Any former alcoholics/addicts on Veeky Forums? did fitness help staying clean?

Yeah Veeky Forums has helped a great deal. It's gotten my spending under control after I had to pay of a DWI accident. I can't work as much as I used to because of rehab and classes, can't afford to go out to eat or spend money places because of fines/lawyers, but god damn I'm happier than I've been in years just hitting the gym for a couple hours every day. Sometimes its a false happiness, I fucking hate my life and just keep telling myself it'll get better if I wait it out. There are definitely great moments though.

alcohol gets in the way of my goals. im trying to get away from it, its just hard cause ive been drinking since i was 13. i had to change my group of friends i hang out with some autists i met at work. theyre engineers and have theyre shit together but goddam they have temple grandid level autism its sad

used to drink 4-5 beers daily
...started lifting, now drink only on Saturday

Nope my last drink was over 5 months ago.
I'm on my best way to become opiate addcited though.

Iktf bro. Even when I'm sitting around at home I need to have drinks because I get way too bored sober

Yes, was an alcohol 3-4 years every day, dont remember (memory problems) until girl left me. Sobered up, hit the gym like no tomorrow, and been that way almost a year now that i think about it.

Spookily skellington whose only calories came from alcohol, gained from 70 to 95 kg during this year.

Its gonna be hard as hell, but so worth it. Its your only life, fix it, start again, do better this time. Autistically optimizing for gains did it for me, no time and room for alcohol in it.

And quit now.
> The trick to outwitting the devil is not to give him any heads notice

Will lurk thread and answer if any questions.

I used to be an alcohol. Yes, fitness has helped me manage drinking. I'mglad to say that I still drink a little but not to get wasted. Maybe a beer or a glass of wine. Besides working out you should accept the fact that it's not maintainable. You'll end up with health problems, you become an asshole and alienate people, even those who care about you. My experience was that it was fun for a while and then I was like wtf am i doing.. then gradually got off

>> The trick to outwitting the devil is not to give him any heads notice
I don't know what this means but it sounds gay

My question would be at what point did you realize/accept you had an alcohol addiction. I've basically been hovering around the point since years. Sometimes I'll drink a bottle of liquor per week and sometimes none/social only for weeks in a row.

how do I become alcohol?

I used to be an alcoholic (would go partying every weekend, would have like 10 cans of bud).

And you know fucking what? It was fucking easy to get rid of my addiction, all you have to fucking do is grow some balls, and not fucking drink it anymore. Go out and get some fresh fucking air, quit whining about your problems, and most importantly quite being a fucking bitch.

About a year ago I was a heavy drinker and would black out probably 4 nights a week. The bartenders at my favorite bar would give me a pitcher of beer and a bottle of whiskey without me even asking. The first week I started lifting I still drank like I usually did and got rhabdo and stayed in the hospital for 4 days. During those 4 days in the hospital I realized the error in my ways and decided to quit cigarettes and drinking. A couple months after I was hospitalized I started slowly lifting and was able to stick with. Now I haven't be able to quit drinking completely, I at least don't black out anymore and I don't drink on the days I lifted.

I realize maybe I'd get better gains if I quit drinking altogether but I'm content with where I'm at right now. The fear of getting rhabdo again has helped me not binge drink as much as I used to.

I think lifting helps because it is one of the things that are non-negotiable in my schedule. I won't go out saturday if sunday is lifting day, and I won't drink by myself (heavily) if tomorrow is lifting day. So yeah that helps.

Alcoholics drink 10 or more drinks everyday for years you idiot

Lol you weren't an alcoholic if you could just quit. Weekends only? Try every day waking up with a bunch of shots and a handful of pills. Don't assume everyone is like you.

All I'm hearing is fucking excuses. I've been down the deep end, and got out with fucking ease. Smells like fucking jelousy.

8/10

This

Alcoholics drink as soon as they wake up and don't stop until they go to bed again or passout

If you were an alcoholic you would have went to a detox because you'd die if you didn't

I was on a fucking toilet throwing up for like one hour. My girl said that's the worse she's ever seen.

LOL

I'm addicted to vidya and porn.

>inb4 edgy autist teen
good job, Sherlock. At least i got gains

To be quite honest it's unlikely anything, anyone say here will change you. you've accepted that there is a problem but now you're at the hard part, actually taking action. If you're content with your means of life at this point keep doing what you're doing. some things can't be tackled easily, there could be a million reasons why you think you should drink, all you need is one impregnable reason why you shouldn't. I bet every fiber of your being tells you to drink, not because it's right or beneficial because it makes you comfortable, it's what you know. don't confuse being numb with genuine happiness, they're not the same nor will they ever be. I was in your shoes at one point, I changed because my whole existence was so miserable that I couldn't see it getting any fucking worse, I tried my way over and over and over. Nothing fucking changes nor will it ever. It can always get worse and god fucking damnit it does, there's never a bottom you just stop digging.

It's not too late, go to treatment.

i've been there mane.
Once, i drunk a can of heineken 0.0% and my mom call me alcoholic and told me i needed to go to rehab

but i dropped my severe alcoholism in a day. literally.

