Alcoholics thread. Where my /b/oozers at?
Currently having a cheap night and drinking Bud Light Platinums as well as cheap whiskey mixed w/ Dr. Pepper. Had worse, had better.
Let's make this thread interesting and do our best toguesshow many days in a row we've gotten drunk, seperate the actual alcoholics from the "casual drinkers". If you can't remember the last time you spent 24hrs sober, congrats you win!
I'm going on roughly 60-70 days straight myself. Tolerance through the roof, but I consume cannabis as well, so...
Been to rehab three times. Since the last relapse haven't been sober in any 24 hour period. Drinking franzia Chardonnay right now trying to trick my wife into thinking its not as strong
>>708726029
>Drinking franzia Chardonnay right now trying to trick my wife into thinking its not as strong
Shouldn't be too hard anon, that shit is delicious.
Sorry about the triple rehab dude but i guess that goes to show that for some of us alcohol is something you adopt into your life and manage, no matter how much one might fight against it. It's not all depressing, though, when you take off society's reality goggles and see your existence for what it is.
I seriously can't remember. some Southern Comfort tonight
I'm okay with wasting away at this point. At least alcohol lets me be human.
>>708726337
100 proof black label i hope?
>>708725868
I go to the dumpsters behind local bottle shops and scavenge free piss.
>>708726326
True that bro
>>708726326
It started at a young age man i just havent been able to live without it, and when i have after 60+ days its the only thing on my mind.
>>708725868
This thread made me think. Tbh I cant remember the last 24 hour period I had no alcohol... maybe once this year...? But I dont consider my self a alcoholic. I usually have a couple beers after work and a 1-4 glasses of wine after the been. Ive learned having more then 2 beers usually make me feel bloated and congested the morning after. But to all those who struggle I wish you luck and a good night
Currently drinking mostly ipa mixed with a bit of stout
>>708726724
OP here, I didn't start until I was 18 but it's been a staple in my life ever since. Started out purely social now it's pretty much just whatever. I adapt as well as I can to my consumption. It still feels good to make my mind feel lighter every night, though
>>708727084
Truth you do speak.
>>708727084
Welcome to the slope.
>>708727070
I'm the same way; pretty much finish up the day with at least one beer to take the edge off.
Is that a bad thing?
>>708727070
You're nowhere near an alcoholic anon, if you feel bloated after 2 beers you're what we call a light drinker. Even nightly consumption of a handful of beers ain't gonna mess you up much at all. Keep doin you dude.
>>708727259
I think it becomes an issue when you start breaking the law, and of have to have a drink at work. If you can wait till you dont have responsibilities like work its fine. But thats my opinion.
Drinking a budweiser and shots off some cheap ass burnett's vodka
>>708727244
Yeah maybe. I won't act like there's no way I'm descending but it's also not obvious from my perspective that I'm ruining much of anything by being a heavy drinker. I'm still going to school, my GPA is pretty good considering my field. (over 3.2 in audio engineering). I could be both better or worse, so it's not so much a slope to me as a mountain of probability.
I've been 2 weeks on, 1 week off for a while. Trying to rationalise that it's not a problem. My insides are all messed up now. Also 1 week is like 3 days
>>708727259
No fuck off you celebratizing jackass.
>>708727295
Appreciate it Ive personnally learned about the bloating from drinking to much beer to often then I started trying different levels. I also learned that alot of people can have minor allergies to hops witch can cause the things I mentioned.
At a bar here in kentucky, traveling welder, looking to get some pussy tonight brothers
>>708727361
I'm employed at the moment and have responsibilities. I do work from home though, which scares me a bit due to the free ability to drink alcohol without any obvious consequences during work hours.
>>708727483
>Also 1 week is like 3 days
kek'd
but in all seriousness, an actual 2 weeks on 1 week off regimen seems like good practice.
Got a bottle of Old Grandad for my birthday yesterday, enjoying it tonight, or this morning - however you look at it. Also had 2 tall cans of Budwieser a little bit ago.
I'm not a fall down alcoholic, but I've drank every night for the past... 3 months? It's relaxing and makes me happy.
>>708727547
Yeah that might be dangerous for me lol, you know they say up to 3 beers increase creativity before a downward trend, I have to much of a tendency of doing drinking while doing my online college
i want to drink so fucking bad. i dont want to be an alcoholic. its in my genetics and shit. fuuuuuck i just want to forget
>>708727531
cheers /b/ro, drinking with random bar hounds is a guaranteed interesting drunk
Not too much offense, but 70 days isn't that much. I've had a gallon of malt liquor a day for years now. It's just too stay "healthy" at this point.
>I can't remember the last solid shit I've had.
>I can't get more than 3-4 hours of sleep per night without a beer or two by my "bedside".
>I haven't had a liquor bottle last more than two day, 3 if it's a handle.
