I’m a alcoholic

[X17]

Any other gears brahs out there struggling? I know I can’t be the only one. I behave for about 2 weeks then 2 weeks of drinking plus other bad stuff.

 

[Dueces]

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Any other gears brahs out there struggling? I know I can’t be the only one. I behave for about 2 weeks then 2 weeks of drinking plus other bad stuff.

I used to be an alcoholic for 17 years im 1 and 3 months sober.
Look up Ibogaine, 1 day is all it took. changed my life.

 

[Primobro]

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Any other gears brahs out there struggling? I know I can’t be the only one. I behave for about 2 weeks then 2 weeks of drinking plus other bad stuff.

I spent most of my 20s trying to get sober, failed every time, and progressively got worse. Finally at 28 (I’m 32 now) I seemed to get my act together but it’s still a constant mental battle man. When life gets tough I just buckle down and hold on for the ride. I used to medicate with whatever I could get my hands on and that just made my life worse and brought me to lows I never thought I would experience. Nobody’s perfect but If you at least realize you have an issue and make an effort to be the best person you can be everyday, you’re a step ahead of many.

 

[Truckertrash]

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Any other gears brahs out there struggling? I know I can’t be the only one. I behave for about 2 weeks then 2 weeks of drinking plus other bad stuff.

Been clean and sober for almost 5 years now. I do the 12 step meetings, maybe those would help you. If that isn’t your thing search for other methods…Just don’t give up trying… Addiction is serious shit, it takes people out…Good luck and God Bless

 

[Allstar1233]

I would be dead if it wasn’t for AA and the 12 steps. Going on 7 years clean and sober. I tried for years and it wasn’t until I was willing to do the hard work of the 12 steps that my life really changed for me.most won’t be able to do it on their own

 

[eforman]

First I’d like to say I respect each of you and your struggle with alcohol. I am in no way trying to high road here.

Help me understand how anyone becomes an alcoholic. I’ve never understood how that becomes someone’s drug of choice. At least with other drugs there’s euphoric feelings involved even if temporary. Alcohol just seems completely opposite.

I’ve had a few alcoholics in my life and I’ve never understood it. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I am not trying to be.

 

[strongr007]

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Help me understand how anyone becomes an alcoholic.

Unanswerable.

Opioids don’t do anything for me, and I can take alcohol or leave it. But coke, adderal, or ritalin in a pinch - now those I can get lost in pretty easily.

Obviously other people fall hard for opioids and drink regardless of my own predilections. Addiction is totally individual at the end of the day.

 

[Rcd3t]

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First I’d like to say I respect each of you and your struggle with alcohol. I am in no way trying to high road here.

Help me understand how anyone becomes an alcoholic. I’ve never understood how that becomes someone’s drug of choice. At least with other drugs there’s euphoric feelings involved even if temporary. Alcohol just seems completely opposite.

I’ve had a few alcoholics in my life and I’ve never understood it. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I am not trying to be.

Usually a life changing event occurs. Someone passes, your spouse leaves you, etc. When you feel that pain and think “I’m just going to drink myself to sleep” just for tonight you wake up feeling that pain the next day and think the same thing again then it becomes a habbit. Have you ever had someone pass away that was close to you and started having severe anxiety attacks because of it? You can’t sleep for weeks, so you call the doctor and gives you a script for xanax during the day and Ambien for the sleep issues. After a month your addicted. You try to ween yourself off then the rebound insomnia kicks in the anxiety attacks are twice as worse so you go back for another script and the cycle continues. It’s the same way for an alcoholic except you can just freely walk into the store and get your drug of choice.

 

[Tony_Parks]

I read an article about a drug called naltrexone being effective with problem drinkers, though not as it is prescribed here. A doctor in Denmark or Norway came up with a method by which alcoholics take it an only an hour or so before drinking, not three times a day or however it is prescribed in the U.S. It blocks the euphoric feeling from alcohol so there isn’t the temptation to overindulge. Instead of having 3 bottles of wine, for example, one would stop after a glass or two. This method hasn’t caught on the in U.S., probably because the 12-step industry isn’t a fan of medication and prefers the pray it away approach. I’d read up on this and give it a shot. Couldn’t harm anything. I mentioned this to a physician friend a while back and he was familiar with it and said he has prescribed it in this manner to patients with drinking issues.

 

[JPelle]

Spent 18-26 shooting heroin and in prison. Got clean for like the 5th time in 2017 and been clean since. Also tried steroids for the first time a week out of rehab and been B&C since. Just hit 18 months clean.

OP if you’re religious at all you should try AA. It really does help a lot of people, mostly with the sense of community it builds for you. It can be awkward at first but 90% of the people there are extremely friendly. It’s the best thing for you without going completely into an inpatient rehab. A lot of my AA friends know I do steroids and it doesn’t bother them, but I wouldn’t openly advertise it to anyone you aren’t close with.

