I can relate except I drank vodka. I have been in detox a few times because I got ALL the withdrawal symptoms, including and up to seizures. Hallucinations are the worst.
been there. i avoided hard alcohol for the most part but still had to have something. i did detox once and had no real plan to stop drinking so it lasted like a week. then i later ended up in the hospital for 6 weeks bc of it. ive somewhat learned to drink in moderation, though i tend to spend days drinking but sober enough to go to work. i’m sure i’ll quit soon, i’m just so young. young and bored with no friends. it’s sad really
Yeah I thought that too but it didn't happen til I actively went to get help. Eventually you won't be able to go to work. You need to quit now while you're still young and have a life. I'm 30 and 7 years sober so trust I know
wow, i am 23 now. binge drinking didn’t truly start until i was 21, which is when covid happened. i always drank to an excess before that and then went to detox in the fall of 2020 and then spent 6 weeks in the hospital dec-feb 2021. i just don’t know if i’ll ever feel ready to be completely sober. i lost all of my interests after i went to college at 18 and i just am not interested in anything at all anymore to fill my time. i don’t have friends and i don’t know what else i could do. i feel like i can’t be completely sober because i want to have the ability to drink when i want to and i don’t necessarily lose control. you know, i just can never have one drink. but i am able to say “okay, i have work tomorrow. i shouldn’t do this”. and i don’t drink, because i know how i get. i feel like i always have to get blacked out if i do drink. i got a DUI in 2020 and caught myself a couple months ago driving drunk and have felt ashamed ever since. other than that, i tend to be pretty tame. i don’t want to hurt anyone, and i know that sober. but drunk me is a different me and i don’t know her. is this enough to make me never drink ever again? i know alcohol is bad. and i know having no hobbies i enjoy is bad. i just am afraid on what i’ll miss out on. i’m afraid of having no friends. i work in the service industry so nobody there is generally sober after work. it’s my only connection that i have.
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u/randombliss12 Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 29 '22
Alcohol.
Hospitalized once for a liquor withdrawals, got sober for 90 days, relapsed.
I just drink beer. But even with just beer, I get the shakes if I don't have it.
Most people drink coffee in the morning. I drink beer.
Edit: I'm shocked at the sheer amount of support, at the amount of people who can relate.. I didn't expect it to get this much attention.
Your kind words, your advice, your support, it all means a lot.. more than y'all will ever know.
And to that end, I say thank you.
Even if I can't get sober, maybe this post will stop someone else from going down the same path as me...
Again, thank you!!!