Who else an alcoholic here?

Who else an alcoholic here?

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i am, started way young too. it just makes me feel like less of a shit person.

not yet, but i'm trying.

I drink almost a liter of vodka a day, drinking beer today to detox just to ward off the shakes, 10 bottles in and still having trouble with the shakes. God I just wish I could just go back to having a 1.75 liter last me more than 2 days.

am I an alcoholic if I drink two-three times a week?

Do alcoholics bear a constant hangover?

If I have a liter of bourbon in the house it lasts 2 days. If I don't go and buy it I don't drink it but if it's here I will. If it's a hard day I go buy a bottle. Started by not wanting to drink as much beer for weight control reasons. Now I'm just happy they raised the price of my favorite bottle by a few bucks. At least in my head I am trying to make it not worth it. Trying to force my self to be lazy that I would go out and buy more. Lucky I noticed it now... I don't need to be an alcoholic. I'm mostly healthy and in shape. Damn I do miss cocaine thought. Trying to save money

I love the taste of alcohol, but i wont deny that I might slowly becoming an alcoholic. I can still function, I dont drink and drive and I never get violent when I drink, so I like to think I'm doing ok.

Both the drinking and driving and blackouts happen so gradually that you don't notice. I'm lucky I was able to get back in control before I ruined my marriage or killed someone on the road

Working the twelve steps, 5 months sober. Do the same

I drink about 300-400 mLs a night. Don't day drink though. Last night I drank a ton of 100 proof bourbon and apparently bunched a hole in my wall. I woke up and didn't remember doing it until I saw my fucked up knuckles. First time I've ever done that. I remember doing it but I don't remember why.

300-400 mLs of 80 proof liquor*

define alcoholic and I will tell you

I'm glad you got your life together b/ro, are you sober, trying to get clean or just cutting back?

Not an alcoholic, but I'm about 3-4 gin and tonics in on a wed night and I work tomorrow, so...idk honorable mention I guess?

alcoholic for the last 4 or 5 years or so. decided to give it up for lent. it's been 2 weeks so far. mostly bored. have never gotten classic "addict" withdrawals like I got when I tried to give up porn.

I drink two 1.75 bottles of whiskey a week with some beer in between

nah but i likde drinking everyday

Keep working it bro, and don't ever stop.

Nope. I drink but I fucking hate drunks.

Yep. Sure am. 4 years sober and fell off the wagon this month. Went back to drinking nightly in 2 weeks. Fortunately I can just not buy anymore and don't have the hellish WDs I got when I first quit.

I guess I am back on the wagon again. I NEVER want to get as bad as I used to be again. 4l+ of rotgut 100 proof spirits a week. Just wanted to test if I could handle it again. The answer is no (which of course I already knew deep inside)

Not an alcoholic, it is just that life is too hard.

Binge drinker here, can't just have a couple. If I decide to drink I cant stop until I fall asleep.

A physician would diagnose you as an alcoholic, but I dont see it as a problem

Cutting back on drinking especially when out. Trying to stick only to beer when out. Maybe a shot or 2 at most if I must.

At home I'm just trying not to buy it... As much.

Just do this every night for the full spread

I used to do it 4 nights a week my first couple of years in college.

I don't have a drinking problem, unless I can't get a drink.

>be me
>26
>started working at a bank in December
>job environment is very stressful
>drink ~6 brews almost every night after work
>both alcoholism and high blood pressure run in my family

it's fucking over for me, bros

I don't want to do this to myself anymore, how do I stop

I've been pretty bad the last few years. Takes only a few days to kill a 1.75 ounce. But I'm trying to stop now for good. Been having a lot of symptoms that seem like kidney or liver failure. Might be done for.

I drank quite a bit in my youth. Now I own my own bar. I thought that i'd save money this way. Fast Forward a year and a half. I'm making good money and I hardly ever drink now. Advice to all you drinkers: Go by your own bar!

reporting in

i'm drinking rn.

I don't know how you do it, I wake up groggy as fuck if I drink during the weekdays.

That's how I am. If I don't start it's okay. But if I do I am in it to win it. I want to get shit faced or be stone sober.

