How do I completely stop drinking alcohol? It's ruining my life

Anon it's like everyone already said. Just stop. It's that easy.
When you want to take a drink just don't, then the next moment realize you're not, then the one after that and so on until the urge passes

Lol. Lmao, even.

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Just stop buying booze. I'm not being flippant or dismissive, I'm serious. I was drinking every night for years, whiskey and coke after whiskey and coke. About 6 months ago I just stopped buying booze, stopped keeping any of it in the house, and I haven't had anything more than a couple beers with the guys on Fridays since then. Very quickly you'll get used to not feeling like shit every morning and having all that extra money in your pocket and you'll decide it's not worth drinking anymore.

I hate weak men like you I can drink a entire bottle of liquor or tequila right now and be perfectly fine to drive after and not miss work tomorrow

You simply stop

If you are a fully blown alcoholic you have to quit altogether and never touch it again. If you stop for a month, you will convince yourself you're not an alcoholic and can handle one beer...which may work...so you will have one beer the next day too, then maybe two beers the next day...within a week you're right back where you started drinking heavily. You have a thinking disease not a drinking disease. You've ruined it for yourself m8, welcome to the club.

Breaking my ankle after a night of drinking and having to go to the hospital for surgery did it for me. Getting close to 3 years dry now. Hopefully you don't have to go through the same thing but that's what it takes for some people to stop.

Very quickly you'll get used to not feeling like shit every morning and having all that extra money in your pocket and you'll decide it's not worth drinking anymore.

Also this, and not saying/doing dumb shit that you later regret the next day.

How do I completely stop drinking alcohol? It's ruining my life.

NEVER - JUST STOP!
especially if you are a heavy drinker
stay off the hard stuff and stick to beer or cider, water your drinks down, start with a 50% mix for a few weeks and reduce it to 1/4 beer 3/4 water for about a month. You will take a pee a lot more frequently. Try to have a couple of days without alcohol at all (hard to do I know)

If you stop suddenly and you are a heavy drinker, nasty things can happen, that's why they often want you to go to rehab for a few months, to watch you, give you drugs and take your money.
Wean yourself off SLOWLY.

Unless you force yourself through some really big change in your life, as in the fundamental way you live, it's not gonna happen. You'll keep going back because you now know alcohol and will never erase it from your mind. Maybe if you suffer some major tragedy or find love or move countries and get a totally new job and make new friends, but I don't know. Sorry man.

t. alkie for 15 or 16 years

Just stop. When you are about to go buy it at the gas station or whatever just dont get in the car. Don't go out to restaurants. Don't hang out with drinking buddies. Start lifting weights and eating clean. Once yiu start lifting you will have a new ritual to hold onto and drinking ruins your gains so it's easier to stop drinking because you dont want to lose the work you put in. Fast forward 6 months later and you will be amazed at how good you feel. I drank every day for 15 years and I have been sober for a year now and this is what it has taken for me to be sober. Lift weights, cardio, dont go anywhere with alcohol and don't hang out with anyone who drinks. The first week is the hardest because you have to change your behavior and make new habits. It gets much easier after a couple weeks.

This, without alcohol my hands shake from the stress

(You) sound like guy who's cool as a cucumber. I like you, you can come to my house and fuck my sister

How do I completely stop drinking alcohol?

Easy: keep drinking until you literally can't drink anymore

drink more alcohol goy, it's good for you.

How do I start enjoying alcohol again? It literally does nothing for me.

Why stop when clown world exists?

Seriously HOW? I'm drinking right now and feel nothing. It used to make me feel good now it doesn't do shit.
How do people even become alcoholics? I'd take benzos over it any day

You think that makes you special? I can literally do fentanyl today and tomorrow I'll be fine and never do again.
Same for meth and crack cocaine.

Same but weed, can't stand alcohol, makes you feel like shit though the weed too after many years.

Holy fuck why live!?

