I'm still slipping up every couple months but my days of blacking out every night are over.
Once you get a good amount of time being sober you wonder how you ever drank like that.
Two months was the biggest hump I've ever crossed. Work was going bad and I was so sleep deprived that I was starting to hallucinate. I kept telling myself that I'd be able to sleep if I just had a drink but I didn't give in and I feel great now.
>went to AA meeting >they try to drill into your head that you can't do it alone >dad constantly humiliates me and calls me an alcoholic who won't change because I'm not going to meetings >remember what Schwarzenegger says in his motivation speeches >"When someone tells you nobody has ever done this I get excited, that means I will be the first one to accomplish it." >decide I don't need support and will beat this on my own
Your motivation to beat addiction has to come from within.
I smoked for 12 years. 5-10 cigs a day. Stopped 3 weeks ago because it felt like i could fricking die or faint any moment. Never had a problem with it until the last couple of month though.
Similar to you anon. Smoked and/or vaped for about 11 years. Around a pack a day when smoking, and the vape was near-constant but a lower level of nicotine to balance that out. Had a health scare (looking back, probably stimulant induced anxiety attack) out of nowhere and resolved to give them up. It's been 9 months since my last relapse cig and about 2 years since I was last smoking regularly. It gets progressively easier, haven't had a real craving in a long time now.
WAGMI
Similar to you anon. Smoked and/or vaped for about 11 years. Around a pack a day when smoking, and the vape was near-constant but a lower level of nicotine to balance that out. Had a health scare (looking back, probably stimulant induced anxiety attack) out of nowhere and resolved to give them up. It's been 9 months since my last relapse cig and about 2 years since I was last smoking regularly. It gets progressively easier, haven't had a real craving in a long time now.
WAGMI
Weird that we're all having health scares that made us clean up. I was having bad panic attacks which led me to stop smoking weed, cigs, vaping and drinking.
I've done meth and kicking nicotine is 100x harder
kudos to anyone undertaking that or has kicked it. My discipline reaches its limits there though
tbf I blame switching to vaping. Increased the amount of actual nicotine I consumed probably 10 fold. Nobody bats an eye about you vaping anywhere if you aren't a gay about it and you can literally get infinitely stronger quantities of nicotine in it. Im stuck with it but it doesn't affect my cardio at all and my lungs feels fine. Just utterly and helplessly addicted to the nicotine israelite.
It brought out some fricked up sexual perversions I don't want to and wouldn't have ever been involved with sober but other than that the consequences were pretty minimal tbh. Also being able to play videogames for like 16-24 hrs straight at peak performance while feeling like my entire body and brain was a dick being sucked was pretty sick. Its really only addictive to a very small group of people and not at all so physically. If you really wanted to turn people away from it, tell them "you'll feel so good you might jerk off for 8 hrs straight and want to watch your wife get fricked by another man"
fair. All im saying is when I wanted to stop I cold turkey'd 3 times years apart and it was absolutely effortless. Threw away a lot of it each time too. I have thrown probably 200$ of vapes out my car window and bought one less than a month later over the years though.
nah, DARE and authority figures tell you that because its really bad for your body and you definitely do run the potential risk of fricking your own shit up while on it. Its fricking incredible, one of the best feelings ever. Thats why some weak willed people would rather live on the street so they can keep consuming it. Unlike heroin though, if you just stop you're fine. I mean you may have damaged your teeth and lungs in the process to varying degrees but you're not going to get violently ill after you stop taking it like you would with opiates. Any cravings are completely psychological.
You cannot convince me that it's a drug that you can do and maintain control of your life. The way you categorize it as "one of the best feelings ever" reinforces my opinion.
There's a reason they call them meth "freaks". I've seen friends who think they're in control spiral into tooth decay, homelessness and being a skelly. Sooner or later you're going to end up like all the other junkies you see in mugshots.
Avoid triggers and situations you normally smoked and drank in.
I honestly found for the first two weeks I would get beyond irritable, like irrationally angry. Be aware of those feelings and take yourself out of those situations when they arise. Go for a walk, take a breath, have some water.
It gets easier, try kratom for the alcohol cravings I'm 8 months dry now longest I've ever gone and quality of life has improved alot
For smoking I bought a vape because I'm not that displined but wanted to quit
Vaping was worse than smoking for me.
I was sucking on that thing constantly and it raised my blood pressure through the roof.
Maybe it helped me quit, I'm not sure.
Your protein synthesis is gonna skyrocket man stay dry, in 3 months I've accomplished more than I did in a year of drinking and lifting.
It is the ultimate gains goblin
You can do it anon-chan! ^___^
just smoke ciggies
alcohol is shit
smoking while drunk is the best feeling ever. I miss it so much.
Never got hooked on ciggies. Day one of no alcohol though, feeling bretty good tbh. We’re gonna make it
I'm still slipping up every couple months but my days of blacking out every night are over.
Once you get a good amount of time being sober you wonder how you ever drank like that.
They say the first three days are the worst, but for some people its the whole first week. You can do it, Anon.
The most based steps are the hardest.
Two months was the biggest hump I've ever crossed. Work was going bad and I was so sleep deprived that I was starting to hallucinate. I kept telling myself that I'd be able to sleep if I just had a drink but I didn't give in and I feel great now.
You're an inspiration to us all, very nice homie.