I actually love the feel of the first double shot setting in. It's about perfect but then the novelty wears off and my brain says "well fuck, that was nice, surely 9 more would be better"

People that have two drinks and then say "I'm feeling tipsy i better stop" piss me off. That's the fucking point

Fuck man. How long have you drank this much volume on the regular? If you ever decide to quit, do it under medical supervision. If you don’t decide to quit, try becoming a great writer

Find the root cause, is it women?

sounds like you got ahold of it, I hope for the best

started at 17

now im 25


advice to you guys .. just take it easy please !
just because its there dont tell yourself you have to drink it

if i dont have a drink i get anxiety and cant make it from point a to point b, shit sucks

depends on how much

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drinking now. Life sucks.Although , I am able to function during the day.recently had to move in with family due to a inability to support myself. Again,...life sucks

It's been about 90 days since I was last sober. Easily a 750ml a night of bourbon or Gin. I don't really have much to live for after my wife left, and being sober is a way worse state of being.

Modern Drunkard Magazine.

These guys know their sauce.

Probably. I mostly drink because I don't enjoy anything anymore and I don't have motivation to do anything.

Maybe if I had a girl to kill time with and a girl to start being responsible for, it'd be different.
I feel no need to be with one though, that's the problem.

I quit this amount cold turkey see
It was stupid. I missed a week of work. I'm lucky I didn't get the DTs. I took a metric fuck ton of passion flower powder and kava kava. Sleep didn't occur for 3 days. Felt blue for months.

Fuck me. Why did I try drinking again thinking back on it.

That's tough. What happened user?

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I have very risky drinking behaviors that would be considered a cause for concern, yet do not believe I am an alcoholic. If I am, I'm a damn good functioning one.. unfortunately.

750 is alot, user. hope you can move past this and live life.

Ive been drunk or buzzed at some point everyday for the last 3 years with maybe one day off because couldnt afford it. I hold a steady job with good pay, my bills are always paid, my wife and son are happy....so i guess if done right it can be a livable lifestyle only thing it can really attack is my organs, im sure they arent at tip top shape.

My minimum is half a pint of vodka per day, anything less and I start getting the shakes and other symptoms within 24 hours. I imagine it would get worse at 48 hours but I haven't gone that long in 2 years.

Generally if you are wondering or have to ask, it's a problem. I was high functioning for almost 15 years before the morning hangovers and weekend benders got the better of me. Just stop for a week every once in a while as a sanity check. You will have your answer if you don't make it a week because of some bs excuse

Me. I hate having to drink an ultra light every other weekend

Is that 4 litres of rotgut a week? Glad you're still alive user

I am but I'm sober and in recovery

sober 7 years ama

Does your blood pressure shoot up with less than that too?

shit, replied to wrong post.

how to stop?

How do you look at booze and not just drink it? It consumes my mind until its in me even just a sip

Yeah. I would drink 2 handles and be into a third each week. Plus some beers and random shit like wine depending. I am a big guy and that helped. Surprisingly the only damage done was to my throat (shit gave me Barrett's esophagus) Liver numbers are good after quitting.

Withdrawal I would not wish on my worst enemy

this

please see a doctor

It's generally more of a "well there's no reason not to because it hasn't interfered with my personal life or job".

you are right though. i really just need a reason to take a break at this point. any habits are hard to break.

how much did you drink before you quit and how long did you drink for?

they wouldn't there's more to it than volume. they'd more likely just tell you any more than 2 a day is unhealthy because it technically is.

Idk never measured it, but I assume that it does.

>Barrett's esophagus
just googled that and im pretty sure i have that. describes the pain ive been having for the past few months perfectly. is it permanent even if you stop drinking?

How do I know if I'm an alcoholic? I genuinely don't have a good point of reference.

Don't buy anymore and ditch all enablers. Strap in son, it's gonna be a rough ride.

After acute WDs comes the real battle. Crippling boredom and ahedonia with random anxiety and fixation on drinking. Get some support for the mind game or you will fail

this is why I drank. Or, started to. I had o one in my life and didn't care. "stay sober for who?"

