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Same thing I've noticed, once you start drinking at home alone the slope to becoming an alcoholic gets slick. I worked at a bar for 5 years and I saw people lose their relationships, their friendships, their health, their drivers license, their jobs, their good looks, and their homes. The descent between having fun and becoming an addict happens quickly
I needed to read this! I have been drinking for the last 10 years. My family just walked out . There is hope to repair my family but I feel it to be responsible to myself first. I've done major damage to my body. It's time to heal
Exactly. Covid made me realize no one ever plans on becoming an alcoholic/addict. You literally need to condition your home to not be tempted to do that shit.
Over a year I went from drinking 10 shots over an evening after work to...drinking around the clock. My body physically couldn't handle it. 4 hours without liquor the HELLISH withdrawals would start. Then my brother died, and for a good 5 months I was drunk 24/7. Even mentally wanting to stop, I physically couldn't. I was going through 1.75l in 20 hours, or drinking 128 proof moonshine (750ml) over a 5 hour period. It wasn't fun anymore. All I did was laze around, sleep horribly. I was avoiding reality and my grief and problems. It took 3 stays at detox but I'm happy to say I've been sober for 130 days+ and have never felt better. To anyone reading this...it's worth it. You got this. You'll relapse most likely. Don't let it discourage you. My third relapse and feeling like I was going to die from withdrawals, the thousands of dollars I spent gone, and hating what I'd become was what finally broke the cycle. You got this. Don't give up. It's possible.
Congratulations brother! Getting sober and staying sober in light of the loss of your brother takes serious introspection, willpower, and courage. Just remember the withdrawals and how awful you felt while experiencing them when the thought of drinking starts presenting again. I'm 46, an alcoholic, and have only just over a month sober...I've had long periods of sobriety only to relapse and start again. I know the self-imposed hell you went through. I've had 2 grandmal seizures from withdrawal, auditory and visual hullicinations, full body seizures while being awake and conscious, asphasia (for 3 days my ability to speak normally left), actually thought with that one I'd damaged the speech centers of my brain and would never speak normally again. Thankfully my speech came back. Anyway, I know the struggle. Keep it up brotha 👍
My last drink was New Year’s Eve 1999. Woke up with the hangover from hell so thought I’d have a dry January. I felt so good after not drinking for a month I never bothered to start again.
Same shit happened to me Oct. 2019. I wanted to prove myself I could stop for a month. A month turned to two turned to almost 3 years and I do not miss it at all.
I never had a problem with it until Covid. Worked bars 10 years and moved into health care. Then it went balls to wall crazy and now I wish I could be like you guys or be that guy I was. I've went from hardly nothing to straight in the deep end. Haven't left for 2 years
Congrats, I’m struggling with alcoholism right now. It’s like I know I should stop 🛑 but at the same time I love it. It’s like being in a love-hate relationship
I'm just glad there is actively people out there normalizing the concept of being open and real about addiction; Huge shout out to all of you folks who have made a name for yourselves putting this type of stuff out there to the world. It really is HUGE. I've been sober for 8 months now
@@extendedblundering Thats all that matters. I was fuckin with drugs too and must've relapsed a dozen or so times in the beginning but once it sticks don't look back 🤛 Its nice not having to stress and worry about all the misery we caused ourselves anymore
3.5 years sober here. Burnt my life to the ground bc of my drinking. Started out as a weekend thing in high school, turned into a blackout drinker in my 20s. I loved the way booze made me feel and the temporary escape from reality it gave me. Alcoholism is a viscious beast that can play some serious tricks on you. Glad I found a solution
I quit drinking 102 days ago. I burnt my life to the ground because of alcohol. I wouldn’t wish alcoholism on my worst enemy. Whoever reads this, if you’re struggling I hope you find peace soon.
@@marinersfk7349 hang in there. Life is going to hard as shit either way but alcoholism is only going to make it worse on you unless you walk away from it.
