapses always starts rationalizing in their head how they can keep using but only in moderation. then a few weeks later they inevitably crack and go back to using heavily
I’m 37, been drinking about 6 light beers a night forever, since I was about 18 years old.
I have stopped for the occasional week here and there over the years and just felt miserable, to the point where people around me prefer me to drink because I’m such an ass if I stop.
Im on day 2 now, wel tonight will be my 2nd night without. Already slept better last night, how long until I don’t want to drink anymore and the positive benefits happen?
You'll feel like shit for the first 2-3 weeks because your CNS and brain is going to throw a hissyfit when it isn't getting its poison. But after that you will start gradually feeling better every week for 12+ months. 6 months in you'll feel so good that you'll think it can't get any better but you'll be wrong, it gets a lot better
That sounds great, I just don’t know how I will make it past the 7 day mark, that’s the time my body says..”, well done, you can have just a few to celebrate then back to dry tomorrow” except it never sticks
It can be rough, takes some people a good few times to break through those sorts of things.
If you can make it weekly instead of daily, thats a huge benefit
>6 light beers
How many ml per beer and what alcohol percentage? If they are low alcohol like 3-4% and like 330ml it's gonna be easy mode. You will feel like shit the first week like you have the flu almost. For the first 3-4 days you will sweat out the booze probably peaking around day 2-3 so if you can shower in the middle of the day I'd advice it. You will be mildly insomniac especially in the first 4 days so I'd advice sleeping later and doing a hobby to distract yourself. Day 5 you will have pissed out all the booze so you will be noticeably less water bloated. Week 2 you will still feel fatigued and want a drink because why bother. At this point you have to weight up if you want to keep going or designate a couple days in the week to drink and just drink moderately from here on out. If however this is your first minor detox you won't have the willpower so push on. All week 2 you will be annoyed at being low energy. Week 3 will roll around and you will be really annoyed that you still don't have your energy back. Nothing you can eat and drink will change that btw. Then somewhere around the end of week 3 you will start to feel normal and then you will realise oh this is better but not as great as you hoped sober life will be. Then week 4-5 you will get the urge to drink again because there are.no more benefits.
That sounds great, I just don’t know how I will make it past the 7 day mark, that’s the time my body says..”, well done, you can have just a few to celebrate then back to dry tomorrow” except it never sticks
See above. The final pill is being able to drink a regular amount but you have to retrain yourself and its not easy.
Been feeling kinda bored and depressed lately and found myself drinking every day. Only very little, no big deal, but then one day I was about to go to the store and thought "Oh I need to buy booze because I'm out", and I was kinda caught of guard by it. It had already become a habit and something I was looking forward to.
The relief doesn't come with merely stopping drinking. It comes with dealing correctly with the reason or behaviour you adopted that you tried to use drink to self-medicate with.
>dealing correctly with the reason or behavior you adopted that you tried to use to drink to self-medicate with.
I used to drink every other day. Now I lift every other day. Problem fixed? No. Feel better? Health-wise, Yes. Otherwise, No. But I look great in the mirror tho
congrats anon, keep it up
It's pretty insane how tolerated alcohol is in our society. Hell, half of what people mean when they talk about "the college experience" is getting dangerously shitfaced every weekend for four years and we all pretend like that's just innocent youthful fun.
I usually have 0-1 alcoholic drinks per week. Usually a beer or a glass of wine with friends, never alone. I've only been fully drunk like once in the last year and that was at the wedding of a college friend of mine. Drinking just takes such an immense toll physically that it kills my motivation to drink.
Plus drinking is basically anti-fit. When you drink, your body has to go into overdrive to purge the literal poison that is alcohol from your system, so it kills your ability to make gains.
4th day without alcohol
To me its always surreal how people drink or even cant stop. If you buy alco you literally support the israelites, you are literally the biggest golem. If this isnt enough to make ypu stop then i cant think of anything that would
Nice Anon, I'm finishing up week 2 again. I think my recent bender gave me a fricking inner ear problem (infection?) that today finally seemed to be a big jump in getting over
>If my schizo rant isn't enough to make you stop
Mate, theres much more convincing arguments out there
Fricking love sleep, wish mine came good so quick
I make my own fruit wine and hard cider.
I’m on day 2
Slept like a deadman last night and didn’t have to wake up to piss 3 times during the night
4th year without alcohol.
4th year without alcohol
13th year without cigarette
Life is awesome
The mental clarity you get from cutting out alcohol is fricking insane. People who've been drinking consistently for a long time often don't even realize how nuked their brain is. It's neurotoxic poison and it takes roughly 12-16 months for your brain to get back to normal
>People who've been drinking consistently for a long time often don't even realize how nuked their brain is
Fricking this, I've been there
>12-16 months
That long?
I'm one month in and already feel better.
Depends on the severity of the abuse. If you were a weekend warrior then it will peak at about 12 months. If you drank 3+ times every week for years on end then 16 months is a good estimate. Really hard drinkers never get back to their old baseline since some of the brain damage is permanent. The alcohol basically shaved off 10-20 IQ points depending on the severity of the abuse
It is indeed THE biggest thing I gained from sobriety. What I thought I'd gain:
>some cash
>better recovery from exercise
>no hangovers
What I really got:
>stupid amount of money, I almost hate it how much I actually saved, it's maddening to realize the impact of boozing on my budget
>new PRs
>almost teenage-like mental clarity, and it's getting better every week
>MUCH better boners
If you get any improvements past like the first month you where actually an alcoholic and not some some six pack of beer frat boy.