>>708727775
The way I look at it, as stated earlier is before you drink just make sure the shit you need to do that day is done (such as work)
>>708727463
I carry myself in food service, get 52k salary as a GM. Problem is, I went down the slope. I drink every night, no obstacles. I'm fucking done, man, I'm gone. Just try to not associate being drunk with being okay with yourself.
>>708727780
Good ol makers Mark and coke anon. Got to work at 2 tomorrow afternoon, but fuck it. I'm a drunk/sex addict what can I say
>>708727811
>I can't remember the last solid shit I've had.
get on that fiber supplement boy. the orange powder mixes well with vodka, requires constant stirring though...
>>708725868
I moved about a month ago and I was so tired I fell asleep on my couch at 7pm with a beer open next to me
That was the last time I didn't get drunk but since june there might be 1 other instance.
Drinking tea and shooting garbage tier whiskey atm. At shot 8-9 right now if I had to guess.
>>708727811
Tbh that sounds rough, not to sound judgmental or pretension but I would reccommend try to limit it just a bit. Sleep is vital man to much interruption can really start to bring down your health but I can understand habits start to kick in as well so.... just my to cents. Good luck
>>708727890
i dont want to depend on alcohol, anon. i dont want to get wasted by myself browsing 4chan. alcohol shouldnt be my coping mechanism
>>708728020
Wouldnt that effect the taste? But it does make it a bit more healthy I suppose...
>>708725868
I'm glad I'm not that into drinking. Gotta suck being an alcoholic. I never drink more than once a week, unless it's a festival or something.
>>708728106
Tea and whiskey mixed, or separate? Does it go good with each other?
>>708728141
No one wants to depend on alcohol I think, To be fair I dont drink to get drunk I like just having a nice buzz and relaxed.
>>708728313
Tea mixes like shit most of the time, I just fucking love tea.
Shoot the whiskey, normally 2 shots an hourish to keep feeling good. Sip the tea for taste, iced blackcurrant black tea atm.
Fucking fleischmanns whiskey tho
>>708728275
Can I ask why you dont drink more? Taste, effect, self control?
>>708728479
I want the dependency. I'm human when I drink. I can feel and talk, otherwise I'm too easy going.
>>708728557
Nice. Seems like a good pattern, warms the belly and then soothes the mind so to speak.
2 doubles of Bombay sapphire, Sosa 2 0lives few nights a week. I feel decent from them while I cook.
How can you enjoy getting fucked up....I just don't do it anymore.... love my gins though.
>>708728570
I'm not so big on liquor, so it's mostly beer, which I enjoy to a degree, but drinking 7-8 beers takes it's toll. My stomach gets full, it takes a while etc. Don't get me wrong, getting drunk is fun, but it's so much easier to just spark a joint, and I generally enjoy being high more.
>>708727593
Started that way. But that 1 week is getting shorter and shorter
>>708728877
Thats why limit my self on how much beer I drink before switching to a red wine.
>>708728944
I'm pretty skinny, so I get drunk pretty easily, but alcohol is so fuckin' expensive where I live as well. $4 for a beer here.
>>708729143
For a single, or when you go out? I started to love box wine personnally, 5 litters for like 13$ nice dark red blend (franzia).
>>708727811
ayyy. Cheers to Malt. Discovered the Rite-Aid up the street from me sold Natty Daddy 8percent for a dollar, been wasted on 'em ever since. Tastes like catpiss but can't complain (or stand) after 3-4 of em.
>>708729273
A beer in a bar is at least $8 here
>>708729143
Tried white cider? Tastes like shit but it's strong. Gets me fucked for like £3 a day
im 20 and both my grandfathers had drinking problems and i think i might have something close to it too... i drink from Friday after school till Sunday night mixed with weed. i find myself wanting it to be Friday on Tuesday after i get over my 3 day bender on Monday. is this signs of alcoholism?
Am I the only one who PRETENDS to be an alcoholic around people? Like, seriously fucked up alcoholic who is on recovery?
I dont even drink (I mean maybe once or twice a month) so its a perfect excuse whenever Im expected to do it. I just say "Damn right!", then stare a bit and say "nah...I shouldn't be drinking anymore".
Makes me avoid drinking, spending money and it makes me sound interesting
>>708729436
yeah the average ive seen is 5-10$ the most ive seen is Singapore it was like 15 fucking dollars for a beer
>>708729559
cider is just as expensive. I live in Norway, so everything like alcohol or tobacoo is expensive as fuck. And every drink in a bar or club is almost triple the price.
>>708729760
same in Canada, eh?
>>708729710
more like chronic binge drinking if anything.
Every day for many many many years.
Old Milwaukee, Pabst, Nikolai vodka.
Very functional alcoholic. Married with kids.
>>708728931
Maybe make the 2 weeks proportionately shorter too? In other words keep the 2:1 ratio but make the breaks more often. Maybe even 2 days on, 1 day off, for example.
>>708729821
i just find "partying" or social gatherings are excuses for me to drink. every time i go out somewhere to eat at like a bar or something i order a few drinks because i feel i need to.