Go see your doctor. there are things to help.
Then go to AA. The only way to do it is to have help from others who struggle with your issues.

It's tough, but you can do it.

M Scott Peck wrote about addiction as the 'sacred disease'. You should get one of his books that discusses it. It's helped many people I know.

huffpost.com/entry/addiction-the-sacred-disease_b_4756106

t. ex bartender who's seen it all.

makes you feel like shit

Don't I fucking know it? Did it feel good at first or it always made you feel like shit?

Alcohol is a shit-tier drug that will take decades off your life. Taking NAC is the only possible thing you can do to repair your liver unless you already have extreme liver damage.

That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism but that God could and would if He were sought… you need to pray to God for help. Pray NOT with your head but with your heart

B1 Glutathione

Activated Charcoal

NAC

Magnesium

Do NOT take activated charcoal with any of these. It will block the absorption.

Also take rhodiola and b vitamins.

Man, I really don't get alcoholics.
Apart from cigarettes that are literally do NOTHING and I mean NOTHING, they have no positive effect whatsoever.
Alcohol has to be the second worst drug in terms of how it makes you feel.

Alcohol by being the shittiest drug in existence solved my alcoholism by itself lmao. It wasn't man nor god that did it.

Taking NAC is the only possible thing you can do to repair your liver unless you already have extreme liver damage.

NAC is good for your body, but it makes me very depressed unless I consume large amounts of protein with it.

Alcohol has to be the second worst drug in terms of how it makes you feel.

This is the way that I feel about alcohol too. But it's effect is dependent on your genes. Some people have a completely different experience.

I've seen many friends struggle with alcohol and other drugs for years.

I consider myself blessed that I don't enjoy alcohol or pot.

I consider myself blessed that I don't enjoy alcohol or pot.

I don't. I consider myself cursed, that way of thinking only works if your life isn't fucking miserable.
Imagine being at rock bottom and not even being able to cope with alcohol or pot. It's literally suicide tier.

There's always tomorrow.
Also, video games are much more fun than drinking. I don't drink while playing because i know that i will immediately get worse if i'm in that state.

Take a large dose of psylocibin mushrooms, you will never drink alcohol again

When you're about to have a drink, just mumble 'the alcohol-jew' to yourself and you will have no desire to drink anymore.

just stop

Don’t do this OP. Alcohol withdrawal is often fatal. You need to wean off it to prevent seizures or cardiac events.

video games are much more fun than drinking

I'm gonna bet $50 you're not older than 25. Video games do nothing for me now.
I used to drink while playing to enjoy them again now that doesn't work either.

go to AA dumb dumb

i heard the fat drug helps curb alcohol cravings

Video games work better with marijuana. I’ve used both in conjunction to distract me from the urge to drink to great success.

Unfortunately in the shithole I live in marijuana is illegal.
And I have 0 friends so I can't buy from anyone. Going to random people sketches them out they think you're a cop.

If you aren’t black you should come to America then. It’s legal in all 50 states now with the farm bill loophole. If you are black, I guess just go to Morocco for some hashish.

Self control. You either exercise self control now or wait until later after more damage is done, but one way or another you will have to do it. Better sooner than later. Remember it's not making you happy anyway so it should come easier if you just remain logical like a higher thinking individual.

I can go to Germany if I wanna smoke weed and fuck legal prostitutes.
They really have it the best, but it's kinda expensive I'm also a lazy pos who hates working.

Ive found that quitting is not enough you need to fill the hole with something else. A new habit. Near as I can tell its my nature to be in addictive habits and the only thing I can control is what Im addicted to.

Also expect something like sun down depression for a week or two when you cut it out. I watch light comedy in the evening and went o bed early.

Also remember the reframe Alcohol is poison.

You don’t. You just keep drinking that overpriced shit like a good incel. And remember to make Israel your beneficiary when you die, incel.

This. The activated charcoal is what they put in air and water filter and feed to people who have been poisoned. It binds with anything preventing absorption of it.

