I have had alcoholic tendencies, and, to be honest, what works for me is to be a serious teetotaler, but then get really drunk like once every three months. I wake up feeling terrible and continue to feel terrible for about a week. It sucks so much that I don't want to drink at all for three months before I do it again.
I have had alcoholic tendencies, and, to be honest, what works for me is to be a serious teetotaler, but then get really drunk like once every three months. I wake up feeling terrible and continue to feel terrible for about a week. It sucks so much that I don't want to drink at all for three months before I do it again.
All things in moderation, including moderation.
If you are really good at alcoholism... you can get over that hump.
See a therapist if you can, attend a meeting, or both. You may also find some useful info in the “quitting drinking” thread here. One day at a time. Take care of yourself. You can do it. Good luck to you.
Hi Leon. You don’t provide any detail, but assuming that you are not so deep into the addiction that you risk going into shock from withdrawal, I would suggest going cold turkey and finding some ways to fill the void with healthy activities. Some kind of support group would be great, provided that it’s truly therapeutic and not toxic (as some of them unfortunately are). I would also recommend that you do not try a moderation program. From what I have seen, that rarely if ever works
I have had alcoholic tendencies, and, to be honest, what works for me is to be a serious teetotaler, but then get really drunk like once every three months. I wake up feeling terrible and continue to feel terrible for about a week. It sucks so much that I don't want to drink at all for three months before I do it again.
All things in moderation, including moderation.
This is sort of what happened to me a long while back, which makes me think I could never have been a full-blown alcoholic. I think true alcoholics blow right through that stage. Eventually, I decided to be done when I just get a little buzz... and, even then, it's easy for me not to even bother drinking any alcohol at all.
My brother, on the other hand, was a full-blown alcoholic and it eventually killed him. He just seemed to be structured differently - where he craved it so much that nothing could stop him once he started. We tried to get him to seek help but all that did was make him angry at us. He would say he could stop whenever he wanted but, it turned out, it was too late when he finally tried stopping. His liver was toast, it was discovered later, and so he had not platelets. He hit his head, began having seizures, and the doctors could not stop the bleeding into his brain. About all I can offer to the OP is to seek help from professionals to help stop. Your life might depend on it. My brother did not know that he had no platelets (due to alcoholism) or that he even could die from a simple hit on his head. Sadly, we think he fell and hit his head because he was trying to stop drinking. There was no alcohol in his blood stream when he was rushed to the hospital following his first seizure.
I miss my brother every day. He was a great athlete and friend to everyone, until alcohol absolutely ruined him.
I have had alcoholic tendencies, and, to be honest, what works for me is to be a serious teetotaler, but then get really drunk like once every three months. I wake up feeling terrible and continue to feel terrible for about a week. It sucks so much that I don't want to drink at all for three months before I do it again.
All things in moderation, including moderation.
This is sort of what happened to me a long while back, which makes me think I could never have been a full-blown alcoholic. I think true alcoholics blow right through that stage. Eventually, I decided to be done when I just get a little buzz... and, even then, it's easy for me not to even bother drinking any alcohol at all.
My brother, on the other hand, was a full-blown alcoholic and it eventually killed him. He just seemed to be structured differently - where he craved it so much that nothing could stop him once he started. We tried to get him to seek help but all that did was make him angry at us. He would say he could stop whenever he wanted but, it turned out, it was too late when he finally tried stopping. His liver was toast, it was discovered later, and so he had not platelets. He hit his head, began having seizures, and the doctors could not stop the bleeding into his brain. About all I can offer to the OP is to seek help from professionals to help stop. Your life might depend on it. My brother did not know that he had no platelets (due to alcoholism) or that he even could die from a simple hit on his head. Sadly, we think he fell and hit his head because he was trying to stop drinking. There was no alcohol in his blood stream when he was rushed to the hospital following his first seizure.
I miss my brother every day. He was a great athlete and friend to everyone, until alcohol absolutely ruined him.
Thank you for your thoughtful and responsible answer.