>>708730039
I usually drink more when Im at a social gatherings as well, i think that natural; especially with peer pressure.
I drank heavily for over a year. The last time I had a drink was over a week ago. I just have no urge or wish to drink anymore. I was asked today if I wanted a beer or cocktail and just the thought of ingesting alcohol made me gag. Probably for the best.
>>708729713
Seriously go fuck yourself. I wish so much I could be the person I am drunk but sober. I really want to stick you with a knife Saving Private Ryan style; a slow end as I whisper Germanic nothing's as the cold steel of a knife crunches into your sternum.
>>708730307
How much did you drink before that year of drinking heavily? If that year was one of your first years drinking, that might have just been the first wave...
I only drink once a month, I basically only drink if I'm invited out. when I do drink though, I get blackout drunk. It's an evil circle.
Damn, this thread is so raw about drinking and I like it feels like people I can relate with.
>>708725868
I went about a year drinking Everclear everyday or nearly everyday, hard to remember (also was a few years back)
I'm drinking Bud light, living off savings from losing job so have to be cheap.
>>708730618
One of the few threads ive lurked on, on B in a long time. Know how you feel.
goin on 7 years here. used to be functional & had plenty money at all times. now i buy malt liquor.
>>708730348
Why so much hatred anon? I also pretend to have been a heavy smoker when I've never smoked a single cigarette in my life
>>708730524
Recovered alcoholic here. That's a problem bro. I used to drink only once a month that to "prove" i didn't have a problem, but then that one time I would get blackout drunk garuntee. I would be able to say "this is the drink that will makee black out" I knew exactly which one it was, and it did black me out. Fuckimg stupid to do that to myself I don't know why I thought it was cool or something. Anyways yeah blacking out is really really unealthy.
grandfather(rip in piece) was an alcohol, grandmother still is to my belief, and she is miserable. My step fathers parents though, rarely drink, and they are active, happy and stable. Alcohol is fun and all, but it is a shitty substance when you get down to it.
>>708725868
Good thread OP
I cant binge more than 4 days in a row. after that the anxiety, heart-pounding, and puking is too much even for alcohol to consume. I just spend 48 hours in bed sweating with no food or sleep. Today I feel better so I'm having a few beers to help sleep.
good luck to you all this is a miserable affliction
>>708730938
I feel ya. It keeps me from wanting to drink more though, but parties are also the only times I interact with chicks, and me getting fucked up always fucks it up for me with the ladies. I guess that's my biggest reason to not get crunk.
>>708730910
Because I hate myself so much that your acted faults deter my own hatred.
>>708730940
OP here, my grandpa (92 y/o WW2 vet) has been drinking multiple glasses of straight whiskey on rocks every single night for decades, and he's happier than your pathetic ass grandparents ever could have hoped to be. Sometimes problems aren't caused by substance, but by character. Something to chew on, anon.
I slept 3 hours. Drank a half bottle of whiskey and a bottle of wine. Went to the bathroom and there's like 3 towels blotted with blood. Put them in the wash and hope my parents don't get up before it finishes. I have no idea what happened.
>>708731089
sounds like you binge too hard during those 4 days, anon. Even for hardcore alcoholics, moderation is key. That's how we make the high last longer.
>>708731476
Yeah, I'm not blaming it on the alcohol alone. Substances has different effects on different people, but alcohol has surely done more wrong than right, but then again, what substance hasn't. I'm just rambling now.
>>708730910
You pretending to have an issue you dont,devalues those who do have that said issue. It is quiet insensitive and in my opinion stupid. There are so many people with huge drinking issues that ruin their lifes it is not somthing to joke about. Stop craving attention from others over something so small. If someone judges you or doesnt like you because you dont drink, then fuck them! They are not worth your time man, be you not some fake personna.
>>708731262
Sorry this guy triggered you /bro good luck and try to find a way to love yourself (you know your body is a temple bs)
>>708731617
well said
>>708731476
Get your cunt attitude out of here you sack of shit.
>>708729962
And by many many many, I mean like 15 years.
>>708731111
Sick quads. Yeah I used to drink hard because it was the only way I knew how to interact. But what I realized is I was actually avoiding interaction by getting stupid. I always have been and still am an introvert, I don't take easily to social gatherings and shit. But you will find if you go sober you actually have a much easier time (and will get reinvited). It's counter-intuitive but it's my experience. Hard to do at first though no question. But it's like a cold swimming pool, you just gotta do it... Go to a party or whatever and don't have a drop. All my friends drank hard too and if we were around someone who didn't drink, we rejected them. We rejected a lot of cool people to be alcoholics. Stupid. My biggest fear was losing my best friends. And I did lose a couple and it sucks to this day but I kept a couple too and our friendship is life long now and it made us better friends because we can actually talk without being shitfaced. I don't know where I'm going with all this but to say you have NOTHING to lose by not drinking. As for the ladies, I went like 4 years without fucking once and that was when I was drinking my heaviest. You can't do shit when black out you just can't.