The faggots in this thread need to man up ffs

Simple, drink more when start drinking that much you're still drunk next morning then you know that you are on the right path, then drinking starts to take all your time and only problems is getting enough to drink (it's not fun to go to next door store to buy 24 pack of beer everyday), nothing tastes like morning beer on toilet seat.

good job man
I took ibuprofen for 3 days straight and you know what? I just fucking quit being a bitch and stopped my painkiller addcition

reorganise your inner molecules

Have one or two to reward yourself. Great job!

damn, ibuprofen? that's some tough shit. you got my respect.

Former meth addict here.

I was only on it for 2 years but getting fit definitely helped. When I stopped using I got so depressed that it was difficult to do life.

Gym was the thing that brought me back into the real world, been clean for just under 1 and a half years.

When I started I couldn't bench the bar because my body was such a mess, hit 100kg bench last week. Feels bretty gud man.

The endorphins from exercise help me deal with cravings and with the shit things in my life that I used to cover up

>tfw addicted to caffeine now instead of alcohol

good job, mate. keep it up.

Recovering addict
I Used to take a lot of extacy, pretty addicted to cocaine and meth. I'm 5 years clean with the exception of the time I got my wisdom teeth pulled and took prescribed Percocet.

The first couple years stying clean was a little difficult

Surprisingly, /pol/ set me on the path of combatting my reliance on alcohol.

After recovering do your old memories ever return?

If not, did your short term memory get any better? I feel like 10 years of pretty strong liquor nightcaps have made me way less sharp.

Thanks, had plenty last night. I drink in excess sometines but thats only once a month at most

I take Oxycodon about 2-3 times a week
I should stop this but I really don't want to. It's just to damn amazing

You know what they say about being bored...

PS: no, I've never had similar feels.

that's going to kill all your gains man. the side effects make it not being worth it. trust.

yeah

I am also an insufferable cunt when sober, to the point where buddies don't wanna hang out with me when I'm not on something because I'll drown them with my passive aggression and blatant disdain

Opiates are a nice drug. As long as you know your limit there are 0 negative health effects other than addiction, which is easily taken care of with more opes. And if you ever do need to stop for a job or whatever its only like 2 weeks of shit and theb youre good as new

>You know what they say about being bored...
No? Fill me in m8

Heil victory my user, proud of you

blatant disdain towards life*

"If you're bored, then you're boring."

Do you have tips for quitting meth? Asking for a friend

I'm an alcoholic, if don't drink for a day I get night sweats and shaky

Yes. Came to a point where it was fitness or getting drunk regularly, chose fitness for obvious reasons. You really can't have both. Anyone who does is still young and has an amazing metabolism.

Pretty much man I'm 24 and have been drinking 15 or more beers a day for 3 years and I got man tits and a gut now

How the fuck do you make gains? I thought alcohol fucks with your protein synthesis and testosteron levels.

What a depressing thread. Guess this why they took "health" out of the board name. Fitness is more than what you do in the gym.

I've been drinking every day for a few weeks now, the semester ended and the girl I've been infatuated with moved about 7 hours away and I don't expect we'll ever see each other again. Haven't been to the gym in like a month. I don't even know why I keep coming to this board.

Keep lifting in the face of adversity guys, my entire life is in the toilet.

I used to do a lot of drugs and went through a binge period every other month

First it was weed
Then mdma
Then hallucinagens
Then coke
Then pills
Then booze

Working out helped cut all that shit out and now my only problem is that I smoke weed almost daily.

I'm trying to cut down on my weed smoking and replace it with more workouts but I'm a weak willed pussy. Also marijuana helps me get an appetite and I noticed when I smoke I can control the types of food I eat and fulfill my macros.

Any advice Veeky Forums? I'm trying not to be a degenerate kid anymore

I still make gains fine

I asked my parents for help desu then went cold turkey from it. I started drinking heavily after and eventually put myself in hospital.

I guess I didn't come off very easily desu

Is it to late now to say sorry? Cause I'm missing more than just dat bodyyy

>desu

I haven't went a day without drinking at least 12 drinks in about 9 years

I drink close to a liter of vodka everyday

What was the tipping point for those of you that quit?

For me it was bedwetting. Fucking shameful and because of it I can't go to any sleep over parties.

If it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't even try to quit.

Now I'm trying to become a sort of ascetic.

Ex-opiate addict. Getting clean for me happened because I was using in the first place to treat panic attacks I was having - got a staph infection that almost killed me, then my brush with death helped me get rid of the panic attacks. Once they were gone, I didn't really see the point in using again.

A couple months ago I started doing coke on weekends again, but ended up stopping because I was too tired the day after to lift and I didn't like it. Also been cutting back quite a bit on drinking and quit smoking cigarettes for similar reasons.

In the sense of not wanting to be fat anymore, yes. Maybe a bit of substituting one thing with another.

There are really three components to it: the physical addition, the psychological dependence of habit, and the underlying issues that drive it all.

