So I have struggled a bit with drinking a lot the last four years or so.
My father, grandfather, and sister were alcoholics, and my sister FINALLY beat it a couple years ago (she is 42 now). I was HARDCORE Straight Edge due to my family history until I was 21 (2007) when I bought a six pack to celebrate.
I only drank socially after that until early 2020 when I hated my job at the time so much, I ldrank on my breaks, and every night before bed.
It literally became a habit, to the point that even when I didn't crave booze, I still needed a drink to pair with a cigar. RC Cola, Sunkist, and Squirt made great substitutes for awhile, but I would still always find my way back to a bottle of whiskey to pair with my nightcap cigar every other day or so.
So a couple weeks ago, I FINALLY made the decision to quit drinking almost every night. I had made strides in the past couple years, but would always seems to "relapse" roughly once a week and down nearly a whole bottle.
These are the Texts I sent to one of my best friends who is a former, major alcoholic this past Sunday:
"So I have a plan to quit drinking everyday, and it's already paying off.
Very slowly detoxing myself, with one less drink a night. Tonight will be 7 drinks, tomorrow 6, then 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
I restarted this this past week after I relapsed HARD the night of the election and downed an entire bottle in despair.
Anyway, since Thursday alone (which was 12 drinks), my body is responding well, and I'm sleeping better, and waking up feeling fine as my body is adjusting nicely the the gradual decrease in alcohol.
If you're curious, I supposedly downed an entire bottle last Tuesday (I swore I went to bed with 1/3 left, but I couldn't find the bottle the next day, so I'm just assuming I downed the whole thing. That's 16 drinks).
Wednesday was 14 drinks. Thursday was 12, Friday was 9 or 10, and last night was 8. I wish I could go cold turkey (I have craved a drink maybe once in the past week), and I really want to, but I don't want to die. Hahahaha.
But this slow process is working, and I already am feeling much better."
When I say "I don't want to die" it's because I had a couple brief seizures my first night in my new house.
This is another text I sent the same friend on October 1:
"So I had my first seizure last night.
I was laying on my side half asleep, and then my body just started flopping around like I was coughing really heavily, but not coughing. You know what I mean?
It lasted for about 5 - 10 seconds, then happened again about 30 seconds later.
I was like "What just happened? I think I just had a seizure?!"
I'm not surprised though, I essentially went straight cold turkey last night."
Anyway, it feels good to let this out there to you all whom I feel I can trust, and I am curious about other stories (if you are comfortable sharing) that helped beat the habit.
Again, the slow process of one less drink a night has been working great for me as I slowly detox myself.
What worked for you?
I love you all.
My father, grandfather, and sister were alcoholics, and my sister FINALLY beat it a couple years ago (she is 42 now). I was HARDCORE Straight Edge due to my family history until I was 21 (2007) when I bought a six pack to celebrate.
I only drank socially after that until early 2020 when I hated my job at the time so much, I ldrank on my breaks, and every night before bed.
It literally became a habit, to the point that even when I didn't crave booze, I still needed a drink to pair with a cigar. RC Cola, Sunkist, and Squirt made great substitutes for awhile, but I would still always find my way back to a bottle of whiskey to pair with my nightcap cigar every other day or so.
So a couple weeks ago, I FINALLY made the decision to quit drinking almost every night. I had made strides in the past couple years, but would always seems to "relapse" roughly once a week and down nearly a whole bottle.
These are the Texts I sent to one of my best friends who is a former, major alcoholic this past Sunday:
"So I have a plan to quit drinking everyday, and it's already paying off.
Very slowly detoxing myself, with one less drink a night. Tonight will be 7 drinks, tomorrow 6, then 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
I restarted this this past week after I relapsed HARD the night of the election and downed an entire bottle in despair.
Anyway, since Thursday alone (which was 12 drinks), my body is responding well, and I'm sleeping better, and waking up feeling fine as my body is adjusting nicely the the gradual decrease in alcohol.
If you're curious, I supposedly downed an entire bottle last Tuesday (I swore I went to bed with 1/3 left, but I couldn't find the bottle the next day, so I'm just assuming I downed the whole thing. That's 16 drinks).
Wednesday was 14 drinks. Thursday was 12, Friday was 9 or 10, and last night was 8. I wish I could go cold turkey (I have craved a drink maybe once in the past week), and I really want to, but I don't want to die. Hahahaha.
But this slow process is working, and I already am feeling much better."
When I say "I don't want to die" it's because I had a couple brief seizures my first night in my new house.
This is another text I sent the same friend on October 1:
"So I had my first seizure last night.
I was laying on my side half asleep, and then my body just started flopping around like I was coughing really heavily, but not coughing. You know what I mean?
It lasted for about 5 - 10 seconds, then happened again about 30 seconds later.
I was like "What just happened? I think I just had a seizure?!"
I'm not surprised though, I essentially went straight cold turkey last night."
Anyway, it feels good to let this out there to you all whom I feel I can trust, and I am curious about other stories (if you are comfortable sharing) that helped beat the habit.
Again, the slow process of one less drink a night has been working great for me as I slowly detox myself.
What worked for you?
I love you all.
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