>went to AA meeting
>they try to drill into your head that you can't do it alone
>dad constantly humiliates me and calls me an alcoholic who won't change because I'm not going to meetings
>remember what Schwarzenegger says in his motivation speeches
>"When someone tells you nobody has ever done this I get excited, that means I will be the first one to accomplish it."
>decide I don't need support and will beat this on my own
Your motivation to beat addiction has to come from within.
I have gone about 6 months without a cig. But I prefer to use them when cutting to avoid eating as much and will rely on them again soon.
I smoked for 12 years. 5-10 cigs a day. Stopped 3 weeks ago because it felt like i could fricking die or faint any moment. Never had a problem with it until the last couple of month though.
Similar to you anon. Smoked and/or vaped for about 11 years. Around a pack a day when smoking, and the vape was near-constant but a lower level of nicotine to balance that out. Had a health scare (looking back, probably stimulant induced anxiety attack) out of nowhere and resolved to give them up. It's been 9 months since my last relapse cig and about 2 years since I was last smoking regularly. It gets progressively easier, haven't had a real craving in a long time now.
WAGMI
Weird that we're all having health scares that made us clean up. I was having bad panic attacks which led me to stop smoking weed, cigs, vaping and drinking.
gl , you can do it
My advice? Go for a walk. A long one. Just tee up a podcast and walk.
Grab some food you like too
Cry me a river, DTs don't usually kick in til a week. Bon voyage though bro, I believe in you.
Day one of no one cares
Best post
25 years of drinking one glass of wine a month
Smoked only twice,its disgusting,alcohol even more.
EZ
Why can't you addicts just enjoy beverages the way they were meant to be consumed
nice but get some nicotine gum 4mg don’t make it so hard on yourself eventually the gum gets lame and you’re done
God bless, god speed, and God willing you succeed.
t. former addict.
You can do this brah. You're gonna make it.
I've done meth and kicking nicotine is 100x harder
kudos to anyone undertaking that or has kicked it. My discipline reaches its limits there though
tbf I blame switching to vaping. Increased the amount of actual nicotine I consumed probably 10 fold. Nobody bats an eye about you vaping anywhere if you aren't a gay about it and you can literally get infinitely stronger quantities of nicotine in it. Im stuck with it but it doesn't affect my cardio at all and my lungs feels fine. Just utterly and helplessly addicted to the nicotine israelite.
I still sometimes smoke a 5 sack of tweak and never got addicted yet qutting cigs was the hardest thing I ever done
It brought out some fricked up sexual perversions I don't want to and wouldn't have ever been involved with sober but other than that the consequences were pretty minimal tbh. Also being able to play videogames for like 16-24 hrs straight at peak performance while feeling like my entire body and brain was a dick being sucked was pretty sick. Its really only addictive to a very small group of people and not at all so physically. If you really wanted to turn people away from it, tell them "you'll feel so good you might jerk off for 8 hrs straight and want to watch your wife get fricked by another man"
>I'm not addicted like those other junkies
Literally every single tweaker says this.
fair. All im saying is when I wanted to stop I cold turkey'd 3 times years apart and it was absolutely effortless. Threw away a lot of it each time too. I have thrown probably 200$ of vapes out my car window and bought one less than a month later over the years though.
>went cold turkey
>threw it all away
>have come back for more every time
Just keep trying, hopefully you can kick it for good soon.
What's meth like? I've heard you're pretty much fricked for life if you even touch it once.
nah, DARE and authority figures tell you that because its really bad for your body and you definitely do run the potential risk of fricking your own shit up while on it. Its fricking incredible, one of the best feelings ever. Thats why some weak willed people would rather live on the street so they can keep consuming it. Unlike heroin though, if you just stop you're fine. I mean you may have damaged your teeth and lungs in the process to varying degrees but you're not going to get violently ill after you stop taking it like you would with opiates. Any cravings are completely psychological.
You cannot convince me that it's a drug that you can do and maintain control of your life. The way you categorize it as "one of the best feelings ever" reinforces my opinion.
There's a reason they call them meth "freaks". I've seen friends who think they're in control spiral into tooth decay, homelessness and being a skelly. Sooner or later you're going to end up like all the other junkies you see in mugshots.
Avoid triggers and situations you normally smoked and drank in.
I honestly found for the first two weeks I would get beyond irritable, like irrationally angry. Be aware of those feelings and take yourself out of those situations when they arise. Go for a walk, take a breath, have some water.
It gets easier, try kratom for the alcohol cravings I'm 8 months dry now longest I've ever gone and quality of life has improved alot
For smoking I bought a vape because I'm not that displined but wanted to quit
Vaping was worse than smoking for me.
I was sucking on that thing constantly and it raised my blood pressure through the roof.
Maybe it helped me quit, I'm not sure.
Your protein synthesis is gonna skyrocket man stay dry, in 3 months I've accomplished more than I did in a year of drinking and lifting.
It is the ultimate gains goblin
>fifteenth minute of not smoking
Good luck anon. I can keep alcohol at a reasonable level but you let me near nicotine and I'm off the wagon again. That nic is a b***h
Day 2 of no caffeine and no fap.
I'm having lucid dreams of talking to hot girls.
>couple days into nofap
>start having dreams about mahou shoujo jumping all over me squealing anon-chan!