Well, been a raging alcoholic for about the last 15 years and I quit today

Well, been a raging alcoholic for about the last 15 years and I quit today.

What can U expect /b?

How long until I don't feel like shit and need a beer?

Any tips on staying dry?

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hope you weened off a bit because cold turkey is dangerous as hell with alcohol

Mmmmm beer

You're going to feel withdrawals within 12 hours

No idea.
Ive been at it for 2 straight years.
I get scared as fuck when i try to stop for a day.

I assume when I quit, I will probably have better more social activities to do.

You don't need tips, you need force of will. Remember why you stopped, remember how much of a pathetic failure it would be to bitch out and go back to ruining your life, and watch your successes build.

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>How long until I don't feel like shit
I've been sober for 6 months, I'll let you know when I figure that out.
>What can you expect?
That depends on how you quit. If you drank a whole lot, chances are you're gonna get some heavy fucking withdrawals for a day or two. It'll feel like years though.
>any tips on staying dry? after the withdrawal is over it's only willpower that matters. after a month or so you won't think about drinking much.

Would I still be considered an alcoholic if I didn't drink all week but achieved blackout drunk, on my day off? I consider myself one but I work with married guys that do the same.

Is this all there is to life? How shitty.

not really an alcoholic, but if you drink like that every week you do have problems with alcohol. Binge drinking is not good for your health.

not raging alchy but I've been having 6-8 beer a night for the last 6 years, im 30 now and would also like to stop but haven't had much luck, I stopped for about 3 weeks last year but it did not last I wanted one everyday...

>remember how much of a pathetic failure it would be to bitch out and go back to ruining your life

fuck your attitude

You should really try to take your time and quit. I was drinking 4 6 packs a day weened myself down to one. Then just drank 1 beer a day then sipped on a diet coke. Apparently diet coke thins your blood and and the fake sugar is alcohol so it helps

Tldr Start drinking diet sodas.

For me a big issue was sleeping. Get some sleeping pills. I was tired as shit and feeling like hell but still I could not fall asleep.

Well, i work and dont drink during the day. Recently i went 2 days a coupke of times and aside from slight shakes and being pissed at the world i was ok

if youre serious you cant just quit cold turkey, you can have seizures and it can fuck you up all sorts of ways. you can die, depending on how much you used to drink. taper it down over the course of a week or get yourself to a hospital.

Well, some tragic shit been going on in my town. Got like 5 good friends and the last one thst was drinking with me and not on meds from a shrink got a dui and quit. I really hope a plane fucking flys into me. But, trying to not get a divorce. And if my wife of 10 years leaves i wanna be dober through it so i dont say anything fucking stupid...

Right on. Will do user. Ty. And im like 99% sure ima be put on meds for depression anyway. My shrink got kinda wide eyed at me when he asked if i thought about dying and i said, like only every second of the day like any other adult. I was kinda joking around but he did not like thst shit. In any case my best friend an hero a frew months back. I'll pack a bag and leave my life before i do thatthat to this town again.

Right on. Well, it helps i been putting off a bunch of shit. So i will have plenty to keep me busy after work.

I dont know user. But that is how i started. Sadly it seems to be. Been working overtime since high school. Here i am at 30 years old now finally landed a good job. Got several descent cars and 2 houses. I have exceded my own expectations. And all i want to do is send my wife on vacation and light the fucking house on fire while im inside. I dont know. Shrink says i need a hobby and quitting the booze will heko my sleeping problems. Got some friends starting a band. I might learn base and be a roadie for them.

im motivated to not kill myself either.
I dont want to die. Think of all you can do with out alcohol.
I quit heroin about 3 years ago I think and i remember listing ideas like
>can't travel
>can't save money
>can't make genuine friends or gain trust
>can end up in jail or dead
the list went on and on. The shit I couldn't do if i continued.

Now I went to AA and NA but never liked it. I might give it a second chance to go to AA tho. Its something to do and you can feel proud you stayed sober atleast that long.

I keep a handle of mcormic vodka in the freezer. Every day after work i chug about 5 or 6 shots out the bottle and chase it with a beer. Then tske 4 beers and grab a shower. Then probably 3-6 before i pass out... its getting bad enough im worried about dying before i can get a few investments off the ground. Dont want my wife to struggle...

Well, i just quit the 4 full throttle a day problem last month. I dont wanna start pop habbit again as i am fat. But i may cave and have 1 or 2 beers to curb withdrawls.

Having some sort of benzo will help extremely well with withdrawals. But expect hot/cold sweats, headache, unable to think clearly, shakes for atleast 36 hours.

Lots of cold showers will help. But the benzos will keep you from seizing.

I went through this a few weeks ago.

Yeah, thats how i started drinking so much. Fucking hate going to bed and never go before like 2 and get up at 6band feel like shit all day. Im getting some dumbells to so i can workout some at work.

Hrmm. I didnt know that. ...i guess ill have 2 or 3 a night this week or take 1 or 2 shots like a pill at 5pm every day and go find shit to do and keep my mind off it. Maybe drink 3 and grab some non alcholhoic after that.

Right on man. Grats on droping the h. Ive lost friends to that shit. Good luck on your quest of not drinking. Im already kinda excited to add 4 hours a die of my life back into my schedual.

Cold turkey is the only way for me. One or two shots would only make me want to drink. Specialy if I have more.