You really only need to "beat" the first one. You can break even on the mental stuff and still stay clean.

Holy shit

Quitting drinking is so hard I never make it past 2 days

It helps with the cravings I get at night. Instead of drinking I hit the gym. It doesn't help much, and if you aren't willing to stay sober than no amount of exercise will keep you clean.

>been sober for almost 2 months
>feel like drinking to have a good time but will become depressed as shit again if I do so

damn bro..we're literally the same person.

I lost my gf cause I got a dwi and went to rehab. Lost my job at the time bartending..and had to do all those damn classes.

But I finally paid off all the shit and what not. But I would never wish it on anyone.

I used to be a alcoholic/drug addict
>Was a alcoholic since I was 16 years old
>In grade 12 I drank 24 beer or 750ml of whiskey every night
>used to get the shakes
>then a few years later
>guy in my Battalion at the time introduced me to cocaine
>loved that shit
>left the army
>did some stupid shit
>ended up doing $360/day work of blow
>smoked 4 (25) packs of cigarettes a day
>drank 36 beer a day
>smoked a half ounce of weed every 3 days
>all that for 4.5 months straight

But. After prison I found Veeky Forums, fitness, Jesus and a amazing career.

>turned out not so bad

Where do people get $360/day for cocaine?

The drinking you did is the same as me except I haven't quit, I still get blackout drunk everyday

I went on a 3 week speed and benzo binge last month when I was bored during holidays. I was pretty responsible with my drug use for the past year or two before that tho. When I had to get back to work I was an absolute mess, because I decided to come down like 2 days before I had to start working. But even in that short time I'd build up some tolerance and had some pretty bad withdrawals. The first days I felt like I was dying and time seemed to come to a crawl, I'd just look at the clock every minute hoping the day would be over sooner. I also couldn't concentrate for shit and broke out in sweats and felt nervous as fuck.
A week later I felt better, but took like 2 weeks before I felt pretty normal again.. never again for that long.. also the combination of downers and uppers is such a pitfall, normally I decide its been enough when I'm up for 2 days and I feel like shit but with some benzos I could just sleep...

>I used to be an alcoholic (would go partying every weekend, would have like 10 cans of bud).

That's serious addiction, user. I'm surprised you could quit so easily. Respect.

How did you quit meth? I heard that that shit was impossible to quit.

there could be a million reasons why you think you should drink, all you need is one impregnable reason why you shouldn't

I'm not an alchoholic/addict (except trying to rid myself of porn,) but I gotta say this is a great quote user. I'll remember this.

robbing, dealing, stealing

Degenerate

See
I still can't be around it. All my mates that were users I don't see anymore. I've been around it once since I decided I needed to stop and I did it because I have no self control and I'm weak. But it was a one off.

If you're thinking about quitting good luck because it fucking sucks, I still get cravings for it.

I'm a huge alcoholic but now I started getting Veeky Forums due my four year long relationship ending, started taking yoga classes and incorporating it into my morning routine exercises, and Tuesday will be taking my first BJJ class.
I started all this a little over 2 months ago, have already lost 10 pounds and gaining muscle too. At 180 at 5'9, want to drop down to 160-165.
I've only drank about 4 times since I started my mission, two of which were because of my ex booty called me and me being weak gave in instantly. However, only 1 of those 4 times was a serious binge.

Seeing improvements in my flexibility from yoga and my gains from lifting / losing weight reminds me of why I bother and why I don't drink anywhere near as much now.
It has been and forever will be nothing more than a waste of time and resources. I'm reducing it to very special events and if I plan on getting laid going out on a date.

Drunk everyday here

what's wrong with you guys

I suppose I'm fortunate in a way that I just don't really enjoy alcohol anymore. It makes me feel washed out and tired after about 3 drinks and I just want to go home.

On the other hand, it means I barely see friends any more because socializing revolves around drinking

Congrats m8. Sounds like you're gonna make it

not an alcoholic but I smoke weed every time I can

What's wrong with you you beta cuck

When i first started to train i didnt have a sip of alchohol in 3 months, now i've eased into occasionally having a beer with friends but i dont go to parties or such anymore just not interested. :p

I'm an alcoholic and trying to quit but I can't get past 8 hours after waking up without drinking and getting wasted

E?

Iktf bro my old self was pathetic I was drunk all the time

Well fuck me then, I guess

If you're sober you're boring

Not an alcoholic but I really enjoy getting drunk. It's not hard for me to quit of I have something else going on, but I usually just drank to get drunk and feel feelings.
I still have a few everyone and then, but I'm at the point where. Realize that drinking just hot in the way of my goals and where I want to be in life.
It's nice seeing these threads because it makes me feel good that things can always be worse.

2 years sober next month

not very Veeky Forums, but it helped my outlook on life. drinking 6 days a week with shitty mornings and nothing to look forward to fucked up my self esteem and general mental health. never again.

>I don't know what this means but it sounds gay

It means you don't procrastinate in giving up a vice or embarking on self improvement. Something will almost always come up that will give whatever excuse you need to continue you destructive pattern.