One year alcohol free. I stopped on memorial day weekend last year. Cravings, thoughts, self talk, sneaking around, hiding stuff, has fade away. How? My mother in law, sister in law, and her son . All moved out. I have the house back. The energy bill down. Peace and quiet. No pills or therapy help. Just peace and quiet and my house back. Update: still havent a drop, no cravings, barely a thought,
Ten years sober, well done everyone else. Thing is, when I was drinking I'd have avoided this like the plague, because I knew. The shame was excruciating.
If you can go two full days without any alcohol then you definitely don’t have a physical dependence yet. Which is really good because that’s when it gets really dangerous. Once you physically need alcohol to function is when you might need medical care to stop. If you’re noticing withdrawal symptoms when you try to stop or cut back then you know you’re addicted physically. Withdrawals usually start within 6-24 hours after your last drink when stopping or cutting back. That’s all not to say you don’t have a problem with alcohol when you do drink though. If it’s affecting your life negatively when you do drink you might have a problem. If it’s affecting your work and social and family life. If you’re drinking and driving. If you’re engaging in other dangerous and risky behavior. That is to say doing things you wouldn’t do sober. When you do drink if you can’t stop once you start drinking or you’re drinking high amounts in a short period of time, which is called binge drinking. These are all signs that it is an alcohol abuse disorder now.
@@slickone777 ok we are getting somewhere but which one? All day IPAs? Sierra Nevada hazy little thing? Which ipa? I’m trying to figure out your base daily average of drinks.
There has never been any correlation between binge drinking, daily drinking and alcohol dependence. If you use alcohol as a crutch then you need to get help for the underlying issues. Quitting drinking will not help you do this whatsoever and will ensure that you relapse.
I have been alcohol free for 28,105 days. To those who been able to completely stop drinking I say well done. For those who haven’t you know exactly what’s coming yet you won’t stop. More and more people are stopping every day because the science has been testing and finally they’ve determined that NO ALCHOL IS SAFE TO DRINK!! “Moderate drinking“ is no longer considered safe and there are no benefits either.
@@TheGweedMan ha ha, apologies for doubting you! Well done for resisting it, so much of the "advice" we're given is funded by alcohol/food/pharma companies. A big part of my sobriety journey was wanting my kids to realise alcohol is bad.
I'm watching this, in my car parked in a Wal-Mart parking lot. I'm going to sleep here for the 3rd night in a row. We got in another fight. Not over my drinking per se, but I know my drinking was a catalyst to it. I sit here, with $160 in my bank account, a few more white claws in me (I'm not driving anywhere. Camping out. One of thing I don't do is do is drink and drive), having to work at 7AM, with no shower or anything available. I need to admit the truth. To myself and to my family. I'm just so scared of what that looks like.
Crappy video. Like most on the internet. 1) It’s dangerous to talk warning signs. You might not get any. Might just get severe brain damage sneak up on you. 2) It’s not really expensive at all. At least in the US you can get drunk for $5. 3) The suicidal ideation is usually nothing to do with mental health, it’s outright brain damage. Trying to quit and not being able may also be brain damage. In the frontal lobe where your decision making and executive functioning should prevail. Personality changes.. also brain damage 4) Why justify “social drinking as ok?” If drinking alone is bad then the shit must be toxic. Nobody cares if you smoke cigarettes or even weed alone. Why is it so ok to get brain damage with others around but not by yourself?
