Today is my 1,000th day sober

>Today is my 1,000th day sober.

I have to say when I quit, I expected it to be a major life improvement. My problem was never drinking, it was stopping. After 5-6 beers I would just keep drinking without control, and liquer was just as bad.

Nobody does anything anymore, I see the world around me phone addicted and debt stressed. After I quit, the phonecalls stopped, my so called friends ditched me. My life didn't improve it infact got worse. I feel betrayed in a way.

One of the things I did as a hobby to keep my mind occupied was seeking knowledge, it lead me to the rabbit hole of the red pill theory. I am questioning how this is better then being a sheep. What point is there in knowing the truth about the sham of our reality, if I am powerless to do anything about it.

>So there it is, some thoughts on my 1,000th sober day. It's meh.

I'm in the same boat. Never had the shakes or real physical addiction but once I started I couldn't stop. I was also an everyday pot smoker, dabbled in hallucinogens and coke. Pretty much everything but opiates. Realized I was a loser and just quit, regret pissing away my 20's but oh well, I have cool stories.

Now nothing is fun and like you my old friends are up to the same shit so I don't really hang anymore. But the good thing is I have money and security, a sharp mind and even though life isn't a gas anymore at least I'm not a perpetual manbaby who needs drugs/alcohol to feel okay

keep on

what a bitch

I still drink. I have self control most of the time. I have 3 to 6 beers after work, depending... usually closer to 3. And sometimes I tear it up, maybe twice a month. Guess what. The results have been the same [except the day after I tear it up is a waste]. I see the same shit. My friends havent abandoned me to the same degree, but they are sheep just the same. Debt ridden and caught up in their lives. I still manage to pull them out of it to do something interesting once in a while but it has devolved into a few beer parties and a 5 day hunting trip each year. I dont know what to say. My mind is in decent shape and my body the same. Dont blame your situation on the alcohol [or lack therof i guess].

Did you drink every day?

Honestly I had to quit, my life was controlled by alcohol. Today is my 1593 day sober, and life is better for me because it's not being controlled by alcohol.

I blacked out every day for 2+ years straight.

3 months sober here.
Sorry you guys feel this way.
Getting sober has been great for me. My kids are no longer afraid when I drink. No one acts like 'oh no user is drinking'. I have more money. I am losing weight.

I am about to get back into shooting. I just bought a PS90. You guys should get into something that replaces your addiction. Like I drink diet soda all day now as a placeholder for alcohol etc. Stay strong guys.

I quit weed and cigs but then I started smoking weed again.

I never got this bad, but when I was in the Navy, I got the feeling that I was getting that way. After getting out, I stopped drinking like I hated myself. I still have a couple drinks after work a few times a week, but I'm not drinking a liter of whiskey and driving home without a problem anymore. Strangely enough, I work in a liquor store now.

I quit about 2 months ago, same reason. If I drink one two beers I will not stop and drink 3 more which I do not like. My way of not drinking? See an alcohol and call it "Liquid Jew". Works fine.
Also great improvement. Started moping floor every day, learning coding and other good things.
I am not mad all the time now, eat better and started working out with a nice effects.
And it is just last 2 months. I home I will continue to improve my life.

Its now time for you to learn how to handle moderation OP

Not having a drink for years on end doesn't make you a strong person. Bering able to moderate your habits is true power.

Once you learn to do that you are truly free

I'm on my second month of quitting weed. This is the longest I've gone without weed since I started smoking at 16 (I'm 23).

You know, I would have expected it to make me more productive. But I've lost most of my friends and I stay inside most days, browsing Sup Forums and jacking it to japanese cartoons. I don't know. Maybe I am better off.

Today is my 5th day sober. I must drink againt when its friday

What is moderation? Is it based on personal tolerance?

I've been drinking 3-4 shots of vodka a night. Get a good buzz but I don't drink until I'm blacked out and can't remember anything. The next morning i exercise. Though sometimes I wake up with a mild headache. I assume it's based more being dehydrated than the quantity of alcohol I consumed the evening before.

You always did it because you were unfulfilled and you will remain as such until you figure out your life's purpose. Everyone has one, though you might not believe that right now.

Congrats leaf

I get high almost everyday and I drink a few times a week. My life is amazing rn. In fact my overall happiness has increased 10 fold since I started using cannabis about 9 months ago.

Booze was my poison. I drank to excess almost every day for 3yrs before I stopped. Went to drinking one day a week and smoking weed daily for about 2years. Then realized that was stupid too and now only smoke weed/drink while hanging out with my buddies which is 2-3 times a month. Drinking while at home is something I completely stop myself from doing. My gf drinks a few nights a week at home but I just stay sober. Makes for great sex though.

I've been there bro, the trick is to find like minded friends in the real world which is easier said than done. Luckily I have a few (but still not many) and they live in a different city.

I am NoFap, RARELY do I drink alcohol, eat healthy, red-pilled, etc and now I see why shootings happen. That's how revolutions start, the only problem is that these shootings are just a release of pent up frustration instead of calculating it a little bit better and go after the real enemy.

