Quitting Alcohol

[Yoder]

Ibogaine sounds pretty scary. The ketamine isn't crazy.

 

[CMF]

I've heard that it's terrifying. Like so scary and so shitty that you just don't want to drink (or do whatever you're addicted to) anymore.

What's scary about it? My only knowledge about the ibogain is the podcast Joe Rogan did on it. I looked it up, its super expensive to do in Mexico.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

What's scary about it? My only knowledge about the ibogain is the podcast Joe Rogan did on it. I looked it up, its super expensive to do in Mexico.

I mean you’re tripping balls. Hallucinating, mind going a million miles an hour and you’re puking. It’s basically a self induced bad trip, you’ll feel guilty, scared, paranoid. It’s not a pleasant thing where you just wake up and don’t want to drink/do drugs again. It’s a strong psychoactive chemical running through your brain…

 

[SC HUNTER]

I stumbled across this while taking a break from studying and felt led to make a post. My dad died the 15th of this month, he was 65 years old. So I lost my father at 35 years old, it sucks. The 29th will mark 30 days with no alcohol for me. My wife and I both drank, I drank beer and she drank either wine or seltzers. I quit drinking hard liquor about a year ago because I knew I liked it too much. I wouldn't have just one drink, it would be 4 or 5 mixed drinks that the more I drank the darker they would get. I had mentioned to my wife I wanted to stop drinking several times and she always said, "Let's do it." I got hammered drunk on the 28th and told my wife that night I was done drinking after that night. I bought a 30 pack of Natural Light and drank well over 20 throughout the day just working in the yard and piddling around. I had gotten to when I was off work, I would go through a 15 pack a day. I have gained weight and stopped running and exercising as much, who the hell wants to run when their halfway hung over?? I got drunk for the first time when I was 16 years old and since I turned 21 I've drank beer at least 2 to 3 days a week for the majority of that time.

My dad was an alcoholic, that is what led to his death. Pancreatitis multiple times, liver failure, a magnitude of GI issues etc. Several DUI's over the years and just absent as a father emotionally due to the drinking. We made peace on this before his death, but it sucked when we were younger. It got to the point my mom told him years ago that hey you have to stop drinking a fifth of liquor a day, so he started drinking beer. But he was also drinking vodka outside in the shed or in the truck between beers. He stopped drinking for 8 years or so before his death but RX drugs and weed were a problem then. What I'm getting at here is alcoholism and substance abuse run in my family heavily. Paternal grandfather, both aunts and my dad all struggled/struggle with it. I don't want to continue the trend.

I woke up on September 29th and told my wife at breakfast I am done drinking. Just done. Made up my mind that I was done drinking alcohol. I have had NA beer a few times while we grilled out one weekend but otherwise, I'm just done. I don't want our kids to see me like I saw my dad fall down drunk so many times or not remembering shit from the night before and wondering why my wife was mad or the kids seem distant. My wife has made it easy for me as well because she also hasn't had anything to drink since that same day. It is much easier with her not drinking as well. My friend group is mostly drinkers and they've noticed and 1 has asked and I told him why. He asked if it makes me uncomfortable with him drinking beer around me and absolutely it does not. I will not push my beliefs on anyone else; you do you boo boo!

I type all of this to say guys and girls great freaking job not drinking! I am proud of you and proud for you! If anyone needs to talk shoot me a PM and I'll send you my cell number, I am far from a therapist, and my friends say I speak the hard truths when they're not wanted but I will talk to you and tell you I love you at the end of the conversation! Keep up the good work and don't quit quitting.

 

[kooch]

"I've met plenty of guys that drink and wish they didn't, but never one that didn't and wished he did." My Dad. RIP

 

[ODB]

I've heard that it's terrifying. Like so scary and so shitty that you just don't want to drink (or do whatever you're addicted to) anymore.

A good friend has done it several times and has told me all about it. It is certainly not my jam. Some who have gone through serious stuff seem to benefit, but to be quite honest, suicide runs like a freight train through my family and I don't have any desire to open a door in a foreign land that I cannot shut back home.

 

[ODB]

What's scary about it? My only knowledge about the ibogain is the podcast Joe Rogan did on it. I looked it up, its super expensive to do in Mexico.

Find someone who has done it and trusts you completely and listen to their full story of what the experience is like. It is not exactly how Joe describes it. The guy I know who has done it (and other psychoactives) has told me several times I came to him in his visions. It is not to be taken lightly.

 

[Johnboy041586]

Find someone who has done it and trusts you completely and listen to their full story of what the experience is like. It is not exactly how Joe describes it. The guy I know who has done it (and other psychoactives) has told me several times I came to him in his visions. It is not to be taken lightly.

I'd say this is the truth. I personally like and can handle psychedelics. But if your mind isn't right at the time they can take you places you weren't ready to go. I feel they can be an amazing tool of mental discovery, but in high doses need to be respected.

 

[Snipper60]

Respect, man. Admitting it is the first big step that mindset alone already puts you ahead. Stay consistent, the body and mind will catch up soon enough

 

[Stonehenge]

December 16th will mark two years of sobriety for me. I realized that I wasn’t giving my newborn and my older son the attention they deserved; I was more interested in sitting around and drinking. So I decided to quit.


I’ll be honest; I still miss drinking, especially on hunting trips. But I’ve come to see how much more valuable it is to be present with my family. I didn’t notice any huge health changes, other than having more energy in the mornings, but the difference in how I show up for my kids makes it worth it.

 

[LFC911]

I’ll be honest; I still miss drinking, especially on hunting trips. But I’ve come to see how much more valuable it is to be present with my family. I didn’t notice any huge health changes, other than having more energy in the mornings, but the difference in how I show up for my kids makes it worth it.

I drink n/a's and don't feel like i'm missing anything except the hangover and added weight.

 

[Stonehenge]

N/A’s aren’t all that bad

 

[SC HUNTER]

I drink n/a's and don't feel like i'm missing anything except the hangover and added weight.

My wife likes the Michelob Ultra NA's, I've always been cheap and easy and like the Busch NA's.

 

[LFC911]

My wife likes the Michelob Ultra NA's, I've always been cheap and easy and like the Busch NA's.

My favorites are Coors Edge, Blue Moon and Boulevard Brewery Space Camper N/A's

 

[HighUintas]

I fell off the horse. Haven't had alcohol since April and then I pounded about 5 beers last night. Felt like garbage this morning and those 5 beers did absolutely nothing for me. I have also increased my junk food binging since I've quit drinking which is likely just as bad or maybe worse. I just have substance abuse problems. Kick one habit and pick up another.

 

[CMF]

My favorites are Coors Edge, Blue Moon and Boulevard Brewery Space Camper N/A's

The Coors Edge are one of the better na i've tried. The blue moons with an orange are good too on a hot day...

 

[CRJR45]

I fell off the horse. Haven't had alcohol since April and then I pounded about 5 beers last night. Felt like garbage this morning and those 5 beers did absolutely nothing for me. I have also increased my junk food binging since I've quit drinking which is likely just as bad or maybe worse. I just have substance abuse problems. Kick one habit and pick up another.

I quit so many times I lost count . Just keep quitting , no harm no foul . Alcohol is much worse for me than junkfood . Don't get down , it isn't easy , but stay positive .

 

[thinhorn_AK]

N/A’s aren’t all that bad

There’s way better things than NAs…..