I quit drinking 102 days ago. I burnt my life to the ground because of alcohol. I wouldn’t wish alcoholism on my worst enemy. Whoever reads this, if you’re struggling I hope you find peace soon. Edit: Thanks for all the kind words, folks. Sobriety is a battle fought day-by-day. As for the haters, you’ll be happy to hear this, I’m on day 137 today ;) You are an absolute failure of a human being if you ever put down anyone doing something good with their life. Not that I care about the hater’s opinions. Only opinions I care about are the ones that come from my direct family and close friends. I pray for the alcoholic who still suffers. There IS a way out. Edit 2: Day 430 💪
@@Freiheit1232 He's trying but you can only really help yourself. Do you think it would have helped Steve if it was the other way a round 20 years a go, unfortunately people usually have to hit rock bottom first.
@@Woozlewuzzleable as someone who is in recovery(almost 2 years) it’s great what he’s doing. Sometimes you feel v alone and when celebrities have the same battles as you it definitely inspires me to stay clean and sober. You’re definitely right about the rock bottom. My rock bottoms had trap doors and I finally decided on my own to stop the cycle. I feel what he does now though is inspiration for those who are already in recovery. To see Steve-O able to conquer his demons and prosper makes me feel like I can do the same.
Weekend binge drinker here. Normally would take 5-6 days off a week and then go balls to the wall one day a week and be hungover for 2 days. Once this train starts it ain’t stopping….. spectrum of many associations for sure. If you feel in your heart you have an issue you probably do. Good news is that life actually gets way cooler when you stop drinking and social functions are way cooler too. I can talk to girls with confidence now and actually win at billiards. I’m telling you guys once you get past the hump, and you see how dope life is without booze, the moment will be a revelation. Much love From Chicago
I think or it like that. More like a Bus riding to the station the station being dependence. Some ride the bus and get off at the right stops. Some stay on sometimes and it won't be easy finding your way home. But with effort or with help you can make it back. You just have to put the footwork in. You can get off it any time but just makes that journey back a little longer and more hard to make.
I think a lot of people don’t realize that alcoholism isn’t necessarily drinking in the morning or all the stereotypes, it’s when you want to stop but you can’t
I'm afraid meeting ladies without the alcohol is a fallacy and a myth. With me being sober now, I will be single forever. There's a bizarre quasi-acceptance with booking up at a bar, drunk, as opposed to being sober and asking a woman out at work.
I was just in Reykjavik Iceland for 3 weeks. Wow the drinking culture out there is like crazy Viking shite. The city goes crazy Friday and Saturday night everyone smashed hooking up and then they are the most reserved chill people lol. Dating isn’t really even a thing over there evidently . I met so many couples through my friend who is Icelandic that met piss drunk and sex first night
It is crazy how much your daily mood is lifted and your morning mood is lifted when you get off drinking every night. You just realize at one moment, damn mornings aren’t bad anymore..I have more energy and seeem to be happier when I go without drinking
Im a heavy drinker. I wake up and drink a beer within the first hour if they’re cold. When I make mixed drinks I use about 5 oz of liquor instead of the typical 1.5. I want to quit but my body physically refuses. I’ve been drinking myself to death for nearly 5 years, I’ll be 30 next March. I just want to escape this vice. I appreciate everyone sharing their stories, makes me feel like I’m not alone in this.
Hi there, We're here, the people who got sober and clean. It's a crazy crazy journey, character breaker (what is a good thing), revaluation of everything in your life. But it won't kill you, but active drinking will. Go to detox,go to any AA meeting, these guys out there have the know-how,just take what you need. Cause it's all about you. Believe me,it's always worth to give yourself a chance for better life. You're worth it!
I'm not clean yet, but I want to be. I'm not sure if this applies, but I think we need help, and i'm also trying to learn how to accept help. I wish the best for you.
I did the same thing, couldn’t go without alcohol in my system for around 2 hours before I started feeling terrible. Did this for years. Got into treatment and I’m on 196 days of sobriety! You can do it!
