The Stop Drinking (or using other substances) thread - Hello, my name is "kiwi farmer", and I am an alcoholic.

[Jeff_the_Thriller]

The only good thing to come out of covid was I ramped up my drug and alcohol abuse to the point I almost ended up shitposting in hell. Now I'm coming up on 6 months clean and feel a fuck of a lot better. I don't miss hangervers or missing out on stuff because I was on some combination of drugs that made me erratic. The only thing I really miss is weed but I know it will just lead me back to doing the other shit. Another user said get hobbies. I can't agree more. At least try meetings. They are kind of gay but I met a good group of friends there that I regularly hang out with. If you keep hanging around people who use you'll end up using too. Get help if you're struggling with this. It's no joke.

 

[mindlessobserver]

So @mindlessobserver, have have you been man?

It's tough going. Thankfully no liquor but I did break down a week ago while out with some friends and had two beers. The social pressure is the hardest and the expectation when you are eating out that you have to order alcohol to go with it. Still have a pretty intense craving too, but I am scratching the itch with diet soda. Debating if I want to try the craving meds again, but they never really worked.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

It's tough going. Thankfully no liquor but I did break down a week ago while out with some friends and had two beers. The social pressure is the hardest and the expectation when you are eating out that you have to order alcohol to go with it. Still have a pretty intense craving too, but I am scratching the itch with diet soda. Debating if I want to try the craving meds again, but they never really worked.

Well, you're only human. We all fuck up. The fucked up thing is if you want to really stop, you gotta distance yourself from people who drink, or do anything you're trying to stop. I wish you the best man.

 

[mindlessobserver]

I've started using a desire to pay down the debts from my move and to reaccumulate crypto as motivation to stay away from the sauce. So far so good. I've found it's really important to redirect my brain with different motivations, particularly at the end of the work day when my usual habit was to go and buy booze. Guess those therapy sessions from 2 years ago are actually doing some good since these are techniques they discussed.

 

[blockhead]

I've started using a desire to pay down the debts from my move and to reaccumulate crypto as motivation to stay away from the sauce. So far so good. I've found it's really important to redirect my brain with different motivations, particularly at the end of the work day when my usual habit was to go and buy booze. Guess those therapy sessions from 2 years ago are actually doing some good since these are techniques they discussed.

How are you doing?