lifeiswhatyoumake said:

Northerner said:

lifeiswhatyoumake said:

You're going through alcohol withdrawal.
Sounds like you'll be fine, though, since you stopped before the habit got really bad. 
You are doing yourself a huge favor by stopping now.

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No, yes, yes.
Just the other fallout from abusing alcohol, it does so much shit to one's body. Physical dependence is the least of the issues and recedes within a week... I've been sober longer than that.
But yeah, good to stop. I can just eat and sleep it off till I come right.
Thanks

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No? 
It wasn't a question... I was stating a fact that you're going through alcohol withdrawal.
Just keepin' it real for ya so you don't start being in denial about it because that's when shit goes downhill.

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Niffla said:

I was a functional alcoholic for years. Daily drinker. Drank myself to sleep. I wasn't a sloppy, drink yourself to you can't walk type -- on work nights I'd get something really manageable like just a 6 pack and maybe a 32 ounce -- but I would drink that every night and then go to bed. Weekends I'd drink heavier.

Since the Jan. 1 I've been cutting back to only drinking 3-4 nights per week. I know lol, it's not much but it's better than the 7 nights a week I was doing before.

Shit's hard, man.

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Northerner said:

Niffla said:

I was a functional alcoholic for years. Daily drinker. Drank myself to sleep. I wasn't a sloppy, drink yourself to you can't walk type -- on work nights I'd get something really manageable like just a 6 pack and maybe a 32 ounce -- but I would drink that every night and then go to bed. Weekends I'd drink heavier.

Since the Jan. 1 I've been cutting back to only drinking 3-4 nights per week. I know lol, it's not much but it's better than the 7 nights a week I was doing before.

Shit's hard, man.

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I feel you man. I've been on and off for years. Professional person with a complex role, family with all the trimmings... it just has to go ay.

Before I've tried the approach of fighting it and stuff, managed to have many sober stretches. Just now I was sober for a year and then drank for a year. But fk it hey. Too costly in every way.

This time I've just chosen to ignore and derail thoughts that think about me drinking. So much easier than fighting it. I don't want to drink anyway so it's kinda sealed. Fortunately I didn't have any physical addiction to deal with as well, so no withdrawals. It's just all in my head. The cravings have dissipated to nothing pretty much already.

Will be good after this rough patch has ended. I'll be able to do psychs again too without it pressing on my set and potentially ruining everything.

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That's good to hear, man. You've went this long so you're past the hard part.

Northerner said:

Just don't man. You clearly know fuck all about it. The last thing I (or anyone else) needs is misinformation. I don't want a cunt fight with you, so don't be a cunt. I felt great for a couple of  weeks, now I feel tired and fucked. Go hold that up to an alcohol withdrawal pattern chart and come back and tell me how it fits. Or just don't. Just don't.

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lifeiswhatyoumake said:

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Northerner said:

Just don't man. You clearly know fuck all about it. The last thing I (or anyone else) needs is misinformation. I don't want a cunt fight with you, so don't be a cunt. I felt great for a couple of  weeks, now I feel tired and fucked. Go hold that up to an alcohol withdrawal pattern chart and come back and tell me how it fits. Or just don't. Just don't.

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I actually do know a thing or two. 
And I don't appreciate the name calling.  There's no need for that.
Just because you're going through "heavy kickback" which I guess isn't withdrawing to you, but at this point you're just twisting words for your own satisfaction doesn't give you the right.

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Niffla said:

I was a functional alcoholic for years. Daily drinker. Drank myself to sleep. I wasn't a sloppy, drink yourself to you can't walk type -- on work nights I'd get something really manageable like just a 6 pack and maybe a 32 ounce -- but I would drink that every night and then go to bed. Weekends I'd drink heavier.

Since the Jan. 1 I've been cutting back to only drinking 3-4 nights per week. I know lol, it's not much but it's better than the 7 nights a week I was doing before.

Shit's hard, man.

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Northerner said:

But now a couple of weeks later it's shit. I'm fucked up tired, headaches, general listlessness. Meh. I don't feel like drinking again, but the temptation to fill the gap with something else is pretty strong.

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Northerner said:

No doubt I'll hit other rough patches in the months coming as I heal. I guess I should be grateful for that. There's much worse reasons to be feeling like crap.

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I have to be honest I've had nothing really bad happened to me since I quit to put me to the test but hopefully the neural pathways are changing and those old habits, though hard to kill, are dieing.

A couple things that will keep me going is, I've come this far now without it, why fuck up all the hard work I've done, and all the good things that are happening in my life rn will be gone if I go back to where I was a year ago. Oh and of course I'm pretty sure I'll be dead in a few years if I drink the way I was before

Have an awesome break dude

Northerner said:

That's how it got me... Replaced a severe methcathinone problem with alcohol. I might have been better sticking with the cat. I still miss cat from time to time and I haven't touched it for 10 years. The stuff gets under your skin.

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