Yeah I know. Admitting that was very important to finally take it under control.
staying sober is life on easy mdoe. never frick up, never have to worry about spending too much, health kept in order. it's the best
I forgot the last time I drank
It’s probably been at least 4 months since my last drink In probably the rest of my life.
I am seriously under no circumstances will I ever get drunk again.
Too many bad things happen to me while I drank.
I can’t handle alcohol and I have accepted it
Plus my mother said that my face started to get dried up and looking like an old man face while I was a alcoholic yikes
Now that I am sober
I reverted back to my youthful self
Day 2 no booze. Gonna drink some light beers on the weekend though. This total sobriety all the time is gay shit. Self control and moderation is literally the goal of all normalgays for a reason.
If you cant go a couple of months without it then you are an addict. If you really have self-control, stop drinking for 2 months to prove it to yourself and after that you can start consuming in moderation. If you can't do it you're an alcoholic and shouldnt be drinking at all
Cope I already did 70 days no booze this year. You just can't drink in moderation so have to do this borderline religious no drink homosexual shit.
> Self control and moderation is literally the goal of all normalgays for a reason.
We call it willpower. Pretty strong unless you are a weakling
this is called the bargaining stage during a relapse. every junkie who relapses always starts rationalizing in their head how they can keep using but only in moderation. then a few weeks later they inevitably crack and go back to using heavily
I’m 37, been drinking about 6 light beers a night forever, since I was about 18 years old.
I have stopped for the occasional week here and there over the years and just felt miserable, to the point where people around me prefer me to drink because I’m such an ass if I stop.
Im on day 2 now, wel tonight will be my 2nd night without. Already slept better last night, how long until I don’t want to drink anymore and the positive benefits happen?
You'll feel like shit for the first 2-3 weeks because your CNS and brain is going to throw a hissyfit when it isn't getting its poison. But after that you will start gradually feeling better every week for 12+ months. 6 months in you'll feel so good that you'll think it can't get any better but you'll be wrong, it gets a lot better
That sounds great, I just don’t know how I will make it past the 7 day mark, that’s the time my body says..”, well done, you can have just a few to celebrate then back to dry tomorrow” except it never sticks
Swallow your pride and check into a rehab if you cant do it alone. Alcohol withdrawals is no joke
It can be rough, takes some people a good few times to break through those sorts of things.
If you can make it weekly instead of daily, thats a huge benefit
>6 light beers
How many ml per beer and what alcohol percentage? If they are low alcohol like 3-4% and like 330ml it's gonna be easy mode. You will feel like shit the first week like you have the flu almost. For the first 3-4 days you will sweat out the booze probably peaking around day 2-3 so if you can shower in the middle of the day I'd advice it. You will be mildly insomniac especially in the first 4 days so I'd advice sleeping later and doing a hobby to distract yourself. Day 5 you will have pissed out all the booze so you will be noticeably less water bloated. Week 2 you will still feel fatigued and want a drink because why bother. At this point you have to weight up if you want to keep going or designate a couple days in the week to drink and just drink moderately from here on out. If however this is your first minor detox you won't have the willpower so push on. All week 2 you will be annoyed at being low energy. Week 3 will roll around and you will be really annoyed that you still don't have your energy back. Nothing you can eat and drink will change that btw. Then somewhere around the end of week 3 you will start to feel normal and then you will realise oh this is better but not as great as you hoped sober life will be. Then week 4-5 you will get the urge to drink again because there are.no more benefits.
See above. The final pill is being able to drink a regular amount but you have to retrain yourself and its not easy.
Thanks for the advice , I’m talking 6x355ml 4-5% beers
I don’t get hungover from that, but I do get sweats, withdrawal, irritability and outright anger when I stop
Never been longer than 7 days without and that’s when I had salmonella
Been feeling kinda bored and depressed lately and found myself drinking every day. Only very little, no big deal, but then one day I was about to go to the store and thought "Oh I need to buy booze because I'm out", and I was kinda caught of guard by it. It had already become a habit and something I was looking forward to.
Everything in moderation.
For me, I only use alcohol on vacations and major holidays, and never in excess.
The anxiety you get the day after a hard night of boozing is awful.
The relief doesn't come with merely stopping drinking. It comes with dealing correctly with the reason or behaviour you adopted that you tried to use drink to self-medicate with.
>dealing correctly with the reason or behavior you adopted that you tried to use to drink to self-medicate with.
I used to drink every other day. Now I lift every other day. Problem fixed? No. Feel better? Health-wise, Yes. Otherwise, No. But I look great in the mirror tho
congrats anon, keep it up
It's pretty insane how tolerated alcohol is in our society. Hell, half of what people mean when they talk about "the college experience" is getting dangerously shitfaced every weekend for four years and we all pretend like that's just innocent youthful fun.
I usually have 0-1 alcoholic drinks per week. Usually a beer or a glass of wine with friends, never alone. I've only been fully drunk like once in the last year and that was at the wedding of a college friend of mine. Drinking just takes such an immense toll physically that it kills my motivation to drink.
Plus drinking is basically anti-fit. When you drink, your body has to go into overdrive to purge the literal poison that is alcohol from your system, so it kills your ability to make gains.
>0th year without alcohol
>0th year with drinking
basically the only time I consume alcohol is when I pray and make offering to the Holy Mother