I have a great life. I have my own place, my own car and a better job than I ever could have asked for. But there is that one thing. Like you the boozing. I can keep it together long enough to do a shift at work but soon as I get home or the weekend hits I'm drinking. I'm not a violent or mean drunk either. The most it effects my life is I can tell its fucking up my health and I feel like shit most of the time because of the night beford and dont feel better until those first couple of drinks hit me. I usually dont respond to comments just read them because like you I'm almost 30 and i can relate. Hang in there brother. We will get through this
i was never a big drinker until i got to be about the age of 21. it seemed like everyone i knew drank on a regular basis, and since it was ‘legal’ at that point i felt like it was something i was supposed to do to ‘fit in’. fast forward several more years and i come to realize i’m not hanging around the same people anymore, and that drinking was never good for me in the first place so i quit.
It's amazing to me that one of the most hardcore addictive substances is so socially accepted. I'd see colleagues get fucked up at parties or tell about their wild weekends on Monday, but if you'd tell them you had a quiet weekend, doing mushrooms on a Saturday night with some mates, that would be frowned upon. People have this weird idea that there's a difference between alcohol and "drugs", even though many of the things they consider "drugs" don't compare to the disastrous effects of alcohol. To be honest, I think the world would be a much better place if people would just do some mushrooms every once in a while, instead of getting fucked up on alcohol every weekend.
I think it's a natural inclination based on personalities. Like, if what you said happened and shrooms were a regular thing like cigarettes, it wouldn't take long for people to drive high on them or party *too* hard with them.
@@fercho2040 I don't think it's just that. It's also the effects of alcohol vs shrooms. Many people tend to become aggressive or reckless from alcohol. It's also way more addictive than shrooms.
I agree with you that the effect is different, but so is the effect of marihuana and people with more aggressive impulses, like gang members, smoke it *and* behave in the way they do.
@@fercho2040 I doubt there's any real causal relation between pot and violent behaviour to be honest. I don't think gang members are engaging in violent acts because of marihuana. It normally helps aggressive people to calm down.
Bill Burr really improves any room he's in, happy you guys decided to have him on the show. One of the few people who can podcast in a room completely on their own and still be incredibly entertaining
The boozing at home alone is what made me start drinking hard. I had no one really to impress( so I could wear whatever, do nothing, and be a slob) it was “cheap”, and I had my own entertainment( a lot of RU-vid conspiracies videos as well). You eventually end up reaching dangerous levels(12+ beers or half a bottle of bottom shelf liquor) of alcohol every night for little to no buzz anymore. Weed helps a lot when you’re cutting back.
i’ve been sober a month but this was me big time. that was just the regular routine. took a major bender with other hard drugs for me to finally realize i needed to kick it
Yes, it is really hard to moderate when you don’t have “bar measures” and you can also afford to drink much more than when you go out and you don’t usually have other people to keep you in check with how quickly you are drinking.
i had a bad drinking problem with wine. i'd just drink alone at my apartment and go live on instagram saying crazy shit lol like bill said, i started with like half a bottle of wine to put me in the sweet spot, then somehow i took it all the way to nearly 2 whole bottles and my whole excuse was "Well it's after 5pm so i'm not an alcoholic". lol then one of my old friends was like "you think you got a problem?" and i realized it was time to hang it up. i don't think i've even had a drink in 3 years now which is crazy to think about lol
Yeah I haven’t drank to the point of getting drunk in 3 years. I’ll just have one drink if I want to but I usually don’t even do that.. never had a problem really but got really wild and got in a fight at the bar the last time I got hammered and I think that’s keeping me away from alcohol
I limit myself to 2 drinks, 3 if I'm at a celebration, I know if I start wanting more than 2 in my day to day life then it's time to stop for a couple months. Ive been down that road before, it is a long walk back
Bill Burr is one of the many comedy legends! Good for him for stopping the drinking before it became a real problem. He did what's best for his kid and for himself.
I've had full blown DT's, seizures, hallucinations and to rehab time to time from alcohol withdrawal. Mostly from binge drinking and then cutting back. Some folks here be drinking hard think they are an alcoholic but are not really. compared to guys like me that have experienced what being a true alcoholic is like, Its literally HELL on earth. If you find yourself not able to not drink for a few weeks, you need to cut down and give it a rest before it sneaks up on ya and you wont see it coming. Ive been completely sober for a few months now and never even have the idea to take a sip. Once you've crossed that line where you experience severe withdrawals, it opens a portal and there really is no turning back. So CUT BACK while you can. Every trials, hardships and pain in your life can make you really thirsty and it doesn't stop. you just have to deal with it and remind yourself of the hell you went through to straighten your life. Now I love waking up everyday and eat healthy breakfast and coffee, go to the gym and just feel glad im still here. Alive and kicking.