Sleep will absolutely be affect. You won't be able to without help. Go see a doctor, or even the ER and they will make sure you don't die.

The ER will admit you, give you likely valium, and probably zopiclone to help sleep. If it's not a dire situation they will atleast send you home with a prescription.

>raging alcoholic for 15 years
>quit today

You'll be drunk again by tomorrow. "Quitting" for three hours doesn't mean you have kicked your habit.

Drugs are an issue too. Anything that wont get me high?

Been sober for 10 years now. Some days are better than others, some days I just want to say fuck it and drink again. It is difficult. Feels like every day is a struggle.

Stay dry? Avoid places and situations that make you want to drink. Let friends and family know that you don't want them drinking around you at first. Get a hobby.

Sleep was a difficult at first. Also not wanting to rage out and murder people. Get so used to drinking until I passed out that I didn't know how to just go to sleep.

Not sure about with other people but I became really constipated for the first month or so.

They may be needed. If you are that unsure if you may abuse, go to the ER and admit yourself.

Don't get it in your head that you are wasting anyones time there. People go in all the time for this, and they know exactly how to help you.

For me it does bro. Ive quit before like 4 times for over 8 months. Just get bored and tired of being the dd for drunks... now that all my friends quit and my wife hates me there really isnt any point. Im riding the line rather or not inwanna start smoking pot on occasion again. Might help a bit but i got a pretty good job and in this small town id have to drive fucking 2 hours a day again to work out of town.

From 92 til 07 I drank 3-4 40oz bottles of St. Ides EVERY Single Day!

I never quite drinking but I stopped drinking overnight and never really got an urge to drink.

In the 9 years or so that I've stopped drinking I've had a total of about 3 cases of shitty canadian beer an only one time have I drank more than 2 beers in a night. I think I drink 8 that one night.

cant shit and hate my life. Cant wait. Lol, thanks. Fortunately i work from home and can be a hermit if i choose. Have a few trucks to fix up and been putting it off. Guess ill fix them.

6 hours .... just do it at the hospital they will give u adivan and painkillers if u say your side hurts your gonna get sick pouke see things have alot of complications u can die from alchol withdrawl ive been in the hospital 16 times for it

Just struggle through it. I know this sounds cliche but it does get better and it does get easier.

Wow really? It can kill you

check yourself into a detox, dude. if you drank every day all day for 15 years you're definately gonna get some nasty dt's

I used a drug called Naltrexon. It doesn't make you puke or anything, you're just indifferent to alcohol all of the sudden. Which is a strange feeling but nothing beats waking up on a saturday and not having a headache.

After a few months I quit taking the drug and I didn't feel compelled to drink at all. Nowadays I drink when I choose to. Good luck to you.

Amy Winehouse quit all of a sudden and it killed her. You need to gradually lower you intake not quit all together.

It depends on your reasons. Alcoholism starts as a psychological dependency before it becomes physiological. Do you drink on your day off to cope with the week before/ahead, or because you enjoy it?

Fun Fact: Alcohol withdrawals are one of the only common recreational "drug" that you can actually die from if you quit completely cold turkey.

Heroine will make you feel like you're dying, but you actually won't die directly from it.

Same with meth, but to a far lesser extent.

My tip to you is to ween yourself off or enjoy going extinct!

Go to Alcoholics user. Take up a hobby. Concentrate on fucking and fitness. You'll need a non alcohol scene for socialising so figure out what's available in your area.

I've cut down on my drinking thru focussing on fucking babes and scanks from tinder.

try drinking non-alcoholic beer instead

fuck your overcompensation for personal weakness

this is true, but only in extreme cases. i doubt op is the "raging alcoholic" he claims to be unless he's drinking from sunrise to sunset that actual raging alcoholics.

Get yourself some Antabuse, you take it and it'll make you violently sick if you drink alcohol.

You know as well as I do that if you quit alcohol cold turkey, you might as well get some benzos and probably expect a trip to the Emergency room.

Huh

if you feel like drinking, just smoke a joint

Why not go to a doctor? Use campral works great for me.

72 hours is the worst part. Then its just willpower not to start again.

Raging alcoholic with light beer? WTF?

Expect it to be hard.

If you drink every day, I'd guess tomorrow will be hard.
A week after stopping I'd question live and if it makes sense to stop.

Go outside, break up your regular schedule as far as possible.

Good luck.

Keep occupied and drink lots of water.

I stopped drinking awhile back and at first it sucked ass but I've become accustomed to the shittyness.
Cons: I don't go to many social events since I can't stand being around people (being drunk helped me tolerate people) I have insomnia (wont take ambien again, I took it a couple of times and don't remember showering, dressing, driving 30 minutes to work) I've put on a bit of weight since I'm not drinking my meals anymore.

Pros: I don't fuck random slam pigs picked up at bars anymore, I have custody of my kid, I don't puke blood/ulcers are gone, I don't wake up in strange places and wonder how I got there or if I've killed someone getting there and I haven't been in a brawl since I quit.

I miss some of the shit I used to do and had to pick up hobbies and shit to occupy the spare time I gained but all in all its been the best decision I could have made for my daughter and I so I really don't regret any of it.

I hate to break it to you but you're not an alcoholic, you just like beer. Alcoholics can't just quit for 8 months and go back because they're bored.

Let me guess, you drink Miller Light?

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La croix. Find a flavor you like and stick with it. I love pop but don't drink it anymore and this fills the void.