 

[sourcebrah]

What helped me with addiction is doing things that take up all my free time (for me was getting a job that I work 60-70 hours a week). It can suck sometimes, but having little to no free time, and a ton of responsibilities and seeing your life improve from all the money coming in and work hours you’re putting in makes it very hard to want to relapse, and when you do you’ll think twice because you know your schedule is too hardcore and strict to go ahead and spend even a night binge drinking or drugging

 

[Fatbricks]

Sober just about 3.5 years here… In in out of jail rehab and prison… Drank too much shot too much meth and heroin amd was skidrow homeless even for a little bit of time… Turned my life around after the 5th rehab trip and love my life today… I was scared to try gear at first due to not knowing if I would go back to my previous lifestyle… To my surprise I have no mood changes and I can keep to doing my set dose 2 times a week… Never in my life have I done a drug that I can do on a schedule like this and not overdo it… Fuck yeah to all the people here with some clean time

 

[Scuba_Greaves]

Been sober since October 2016 (mostly heroin and cocaine).

You are NOT alone at all OP! Look at all the people who replied that they share similar problems.

What did it for me was my 8th trip to rehab / a lengthy county jails trip.

You gotta really want it my man, and once you do and you give over your life to a “higher power” (anything outside of yourself) everything changes.

I also did 9 months in sober living, so that held me pretty damn accountable.

Anyways, love seeing this post brother! You can do it

 

[ragnarthebear]

I was an alcoholic after graduating college. But it was more along the term alcohol was a precursor for me to do coke, molly or anything I could get my hands on.

It was a habitual cycle waking up feeling like shit, rip a few lines feel better. Start boozing again. Got sober though after my gf left me and now I am just a meathead.

Perhaps life is just trading one addiction for the next.

 

[Giantnerd11]

Been clean for 19 years now, NA saved my life for sure. Try the twelve step meetings. I was a bad alcoholic but heroin really brought me down.

 

[yelruP]

3 years clean coming up this June. Heron/cocaine mainly. Was making 55k/year and moved back into my parents house because I didn’t wanna pay rent and I spent all my income on drugs. Recovery is different for everyone. Bodybuilding has helped me stay busy and I love it.

 

[Yamsan]

I was and still am an addict. Did meth for a decade plus. Ive been clean now for 6 years. Everyone is different but for me, it was just a matter of really wanting to quit. For years I whined and cried how I wanted to whenever my shitty choices caused me consequences. As soon as I was out of it, I’d do it all over again.
So really, actually ask yourself if you really want sobriety. If you do, you gotta change everything. Seriously everything. Your buddies you drink or use with, the ones you’ve known since kids… Gotta go. Places you hang out at… Those too. The no good girls that get you back into it… You get my point.
It sucks. Its hard and painful, trust me I know! But its the best thing you’ll ever do. Just dont give up on it. A year from now you’ll feel 1000% better.
Just my 2¢.

 

[emez]

2 years clean checking in. I used to drink and party a lot. Totally out of control. I’d clean up for a few days or weeks and be like see I can handle it but then just go on benders. It sucks and it’s hard getting and staying sober but life is so much better now. You have to cut out all the toxic people, focus on yourself and your health. There’s an audio book by Russel Brand called Recovery. Check it out. Go to a meeting, they’re happening all the time. There’s also some people on twitter like https://twitter.com/EdLatimore that are good sober stuff he wrote a book called Sober letters to my drunken self. Getting and staying sober was one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself and there’s no way I’d go back to it having seen this better side of life.

 

[HeathGT]

I spent 10 years on meth and xanax mostly, and whatever else I came across. Went to prison when I was 28. Never lifted a weight or worked out a day in my life. In prison I got into working out/fitness/healthy lifestyle and have been clean and lifting ever since. I’m 33 now, so I’ve been clean a little over 4 years.

 

[Hopeisfading]

Dude I used to drink a full handle of Vodka a day. And some days I would run out and need more. It was terrible. I woke up one day and realized what the fuck am I doing? I’m killing my gains.

So I started looking on the internet and found Kratom. Decided to try it figuring it wouldn’t do shit for me. First time I drank Kratom I dumped my vodka bottles down the sink and never drank again. It’s been about 2 years now.

Feel free to ask me anything u want about Kratom. DO NOT buy it from head shops. Waaaay to expensive. I know reputable online vendors.

Kratom literally saved my life. I was on the verge of meds for liver…BP… Cholesterol. 1 year later at my physical all my numbers were in normal ranges. The stuff is awesome. Even though the fucking FDA is trying to ban it. BUT it’s because it helps people come off of pain pills. Which isn’t good for big pharma profits.