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Been sober for like 35 days now or some shit. Wasn't even hard. I started smoking cigarettes though. But I was also able to stop drinking caffeine so basically I traded alcoholism and caffeine for 2-3 cigarettes/day. I'll quit the ciggies soon too. The best part is I don't even think about the alcohol. I think I overcame the psychological wiring that comes with dependency. What scares me is if I go out and have even 1 beer with a friend if it will trigger something in my head or not

bernie always seems happy though, I guess people think that about me too. Been sober since withdrawaling last weekend, already bored of it and want some whiskey

severe pain right below my right shoulder blade and it moved into the front right below my right pectoral.
should i go to the hospital

is it actually severe or are you just drunk

same here people actually encourage my alcoholism as im more pleasant to be around. other wise I just sulk quietly bored or snap at the slightest things, not rudely but just enough for people to notice.

it's your uterus be careful

not drunk at all
cant even move

is the pain near the surface of the skin, or does it feel like it's deep inside? there's a chance it's a blood clot but i don't quite think it is

Either that or stay here and quiz Veeky Forums about medical issues - whichever you think is more sensible.

I think I'm getting better. I'm no day drinking and a handle of vodka now lasts me 3 1/2 nights. I got some sleeping pills, so once I finish this handle, I'm gonna dry and use the pills to knock me out before the depression and anxiety sets in.

then what

Come join us for a chat on the /alc/ discord.
discord.gg/Eu7TGND

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~24 hours. I'm aiming for at least 5 days sober this week.

Ive tried going cold turkey but that's so much harder.

Running out of money is the easiest way to go cold turkey.

Just throw all your money in a grill and cook some burgers with it.
Or get diagnosed with a disability, that's surefire homelessness and starvation but at least you won't have money to drink either.

1 day..and today I picked up some shitty beer but havent drank it yet.

If you had no food or alcohol in your house and only had $20 left to your name would you spend it on

(a) food

(b) alcohol

You can only choose one option.

$20 is enough for both tho

beer is food

> Alcohol

Kek

Deal with cannabis withdrawal and then you'll know true hell.

No such thing. I would know.

Between swearing off drinking alone, and starting using kratom, I've been drinking a lot less than I used to,
BUT
Most of my friends quit drinking, the ones that do drink live 70 miles away, and I finally managed to swear-off drinking alone.
So now the only people I can drink with are this girl I've been seeing and her social circle,
and now EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRINK I end up making an ass of myself, being a jealous prick, being an asshole, and I spend the entire time wanting to die.
When I was drinking around my own friends, this never happened.

Sorry for the blog.

Yeah, I get that I'm whining. I've been irritable all day. I'm more frustrated that I gave up smoking cold turkey but alcohol isnt the same for me.

>implying I eat

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I'm the guy who had girlfriend problems in the last thread. Ended up buying a six pack yesterday; drank four last night and two tonight.
The lady needed to stop living with me. I asked her if she was just moving out. She said she was not sure. Gonna have another little cigar and watch some more Always sunny. Cheers dudes.

Don't worry user, she is probably not out getting railed by three other dudes right now. I'm sure she just needs space for a bit.

Probably

Is an three handles a week a alcoholism?

I used to do three cheap vodka handles a week in my twentys, the withdrawal was like a 3-4 day episode of paranoid schizophrenia... not like now is any better.

no mate, you're fine

Suck my ass.

Nah, find someone on craigslist to do that for you.
But be advised it'll be a much tougher market for you than for your gf.

Anyway, why are you worrying? She'll be fine, I'm sure. Have a drink and wait for it all to clear up

Five weeks sober, went from drink three handles a week for almost a year to going cold turkey. Was able to manage so far with substituting coffee(coarse now I'm just drink way to much coffee), but now things are picking up at the work place. More stupid questions than I can count. Makes a man really crave the drink.

well I fucked it up again after like three days, back2 4loko town and on to whiskey probably god damnit I better not lose my job

I've had a similar experience. I'll give you some advice once I'm not shithammered. Stay sober whether or not you have a family.