Not always the case. I was a problem 'social drinker who'd regularly have 10 beers 3-4 times a week. That is still a problem, and I believe I got psychologically dependent on it.
He is totally right, addiction is a spectrum, and as an alcoholic with end stage liver disease due to cirrhosis due to alcoholic hepatitis I would accept someone calling themselves an alcoholic for having 2 or 3 beers every night.
I was shocked when I told my doctor I had a beer or two a night, and she came back with a sheet showing median drinking averages, and the average is much closer to a drink or two a week. Without the right influences any amount of drinking can become normal.
@@ChickenIandlEggs Well put. I started drinking two to three beers a night for a while and i thought people were nuts when they told me i might have a problem. It became such a routine every day and i was on to five beers a night before i knew it. Alcohol sneaks up on you quick.
Yup. I met a guy in a meeting who drank half a pint of liquor a day, and he was like "I'm not sure if I should be here..." All the old heads were like, it affected your life enough to walk in here. You should have a seat and be glad that's all it took before you realized what was happening. Trying to justify it by how much you consume vs other people is how addiction gets you in the beginning. It isn't actually the amount that matters nearly as much as your relationship to it.
@@DawnOfThaDusk same here. I'd get through a hard Monday and cool off with a few beers. Then I'd get to Wed or Thurs and grab some "mid week" beers. Then I'd get beer for the weekend, and if I drank too much I'd be hungover Sunday, then justify a beer or 2 to help the hangover. It sorta escalates without you realizing it. You just find ways to justify it. It's not until you get sick of that and stop until you realize that it was an addiction setting in
As a recovering alcoholic I feel for you. Hang in there, there's all kinds of new medical treatment for liver disease. Don't pick up another drink brother, your life is worth it.
When I was 22 I started going out to the bars every weekend. Then I started stacking alcohol at home, then it became an everyday drinking. I quit 4 years later. It was affecting my brain.
My mom was an alcoholic growing up and it destroyed our family. We didn’t recognize who she was when she was drunk. The hateful, hurtful and destructive things she said and did… She passed away homeless on the streets of downtown Dallas back in 2016. The most painful thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. More than tearing my ACL or anything else. To all those struggling with addiction or are on the edge, never give up! My love and regards to y’all.
For whatever reason, around 22 my body just basically said stop on it’s own. I’d drink literally 2 beers and feel like puking/get extremely depressed. So I just stopped, which is hard to believe because drinking used to be a really big problem for me.
Yeah, it has a way of sneaking up on you. Triggers for me was when i was bored and or stressed from work. Not a fullblown physical addiction that i felt i needed to drink every night but way more than is healthy. Felt that it got to a point where i drank more than my body could handle and it wasnt enjoyable anymore. Made a decision to change my life around. Been sober a month now.
Its not what you drink or how much you drink, it's what happens to you when you drink. Allergy of the body compulsion of the mind and a life acceptance problem. Been Sober since 1994. Greatest surrender to something that was killing me.
I went from drinking rum for fifteen year to drinking wine with dry herb vaping cannabis. I had heart failure and prediabetic. Sugar and salt is as bad as alcohol. These talks help me change.
Gonna be 3 years in November, if you're thinking about getting on the wagon or you feel you need to I hope it's a easy journey for ya. Have had a few bumps of life pushing me to fight the voice/ monkey so as they say it's never really over but the outcome is very much worth it. And if you're with me on this wagon ride already keep pushing and your head up. you're strong enough to not let alcohol beat you like it has others. Believe me, i've had enough of it taking my family and people.
I still love drinking. I just hate being hammered. And I hate the feelings of guilt and depression afterwards, like God damn what a loser. I just have trouble stopping once I start, and once I'm drunk I make other bad decisions, like driving, or eating a bunch, or getting some blow, or taking someone I don't like home. but the alcohol itself, I love!!! nothing is more tasty than a nice cold one, and nothing is a better buzz than the one that comes after the initial couple drinks. I just need to learn to stop there!