>>708731724
>>708731758
idk which (You) to be prouder of
>>708731867
Different anons bra, I didnt say >>708731724
>>708731663
I have my own array of fucked up issues that ruin my life constantly, anon. But they're very ehh, socially unacceptable/shamed upon. So I replace them with fake alcoholism/smoking habits because, as I've said, makes me look more interesting and doesn't get society judging me so harshly
>>708731909
Follow up that was well said though
>>708731775
Yeah I can definitely relate. I'm not awkward in social interactions or anything, but I just generally like being "alone" in a way. Like my favorite time of day is after midnight, since it's so quiet and I can finally be kind of "free". I do occasionally drive, instead of drink, so I'm at a couple of parties while not drinking, but I'm usually high then.
>>708731909
i know brahhhhh my point is i'm saying shit anons hate and don't hate and your reaction made me kek so idk which (You) to be happier about
>>708731933
I actually need to apologize thought you were this guy >>708729713 but still your response was kind of dickish, and hope you get help if you need it.
>>708731663
Honestly thanks. Kind words may seem easy but being a dick is common. You're a good guy, though what end will be.
>>708731933
What are the actual issues? Your story seems weird, how can you be a "fake" alcoholic? You either are or you're not and I don't think anyone will be fooled into thinking a straight person is raging alcoholic.
>>708732043
Ahhh I gotcha you.
Feeling sick so i skipped drinking the last two days. About to loose my mind, super tense and irritable so I, being out of good booze, poured 44 oz of warm limaritas into a pitcher and started chugging... Much better
>>708732083
Thank you.
gotta ask you drinkers, as someone who only drinks once a month. Do you get withdrawals, or feel physically ill if you don't get a drink?
>>708731584
Don't worry about it /b/rother. If you drink heavily for an extended amount of time it's bound to happen. Plus you'll end up throwing up blood as well.
If you're actually worried, focus on drinking less or stopping. Otherwise accprct it as a reality of your decisions.
>>708732357
I got withdrawals when I quit, according to my wife. I think any alcoholic would.
>>708732357
Again I dont consider myself an alcoholi, but I do drink every day sooo... I don't know. I feel like I would just get slightly irritable
>>708732228
surely you had access to ice that wouldn't have inconvenienced you too much? I mean do what you gotta do anon but i think we all prefer a cold drink...
A question for you drunk Anons, It's a little past 2 am here and I'm starting to want some food. Drunken snacks/food ides?
>>708732079
i am that person.
>>708732139
An array of some psychiatric conditions plus extremely self conscious plus shitty self esteem in general.
Recovering alcoholic*, I dont pretend to be a raging alcoholic who cant control himself. I pretend to be a FORMER alcoholic who cant drink because I'm afraid to relapse
>>708732352
You're welcome.
>>708731764
I also had a doctor do some tests, and call me to say, "stop now!!"
I never missed a beat. That was over a decade ago.
>>708725868
Former alcoholic here. I got hooked on the the booze because I had migraines and back pain, and would drink to numb it. After a while I got too used to it and kept downing more. Tried quitting several times, because my body was hurting, but got the shakes and went on bingers every few weeks or a couple months. Flipped my truck and got a DUI, and had to go to rehab. I haven't had a drink in weeks, but damn is it hard not slamming back a bottle of 101 Proof or some rot gut.
>>708732357
yes. you get jittery, you have trouble concentrating, your mind just starts going haywire. that's when I realized I had a problem, when I started going nuts and then taking a drink suddenly made me feel better almost instantly. that's when I stopped buying alcohol because I let my drinking get out of hand without really realizing it, was going through a really rough time and would drink to cope. definitely would NOT recommend doing that.
>>708732446
You're an alcoholic if you can't function without it I would say. My grandpa has a huge liquor collection and most nights he'll have a rum and coke but there's no way in hell he's an alcoholic. It's somewhat subjective, like how it affects you when you drink, but there's objective measures too. So you say you drink every day, without more information it's hard to suggest whether you have a problem with booze or not.
>>708732352
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Well I gotta get to bed night /bro's
>>708732446
I'm not getting judgey here, but I think you qualify as an alcoholic.
>>708732504
I still don't understand, so you never pretended to be an alcoholic, but a RECOERING alcoholic? Why do you feel the need to pretend that?
>>708732357
Yeah the next day isn't too bad usually but day 2 I get really shakey, sweaty and won't sleep. If I do sleep I get nightmares. I generally don't let it get to day 2 though it's easier to just drink
>>708732357
It's not so obvious when it's happening and it works on so many levels. There is the classics like the shakes(DT) and the chills, but it's more clise to flu-like symptoms. They can range from a stomach bug to sweats to throwing up blood.
tl;dr real withdrawls are the fucking absolute worst
>>708732608
Bro, for your own recovery please don't call yourself a "former" alcoholic after only a few weeks. You're not out of the woods and you need to keep up with whatever treatment or programs or life changes that got you this far. Congrats on your sobriety though.
