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How are you holding up fellow alcohols?

On my longest sober stint in 4 years.

Drank 4 times this month. 4 nights sober right now. Its so boring and im so lonely.but the consequences of drinking are awful too. All of you have my sympathies.

Few months sober, on the way to getting Veeky Forums. Hoping the remaining mystery pains I have are just wear and tear and I haven't gone to all this effort just to drop dead anyway.

Just got a new job, waiting on my paycheck. Might inhale a six pack, but not going heavy just yet. I usually pay my bills first, so I'd say that qualifies me as a functioning alcoholic. Some days are better than others, of course.

2 weeks not a drop after about 20 years boozing pretty hard. I have discovered: being sober is pretty darn boring.

How did you find getting fit after stopping drinking? I'm in the same boat and find that I get super dizzy easily when lifting (not very heavy weights, maybe 60% max) and I'm worried about snapping my spine or something if I add on more weight and end up collapsing.

I've been playing vidya constantly to distract me from booze and it seems to be working.

How long?

I'm on day two. Somehow the second day some part of my mind goes 'now that we fixed that drinking problem, why don't we have a beer?' It's tempting.

I am seriously losing the motivation to not just let myself sink into complete drunkenness. For a couple of years I've had six beers a day as the norm and kept to that, except for weekends and special occasions. It's been working well enough, but I'm becoming so despaired at the thought of continuing to exist that I might just start drinking 24/7.

17 days...

I have had a couple of rough days where I've almost gone out and bought a crate of beer but I really need to sort my life out.

I'm not the guy you're replying to, but I dealt with the same shit a few months back after quitting drinking.

You just need to ease into it. Don't expect to go from full-on drunk one week to being ripped the next week. Work your way up slowly.

Another thing to take a look at is your diet. When I was drinking hard I ended up eating a piss-poor diet. Getting my diet back in order really helped me with being more energetic, etc.

Did a 12 hour binge yesterday and it feels like my kidneys are going to fall out of my back. I've been feeling withdrawly all day, even after drinking my normal satiation amount, to boot. Is this something I should be concerned about?

It varies, some days I feel like I'm 18 again (30 now) and some days I can barely lift a glass of water without my arm feeling trembly and weak/getting exhausted really quickly etc. I've barely started yet really, mostly been focusing on dropping weight because I got fat as shit while I was drinking.

probably just a hangover, but you should check it out if it doesnt go away

I did a full month earlier this year. It got easier in the end in terms of cravings, but the bad part is that you start to forget the negative sides of drinking and only think fondly of the good parts.

Or I did, at least.

Are you hydrating properly?

How did you feel after a month of no booze? I still have brainfog and I'm fucking tired as shit

I don't really get hungover, and this doesn't feel anything like a hangover. I have no problem drinking, don't have a headache, and not having any nausea. Just feels like my usual withdrawl symptoms, but drinking isn't helping this time.
Piss was almost clear last time I went. I assume I'm good.

It helps for a little while. But then the hangovers and withdrawals become worse than staying sober.

looks like this is it cause she and the kids ares taying with the MIL until i "clean up my act. fucked part is im more relieved i can finally drink judgement free than worred anpiy the relationSHIT

I felt pretty good and clear, but my soul felt empty. I felt like I missed booze like a friend or something, a comfort. But otherwise I felt physically and mentally healthy.

One thing I really liked is that my range of possible activities extended. I could watch shows again without blacking out. I could read books without blacking out. I could play vidya with actual motor skills. I could go out in public without fear of embarrassing myself. I could make more elaborate meals. Needed less sleep since sleep quality was higher.

Pretty much everything was better but I still missed booze a lot, even though I knew rationally that it makes my life worse.

I hope one day to become one of those people that can drink one or two days a week so that I can have the best of both worlds.

One more thing: Lifting the burden of the horrors of blank shame every morning and checking the state of disarray in your house and your phone in fear of what you might have communicated was a tremendous relief.

Waking up without the first thing on your mind being damage control is so much less stressful and shameful that it's probably worth it.

I made some jello with like a little more than a half cup of vodka. how much should i eat to get buzzed?

>4-5oz of spirit
The whole thing you fucking casual.

fuck man I don't miss that feeling. So many times waking up after going hard for a few days with just the knowledge that I'd been out getting into some sort of trouble but no idea what. And reading all the pathetic too much information shit I'd send people about how I wanted to kill myself and stuff. If I live to be a hundred I'll still have to mentally yell over an embarrassing memory that bubbles up every now and then through the day

>If I live to be a hundred I'll still have to mentally yell over an embarrassing memory that bubbles up every now and then through the day
Iktf, sometimes they catch you unexpected in the shower or something. I feel like I literally have to shake them off.

drinking less than i did in the past. my latest thing is trying to make one of these last for two days.

Lol half a cup, that used to be my morning sip before pounding beers

Haven't had a drink in six days. But there's a liquor store right on the way back to my house from work. I know I'm gonna get a bottle of whiskey tonight,

>stale day old beer

who not buy two smaller cans?

