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anyone else suffering from alcoholism?
    #2719616 - 05/23/04 06:28 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

Well i'm not a kid anymore,i used to be an all aournd deadhead kind of guy who liked to trip and smoke the herb....go to shows etc.I always used alcohol and would sometimes drink a little too much but now i guess i've turned into a full blown alki.i drink everyday and it is my drug of choice.but it has caused servere problems in my life and can't seem to stop.due to my frequent use i've lost interest and motivation in most things and just seem to want to crawl into the warm womb of it's sedative effects as often as possible.i think i definitely have dpression issues associoated with it,just wish i could rid myself of it.any others going through this as well?


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2721325 - 05/24/04 01:17 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

No, but I have. I was prescribed naltrexone and saw a psychiatrist. I have been sober for just over two years.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2723898 - 05/24/04 04:41 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

Yes, i am a drunk of-sorts.

I either drink every night
-or-
I drink none at all, no nights.

No inbetween for the ggreatone.

:grin:

I've been drunk for months now, beer, every night dood.

It's either all or nothing.  :grin:

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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: GGreatOne234]
    #2724093 - 05/24/04 05:37 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

I drink two to three drinks a night. Wensdays I got shoot pool at the bar. Fridfays and saterdays I dont have a couple I have a six pack. So in some peoples eyes I am an alchoholic.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2726632 - 05/25/04 06:04 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

I'm 24 and chug down a sixer of tall cans about every other night. I'll be the first to admit when I'm sittin' alone on the computer on a Tuesday night and the buzz just doesn't cut it, it's pretty goddamn pathetic driving 5 miles into town just to pick up some booze to round it off. Drunk on the roads, wheels in both lanes...howling along to a doobie brothers song on the radio like a retarded coyote. Half the time I forget how much I actually SPEND on that shit and kick myself in the ass later.

I think it IS possible to quit without help, just gotta change certain aspects of your life so that it's no longer a necessity. Easier said than done, I know. Like all shit you try to quit, you have a bad day and end up saying "FUCK IT!" and buy even more than you ever did before...


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2727248 - 05/25/04 10:40 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

I'm definately an alcoholic. I drink wine for christ's sake to get drunk. Been drinking a lot of Irish Whiskey and tequilla a lot lately.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2727402 - 05/25/04 11:26 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

How much do you drink? I weighed about 180 lbs (82 kg) and drank about 1 liter (33 shots) of 40% (80 proof) liquor every night I think I was drinking 26 ounces (750mL) of 40% per day before I finally went to a doctor. The medication worked wonders and I didn't have any side effects from it.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2729145 - 05/25/04 06:25 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

I woudn't exactly say I'm "suffering".....

:grin:    :rolleyes:


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: StrongBad]
    #2729152 - 05/25/04 06:26 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

whoa, wait.... one liter of 80 proof every night? God damn son! I can't even drink 6oz without getting shitfaced.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Phencyclidine]
    #2729465 - 05/25/04 07:40 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

That's pretty fucking crazy Phencyclidine. I drink mainly vodka, sometimes rum or whiskey, but I wouldn't call myself an alcoholic, as I don't feel bad about it and don't see a pattern developing, but I see how easy it could be to slip into drinking every night or so. Maybe you could try smoking bud instead of drinking, every time you want to get drunk just smoke a bowl instead, but if the alcoholism has gotten you physically addicted that's going to be easier said than done and you may just want to stop all alcohol consumption less you go too far. There's been countless lives ruined by alcohol, it's an easy drug to slip into as it's legal, relatively cheap and fun. If you think you have a problem then you should reexamine your situation


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Ravus]
    #2730020 - 05/25/04 09:35 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

Read back a few posts :wink:  I have been sober for 2 years.

Yes, it was no joke.  I was 19 at the time and suicidal.  It lasted about two years.  I looked for treatment and the large addiction center here hooked me up with a psychiatrist who prescribed me naltrexone, which helped a lot.

Other psychoactive drugs didn't solve anything.  I was generally one substance to another or just one substance hardcore.

StrongBad, if I hadn't drank in a long time my tolerance went down to normal (6 to 8 shots getting me drunk).