This is one of the better threads I've been to in a while. I love you guys.
>>708732730
I already explained that.
I have a very, very low self esteem and need to do shit to feel like an interesting person. Everybody loves a recovering alcoholic. Or even alcoholics. People love broken characters. Why do you think that films such as taxi driver or apocalypse now are so popular? Because they feature a mentally screwed up character as the protagonist
>>708732504
I still would recommend finding a different way top cope with your social anxiety. But if it helps I suppose have it at it haus
>>708732634
I think I can function without it but I have a hard time not having atleast one drink a day. I think fuck it I dont have anything I need to do and wtf does it hurt.
>>708732624
Good job seeing your issue and trying to fix it anon, good luck keeping up your strength.
>>708732608
Keep it up each day is a gift man, after long enough youll forget about it
>>708732501
nice pic (saved)
>>708732357
Yeah man. You can different symptoms depending on how deep you're in it. You'll get irritable, you'll get shaky, cloudy mind, you can go so far down, you'll start hallucinating and lose your mind. You literally start to NEED it, just to function.
>>708732982
Alcohol threads always are good. They're the only threads on /b/ worth a damn, honestly. There's a certain level of understanding between drinkers that is just unexplainable and it's nice to share that.
>>708732982
I agree, wounder if 4chanarchive is still around to save this?
>>708732535
I'm going to die because of alcohol. Liver, heart, or stroke. It's just a matter of when.
>>708733095
indeed.
>>708727692
Came
>>708733095
I only drink if I'm out, but it's just nice to see everyone have civil conversations and just generally not shitpost.
>>708732997
I see, so you pretend to be a recovering alcoholic because it helps you feel better about yourself. I can understand that. But do you drink for real? Because the two aren't mutually exclusive, you can be pretending to be a recovering alcoholic and also be drinking or even be an actual alcohlic.
>>708733038
Thanks. Its actually hard, and after hitting some pretty bad lows, I don't wanna go back. This site may be full of trolls, but I'll be damned if you dont get an honestly recovered alcoholic to admit digging their own grave by pounding the bottle too hard for too long.
>>708733038
Struggling to not drinking is a major red flag.
>>708732392
I'm not worried, just curious. It's not uncommon I call it blackout life. Found a gash on my toe so I guess that's where it came from.
>>708733064
Real talk I think I started drinking when I was teenager because of social gatherings. Not to sound douchey I always felt really smart and quick thinking ( think kind of add) and then it become a way to slow my mind down and calm desires / to be happy in the moment. Then it became a way to have liquid courage at the bars and clubs. Now its habit... I just do it... I try no to drink to much but somtimes I just need that drink especially after a bull shit day at work. But I almost always feel like I have a bit of fog about my mind now.. so yeah
>>708732357
OP here, it takes time for any physical symptoms to affect me. Basically for the first week I just feel light remnants of a hangover but ultimately pretty good. After that the physiological symptoms kick in, along with heightened anxiety (i say heightened because it's still not extreme or even bad enough to interfere with my life beyond annoying me). My appetite will slightly shift, as well as my sleep patterns (although both are corrected by my use of cannabis), but what's more, I've experienced the dreaded cold sweats a couple times before. Nothing ever amounted from that and rehydration fixed me up, but still, sketchy...
Psychologically, I probably face the most issues. I'm really good at convincing myself to drink, but not for malicious reasons or self-medicating reasons. Mainly, I'm good at convincing myself to drink because I treat it like a high, and therefore my addiction seems to be a bit more akin to the psychological, bad-habit-forming "addictions" of cannabis.
I have taken lengthy breaks from both weed and alcohol, and while I'd admitthat the withdrawal from alcohol is worse than weed, I face ultimately pretty minor symptoms of withdrawal or physical craving. The mental desire to drink has always been more than any perceived necessity of nourishment. I am attracted to it because it's a high, not because of any physical constraints.
>>708733196
Damn dude, I bet that's fuckin hard to take in and cope with. Maybe luck might turn in favor for you and you'll be around longer than you might think
>>708733370
I think that is a fair point, not saying it is not an issue or could develop into one but I am quite functioning. I think most of my desire or struggle come from the fact that is been a habit for about the last 4-5 years. The few time I manged to go about a week or two my desire went way the fuck down and then I just started again.
Funny how beer commercials never show what happens to your liver from long term drinking. Marketing over generations has made it so socially acceptable the real concequences are written off as "being a pussy" to acknowledge as even a possibility. Man up son. Straight to the hospital, laying next to all the cig smokers. They were cool for all those years in they're 20's though. Better than being thought a fag by your peers right?
Reminder that if you've never yelled nigger in a crowded room then you're not a real alcoholic.
>>708733038
I've tried man, I've tried, Gym for over 1 year, changing my personality, shit like that, to no avail.
