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How to Stop Drinking?
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There's the 12-step programs, there's sending yourself to a re-hab facility ($$), there's going it alone by pouring it all down the drain, & (ask a doc about this).
I know someone who became an ultra long-distance runner when they had to stop drinking. Basically, they switched from drinking to running.
Hope you are alright. Be safe.
I know someone who became an ultra long-distance runner when they had to stop drinking. Basically, they switched from drinking to running.
Hope you are alright. Be safe.
What Seabird said sounds good.
I think there are professional drug and alcohol counselors. I'm not sure how you would get access to one (or how much they would help), but talking to a doctor sounds like a good idea.
Some people say eating a lot of sugar helps to deal with cravings for alcohol if you try to quit.
There are some members of the forums who are in recovery, so talking to them might help.
The SH&SA forum might be a good place to post, or to find threads to read.
https://www.suicideforum.com/community/forums/self-harm-substance-abuse.44/page-3
I think there are professional drug and alcohol counselors. I'm not sure how you would get access to one (or how much they would help), but talking to a doctor sounds like a good idea.
Some people say eating a lot of sugar helps to deal with cravings for alcohol if you try to quit.
There are some members of the forums who are in recovery, so talking to them might help.
The SH&SA forum might be a good place to post, or to find threads to read.
https://www.suicideforum.com/community/forums/self-harm-substance-abuse.44/page-3
How long are you able to go without alcohol today? If you get shaky or other w/d symptoms, please talk with your doctor before going cold turkey.
The main thing for me has been finding healthy alternatives to get the same benefits you got from drinking. For example I used it to cope and to escape. I’m finding healthy ways to cope so that I don’t have to drink over painful situations. For escape I am trying out hobbies that I can get absorbed in.
I’m 6 months clean, so obviously I still have work to do. This is what I have learned so far.
The main thing for me has been finding healthy alternatives to get the same benefits you got from drinking. For example I used it to cope and to escape. I’m finding healthy ways to cope so that I don’t have to drink over painful situations. For escape I am trying out hobbies that I can get absorbed in.
I’m 6 months clean, so obviously I still have work to do. This is what I have learned so far.
Sorry you are going through a tough time quitting drinking.
For me personally, it was pretty easy to quit drinking, mainly because i HATED the taste of alcohol, and i hated the awful comedowns and hangovers and it was expensive, and also i never really felt better while drinking.
But of course, for others drinking can help them feel better so its harder to quit. I recommend seeing a specialist, or reminding yourself why you want to quit
Good luck my friend
For me personally, it was pretty easy to quit drinking, mainly because i HATED the taste of alcohol, and i hated the awful comedowns and hangovers and it was expensive, and also i never really felt better while drinking.
But of course, for others drinking can help them feel better so its harder to quit. I recommend seeing a specialist, or reminding yourself why you want to quit
Good luck my friend
I have nothing to add really except that I try to restrict my drinking to twice a week. Unfortunately this means that I spend much of the week looking forward to getting drunk at the weekend. I'm not even a social drinker, but get drunk on my own at home. It seems to be the only time I forget how unhappy I am.
So when I replied earlier I was in a better place than I am now. It's hard to quit. I keep thinking it might have been not so bad, or maybe I'm just over-dramatizing what happened when I drank. But then I remember why I quit. It wasn't working anymore. It worked in the beginning and that is why I kept doing it, but eventually it became more and more painful, and less and less fun. By now it's pretty much all pain and very little fun, if any. So although I still crave the escape that I once achieved with alcohol, I have no desire to go back to the place where alcohol takes me in terms of hangovers, guilt, anxiety, and more.
I'm not sure where you are in the world but as long as you don't need medication to get through withdrawal, the Alcoholics Anonymous programs here in the US are very effective.
Its a bit old fashioned, their literature hasn't been updated in a long time, but it works. 90 meetings in 90 days is the slogan that has helped many.
There are online meetings these days also in addition to in person, started because of covid.
Don't know if this is helpful, chuck it if not, I wish you all the best.
Its a bit old fashioned, their literature hasn't been updated in a long time, but it works. 90 meetings in 90 days is the slogan that has helped many.
There are online meetings these days also in addition to in person, started because of covid.
Don't know if this is helpful, chuck it if not, I wish you all the best.
Hi, I am in recovery from alcohol 17+ years. I tried everything to quit on my own. I had my own detox regime, I read books, even took medication like Antabuse and naltrexone. I just couldn’t do it until I went to rehab and 12 step meetings. It’s still took me some time and a few more rehabs but if I can do it, anyone can! It’s not easy but sooo worth it. Try a meeting!