“Self control” is what someone who has never had an addiction would say. Knowing the detriments of drinking doesn’t stop the urge to drink. My self control was getting down from rum shots until I passed out to just a couple beers a day. Drinking doesn’t make me happy but neither did sobriety. At least with one beer in me I can function in public and talk to cashiers without shaking or squeaking. I’m not going back to total sobriety but I’m not getting drunk either, I’m walking the same tightrope all my Scots-Irish ancestors did before me.

Believe you can quit and you can do it. Faith

Depending on your situation, me personally, I would cold turkey it at this point in my life because I'm finally not drinking as much. If you are currently a heavy drinker, you may consider checking yourself in for a medical detox because you can legit die otherwise.

Guess I should get a job, buy a steam deck or gaming laptop, rent or buy a van and take a 3 months trip to Germany where I smoke da weed and live in my van since hotels and airbnb's are expensive as fuck.
Sounds good on paper, especially if you have a dog to keep you company.
In reality it's probably shit.

you have to eat a low fat high starch and fiber diet.
This will fill up your stomach and keep you satisfied so that you won't crave alcohol.
There is definitely a link between high fat food and alcohol consumption.
I eat lots of bean tomato stew, for example.

People have different reactions to alcohol and cigarettes.

N-acetyl cisteine, ashwaganda, b vitamins

this nigga eatin beans

You won't be eligible for a liver transplant if you're an alcoholic

Those can be a big help

People shit on AA but it works for some people. Nothing changes if nothing changes, so even if aa isn't your jam, start something to start the journey. Failure is inevitable but the righteous man gets back up to fight again and again no matter what. Keep fighting anon, take action. You've got this.

1pbtid

I agree with alcohol... somewhat.
With cigarettes fuck no. Have you ever seen someone smoke a cigarette and get high or euphoric or just have a better mood? I haven't! Nicotine is just a slight stimulant like caffeine, it doesn't make you feel good.

got me through the 1st week no delirium tremens.

I decided I didn't want my fingers and face to twich any more.

I stash buckets of dried beans in my spare bedroom. It's overflowing with beans. The supermarket near me sells beans cheap. I never waste an opportunity to stock up.

You need to take uppers to enjoy video games. I just drink coffee or tea so i can stay focused.
There are a lot of games that you can play forever.

Weed.

Or replace one addiction with a more constructive one. Get some watercolor while you're at it

AA works because of faith, in that case they put their faith in a higher power, effective but not absolutely necessary, just faith is needed

Replace it with marijuana

Coffee does nothing for me.
You are right tho, if I took a real upper like adderal or meth I would probably enjoy video games again.
Hell if I had access to meth I'd probably enjoy cleaning my room.

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For anyone suffering - You need to dramatically cut down. If you keep drinking you are at extremely high risk of early Alzheimers/dementia. that should scare you enough to quit. alcohol contains an anti-nutrient called Thiaminase (Google it) which blocks your bodies ability to absorb Thiamine, which is extremely important for brain health. alcoholics also tend to not eat well enough already, which compounds the issue. there are a couple of different brain issues that can arise from continued abuse in this manner, they have different names but are basically versions of alzheimers/dementia. > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke–Korsakoff_syndrome
is an example. it can happen as early as your late 40s, so stop now while you're ahead. a good (real)scare is better than any "Yes man" kind words. save money you waste on alcohol, and save your life at the same time.
taper off using hams.cc/taper/
Also:
1. Buy a simple wall calendar
2. Pin calendar to wall
3. Record how many drinks you have that day.
4. Go a day without a drink, mark the day with a big red X in marker
You will accumulate days free of booze and will not want to break the streak of red Xs. Put this calendar right by your bed, somewhere obvious that you cannot miss when waking up or going to bed. Once you go a week, it will be so easy
Your body is probably lacking in electrolytes and vitamins so first days of your taper drink Pedialyte and supplement B vitamins.
You can do this anon.