Since last weekend. At least i didnt trink alone

Since I discovered l Theanine I've severely curbed my drinking. I've found that I never get drunk with it, just a pleasant buzz no matter how much I drink. 1 beer five shots it all feels the same when I take l theanine. So give it a try bros, maybe it will help you

Anyone else find that withdrawal hits hard and FAST? Ten mins ago I felt fine, now I'm soaked with sweat, puking, teeth chattering, heart going batshit, have 'the fear'... wtf man. I need this to fuck off

Your body wants sugar. honey is good, candy is good. also salts. but mostly the sugar you're not getting from alcohol.

Head exporter of beer here.

How goes it?

Ahh Keith's. I see we have another maritime in here. Where your from user?

>Work 12 hour shifts with 5-on, 4-off, 5-on, 5-off, 4-on, 4-off cycle
>Sober every day I'm working and never drink the day before I'm due in
>Still spend most of the rest of my time off completely fucking blasted

I'm aware this is somehow a problem but it's not interfering with my life enough to motivate me to stop.

FUCKING HELL
FUCK
JUST. Fuck OFF.
Why does withdrawal have to make everything hurt? Ffs. I feel SO BAD in pretty much EVERY conceivable way. Just... just... FFFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKKK

SUG-AR

day 5. no withdrawals of severe cravings in sight.

>What scares me is if I go out and have even 1 beer with a friend if it will trigger something in my head or not
this desu

Hard to keep anything down, I had 2 spoonfuls of honey but I'm throwing up seemingly fucking constantly. I'll keep trying

Chug water, it's gunna come up, feel better for a second, go honey, see what happens. If you stop aborting everything go for OJ

welp, on to round two, supposed to work at 7am tomorrow, this is gunna be fucking shit. why the fuck can't I turn it off

Feel like I can't breathe properly. Is that a normal symptoms of withdrawal?

yah i get that sometimes too. today is day one for me since yesterday where I only had two tequila and cokes just to ward off the heavyness.

Day one for me too, been puking, shaking and sweating all morning.
Plus everything is scary, and makes me feel legitimately shocked and sick. I can't even watch movies, not even comedy movies, there's inevitably gonna be something in it which makes me chuck again. Fuck, even emoticons make me feel uneasy. My brain is wrecked

Kids show are supposed to be trigger free.

I hate myself and want to die

almost 3 days

Its shitty but do any of you guys get piss drunk?

Over the course of a month it probably happens two times after drinking and then won't happen for a while.

I try to do stuff to avoid it not happening, but its almost random when it does and its not affected entirely by how much I drink and if I take a leak before bed.

Anyone can give me some suggestions?

inb4 stop being a drunk, I should probably not be drinking but whatever, we all got problems.

I've only pissed myself 3 times, perhaps drink spirits instead of bulkier drinks? Not nearly so much liquid in you.
I also keep a piss bowl by the bed. I always have to use it in the middle of the night, guess perhaps thats trained me to wake if I need to piss

I almost exclusively just drink hard liquor. Last night I was just drinking 7 on ice. Maybe had like 7 or 8 doubles and then went to bed.

Managed to wake up halfway pissing at around 4am so i didn't soak the bed but usually dont get that lucky.

almost 48 hours but I can't see a single reason to keep going

>tfw can down 3 shots of vodka no problem but get dizzy if I have more than a pint of beer with dinner
What the actual fuck

>3 shots
>one pint
Y...you did mean 3 bottles and one keg, right...? Damn man you may as well drink from a pipette. I'd save so fucking much money if I had your tolerance.

I'm saying I can drink a lot of hard alcohol before even feeling it, and I can drink beer the same way, but if I have a pint with a meal I'm hammered.

>single reason
Well I mean, you'll die if you don't, so there's that

You die either way.

Is JD fire any good? I've only ever tried basic jack and I like it
I've been told honey is fucking disgusting

Wait, vomiting everything is a symptom of alcohol withdrawal ?

Heh. I had the same symptoms when i upped my dosage of SSRIs few days ago. Although probably not as severe.

I throw up maybe 30 times a day as soon as I stop. If I just continue drinking, I don't puke at all

You guys smokers at all?