A few months ago I started going to AA meetings when I realized I was chugging beer/sometimes wine or rum alone in my room and that mixed with my bad mental state, it was getting bad. I enjoyed listening to peoples stories and thoughts in the meetings but recently I've had this gut feeling I don't want to go back. But I don't really feel the urge to over drink anymore as of now.
Well I'm the only guy responding to you here and it sounds like you have a problem. But you are not alone, I have a problem too. You're taking a big step and gone to an AA meeting, something I have not done yet. So keep trying keep up the good work fight the good fight
if your anything like me, you will think you can do it responsibly and the first few drinks or days drinking you think it’s not bad at all, amazing in fact with many benifits. Then your right back where you were before you know it.
Zoom meetings do not require any sort of commitment. You don’t even have to turn the camera on. Just listen in a couple of times a week. No harm in it. A lot of times the ‘don’t want to go back’ bug means that the alcoholic mind is starting to break through again.
It takes time to let go of the bottle. U took off the mask of what the alcohol had placed on u. AA meetings r effective. I’ve been attending them for a few months. I felt the same but u need to understand that it takes a small amount of time. I attend everyday at 7 and participate. Participation is the biggest thing apart from discipline and wanting to actually b free. Ur life will improve and u greatly benefit freeing urself from this disease and self isolation.
I enjoy some drinks with friends And on special occasions and that probably won't change. Although now that I'm 40 I've scaled it back. Two rules I've had for a long time though and never violate: I don't keep alcohol at home, and I never drink by myself
I wish the fact that addiction is a spectrum was more normalized. Many still think it's black and white. You're a normal drinker or your an alcoholic. As someone who's sober now and in AA for over 8 years even many in the program have a hard time grasping this.
Totally. I'm "lucky" (in a sense?) that the fact that I'm an alcoholic is abundantly clear. By the time I got sober I had given up just about everything for alcohol. It took a withdrawal seizure at work and being admitted and detoxed for the spell to be broken. AA and the 12 Steps was a no-brainer for me, and I credit it with helping me stay sober and more importantly become a better person the past 3 years. However, I think the program's limited in helping many people. "Sober-curious" people who would benefit from giving up booze but haven't necessarily had a rock-bottom - AA would try to ram home the idea that they have to admit they're a total piece of shit which would be off-putting for people like that lol.
@@Laura-fv1oe1 Ya exactly. I never had the 'bottom' that some people have had. No DUI, no detox required, BUT I put alcohol ahead of everything in my life (wife, kids, job, safety, etc.) so clearly I am an alcoholic or at least have a significant substance use issue. I love AA for the most part. The only thing I don't like is the description of the 'real alcoholic' in the big book because every time I read it my disease tells me that's not me. Congrats on 3 years!
@@mozerm You know, I never thought of that description of "the real alcoholic" and how it could actually cause more harm than good depending on who's reading it. Very good point. I should admit that *technically* I'll have 3 years on the 22nd LOL but thanks so much, means a lot! Congrats to you too. I wish everyone who's suffering could see the amazing lives we go on to lead in recovery. God bless!
Wanting coke after a few drinks is my problem, it always starts with a few drinks , turns into an 8ball, 500 dollars later I'm broke and so hungover hating myself and choices , it's a brutal cycle
Same for me. Only fix for me was moving away from it. Even 2 years later I was at a bachelor party where it was available and I couldn’t help myself, woke up after making some bad decisions and decided to cut out drinking for the most part as that’s where the road leads for me. Like others said, you feel better not drinking. What’s even more interesting is you see the influence it has on others. You’ll have other friends decide to stop or contemplate stopping as well. You’ll also have friends call you a pussy for it and be sad you’re not drinking and pressure you.