Final point: you do NOT need to understand *why* you are drinking to stop drinking. That's a trap to keep you worried and drinking. Just stop.

Good advice. I genuinely think this is the only realistic advice. Junkies can't be helped from being junkies, just replace a drug that destroys the liver with one that doesn't and you're good for a few more decades. By the time you have to replace weed too you'll be in your 40's-50's

Just stop

Bs, I used to be addicted to various things and managed to quit everything, no replacements or anything

Good for you, I also don't have the junkie gene I was never able to become a habitual drinker or smoker even if I wanted to.
Lots of people have the addict gene tho, it's better for them to switch drugs so they don't destroy one organ till failure and death.

Wean yourself down and smoke some weed instead. Alcohol withdrawal is in the top two worst things to quit so play and safe and wean yourself down gradually. Smoke weed / eat edibles to help you sleep. If you get get some xanax or valium, take those too so you don't have seizures from the withdrawal. But take them sparingly and only in really bad times. You can do it.

You don't stop, you replace, that's the trick.

Imagine being at rock bottom and not even being able to cope with alcohol or pot. It's literally suicide tier.

I get that. I've had rock bottom. And whatever is lower than rock bottom.

I had a bad breakup with a long term pair bonded girlfriend that was so tough I'd break out in hives when the sun went down because she wasn't in bed with me. It would clear up at sunrise. Went on for a couple of months. I would have loved to climb into a bottle.

xanax or valium

Also lysine, taurine, valerian, and kava are all OTC

The way I did it was dressing like a hot sexy woman and then going to bars and getting water then I would leave my drink unattended so some chips would drug me and take me out back to his truck so that way I didn't have alcohol but I did get a buzz.

just stop drinking it

1pbtid

take kratom, the leafs found out it makes the shakes non existent when you cold turkey while on it, it also helps but to a lesser degree with quitting smoking

Dont stop drinking its good for you in moderation as well as smoking tobbaco.

If you want to stop drinking for a bit thats fine but pick up smoking cigars or roll your own cigarettes from organic tobbaco with no big tobbaco pesticides and ammonia and battery juice.

This. The activated charcoal is what they put in air and water filter and feed to people who have been poisoned. It binds with anything preventing absorption of it

Correct. But It's good for detoxing as it will suck anything out of your system.

Look at the positive, at least you had a girlfriend. Lots of people here never had one and never will, myself included.
The only female touch I get is from prostitutes and the girl that does my haircut.

where I smoke da weed

I prefer THC/CBD tinctures or RSO in the evening to help me sleep. Good euphoria and a great night sleep.

It's actually worse if you know what you're missing

its different for everyone what worked for me, was being locked in my house for a couple of years with my government threatening to force me to inject an untested gene therapy, I went from raging alcohlic, sometimes 2 packs a day smoker, to working out running and learning survival skills and prepping because there was no way in hell I was taking their damn poison.

Go to an AA meeting. Good luck

do it faggot

Nicotine is just a slight stimulant like caffeine, it doesn't make you feel good.

I was addicted to the cigarette jew for 10 years. It's a bitch to quit, but I'm glad i did.

Exercises anon, it did it for me.
I had forgotten how felling well felt.
Now I relate alcohol to feeling sick.

The only female touch I get is from prostitutes and the girl that does my haircut.

This is not the way you're supposed to live anon. There is unironically a woman out there who is lonely because you aren't in her life. Think about how you can better yourself and work on finder her. She's probably sitting at home alone, sad that there's no man to give her children.

If you don’t have friends or family, go join a church. The people in the church believe that IT’S THEIR JOB AS CHRISTIANS TO MAKE YOU PART OF THE COMMUNITY. They will go out of their way to fit you in. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have strong social skills. Just be honest and they WILL take you in and teach you. At least a good church will, so if you don’t find it at one, then keep trying until you find a good one. It’s God’s plan that you have a good mate and family and be supported by a strong community.