What happened to the original poster here?  I certainly think my experiences could be of some help.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Phencyclidine] * 1
    #2730150 - 05/25/04 09:57 PM (19 years, 8 months ago)

Yes, I read that you're off the boozes, I was replying to the starter of the thread at the end of my post. Sorry for the confusion, but it's good that you're off the boozes. How were the withdrawals from it? I've heard nothing but good things about Delerium Tremens  :smirk:


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2731153 - 05/26/04 05:26 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

Well i wished i liked to just smoke herb,i kinda grew out of it,i just don't enjoy it anymore....makes me too inhibited.booze though a horrible trade off makes me much more social,and takes me on a ride of sorts..i'm much more adventurous while have some beers going than i would be stoned.especially when it comes to women,i totally rely on it in that department.but the downsides way out weigh the good.i've lost about everything to the drinking lifestyle,i literally am half the man i used to be.i don't want to work anymore,have lost interest in most things,i'm always broke...diminished my reputation...ruined relationships,legal issues etc.yet i still drink...why i don't know


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Ravus]
    #2731378 - 05/26/04 07:49 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

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How were the withdrawals from it?




From the point of drinking a liter every day, I don't remember. That was also at the same time that I used the most DXM ever in my whole life, so I was generally intoxicated all the time.

Later periods of 26 ounces a day weren't too bad. I generally tapered down to 400mL (13 ounces) a day. I don't recall hallucinations or anything. I remember feeling a lot of anxiety. It was terrible.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #2731391 - 05/26/04 07:54 AM (19 years, 8 months ago)

The only advice I can give is go to a doctor. I don't know if you live in a place where substance abuse treatment would be free or not (for me it was all free), but go to a doctor if you can. For me, 'talking therapy' didn't seem to do anything but medication worked wonders. I used naltrexone, which allows you to still get drunk but you don't get an alcohol "buzz," so the motivation to drink isn't there. Apparently, disulfiram (sic? AKA Antabuse) is used in more severe cases.

Well, of course, the best advice I can give is to stop drinking. It took me about 3 months until my emotions started to feel more stable and about 6 months before I started to "feel like me, again." Now, two years later, I can go to a party or a bar and not even be tempted to drink. It was worth it for me and it improved my life. If you know that quitting drinking is the best thing for you, then hopefully you'll take whatever steps are necessary and finally quit.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Phencyclidine]
    #5583254 - 05/02/06 09:22 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

here you go--stop the alcohol--drink all the quality milk you can//make it drink of preferance=willneed force yopurself--but will notice cravings start to leave-will also need start using probiotic and b vitamins--b12 particular---alcohol,depletes it,,,beside the will to do it---good quality fod--nO SWEETS....


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #5584288 - 05/03/06 12:21 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

i guess you could say i used to be an alcoholic. i would drink every other day and it kept getting me into all kinda of stupid crazy shit. i knew that i had to slow down on it, but i couldnt. it got me into fights, problems with friends, even started effecting my school work and my day job... but if i went past that two day mark then my body would be yearning for it...

eventually it made me crash my motorcycle...

that was the last thing i needed to really motivate me. i havent had a drink since. if someone realyl wants to stop, they can. its not easy, but its not that hard either. if you want it.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: eligal]
    #5585632 - 05/03/06 12:37 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I would consider myself a hardcore drinker, I drink any opportunity i can, but luckily factors like money stop me from doing so too often. I use to smoke weed everyday but had to quit cause i thought i was going insane.... thats when the drinking got bad.

I know alot of alcoholics (runs in my fam) so i am very aware of the fact that i am developing a problem. I can never just seem to have a few beers, i need to get absolutely shitfaced....but at the moment i have no intention to nip this thing in the ass, im young and having too much fun to stop...ive already given up alot..weed,shrooms,acid etc. Ill deal with this when it becomes an issue, right now it fits in with my lifestyle nicely


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: eligal]
    #5585723 - 05/03/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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eventually it made me crash my motorcycle...






I was going to stay out of this one, because I felt you all needed to have your AA , pat on the back, bumper sticker philosophy meeting..... but this..... just WOW'd me.

IT.....MADE YOU..... CRASH.

This entire thread has gone on vilanizing and laying blame on external (non-existent) things.
"I drink a lot because I am genetically predisposed to enjoying alcohol more than other people"....
People drink, often times they drink a lot, and they like the way it feels. You aren't helpless to "IT". See how it helps in these types of things where no real blame can settle, like "THEY" and "IT".

You wrecked your motorcycle, YOU wrecked your life, YOU are not a victim of genetics or circumstance, YOU are a victim of yourself. It is not helpful nor constructive to sit around figuring out ways to weasle out of responsibility for your own actions.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5586929 - 05/03/06 05:58 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

psilocyberin said:
Quote:

eligal said:

eventually it made me crash my motorcycle...






