Anyone here ever had a drinking or weed problem and stop completely...

Anyone here ever had a drinking or weed problem and stop completely? Lately I feel like I'm starting to develop a drinking problem. I either end up drinking and blacking out, driving or doing generally dumb shit. And I find that I've been "needing" to drink more and more. Not more quantity wise but days that I need to drink. It's been this way for months now.

Anyone here ever have this kind of issue and killed it before it got out of hand? I've been trying to figure out what exactly is making me want to drink but I'd like some input and other experience. I also can't quit smoking cigarettes either. I don't want to quit drinking altogether but I don't want it to cost issues in my life like it is now

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Yes, I'm an alcoholic.

You have to forcefully remove the supply

For me, it's a Jekyll/Hyde situation when I drink.

Please tell me you have more op

What does that even mean?

How did it get to that point what made you want to drink?

OP if you're like me.. alcohol is the ONLY way to live. Quit weed for career. (dem hair tests tho!)
Feel like if there's nothing stimulating going on in my life.. drinking evens me out. Prevents the evening boredom. If you think it's a major problem though.. find new ways to get your fix. Working out.. banging big booty sluts.. joining a fucking book club idk. Find something that makes life interesting.

I was like you, I used to drink half a gallon of Jack Daniel's a day and do coke every now and then. Eventually I lost all my friends and decided to stop on my own. I went to out patient rehab and have since stopped, this October will be 3 years. I never went to aa no matter how hard they tried to shovel it down my throat and even in treatment to they would say prayers and talk about higher powers and bullshit like that. I don't care if there is or isn't a God, God does not prevent bad things from happening, so why would an uncaring God help you stop drinking. You are the problem and you are the solution. The best advice I can give you is to stop right now if you are drinking, then tomorrow, don't drink. Dump out your booze, take a farewell drink if you must, but after that don't by any more. Stay hydrated and take something to help you sleep, like benadryl. Detoxing sucks even if you aren't so bad that you need hospitalization. The next time you want to drink stop yourself. Really question if you need that drink, i guarantee you do not.

That's the problem, I don't know if I just like drinking or if I'm finding excuses to drink. Either way I feel like I'm using it as a clutch. I'm not addressing the issues in my life and in fact it does the opposite it costs me more issues. But when I don't drink I'm miserable. I feel like I'm not in control of anything. If I try to change things it's hard and nothing happens. I don't know what to do honesty. I don't want to stop completely but I'm unhappy as fuck

>The next time you want to drink stop yourself. Really question if you need that drink, i guarantee you do not.

this OP. Ive gone a bit bingy again lately drinking, but once you stop, even for a few days, you really dont feel like you miss it. And youll be glad you dont feel like shit the next day, even if you arent super hungover.

Youll also sleep better and get more rest because passed out drunk sleep is shitty ass sleep.

alcoholic here

you have a few options but you probably wont like them

You cant stop drinking because its filling a void in you. You dont feel complete without it and it makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin when you dont have it. I bet you excessively did other things in your childhood in search of solace or something.

You can go to therapy and try to get to the core of the underlying issue

unfortunately this doesnt address the very real issue of brain chemistry

You have to stop, it will continue to get worse until something really bad happens

AA is the only thing that ever worked for me, but it has a lot of drawbacks

The other option is the sinclair method, basically you take a pill an hour before you start drinking and it lets you drink like a normal person. Can verify from experience this does work

good luck to you

been sober from alcohol since thanksgiving. quitting cold turkey was actually very easy for me.
almost dying from alcohol poisoning was what made me quite.

You will be bored, boredom will make you drink. With the money you save on booze you can get a gym membership or start a hobby. Doesn't matter what it is, archery, painting, miniature war games, sports etc. Complacency will wreck sobriety, you are now a shark and a shark must move too survive. If you have friends that you drink with and all they do is drink say goodbye to them, they are also alcoholics whose lives have yet to be ruined by alcohol, you have arrived at this realization before them. Finally, one day your new found willpower may fail you and you will drink, you'll down a shot in secret, have champagne at some celebration, some small transgression against yourself. Let it be that, a single mistake, you have fucked up and after that drink you will not fuck up again. You can forgive yourself a small lapse in judgement but you must not break and give up on sobriety. Good luck.

Op here

The real issue is that I'm lonely. I want to get laid and date women like a normal person but I fail miserably. Yet I see other guys getting the same girls I want with no issue. That's probably the biggest trigger for me.

Been drinking a lot all my life. Worst I had it was after I turned 21 I started drinking like a fish. A bottle every weekend at leasst. Sometimes 2 or more. Not as bad as some people, but bad enough for just turned 21. Either way after I partied for about a year and did some fucked shit I outgrew it. If you can't party yourself sober just quit altogether. Which is super easy. It's all heart.

Jack Daniel's guy here

Check out plenty of fish or tinder something like that, after some time you can find a girl, don't put pressure on yourself to have a girlfriend right away, work on being okay with not being shit faced all the time. Once you have that you can look for someone.

youre already there lol


protip: alcoholic and still going


DUI's will fuck your shit up tho, I got 2 and it fucked me over for a few years relationship/job/socially etc

not fun, fix while you can

Quit jacking off and looking at porn. Permanently. Promise you after a number of months shit will turn around for you. You'll be pulling chicks like nobodies business.

>and it lets you drink like a normal person

Tell us what that means, plez.

mmm would taste her pussy right there