My friend got me on cigars to try and reduce drinking.

Worked for a bit, but now im chain smoking these things while still drinking.

Having random pain in my arm now this week. Motherfuck

Been smoking for about nine or ten years.

Started off on reds but I cant do them everyday anymore so I switched to reds special blend because I find them a bit lighter.

I should really try to change my lifestyle habits but I dont know how.

Since yesterday. Planning not to drink anything today, having some cigs and diet coke to get past the oral fixation.

I quit about nine months ago because I couldn't stand coughing up shit any more, no way am I going back to smoking.
I am wearing 4 nicotine patches right now however.

Cigars are not meant to be inhaled, you just smoke them for the flavor so I don't think they work as a substitute for alcohol if that's your goal
Cigarettes won't work either in my experience, you'll just end up with two shitty addictions instead of just one

That's some weird ass shit but puking 30 times a day isn't good for you, obviously, but i mean your throat etc.

You gave a try to anti-emetics like Motilium, lad ? They should help.

as an alcohol, this isn't "weird shit" you're just not there yet.

Not inhaling em. The flavor thing i get, but a strong full bodied cigar is relaxing. My problem is that now i feel shitty if i don't have a cigar and a drink.

Never tried cigarettes, my cousin smokes a pipe, some of the stuff he smokes smells pretty nice, but seems like a quick smoke

Do you drink literally everyday?

Yeah it's terrible for you, my entire torso hurts like hell, but gotta be better than still drinking.
Anti emetics don't do shit for me. But then, maybe I'm just throwing the faggots up.
Doesn't anyone else puke like fucking crazy when going cold turkey?

I'm not that guy, but if I wreck a bender and come off 4-5 days I'm puking for at least a day until my body gives up then it's worse withdrawal all over again

I guess its the continued shit that does it. I am a heavy drinker but i'll dry out during the day at least, when I was working in a bar I'd drink after shift and go in at 9AM for Brunch shifts and actual shot glasses worth of bitters would ease me out of it.

Are you injecting them? Pills don't work if you're already throwing up

well fucking missed work but feeling the heebee jeebees like fuck, guess I'll keep drinking a little fml

I did this about two weeks ago when I got some bad info from my attorney. Its a fun time to be too drunk to go to work and keep drinking the whole day.

Spoiler its not fun and maybe just being dead would be better.

fuuuuuuuckkk

I've been doing like a day or two every other week for over a year, boss knows, just shakes his head

I had gotten my wisdom teeth pulled out, and I was drinking the night before and had work the next day, and I was still taking the pills and ended up drinking at work and got really fucked up that the management sent me home.

I never fuck with painkillers fuck that shit.

Surprisingly didn't get fired.

one of these things is not like the others

my band played last friday and i had 3 comped beers and went home so i think i'm doing pretty good actually

video games and skateboarding help. even though my mom makes fun of me because i'm in my 30s and still enjoy those things

>Trying to dose alcohol and methylphenidate closely so I would not go hungry before I can go to the store at 8am tomorrow
>12 hours to go

It's hell but
The curves are separate but you can easily tell with just one substance and when you combine, shit gets real complicated real fast, i haven't found the perfect ratio yet
extreme alcohol or methylphenidate = no hunger, but i don't want extreme, moderate methylphenidate and no alcohol = no hunger, moderate methylphenidate and little alcohol = hunger

I think the only reason I haven't stopped is because somehow I keep my life looking pretty well managed from the outside.

Writing my thesis during the day, getting home and drink cheap vodka/whisky/gin/wine. Weekends are spent drinking alone from before noon until I pass out or until people want to do out and party ( where I arrive drunk before the other have started drinking ).

Still it costs a lot and I'm drinking through my savings, but I will probably graduate before that happens...

One of the things I really like but I'm so very ashamed of drinking until I pass out, then waking up in the middle of the night, looking at the watch and seeing that I still have time so I just pick up the bottle and drink again until I pass out again without leaving the bed.

I'm not doing so good. I had a drink just before 11:00am today.
Had a snort or two in a bathroom stall before a presentation I had to give

Worst part is professor canceled our presentations