>>708733258
Man, I really don't like drinking, but I do it. Just recently am I starting to "acquire the taste" for beer. Liquor still tastes like shit. Can tolerate some whiskey
>>708733196
Sorry to hear that. May fortune favor you die with a smile on your face a bottle in your hand and a mouth on your cock under a beautiful sky.
>>708725868
Been drinking daily for the last 9 years. On average 6-12 tall cans of beer, I've mellowed out a lot tho.
Like most people I abused alcohol, was never physically addicted, there's a huge difference.
I work a lot, and use that to keep me away from the booze, because I know if I give myself a inche, I'll take a mile.
>>708733469
Oh dude, I feel ya. I was a bottle baby myself. I had my first drink when I was 12, and used to think it was cool to sneak drinks to school and shit, by 16-17 I was drinking regularly because it made me feel cool and mature, and like you said, made me feel quicker and more confident, but I eventually set myself up for failure. My brain function is slower than some folks', I don't retain as much information at once, and my reflexes can be slow at times.
>>708733764
Try wine easy going but better then liqueur and since its designed for siping you tend to drink it slower. Try mixing with food and trying to savor it will cause you to drink less.
>>708733827
Relating; especially my teenage perceptions to how it was perceived and how it made me feel "cool and mature".
>>708733979
Yeah it puts you in the "cool crowd" but at what cost? You're fucking up your body way too early...
>>708733673
People who develope severe fatty liver and even cirrhosis generally have several other issues in their life, poor diet, lack of exercise, consistently drink on empty stomach, or continue to binge day in and out. Also, genetics play a huge role as well.
Drinking even a 6 pack a day won't bring you near the end stage liver diseases. As long as you eat healthy and don't consume alcohol 18 hours out of 24 hour day, deficiency is unlikely to set in and your body functions normally.
drunk recently "joined" AA ama.
>>708733878
Nah I absolutely abhor wine, already tried lots of it.
Also, about drinking and eating, I cant do it. It makes the beer impossible to drink for me...like when you try to drink pepsi after having KFC nuggets and the pepsi just tastes like cough medicine because of the salt in the chicken? Something similar happens to me when I drink while eating
>>708725868
I drink about 2 liters of whisky a week.
fuck it
>>708733531
I don't feel like I'm dying. But then I think maybe I've lived for so many years feeling a certain way that it feels normal.
I used to get sharp pains in my liver area, but it has stopped, for some time now. Has my liver adjusted or is it just dead and isn't capable of pain?
>>708733779
I doubt that it will be so grand, but I have lived a full, weird strange life. It's been a fun ride.
I stopped getting shit faced every day and now I drink only on Friday nights. I'll get a liter of vodka plus a couple liters of seltzer and just drink simple mixers all night. I get a good cheap drunk with minimal if any hangover.
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>>708733360
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^^^ poster here
This is actually a pretty legit thread with some good posts. Good on you guys for overcoming those demons, and condolences for those still struggling. Shit ain't easy to toss away. Refreshing to see something other than cancerous memes and boredom shitposts
>>708734217
Thats 2 nights for me, might need a little extra.
I've been a "heavy drinker since I was 16 I'm 26 now, good weeks IL have 2 fifths, bad weeks or more like right now I'm up to 4 fifths a week. It usually coincides with how my life is going. I hate my job debts, and city living. Get bored drink, sad drink, stressed drink, the cycle goes on. Been drunk for about a week straight now. No real reason besides stress and hatred of my job. I do get scared though, have a feeling it will consume me one day. I don't ever get to the point of making drunk angels on the floor or blacking out except once in a rare while and always up to 12 hour work days the next day so I don't know!
>>708734267
If you still drink but no longer get sharp pains, you've probably adjusted because your liver finally stopped saying "keep that shit away from me" said "alright, let's do this...". If you don't drink anymore and started drinking gratuitous amounts of water and eating healthier, you're probably flushing the harmful toxins out of your body. You probably haven't recovered or healed anything, but stopped further damage and gave your liver a break.
>>708734589
you should seek out an AA meeting mate.
>>708734647
Used to do a a meetings when I was younger, never really helped me much. Just need a damned hobby, garage or some woods to keep myself busy at night, and on off days I guess.
>>708734424
Same guy, just wanted to add for you guys dealing with toxin pains and discomfort. There's something you should try if you haven't heard of it, called "Miracle Clay" or Bentonite Clay. Do some research on it, but I would personally recommend making the stuff about twice a week to help with the stomach and body pains youre having, because it pulls and flushes the heavy metals and toxins from your stomach and blood. Just a recommendation for those in legit pain. Don't get the white sodium stuff, you want grey or brown clay.
>>708734640
Other than beer vodka (with iced tea at times, I only drink water...maybe an occasional Gatorade. I drink tons of water. I'm also deathly afraid of sober sleep.
>>708734435
Hats off to you
I really do not function well, I mean I do what I need to do and have money saved.. but fuck.
