HOW did you quit drinking
- Thread starter deShark
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- Aug 21, 2016
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Surprisingly, I don't have this habit, But I realize some of my friends are seriously facing issues with drinking and find it not easy to quit it.
Flux Agency
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Write down or reflect on the reasons you want to quit (health, finances, family, career, peace of mind).
Having a strong reason will help you stay firm when cravings strike
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Unfortunately I might not be in position to offer you a solid advice on how best you can stop smoking since I' not alcoholic myself. But I had quite numbers of bad habit through self-reflection. There are agencies that would be helpful Aswell if you're looking into external parties. If you tell me the country you reside, I can fetch in some options to try.
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I quit because if I kept drinking, I would die.
I made a decision, no meetings, nobody holding my hand, I just manned up and grew a pair.
Maybe not the way everyone should go, and it is never bad to ask for help, but that worked for me.
I made a decision, no meetings, nobody holding my hand, I just manned up and grew a pair.
Maybe not the way everyone should go, and it is never bad to ask for help, but that worked for me.
deShark
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Thank you for this, i honestly think the idea of dying from drinking is going to be a strong motivation for me to quit.
I’ve been down that road a few years ago—it didn’t help much aside from draining my wallet. At the end of the day, it really comes down to willpower. But I’m starting to realize that the methods I relied on before aren’t working anymore, which is probably why I opened this thread.
deShark
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Funny guy!
i think i can only do it for me thinking about the list will probably make me drink more
SydneyDanger
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Look into Naltrexone if you can. Not sure what country you're from but depending on where you are you can get a prescription via an online consult with a doctor. It doesn't work for everyone, but I know people it has helped.
TheConsigliere
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Same thing w/ me but on cigs once I felt the drain physically + mentally, it flipped a switch in my head. After that, it wasn’t about “willpower,” more like I didn’t wanna poison myself anymore.
deShark
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That’s another way to look at it, but trust me if you don’t stand up, you’ll stay down forever. With alcohol, as long as you can’t control it, you’re the one losing and at some point you just need to ask for help if you want to change things i also smoke i think it carries the same burdened
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You need to start working out, which helped me. The desire to drink disappears, not at once but gradually and still pretty quickly, and then suddenly you don't remember it anymore, and something else takes over.
I was a raging alcoholic for years. Nothing else works, especially if you need to ask this question, then you are already at the crossroads where other things didn't help.
If you smoke cigarettes, you need to stop that, too.
Drinking leads to smoking and smoking leads to drinking... always.
Working out solves both those issues... I know it sounds like a cliche, but it does work.
I was a raging alcoholic for years. Nothing else works, especially if you need to ask this question, then you are already at the crossroads where other things didn't help.
If you smoke cigarettes, you need to stop that, too.
Drinking leads to smoking and smoking leads to drinking... always.
Working out solves both those issues... I know it sounds like a cliche, but it does work.
deShark
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I’m a fit guy—six-pack and all—but I think family pressure has gotten the best of me. I get what you’re saying. I’ve always turned to fitness for comfort, but it’s not working anymore. After a good workout session, I find myself craving a drink. It’s literally become my life—I work out just so I can drink even more. its just a matter of time before i loose my physic and my house. because of the rate at which im drinking on average i send $3000 per month on drinking for the past 9 months. stoped therapy because i was spnding $275 per week and it wasent even working they just keep giving me different meds every week to see what works. and funny enough the best drink is after my therapy session.
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Lucky Phil
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I am the sort of person who needs to be around people and I don't cope well with long periods of time on my own. I find that being in a pub leads to interactions with nice friendly people/friends and being home on my own doesn't.
If anyone has a solution to this then I will quit drinking tomorrow (HINT: gym isn't gonna do this as I still go now)
If anyone has a solution to this then I will quit drinking tomorrow (HINT: gym isn't gonna do this as I still go now)
TheConsigliere
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Every drink = spike of acetaldehyde, which mutates DNA + kills liver cells. Body repairs at first, but scars build up til organ stops working.
Add brain shrinkage + nerve damage ~> higher risk of cancer, dementia, stroke.
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I quit smoking and drinking the day after my heart attack and surgery in 2020
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/heart-attacks-are-a-bitch.1283642/
MorishKrisje
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first step was admitting it and setting small goals—like skipping one drink a day. I also replaced drinking with exercise and stayed away from triggers. Support from friends or online communities helps a lot too.