@@brownwaterwings ye IV tried not drinking many times after 6 weeks I'd give in,are u from America cocaine is all over Ireland now were flooded alot of people were I'm from have the same problems
@@celticbhoy1470 I’m from Canada. I honestly moved away across the country and now don’t hang out with people that do blow. I always get worried about when I get home for visits etc. I’d like to stop drinking completely because I feel so much better and feel I gain nothing from it
George Burns himself said he smokes 15 to 20 cigars a day. First RU-vid search you do will come up with a video with him talking about it in the first few things he says. He was 93 when he said that also. He may have been bsing, but I hate myself when I smoke 20 regular cigarettes in a day. Only thing I can think is he barely inhales as cigars are terrible for you especially smoking that many big cigars. Most people I know that smoke those big cigars usually smoke max of 1 a day and usually they put it out and re-light it and smoke it throughout the day.
I was the same way as bill. Not necessarily just POUNDING the shit, but always like a “hey, why not?” And would drink often. I haven’t completely cut it out because I do really like beer, but I’m much more disciplined in how much I allot myself.
Yeah if you're abusing, then you need to ask yourself why and fix that first. Most people will say because they're bored and drinking is fun. If that's the case find something else more productive to do.
@@Shorty15c4007 yup both my parents were / are brutal alcoholics dad died at 60 due to booze, both hard daily spirit drinkers, I didn't really drink till I was in my mind 20's, and just drink beer no desire to be tee total
Alcoholism is indeed a spectrum. I'm Irish, like actually Irish, from Ireland not American "Irish". Binge drinking is off the charts here, always has been, I used to buy ten cans for a party in my 20s. I'm 5.5ft average weight. Never got anything but praise. It's heartbreaking.
I moved to northern maine. Every parent is an alcoholic, and the kids are no different. Drunk driving is rampant here. I’m pretty sure one of the highest in the whole country. I’m a weed smoker personally, and that’s it’s own issue lmao, but I see these kids(my friends 17 year old brother and his friends died last year in a crash) dying in drunk driving crashes and the parents start “the why did this have to happen” bs meanwhile they’re hammered every day and driving around. They literally taught their kids how to be addicts and wonder why their lives are being taken. The hypocrisy is crazy. The alcohol tolerance up here is nuts. People here polish off half gallon bottles or 30 packs in a day. It’s honestly concerning lmao
Last 10 parent and grandparents in my family all have Irish surnames. But I am in Canada. Dad was full on alcoholic and I cannot drink responsibly. Once I have 1 it’s go time.
He’s so right about drinking at home alone. I moved in with my gf in Manhattan in September. I make good money but needless to say the bills got longer and the checks got shorter so I stopped going out quite a bit but what that meant was that I would just knock a few back alone while I played games or watched tv. Started slipping a few months ago and had a comparatively minor blow up because of it. All is well but I’m 14 days sober, I think I’ll drink again one day like I used to but for the foreseeable future I’m just gonna hold back
I can relate with the drinking while watching a show that has people drinking. I use to watch intervention and use because it felt like I was hanging out with “like-minded people” but would turn it off right before the actual intervention started. Damn, I’m close to tears hearing one of my top favorite comedians say that. Goddamn, I miss hearing Burr and Patrice O’Neal having a conversation.
Celebrated 32-Months of Sobriety the day after this on the 26th!!! It takes a minute to get to a 1/2 gallon a day, but anyone can get to that point, if you suppress everything in your life!
I was addicted to Oxys back in the day when 40s and 80s were everywhere. Been off Suboxone a few years...clean minus weed. That's what works for me, I've had sole custody of my kid too.
My dad, smoked 20-30 Henri Winterman Half Corona cigars a day at his peak. Now these are the smaller cigars, not Cubans but not cigarillos either. He stopped smoking 25 years ago after my sister and I tickled him so much that he passed out from not being able to get the oxygen into him. For 10 years after quitting he used to wish he could have a cigar, but now he doesn’t like the smell. If that guy can quit, then everyone can quit.
I’m 25 now, and it’s insane how my body rejects alcohol more as years go by. In 2019, at 22, I could drink two six packs of beer and be up for work at 8 AM with a slight hangover. I drink two six packs of beers right now and I won’t be up for a whole day and my stomach will be in a world of trouble for at least 3 days or so. I’m slowly but surely cutting back, which I know people heavily advise against, but I feel like it’s working for me. It recently dawned on me that I’ve been drinking for 10 years now, since I was 15, and that I won’t be able to keep this lifestyle forever.