No you're not user

Still time to change your mind man. What's one more day if you've done six already?

There's help out there waiting for you if you need it.

the 42 oz bottle is only 25 cents more than the 24 oz can.

Getting a 6 pack of 16 oz cans is an option, But I have poor self control so I'd drink more than I'd like. Also, each 16 oz can is the equivalent of two drinks - there are a lot of times when one more drink would be just perfect, but two drinks would result in a sleepless night and a spinning room.

14 days without a drink as of today. it hadn't been that hard until last night when i realized what a fucking mess my house was. in the past, i'd just drink while i cleaned and did chores which made it seem more fun to me. i was pretty close to walking to the corner store for a six pack, but i decided against it. instead i spend about two and a half sober hours cleaning, doing dishes and doing laundry. i was kind of on edge the whole time but it was nice to wake up to a relatively clean house today and still have my streak going.

Good job man keep it up!

Mate get yourself together for your kids

>relationSHIT
OOOO BOOOM
that bitch got roasted

you sure won ;)

This, people with dependants aren't allowed to be alcoholics.

What's the first thing you drank after getting out of bed this morning?

water followed by rum

Is it a problem if I like a beer or two with each meal?

It isn't, if you eat one meal a day.

a 80% full rolling rock that I had opened the night before and then passed out prior to drinking. It was mediocre.

nah nigga, if you're killing a 12 pack a day then you might have an issue but that's what, 4, 5 beers a day? you'll be aight

It tends to be one with breakfast and lunch and two with dinner. I'm in Paris so it's like 7% too.

In my experience getting accustomed to having alcohol in your bloodstream all day, even in low doses, is what really kicks off addiction.

picked up 1 bottle of stoli and 2 bottles of malibu

A sports drink because it's the only thing that i don't throw up the same moment i drink it if i have a bad hangover.

Gotta stay sober today bc tomorrow i'll pass out drinking with a friend.

Not good.

Just got off a hard 9 day bender

is that fucking blood?

Looks like my blackberry and blackcurrant tea

Lol a 9 day bender. How could you keep any booze down that long? I tap out at day 4, max.

Yea. A chunk of black blood at the bottom

9 years of daily alcoholism and heavy benzo use folks.

Stop while you can

These threads are so scary that I'm honestly thinking about pouring all of my liquor down the toilet.

>chunk of black blood
haha you're fucking dead

I'm doing fairly well myself. I've almost been sober for one year now (August.) going strong and no thoughts about ever going back.

I Tried going sober this whole year starting new years. I made it to feb 14th , drank once, then didn't drink again till june 1st. been drinking daily since then. i honestly dont know what to do. this sober stint was much longer then my previous ones but I felt worse because I think i developed general anxiety disorder. my pupils are noticably bigger, and i feel on edge all day and can't sleep worth shit, and can barely remember anything. i think its related to very poor crooked and slouched posture that i developed due to years of drinking alone sitting at my computer chair, because the anxiety honestly gets much better when i stretch and make a concious effort to hold a good posture and not tense my abs/stomach. but yea i sort of feel out of control because of this constant anxiety and now dont even feel like a person. i also think ive developed slight depression as a result of this constant anxiety

I've been dying for 2 years.

Alcohol and benzos are just making it more tolerable

I had to ease into lifting after I quit. Do it in baby steps. Towards the beginning, I found that losing the "beer gut" to be rather quick once I stopped drinking soadas and started sticking to a clean diet/water.

Also, doing a little cardio to build up a resistance is a good way to keep yourself for, getting dizzy while lifting.

I drink heavily daily, But sometimes I'll go on a bender where all I do is drink. I don't even go to work or eat

Had 2 weeks PTO so I went on a hard bender

weed can help you with that

i think my alcoholism is focused on beer
i've drank beer every night for the past while and really used all my will power to not buy another case tonight

i have a bunch of gin and whiskey and mescal but i probably won't feel the urge to partake

Better than the other way around, m8. I don't feel like I'm having a real drink if it's under 80 proof.

i know what you mean. except beer is the single thing that makes me fat

Jesus I can't even imagine.

just got my hands on this on sale. what am I in for?

>find an alcohol general on Veeky Forums
>everyone's talking about getting sober
I just wanted to know if I should try whiskey for the first time in shot form or on the rocks...

You can definatly feel it in your kidneys (mine at least) after 3 or 4 days. Even drinking a ton of water and gatorade daily

I honestly had blood in my piss last week, It wasn't a lot but still kinda alarming.

neat

It's mostly the same anons in this general, some of us want to quit but can't etc

Don't do shots, try to actually taste it and drink "slow" with with ice (You can freeze coconut water instead of water)

Specially if it's an expensive whisky.

Is drinking enough vodka to pass out every night better or worse for me than drinking a six-pack of beer every night?