Personally I am waiting two more months until I can just smoke a joint instead of drinking...
Drinking sucks dude.
>>708734916
Oh, I forgot that part...I smoke weed as well, when I'm done drinking.
>>708734909
Sober sleeps suck when trying to quit. You kind of get insomnia because you feel relaxed with the room spinning. But at least you're not flooding your gut with bourbon like I used to. That's usually how the body pains happen
>>708735016
yeah when I can smoke a joint fuck alcohol.
I'm 21. Lat year i drank about 2 liters of beer every single day. I stopped now, and it's been about a month maybe? I dont know, but i do crave it. I've always been introverted and tend to abuse any drug to lessen that. I abused LSD and adderal for 3 years, I lived alone and didn't have friends. I moved back home and regained my friendship with the people i grew up with, and met an awesome girl. I probably drank a lot this last years because all that acid gave me more anxiety and some depression. Trying to stay sober now but damn it's hard. I can't focus on anything for a long period of time. Always though i had add but no one believes me, and it doesn't exist in italy. Hopefully i will start feeling like a normal human being in a year or so
>>708732357
yes you can get withdrawals. that's why hospitals have beer. if a heavy alcoholic stops cold turkey he/she could die.
>>708735314
No no no, I drink massive amounts of alcohol, then top it off with weed. I'm about to smoke it in a few. Ive never met anybody that has the problem that I have.
>>708735176
Last time I went a night without drinking, I took a few sleeping pills.
>>708735368
Yup. I lost my old man because of that. Used to drink a bottle of Aristocrat vodka every other day. Stopped because he turned himself if after being sentenced to the Snoopy Hotel for a few days, they released him and cops found him face down dead in a creek because he fell over the railing. Found out his body was in too much shock and his liver looked like stretched out crochet cloth.
>>708725868
Cheap vodka and Crystal Light. Low on calories and carbs. Will not let you gain wight and wont' have a beer belly. Mock me if you want but it works and gets the job done!
>>708735529
Well see, I used to drink a lot more, and smoke weed, and do all other drugs
I am an addict in the purist sense. An altered state of mind is what I crave, because my sober mind is not enjoyable.
Ya know, I do not know your situation, but I know I used to do a lot more in a shorter period of time, constantly.
I just know for sure, I want to be able to go get an ounce or two, smoke half a joint, and that is it... fuck the other things.
>>708735529
seek AA mate
>>708735368
beer doesnt help much for severe withdrawals in my experience
most hospitals use drugs like valium now
>>708735656
I don't believe in taking sleeping pills or aspirin. Though it is better than drinking yourself to sleep. I take GABA every night, or if I really can't sleep I'll toss in a melatonin
>>708735860
What this guy said. You're on a slippery fucking slope, bud.
>>708735870
gabba doesnt cross the blood-brain barrier unless you inject it. so that powder you get at the natural store? useless taken orally. i know, i tried once.
>>708735851
AA fucking sucks really.
and no one will bow down to them until they think they need it, that whole rock bottom thing.
>>708735791
I know the same. I drink all day, do benzos all day. passout. Get up and do the same. I hate my life and prefer the high-life. till I die of courses
>>708727531
Getting some pussy /b/ros was a hell of a night here in kentucky keep it real neckbeards
>>708736093
Yeah dude, get high and fuck it all.
Got caught dealing, and life sucks.....
2 months man.... so close
>>708735851
Never, the Jesus bullshit...fuck that, I'd rather my liver explode.
>>708735870
I don't do pills. I only take pills for heartburn. Any broken bone or burn or any ailment, I've refused pain pills. I know better. I'd be pouring milk over them in a cereal bowl.
>>708736046
I use GABA as a workout recovery thing, and it relaxes your muscles. If you take the right dose, you'll feel like you're sinking into your mattress and fall asleep. I am aware of it no passing into your brain though. As far as powder stuff, if you mean the clay stuff I mentioned, you can go to a store and get it, yes, but I buy mine online. If you ask around, look for this, I have exactly this stuff and just made a drink with it.
I've posted in these threads many times, constantly drunk.
I've been drinking solid for 5 days now. All I think about is work and the next drink.
Currently drinking haigs club whisky straight with a beer and tequila chaser.
Have a partner shes just away to work feel like a complete dick can't help myself though
turned 21 this year. Was a non stop weed smoker but dropped weed and have been drinking nonstop. Have gained probably 20 lbs
>>708736262
>the Jesus bullshit
For your information, it is not Jesus bullshit. No where in the group do they mention jesus.
It is God as you understand him/her.
I've been doing the bullshit on and off for over 10 years when I get in trouble. God is whatever you see it as... One guy here puts it as "Good Orderly Direction".
The program in itself is a spiritual one, not a religious one (unless you go to a church AA group)..
I do not agree with the beliefs of that group, or any religion.. but I understand it.
Don't be a dumb addict.