I was going to stay out of this one, because I felt you all needed to have your AA , pat on the back, bumper sticker philosophy meeting..... but this..... just WOW'd me.

IT.....MADE YOU..... CRASH.

This entire thread has gone on vilanizing and laying blame on external (non-existent) things.
"I drink a lot because I am genetically predisposed to enjoying alcohol more than other people"....
People drink, often times they drink a lot, and they like the way it feels. You aren't helpless to "IT". See how it helps in these types of things where no real blame can settle, like "THEY" and "IT".

You wrecked your motorcycle, YOU wrecked your life, YOU are not a victim of genetics or circumstance, YOU are a victim of yourself. It is not helpful nor constructive to sit around figuring out ways to weasle out of responsibility for your own actions.





when i said it made me i was reffering to my acohol addiction you retard... its isolting a part of who we are  :thumbup:


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: eligal]
    #5587258 - 05/03/06 06:59 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

yes, but what is "your achohol addiction"? why can't you just say "Me" or "I"? You are still depersonalizing it, as if it were a body part. I don't see any difference between saying what you have said and saying "My hand made me drink".


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5587525 - 05/03/06 08:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah his alcohol addiction. As in he/she is an addict of alcohol. You sound like an AA nazi.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5588639 - 05/04/06 12:35 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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psilocyberin said:
yes, but what is "your achohol addiction"? why can't you just say "Me" or "I"? You are still depersonalizing it, as if it were a body part. I don't see any difference between saying what you have said and saying "My hand made me drink".




well i think its just a way we communicate. when people talk about stuff like this, they isolate different parts so its more understandable. my horniness, my addiction, my pride, my lack of, my need, etc etc.

plus, really man, have you ever been addicted to something? because those of us who have, i think we can all agree that it does have a very strong effect on us to where we do feel that it is somethign else controlling us. i dont really know how to describe it, but if you go to an AA meeting, you will be able to hear the horror stories people have, and you will hear how they reacted, felt, etc. and its like i said, many times addcition is so strong that it feels like we do not have control over it. thats what makes it an addiction. that is why support groups exist. thats why the hospital has a branch called chemical dependancy department, thats why we have detox...

none of us are perfect, sometimes we arent as strong as we want to be, sometimes we arent as strong as we should be. sad though it may be, thats how it is, and addiction is something many people are dealing with and the last thing they need is for someone to come pransing around and make them feel even more inferior.
stay on your high horse all you want, but it will only make it hurt more when reality comes around to you and bites you in the ass.


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Edited by eligal (05/04/06 04:54 AM)


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #5589443 - 05/04/06 10:00 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

even the FDA now says 40 oz of beer a day is better than 40 oz of milk

:guinness:


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5590867 - 05/04/06 05:44 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

ALCOHOLISM IS A DISEASE. If you lived with a REAL alcoholic you would know that they dont have much control at all when it comes to drinking. It is a disorder like any other. This is from first hand experience(parents are alcoholics). Alcoholics need drink to live their lives, without it, it is like missing an arm. They would never say this, they will always blame external issues to justify their drinking e.g "o well my freind got in from town, so i had to have a few beers with him" or "my boss is riding my ass, i need a drink" If there is no reason to drink they will simply create one.

The "IT" he is referring to is his alcoholism, something you clearly know nothing about.Christ sake its not like quiting pot or something...


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #5591089 - 05/04/06 06:56 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

trust me, if I could afford alchahol I would be an alchaholic.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: beltane]
    #5591795 - 05/04/06 09:26 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Honestly, one of the most meaningful statements my father has ever spoken was in telling me (while, really drunk) "I'd be an alchoholic, but I work too much".


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5593970 - 05/05/06 12:34 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

if your dad was an alcoholic......he probably wouldnt work


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: beltane]
    #5594213 - 05/05/06 01:32 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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if your dad was an alcoholic......he probably wouldnt work




this or he would go to work drunk :shrug:

but yea if its not one ofthese two he was not an alcoholic


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: eligal]
    #5594791 - 05/05/06 04:20 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

We all need substances in our lives. I haven't gone more than a week without booze for 5-6 years and I'm 21 (well, in a couple weeks). I'm actually getting tired of booze and the ill effects surrounding it but I always end up drinking it.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: beltane]
    #5598052 - 05/06/06 03:51 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I guess you guys didn't get it. There was an implied cause and effect there that you missed.