What about your nerves? Even drinking constantly didnt u feel fucked up? Anxiety etc

it's just crown royal.
I wanted to wait to borrow my friends soapstones to use instead of ice but Im bored

I take triazolam about twice a day, Mostly to enhance being drunk. But I also take it before I go to work so I'm not pouring sweat and shaking.

The tolerance builds super fast

Haven't had a drink in over half a year. I really, REALLY miss beer.

Glass of wine/one beer/one shot are pretty much the same amount of alcohol.

Even though liquor is my 'real' drink I think I miss beer the most when I don't drink for a long time desu. It's just such a comfy staple of daily life when you can keep it under control.

Haven't drank anything since New Years. I realised that the only reason I socialised was because alcohol was involved. How depressing.

This, I can live without whiskey and rum but there's something about not drinking beer that just feels unnatural.

does anyone else keep all their hard stuff in the freezer?

>4, 5 beers a day? you'll be aight


still breddy high

Vodka and rum always in the freezer, whisky in my shelf.

it really takes a lot of work to keep even in a small amount of alcohol in the bloodstream all day. the half life on the effects of alcohol is way too short for extended good feels

Yeah, that's why you're inclined to have another one when the first starts wearing off.

So having the first one early in the day is risky. I try to delay drinking until at least the late afternoon generally.

I threw my whiskey in the freezer, doesn't do anything bad right?

i find it takes less me to get me drunk in the morning and as a poorfag, I appreciate this.

But I drink in sessions as opposed to throughout the day. It's kinda nice to have a meal while sobering up in the middle of the day before starting my evening session

Don't think so... some people enjoy drinking it with ice instead of cold out from the freezer, same can be said for rum, but in the end everything is cold lol.

No. Whiskey is hard to hurt... after my grandparents passed away I found a bottle of rye from the 70s. I drank it and it was fine.

That is beyond my abilities, when I have my first drink I keep going until sleep/unconsciousness.

Fair enough, any reason people prefer to keep it in their shelf instead of freezer?

actually on the subject of damaging hard alcohol, I left a bottle of jager open on my desk for a few days, threw it in my freezer and have been afraid to test it ever since. Any chance it could have gone bad?

You guys think there's such a think as a functional alcoholic. I drink all day. From the time I wake till I go to bed. I work and show up every day, do a good job, pay my bills on time. I'm not drunk during my work hours but definitely under the influence, however just enough to take the edge off. I do most of the damage when I get home.

>Fair enough, any reason people prefer to keep it in their shelf instead of freezer?
To actually taste the booze.

Functional alcoholicism is more of a period in the trajectory than a stable state imho.

In my case just probably OCD haha, my father and grandfather used to keep their whisky in their old shelfs to drink sometimes.
But as pointed, when i think about it, you may actually hide the flavours of expensive alcohol if you keep them at the freezer. But idk it's personal taste in the end.

About your booze, i never tried jäger, you left it literally open? You'll have to taste it desu, if it's like whisky. it will "taste like water" if it's bad

yeah, had an emergency and had to leave home fora few days and left it there.

Yeah this. Plus it doesn't kill you nearly fast enough, it takes years of withdrawals and anxiety and pain, it's hell.

How much do you usually need to get buzzed?
That's your answer.

They are as much as anyone. It's not like most of us aren't fucking assholes for some other reason.

Water, coffee, vape
The boring healthy life

Malheureusement ça.
If you do maintain this use without rising, it's not too bad. Try having two or three sober days per week. But your tolerance will rise, and sooner or later you'll have to consume more to have the same effect.
You'll likely experience some withdrawals when sober. Anxiety, bad sleep, bad mood, maybe unsteady hands. It's not worth a few beers.

Maybe it's a regular constipation turd that cut up an haemorrhoid.
Is your shit black and like ground coffee? If so, it's the liver's final words, you're dead.

Oh.
OK, so you have a few days to make your final goodbyes. Then it's going to be painful, I don't think pot is gonna make it.
I hope end of life treatment is good where you live.
>Or maybe you just have to eat more fibres.

Meditation, mindfulness, EMDR, cannabis if legal, CBD if not, go to anxious anonymous or whatever, medications, seeing some head doctor, seeing any understanding doctor with a good knowledge of his pharmacopoeia.
All the solutions listed are better anxiolytics than alcohol, and I'm missing many. Part of your anxiety is PAWS. It can last a year or more.
Heck, read /r/anxiety 's sidebar, it'll help.

Don't drink it with coke, use pepsi max.

Beer is better in the long run. A six pack is a six pack. Enough vodka to pass out each day is a little bit more vodka needed to pass out each day.

IS THE JAGER OK? not the same guy but i really want to know

70 proof stuff can't go bad, too much alcohol in there.

>They are as much as anyone. It's not like most of us aren't fucking assholes for some other reason.
I disagree, once you commit to spawning life you bear responsibility. A single guy without kids doesn't really owe anyone anything except for not fucking with them.

thoughts on spirytus?