Just turned 30 and I told my self I’m done at least for awhile! Been drinking for 15 years. It’s only been a week and I’m craving a drink tonight. I usually have a 6 pack on Friday nights at least. I really wanna hope I have the strength to not cave in. 😩
Coming up on 9 months sober for me. Starting drinking heavily around 18 got really sick around 24 detoxed had my first son at 26 stayed sober for 3 years after he was born starting sippin slowly again it crept up on me realized I had had enough of this shit and it was taking time away from my son so I self detoxed at home wasnt the worst about 3 days of bullshit and havent looked back since. Its such a strange thing. I truly believe its a lot more mental for me then physical. There would be some nights I would be so tired id have a couple beers and hit the hay with no problems/withdrawal that I knew of atleast. Then became oh shit I got to get out of work and to the store to drink on my car ride home to feel normal.
I feel like I might be going overboard with whisk(e)y. Back in 2019 it would be a couple of times a month, then the pandemic hit, I isolated in my country home, and it'd be Saturday-Sunday, sometimes Monday. Lately because of the war in Ukraine (and I live within a few hours driving distance from the Ukraine) it has been extending into the week (not that I'm getting super drunk, I usually have as much as I need to get a nice buzz going, but I'm not sober when ideally I should be). So there's definitely a creep effect to alcohol, I'm feeling it. But the way I see it - when you have an addictive personality, you counter the negative addictions with something positive, in order to balance things out. For me that would be exercise (I train four times a week), and Wim Hof breathing with a cold shower every morning. Should still cut back though, not that I'm feeling unhealthy or that whisky is getting in the way of anything, but it's pretty expensive, so that's a bit of an issue.
The justification by positive habits may be perfectly reasonable, or it may be something youve dreamt up to avoid admitting to yourself you have a problem. Obviously I don't know you so I have no idea about that or any other aspect of your life, but it's important to look at yourself honestly and I struggled with accepting my dependency on weed despite the fact that I was literally only sober while at work. It still took me months to admit to myself I had a problem, because I started eating healthy and told myself it cancels out. If you feel you are going overboard, you probably are. My advice would be to take 1 week without it, and then reevaluate how often you think is ok based on how difficult it was for you to cope. I am only saying this to you because the way you talked about positive habits cancelling it out reminded me of myself at a time where i absolutely did have a problem, I may just be a stranger oversharing to a perfectly healthy person lol. Good luck with the future either way, and I hope the war does not come to you!
@@liamg9410 hey man! Thanks for the feedback. What I do know for sure is that I need to be careful, that goes without saying, alcohol is quite treacherous. Any sort of substance like weed or alcohol shouldn't be treated carelessly.
If and when you want to cut back on drinking (only you can decide if that is worth it for you), try thinking about dry days like cold showers or intense workouts: it is about becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable, and making a conscious decision to stay in discomfort than to give into the available stimulus of relief, eventually training yourself to reject the easy solution, because the anticipated sense of accomplishment has a stronger pull. For me, I find it easier to gain control over my body and mind in incremental steps, which is what I did both with increasingly cold showers and more frequent sober days per week during the pandemic. I just did my best to set reasonable weekly goals and revisit them every week. If I felt like I was struggling, I would keep my goals the same for the next week, but if I felt confident enough to move forward, I would increase the difficulty, continuing this process for months until I was fully happy with where I ended up (eventually meeting my ultimate goals that I set at the beginning). Like you, I also tend to balance out my vices with creative/constructive pursuits, so I hear you on that point, but for me, I felt like alcohol was getting in the way of what I personally wanted to accomplish, which is why I cut back.