So, why is it just drinking that has its own name? why isn't there crackism? heroinism? methism?

why isn't it considered a "disease" when someone is addicted to crack?

frankly, I have yet to see any definitive proof that alcoholism is a genetic induced disease which renders someone completely helpless against reform.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5599611 - 05/07/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

the disease model of addiction is seriously flawed and slowly being phased out. there is much materiall about this on the web. however, just to give one example peoplle enjoy the affects of drugs, youre not supposed to enjoy a disease. furthermore, the '' disease'' is completely contingent on your own choices. recovering alcoholics have to choose not to drink. saying its a disease implies its not something that one can choose, thus it would be impossible to recover from. the more you believe its a disease the more you take away your power to control yourself. i see no reason to call it a disease when it can be better understood as an addiction. obviously addictions can be difficult to overcome, incredibly difficult depending on how far in you are but thats not the point. the point is its not the same as cancer or aids. and yes i have experienced an addiction (although not to alcohol) and i never felt the need to claim it was a disease.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Deviate]
    #5601043 - 05/07/06 01:26 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

That is my whole point. Calling it a disease is actually retarding any possible recovery.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: nethrill]
    #5601098 - 05/07/06 01:45 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Salvia can help you with that.


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    #5601106 - 05/07/06 01:47 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I agree that alcholism is a disorder, not a disease. The difference may seem slight, but "disease" implies invasion from outside forces & unavoidable physical malfunction.

While there is some evidence of genetic (and thus physical) propensity towards alcoholism, not all children of alcoholics become alcoholics themselves. This points to a behavioral (and thus mental) basis for alcoholism. To call it a "disease" removes this basis, and (IMO) supports the unhealthy idea that the alcoholic is not responsible for his or her choice to continue drinking.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: Veritas]
    #5618369 - 05/11/06 06:10 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

yea i agree that a large aspect is behavioral. Im sorry if i emplied that a person with a genetic predisposition is helpless, I was trying to get you to understand the degree of the addiction and dependance, which most could not understand unless youve been there or lived with an alcoholic.

What i was getting at was is if someone is genetically predisposed to alcoholism they may very well develope it without really knowing until its too late. Everyone(well most) will have a social drink with some freinds for time to time. The average alcoholic gradually increases his drinking levels at social gatherings over a long period of time without thinking much of it as after all, alcohol is socially acceptable unlike other drugs.

The drinker gets increasively worse until he is dependant, which is when quiting is extremily hard. You are right in saying that he could of stopped this, he could of recognised his problem, but the problem with most is, they never feel they have a problem until its too late. It is because of the social use of alcohol that makes it different to drugs like heroine crack etc. People get sucked into alcoholism rather than making a conscious decision "im going to try that addictive drug heroine today"

There are many who quit alcohol who struggle every day (like previously said) i didnt mean to say its impossible to quit, just very very hard. I do agree that saying its a disease isnt a good enough exscuse, But it is easy for us to say "get help" or tell them they have control...it is very easy to say these things. But it is a different thing altogether being that person in the depths of addiction. It can be like telling a depressed person to "just be happy". The sad fact is most alcoholics only seek help when they are at rock bottom, completely alone and nothing left but the bottle.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: goobler]
    #5618975 - 05/11/06 08:50 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

the FDA could have alterior motives :wink:


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    #18393308 - 06/09/13 05:21 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

Admitting your an alcoholic is the first step. I don't know why they say that because there is no final step. The hardest thing for me is to remember that i am an alcoholic and drug addict. The best possible help you can get to deal with it is in AA or NA. yeah it sucks and you might feel like a loser at first, but it's the only thing that keeps reminding you of the truth. seeing and hearing the addiction in other people. It's the same damn thing in everyone who is an addict. There are all sorts of different ways it effects people, but eventually it will effect you the same way if you let it keep tricking you. Go to AA and NA or rehab if you have to. The only other thing that might be a possibility is the Ibogaine treatment. I'd like to try it but for now I have to accept reality, AA or NA.


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    #18393413 - 06/09/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

one more thing I know about addiction. It is in control and will make you do what it takes to keep it that way. Manipulation, rewarding you with good feelings, giving you a false sense of the reality in whatever your seeking, and making you believe in it because it's better than the truth. It uses your mind against you. If you need to get money to pay for it, it will let you do what you have to do to get that money. It does what it has to do to survive. I consider it a tool of evil. Because the end result is taking everything from you. Hopes dreams beliefs, family, friends, until it gets you to denounce God and choose evil, then it take your life. the last part is only true if you believe in god and evil, but it will kill you no matter what you believe. It's probably going to kill me if I don't go to AA or NA regularly. Don't try and come up with a solution to this thing, it will use it against you.