This is how you know it's time for help

It was for me, years ago

>Get some support for the mind game or you will fail
by support you mean people?

also boredom
>captcha is very easy tonight

that is a good point, but some (not all) doctors like to use scare tactics like that, "2 drinks a day, your showing signs of alcoholism" I've been told this by a few different doctors

I got to where it hurt you swallow and got endoscopy. On PPI drugs daily now. It sometimes goes away with management of symptoms, paradoxically buffered asparin seems to help. Once you have it you get endoscopy every 3 years to make sure it doesn't turn to cancer without it being caught. Having a chunk of esophagus removed would suck but not catching it until it's stage 4 is a death sentence. Go to a gastroenterologist asap if you are having dysphagia

Yeah. Or move to a country like Saudi Arabia where you can't find it. Or a school bus in Alaska.

The boredom is real. It's like having an itch you can't scratch. Fortunately it gets easier with time. Also be prepared to find out all your "friends" were actually drinking buddies that also have problems they don't want to address.

I've tried getting help but it didn't work for me. Tried therapy, anti-depressants, benzos, kratom, nothing worked. I'm only 23 and I'm already this far gone, which sucks. After my gf of 4 years left me months ago I went on a huge bender. I'd already been drinking nightly prior but at least I could spend nights with her and not drink or feel the need to. After she left me I drank myself unconscious every night and now it's just a really bad habit I can't seem to break.

It's almost a game at this point. How much can I handle without it affecting my life? I feel like it will affect my long-term health before anything day-to-day.

Good news is you can't have done that much damage at that age... yet. Go to an AA meeting. I'm not a super advocate for AA but having someone to be accountable to sounds like it may help you.

>Also be prepared to find out all your "friends" were actually drinking buddies that also have problems they don't want to address.
This is my biggest problem in all this mess. I have only a handful of close friends and I rely on them very much, but they are all the same as me.
If I were to stop drinking I would have to cut them off and I don't know what I'd do without them, I don't find it easy to find friends.

are you me??

been thinking about trying AA but ultimately it's on me to quit. unfortunately i think the only thing that will motivate me to do that is if something terrible happens as a consequence of my drinking.

not sure why but I'm drunk. Link related
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lol our situation isn't that uncommon tbh. a lot of people just don't talk openly about their drinking unless it's anonymously.

this. having a beer after work is not alcoholism, unless "having a beer" means drinking a 12 pack and crying yourself to sleep.

me too. one of my dad's favorite artists. cheers

Thanks man

well shit, you have my nightly routine down, but its usually a 6 pack of a high percent beer

No because I'm not a retard and only drink 1-4 times a week depending on my degenerate level. Just wait till like 7pm to drink... Then it's impossible to be an alcoholic. Don't stay drunk. It takes the fun away from drinking.
That's problem drinking and depression

>Also be prepared to find out all your "friends" were actually drinking buddies that also have problems they don't want to address.
This is my biggest problem in all this mess. I have only a handful of close friends and I rely on them very much, but they are all the same as me.
If I were to stop drinking I would have to cut them off and I don't know what I'd do without them, I don't find it easy to find friends.


I smoked pot all the time with my friends.
And after a few years i smoked the most.
2.5 grams a day. (rolling joints)
I found it really hard to quit. but i did it anyways. They still smoke. and sometime's i hang out with them. My parrents said exectly the same thing. Don't hang out with them they are bad and not your friends etc.

But that's total bullshit.
The only thing that is hard to do is to not drink when your there.

Its not like they are mad drunk when they drink.
They are used to this subtance.

maybe don't see them for a little while becouse your stopt drinking, but don't trhow them away like they are your alcohol.

cheers user

Recovering alcoholic here. AA saved me.

To all alcoholics in this thread please fucking kill yourself.

aww was your daddy an alcoholic and beat you as a child? get over yourself

Seriously, isn't it like a cult that works on fake rules and delusions of community? Isn't it better just to keep your drinking intake manageable so it doesn't affect your health badly, doesn't impact others badly, and doesn't cost you too much? Giving up totally seems more dangerous to me than pursuing moderation and balance.

there's a novel idea