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I’m 29, and I want to stop drinking. I don’t know how to begin. I’ve drank since age 21, when I could legally supply myself with the booze, but the abuse didn’t start until I was 23, and realized my wife suffered from E.D.S. and that I would have to support her for the rest of our lives.
I’m drunk as I type this and want to avoid overly poetic speech, so I’ll keep it short and sweet. I have a wife I love dearly, a three old I love even more, and I want to stop this behavior. “This Behavior” is pretty much downing a pint of Sailor Jerry every other day along with a six pack of Platinum when I can get it.
They say 30 days without booze will change the life of an alcoholic. I want to know if that is true. I want to know if I can still be the man my wife married, and the father my daughter thinks I am. But they love me, and will be kind in judgment. Which is why I am doing this. The internet is not kind, is not gentle, and is brutally honest. I need someone to keep me honest while I do this.
I’m quitting alcohol and cigarettes for 30 days. Every day, I will post. It may not be great, it may not be entertaining, fuck me…it may not even be worth reading…but maybe, just maybe, it will be. And maybe, just fucking maybe, someone out there will feel what I feel and try to do the same.
……..
….here we go.
rugmiem
Today is tomorrow. Where is your today's post at? I demand it! @op keep it up
MrTuttlesDriversEDClass
The day Imgur became AA
CthuluFollowerNo851987
I made the 30days on a bet for $20 with a friend of mine. I made it. It wasn't easy. However, I immediately took the $20 to the bar after.
YourInfoIsCrapImgur
Don't be too hard on yourself @op - one day at a time
Thatwhichhasnolife
I'm gonna watch this. I've lost people to alcohol and I want to see someone pull through for once. I'll see you tomorrow @OP
shortmandan
Everyday will change ya life...
Wainbow68
Goodluck my friend.
Wecametofight
All you have to do is not drink till you go to sleep, maybe you can drink tomorrow, and when you wake up tomorrow
Wecametofight
Don't drink again, then repeat again, it works! I haven't had a drink in 1084 days. It gets easier, I promise.
SenorElRoboto
http://imgur.com/zxuJNPy
AlmondButterisAwesome
Start running, endorphins help you quit booze and stay off of it. Good luck!!
furriephillips
I have followed you, as I want you to succeed.
EdgarAllanPoeTheThird
Try AA
FrancoUnAmerican
Not try, GO to, they're all been there.
TheLetterKay
I've been sober for 17 weeks and 3 days. Only because I'm pregnant. But it was easy to choose my family over booze. Hope you can find that
TheLetterKay
Strength in you.
Hellshero1970
Look at it everyday and say I can change for them cos if you don't you will eventually lose them forever. Be strong and be a dad hero
Ironsouled
All I can say is good luck.
FrancoUnAmerican
@op, find the closest AA meeting you can find. Go there for the first month. try not to drink but you're allowed to fail. One day at a time
FrancoUnAmerican
Forgive yourself in case of failure. Push the need to drink far away as possible, if you fail, try further next time.
FrancoUnAmerican
It rarely can be in 1 take. just don't give up. Talk to me if you need to, i've been in the system.
stelay
I feel ya. Alcoholism runs strong in my family and I struggle with it heavily. Keep it up, you can do it!
MrBator
Take with grain of salt, but quitting booze AND cigs goes well at first but might compound at the worst moment..consider ecig to help?
NickBlight
My dad kept his drinking under control until I was 14-ish and then he crashed hard. He's missing presumed dead now. Save yourself man.
throwawayaccount1212
I hope you are still sober.
AccidentalTranscendentalist
Meetings helped me. It was the accountability. I took it one day at a time and before I knew it the time stacked up. (1)
AccidentalTranscendentalist
(2) I couldn't handle the thought of never drinking again. I had to tell myself "I just can't drink today"
PinballSprout
Please be careful. Alcohol withdrawal can kill you. I highly recommend going to see a doctor. The danger signs include a fast heart rate 1/2
PinballSprout
2/2 Tremors, confusion, agitation, and hallucinations.
rvriveter
Also seizures . . .
Saltyisthesea
It's my 1st day and I'm 44 and feeling like fucking hell lately. I'll take a break with ya. Keep us posted. We can do this shit.
twillard
First 72 hours are the worst. You can make it, man.
shaggysmomhasgotitgoingon
I am a widow. totaled my car last sept and nearly made my child an orphan. i haven't had a drop since. always have coffee or soda in your (1
shaggysmomhasgotitgoingon
hand. i drink diet mtn dew like water. i feel so much better. still get pissed. still have stress. but i can deal with it so much better 2)
shaggysmomhasgotitgoingon
sober. you can do it. go to an AA meeting. i go occasionally now. my boyfriend is sober. you dont need it. do it!! and pm me if you need to
BarfTittiesGalore
I BETTER SEE A FUCKING POST TOMORROW YOU BETTER KEEP IT UP IN ALL CAPS
RoguePineapple
I will be here tomorrow to comment under @SupportYourLocalStripper because trying to better yourself is the actual American dream.
Achrolux
Speech-to-text?
BarfTittiesGalore
NO. JUST YELLING TO MAKE MY POINT EXCLAMATION POINT
BojackTheHorsemanDontActLikeYouDontKnow
Cold turkey is tough... unless you put the turkey in a zip-lock bag to seal in the juice & then, buddy, it's sandwich time!
greenbottle22
Haaa... sandwich time is the best time.
meatbus
Tried it last month. Made it 5 days before it got bad. Sweating, irritated at every turn, shaking, hope you're stronger than I was. Cheers.
thetain
I made it 2 my first time. 5 my second. Gets better usually around 3 days. But fuck if it's still not a problem
meatbus
I was doing ok, took different routs home to avoid bars and stores. Then one day construction took me past my bar. Yep.
thetain
Happens. Happened last week. Everyone went for drinks and I didn't say no. I'm back on course though. Using imgur to keep my mind off it...
meatbus
Good luck buddy.
Digney
Quit the booze first for the thirty days dude, keep the cigarettes for now, make it easier on yourself-no point fighting 2 battles at once
crazyfiddler
Agreed
Sparkles42
As a psych major, I can attest @Digney is right. But don't let your smoking increase in its place! You can do it!!
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
as someone who has quit drinking listen to this advice @op if not you are setting yourself up for failure
c00lh4nd
Agree, take one challenge at a time
Goldstein1984
I quit smoking 14 days ago. I dont have any cravings anymore. But i think it is indeed better to first stop drinking. Then nicotine.
gorillagram
+1 for this. You've a better chance doing it one thing at a time. Both'll kill ya, but cigarettes can wait until the booze is under control.
andachairaswell
Omg yes. Dont try to do both at once. One at a time. One day at a time. If you trip up, forgive yourself, and say 'ill do better tomorrow'
andachairaswell
And just try to do better tomorrow. Even if its cutting down how much you drink or smoke. You got this bro. You fucking got this.
makelikeatreeandleave
I quit smoking and drinking in the same month. Wasn't easy but got there!
Ilovebuns
When I went to outpatient treatment they never dared to ban cigarettes. They said it was too much work to do both. Good luck.
peanutbuttermashedpotatoes
Sisters been to rehab 3 times and detox centers lots and even when she wasn't technically allowed visitors or to leave they still let me
peanutbuttermashedpotatoes
Drop of her cigarettes because they knew 2 vices at once was never going to happen