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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: ShamenWarrior]
    #18394776 - 06/09/13 10:22 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

I felt like I was becoming hooked for a while.. .then it got boring. Same old same old. Now I have no interest in alcohol or the effects of it. I prefer the weed n shrooms. Hopefully you will feel the same in time...


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    #18395053 - 06/09/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 7 months ago)

I drink red wine every day now. I'm fucking lonely. Just need to stay home and drink. Too retarded to socialise really. Went to a party the other night. Everything I said to this woman that liked me was completely wrong. Then I tried to drive home and crashed my car. Just gotta stay home and drink. A month ago I'd actually got a date. Stopped drinking and started getting productive and feeling good. Then I found out that I'm completely retarded at dating so it was nothing. Then I'm thinking well I get 1 date about every 4 years so there is no way I can get better at this. Must focus on growing psychoactive plants and drinking at home. I'm fucking over it. It is boring as hell. But there is nothing else. Get pissed and listen to antisocial sounds. Pay my bills and live on fried meat. This is the end game.


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    #24664703 - 09/27/17 03:45 PM (6 years, 3 months ago)

Holy shit that was depressing but I gotta say it made me laugh when you crashed your car. Funny in a morbid, absurdly sad way. Like your night wasn't fucked enough already. I've been there. You need to just do what makes you happy, get through those initial DTs and get after life. Bro you live in fucking New Zealand. Do you know what I would give to move to, or even visit New Zealand? I'm stuck in one of the most gun and drug infested, crime ridden regions of the US. I'd give ANYTHING to live where you are. Remember the positives bro and work on those. Laugh at the absurdities and all those epic fails. Alcohol almost ruined me. It doesn't matter where you're at, economically or geographically it makes you feel like the same piece if shit as the rest of us. That is not the truth. Go hit up some AA bro, meet people in the fellowship. Maybe you haven't found your true woman yet on that, "soul level" or whatever. You can heal this spiritual malady and your experiences can and WILL help others.

THIS IS NOT THE END GAME. It is only the beginning, if you're willing to suffer a few days through DTs, feelings of worthlessness, and very little sleep. You WILL get better and that social awkwardness you can work on. Go hit up some meetings man and get out in nature, your in NEW ZEALAND for fucks sake!

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Re: anyone else suffering from alcoholism? [Re: usulpsychonaut]
    #24664711 - 09/27/17 03:48 PM (6 years, 3 months ago)

Jesus just realized I bumped a 4 and a half year old thread. Intentions were good.


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    #24667219 - 09/28/17 02:14 PM (6 years, 3 months ago)

You just helped me...thanks.


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    #24693113 - 10/08/17 03:26 AM (6 years, 3 months ago)

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isthisreaI said:
Holy shit that was depressing but I gotta say it made me laugh when you crashed your car. Funny in a morbid, absurdly sad way. Like your night wasn't fucked enough already. I've been there. You need to just do what makes you happy, get through those initial DTs and get after life. Bro you live in fucking New Zealand. Do you know what I would give to move to, or even visit New Zealand? I'm stuck in one of the most gun and drug infested, crime ridden regions of the US. I'd give ANYTHING to live where you are. Remember the positives bro and work on those. Laugh at the absurdities and all those epic fails. Alcohol almost ruined me. It doesn't matter where you're at, economically or geographically it makes you feel like the same piece if shit as the rest of us. That is not the truth. Go hit up some AA bro, meet people in the fellowship. Maybe you haven't found your true woman yet on that, "soul level" or whatever. You can heal this spiritual malady and your experiences can and WILL help others.

THIS IS NOT THE END GAME. It is only the beginning, if you're willing to suffer a few days through DTs, feelings of worthlessness, and very little sleep. You WILL get better and that social awkwardness you can work on. Go hit up some meetings man and get out in nature, your in NEW ZEALAND for fucks sake!

Keep us posted!



I agree with all of this.  Change is possible but you have to make the changes, have to want to become/stay sober, and change your life.

Also, if you are physically addicted to alcohol where you get DTs when you stop drinking please do not attempt DIY (do it yourself) alcohol detox at home please see a doctor or check into a hospital, or rehab.  Stay safe, and good luck.


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