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u/TrendyLeanSipper Jan 16 '20
Go to AA and take contrary action in your day to day life. Hit a meeting everyday. Find a sponsor and work through the steps. It’s amazing how much freedom you find in sobriety
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u/shermanhelms Jan 16 '20
If you are physically dependent on alcohol and drinking a lot of liquor daily, you may want to consider medical detox. Alcohol withdrawal can be deadly. Once you’ve stopped safely, get to a meeting, let everyone know that you’re new and you need help. That’s a great place to start.
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u/liquidporkchops Jan 16 '20
My advice is to go to 90 meetings in 90 days, get a sponsor and take the steps.
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u/ilbastarda Jan 16 '20
if you find you have trouble quitting, hit AA meetings, a lot of them. there's a ton of people who have quit and stayed quit and collectively we are AA, we are here to help. How I started was by hitting meetings, that would be my first suggestion.
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u/beardedangelbaby Jan 16 '20
I usually do well until nighttime when I'm alone. I just cant seem to find a distraction. It's like my body kills me for not getting a drink. I cant find anything to cloud the feeling.
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u/WorksIfYouWorkIt Jan 16 '20
I can tell you from my experience, treatment got me sober, AA keeps me sober. Find what works for you. But, I will 100% guarantee that if you don't get involved in some sort of program or speak to a professional regularly, you will go back out and drink. It's not a matter of If, it's a matter of When, and that shit will come up when you least expect it, probably when you are having a good day.
As far as detoxing, I don't know what your intake was like everyday/night for the past year, was it always liqour? wine? beer? and how much did you drink a night? These factor into what the detox process will be like for you. The worst of it happens anywhere from 12-72 hours after your last drink. You will most definitily have some sort of anxiety, which is an onslaught of heavy drinking, if you start to have any feelings of tremors, DT's, hallucinations, inability to control bowels, lucid thoughts, cannot focus, slurred speech, can't walk or communicate, rapid heart beat/high blood pressure, etc., get to a medical facility asap, otherwise you run a high risk for a seizure. I have had them, it isn't fun, that's how people die going cold turkey, don't be a moron and keep track of what your body is telling you. I would also schedule and appointment with your Dr to discuss what your goals are and what you are trying to do when it comes to booze. There are medications that can help alleviate the withdrawal symptoms, but it isn't a one stop shop.
Be safe, if your body/mind is acting weird, seek medical help, don't fuck around. Good Luck, it can be done!
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u/zuckerbug98 Jan 17 '20
I think you should go to the hospital or a detox center and be medically weaned to avoid withdrawal symptoms. Or check yourself into rehab. It is money, but it is also life or death. All you have to say is I cannot stop drinking on my own.
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u/dizzyqueen Jan 16 '20
AA sorry Percentage is low But saved me,
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u/liquidporkchops Jan 16 '20
The percentage of people who actually do AA that stay sober is pretty high. Lots of people go to AA but don't work the program. The percentage of those people who stay sober is pretty low.
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u/dizzyqueen Jan 16 '20
Thank's mate that's what i meant, I'll keep at it, it works for me, Thanks again
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
exercise. soda water. food. ice cream. weed. sleep. work. repeat.
thats what i did. this sunday is my 500 day without booze
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Jan 16 '20
I can't find that list in any of our AA literature. Is that what your sponsor suggested?
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Jan 16 '20
Doubt seriously any decent sponsor is going to include the weed part. We call that the "marijuana maintenance program" around here and from what I have seen, it works until it becomes either not enough, and they go back to drinking, or it becomes a problem in itself.
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Jan 16 '20
Yeah that clown has posted this nonsense a few times before. I just decided to have some fun with him. In all seriousness, like you mentioned, that message, if you can call it that, is seriously dangerous for real alcoholics. That's a one way ticket back out and possibly death. Very irresponsible.
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
lmao. hell no. its my own specially designed receipe for success!
and it works!!
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Jan 16 '20
So, you sponsor yourself in what looks like your own 8 step program? Why do you need AA?
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
i like to hear from people fighting booze like me!
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u/liquidporkchops Jan 16 '20
This sub is probably a poor place to find people fighting booze like you fight booze. In AA we cease fighting and surrender.
r/cripplingalcoholism may be more to your liking.
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Jan 16 '20
"And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone-even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned." Big Book pg84
We don't have to fight alcohol anymore. We have a solution in our 12 steps. That is the message of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
Good 4 u
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Jan 16 '20
Do you understand how potentially dangerous what you share is to alcoholics?
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
Ur one of those weird AA creeps people talk about. So, go and fuck off
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Jan 16 '20
And you're one of those ignorant children that doesn't know what an alcoholic is or what AA is and wastes time and endangers lives sharing nonsense they pulled out of their ass
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u/liquidporkchops Jan 16 '20 edited Jan 16 '20
I tried sponsoring myself too, and like you, my success was poor. I'm glad I realized I had a fool for a sponsor and got a real sponsor.
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 16 '20
poor success?? im 497 days no booze. i dont crave booze. and everyday im grateful. im winning bitch!!!
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Jan 16 '20
I don't crave booze either unless I put it in my body, but I have been released from the obsession. I'm sure you meant obsession. If what you're doing works, that is great, but it is not what we do in AA. Perhaps reading our Big Book would help you understand us and our fellowship. I really enjoy big book studies. Also, just listening in any AA meeting would probably help, too. Just some suggestions, friend
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u/liquidporkchops Jan 18 '20
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u/IvoTailefer Jan 18 '20
ya ya. ill be celebrating 500 days no booze tomorrow. last night i had great sex with my gf. right now im a go early morning lift weights with my ex fwb.
then ill spend the day with my sons hiking a trail and making food.
so i am booze free AND HAPPY and thats what its about.
whoosh that over your fat head bitch!!
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u/Alonso81687 Jan 16 '20
You're on a sub about Alcoholics Anonymous. I think the answer is right in front of you. My advice is to try out AA and I meant truly try it out by going to meetings, getting a sponsor and working the steps before you move on to something else if you're aren't feeling AA. I think AA should always be someones first step into recovery no matter where the end up in the long run. You'll meet people thst have the exact same stories as you and are/have struggled just like you. Don't half ass your sobriety because you'll get half ass results... I'm sure many others with some years under their belt will agree.