No man was every born into this world with such a passionate love of liquor as myself. It isn’t just that I love liquor for the taste of it, I love the plop of whiskey into a glass. I love it. I love to listen to it. I love to see the cream on a pint. I love the first, powerful violent impact of a glass of whiskey when I throw it back in me, and it hits the mark below. I chase it then with a pint, and that’s even more beautiful still. Drink in moderation is one of the most ridiculous statements ever made. You must drink a little more than moderation. Saint Paul, in his wisdom, said we should take a little wine for our stomach’s sake and for our frequent infirmities
@@Mkinsella1000 i love drinking untill everything goes black, you are correct moderation of what ? Everyday is full of bullshlt n this life is Great but still filled with heartbreak. Whiskey is the best and it takes everyone to a different realm. Yes you have to control it to a certain point.but at this point there is no fucks given. Ive been to jail and prison and did the whole aa fuckery. I'll tell you right now I'ma drink untill I take my last breath. I love my family and all my kids but goddamn they will grown up and take their own path but the foundation with I've been built upon almost requires a fucked up state of mind. That's my reality and being sober is fucking miserable.
Chronic addiction is what I think I suffer from when Bill talks about McDonald’s. I can go weeks without drinking, even have it in the house under the sink or in the fridge, then when a friend comes over or there’s some kind of cookout (excuse) I find myself polishing everything off by the end of the night. Gambling also goes hand in hand when I’m trashed which is equally horrible financially.
I'm with ya on that. Can be food, exercise, vaping nicotine, alcohol, binging youtube etc. I hit it hard for a while and then realize I need to stop but I'll go back eventually. Good news is being addicted to exercise is mostly ok. I go through phases of tracking macros and then I'll make smashburgers and fries from scratch for like three nights in a row. I'll hit someone's vape then buy one and rip it non-stop until I drive to a gas station and throw it in the trash (I've gone outside and fished it out of my trash before). Watch youtube for four hours straight. I keep instagram deleted off my phone. And then we have alcohol. I'll look at it in the fridge occasionally and not drink for weeks. Then suddenly I'll hit some trigger and have a few beers, start feeling great, have a few more, then open the flood gates. Drink every beer I have, start doing shots between beers of whatever I can find, then go buy more beer. Next day hair of the dog, just a few, then I'm feeling pretty decent so let's keep it going! Clean out the rest of the fridge and go get some more. Next day same. Next thing I know I'm looking at 100+ beer cans in my recycling and I'm thoroughly poisoned and have to fight through at least two terrible nights of sleep and jacked up anxiety/depression partly from sleep deprivation. Gut microbiome destroyed. Can't remember what I was so happy about just last week. Have to claw my way back to functioning in reality while having to pretend I don't want to die. Alcohol is pretty cool! I used to like it when I thought it was good for you and I always have been able to drink more than almost anyone but it's like now that it's proven that any amount is bad I just use it to get super high off of it and it's all or nothing. I am one of those people that can keep drinking and keep feeling better and better. I also never get sick and won't pass out until it's near bedtime so I'll just rock through like 20 drinks no problem 😅. Is that an addiction? I've never thought so. I just like to take everything I do to the max and see what happens. Past few years though it feels like I'm not discovering anything new and I'm just going to get wet brain and trash my organs so I'm going to quit. All the people that are saying oh I have three drinks on Saturday every Saturday and I'm an alcoholic: Cool. Label yourself whatever you want. Stop doing it if you don't like it for some reason and if it's three on a weekend then it's not going to be life changing to just stop altogether. I promise you, however, you would be absolutely horrified if you spent a night with me and some acquaintances when we're getting after it hard. And then doing it again the next three days. That's alcoholism. I did quit drinking by the way. I wish good health to everyone.
4 yrs sober. had a tough time quitting perhaps one of the hardest things i ever done. main reason being that i was fully functioning alcoholic with high paying job and a solid network of friends. that hid away my disease very well until a friend passed away from a drunk driver. that did it for me. alcohol sucks, dont drink. it ruins peoples lives.
I got it over a quarter century later after it was left somewhere as an old carpet work van and 60 somethings had a fight over middle school shit..... Times change but that 86 Vandura was still pretty awesome!
8 yrs no alcohol. BEST decision I ever made, but it was too late. I no longer have a marriage or a way to make a living. I’m writing this in the hope that someone out there can save themselves before it’s too late.
I stopped drinking for 2 years lockdown/pandemic. I so like to get drunk once and while for me its like having a good cleansing cry. Let everything out.
I've always been a drunk but during the early days I was always a fun loving drunk. But when the responsibility kicks in the problem drinking begins and when the problem drinking begins the setbacks begin. Cruel cycle