I guarantee you if everybody were to become like you and I, we would have a revolution immediately. But the elites need everybody to sit in traffic, married to a high maintenance wife, and then get drunk on the weekends/watch porn in the evenings when they actually have time to think just to relieve the stress. Nothing will ever change when this represents your average man.

Im a bartender. I will give you a free top shelf double if you trade in any chip longer than 2 years.

We will eventually see you again. Just admit it.

I drink one glass of wine every day with the wife after work we work at the same place and were off at the same time its nice and relaxing she sometimes gets a double whiskey but thats it we never really had a party phase so cheers to being boring ass people

Because your friends were drinking buddies, not friends.

Proud of you. Now go do something productive.

Congrats on staying sober.

I'm hungover as hell as work right now telling myself yet again that I'm going to stop fucking drinking

I have zero self control when it comes to alcohol

Congrats leaf. Drinking has lost its luster for me. Used to drink heavily/smoke pot in my earlier years. Garbage habits.

I too have lost contact with friends over staying sober. They still want to get high and party. All I want to do is play music, work, be with my close loved ones, and engorge myself in politics and history. I feel wonderful like this. Strangely enough, since I had put down drinking, I've become more motivated to work ahead towards bigger and better careers. Job opportunities are coming in left and right. I assumed this professional image when I had stopped. My thinking and speaking has sharpened a lot, and I'm able to carry myself in conversation a lot better.

Drinking is such a normal and socially accepted thing. It's encouraged to go out and drink every other night and bar hop. But once you let it control you, and it becomes higher on your shelf of priorities, the other more important aspects of your life start to diminish in quality. Like a negative feedback loop.

I'm 8 years off opiates.

10 years ago I had girls and money, drugs and friends. Now I drive a cab for 70 hours a week and the last time anyone came by house was 2011.

Reality is boring. Reality is shit. We live in a pile if shit surrounded by human refuse.

One day at a time, friendo

What, so you expect your life to miraculously improve? How about pursuing something you find interesting. and yes, I'm talking about pursuing it beyond the realms of the internet. Maybe then you will value your life a little more.
Also I'm roughly 7 months alcohol free. I drank heavily everyday for 6 years.
My intention is awareness and i actively pursue it.

i would call you pleb, but instead i have to call you
>a fucking leaf

this shit makes me want to rape someone for fun then kill myself cuz there is no point and that would be a hella nice adreline kick

Kek
Nice

Have you seen anyone OD on heroin?

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If only quitting had also improved your taste in firearms.

>See an alcohol and call it "Liquid Jew". Works fine.

lel, i noticed the same thing

when i repeat 'herbal jew is for niggers' in my head, it cancels the need to smoke weed

>Nice

No not really

Alcohol will make you very stupid.

christ those dripping bottles look so good

I just want to tilt my head back and get all that bubbly cold lager rushing down my throat to cool me down

I felt similar after being sober for 2 years, everything in moderation my friend. Of course if you couldnt control your drinking I still think you made the correct decision. Probably saved your life.

Congratz Good job bro keep it up

keep it going canadia

Keep going user kun, wean off the diet soda it's not good

Day by day continous improvement

Most people usually stoners say weed has no harmful effects but it does impair cognitive growth and development, weed gets overrated once you hit your mid 20s

>Nofap

The biggest red pill is when you will find our lord and savior

yes, but you'll also find that alcohol is an integral part of Christianity

As long as you control the booze and not the other way around. Might want to try not making it an everyday thing though. Try to focus more on the social aspect and trying new and exciting kinda of booze over just getting drunk, perhaps.

>What point is there in knowing the truth about the sham of our reality, if I am powerless to do anything about it.

No one is powerless, youre thinking in AA propaganda terms. You always had the power.

Sobriety or the lack their of is not enough on it's own to give you a fulfilling life.

I'm a serious alcoholic myself and the main difference when I go sober for a few days or months is I have steady energy and clear thought. I still have every one of the troubles I was trying to forget while drinking.

The trouble is that you are going to have to take some control over your own sphere of influence if you want to feel better. Be warned though. That may not be nearly enough to make you feel great.

Do something competitive if you want to feel accomplished. Keep doing it until you get very good at it.

Good on you for fighting your addiction. I'm still trying to beat mine and its going slow by steady. Ive gotten rid of drinking almost every day, even if I never get blasted or even flat out drunk, and ive cut down my food and lost about 15 pounds over the course of 2 months. However since Ive gone back to college after flopping out of engineering (want to pursue foreign diplomacy or public policy) I've realized the sad truth that the majority of people are fucking boring. Ive been back for 2 weeks and there are no clubs in this shithole for music, sports or even general politics aside from a pozzed model UN/debate team. How the fuck do you even meet people anymore? I literally feel stuck at this point.

>Learned how to brew beer
>Will be fucked if I become an alcohol

Weed is more of my drug though

Enjoy fully while it lasts. At some point it doesn't give pleasure any more. You just smoke to feel different and hazy