>>708736046
Forewarning, this shit tastes like a mouthful of toilet paper
>>708736628
yep its tough to drink down lol
>>708725868
Been drunk for a year or so. Just finished a shift at the bar I work at. I'm all happy and shit cause I get to drink some beers in peace.
This as of now. Good stuff.
I usually get local IPAs though. I live in GA
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>>708736579
I'm not this same guy but if you seek to seriously improve your life and stop drinking seriously check this out.
>>708736695
But does it not work? I use it for everything
Howdy guys
New to this, not sureif you could classify it as alcoholism
Got a new position at work that has put my stress through the roof so I've been having 1-2 jack and cokes a night to take the edge of stress off every night for about a month now. Is this a red flag that I should try slowing down?
>>708727070
>>708727259
Its up to you to decide if its a bad thing. I used to drink, and it was fine. I worked, then I drank. I had enough money to be comfortable. It only became a bad thing when I wanted to stop and found I couldnt. I tried to stop for years, I really wanted to stop but couldnt. That was when I knew I had a problem.
>>708736911
You tell me? You said it feels like you are sinking into your mattress at the right dose. When I took it I thought it gave a slight sedative feeling.... but I was taking so many grams. Maybe I brute-forced some in to the brain, I dunno
But for other stuff, I haven't checked the science out.
>>708736852
I am the guy who drinks 2 liters a week and said the shit about the AA group and Jesus.
If you really want to stop drinking, and do things to spiritually grow, yeah... AA is that shit if you actually work it.
However, I can't recommend it. Fuck that bullshit, do what you want, and your life will go how it should.
If you have no hope or self-restraint and need people to coach you through life, AA is there, and the few fucks there will help you really. You can all relate, and that is it.
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>>708736957
search google for your local AA groups. they will serioulsy be able to help you if you feel you need help with your problems.
>>708737070
exactly mate. it works if you work it. youre an alcoholic but yeah you dont want help if you dont seek it. prepare to die soon man. good bless you.
>>708737029
Oh shit, I totally misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the bentonite clay. The GABA for me, I take two 750mg capsules before bed. It works better for me when I don't have anything to digest in my stomach so I get the full on effect. I can take three according to the bottle, but I don't want to push it
I do go a day or so sober here and there, but usually do 2-3 cans of light beer a night (it's free). Sometimes I'll get weed and caffeine pills and go all night. Did 16+ a couple times.
I really gotta stop though. It's making me feel like shit, and giving me mad heartburn. It also consumes too much of my attention and I got wasted on Everclear the other day and drive my gf around barely able to see straight.
>>708737077
AA did help me, Im 42 days sober now after drinking every day for years. I tried and failed to stop so many times I realised I couldnt do it on my own, so I went and found some people who could help.
>>708736579
Yeah, that's what they have here, Jesus bullshit....in the church. 30 guys that are there because the court told than to. Real douche bags, ya know. Dui assholes, fuck those people.
Also,
>>708737649
1 month and going strong. keep up the good fight /b/rother.
straight edge here. don't ask me anything
>>708737869
That first month is the hardest
>>708728557
Sweet tea and Bombay Sapphire is breddy gud m8.
So is tea w/ wine. Light teas with light wines, darker teas with darker wines.
Also light wine goes well with sprite, and dark wine with Pepsi/Dr. Pepper.
>>708737673
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Just wait till you get a DUI, since you know, we all know you drive when over the legal limit on alcohol, or after smoking a joint, or whatever. fucking scrub.
>>708737286
>prepare to die soon man. good bless you.
It is this type of person that really makes people not want to go to an AA meeting.
Who the fuck are you to judge another person? Or tell them when they will die. Keep going to your fucking meetings and posting on the board chick. If you want to advocate AA, fucking do it. Anyone really in AA or about that shit would not say anything like that to an "addict"
Oh yeah sorry, drinking your mom's shnapps and smoking some shwag with boo-boo are adult things to do
How do you guys sleep other than drinking till you pass out? If I try to go sober I'm awake for 3 days before I sleep. I have diazepam but all that does is put me in some weird middle ground where my mind will still be awake.
>>708738193
was on diazepam for 3 years. was incredibly painful getting off of it. you take it every day? It wont really put you asleep unless you take 20-30 mg. anyways stay away from that shit. withdrawals from it are very similar to alcohol. it's a benzodiazepine, and benzos interact with your gaba receptors like alcohol
>>708737649
Congrats! Remember to reach out whenever you need help. Good luck man.
>>708738595
Nah its a rare occasion, just some old stock lying around. It's messed up Im awake yet snoring if I take it
>>708738193
you really need to talk to a doctor for meds for that. there are plenty that will help. they are more than happy to assist as they see alcoholics everyday with that problem. its a real problem, too.
>>708738082
No, I don't. You stupid ass! I prepare accordingly!!! I used too drive impair, but I know better now. I am a true professional drinker.
>>708739155
yeah, benzos are shitty drugs. good for panick attacks
When all the AA people show up?
