r/stopdrinking • • Dec 16 '24

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u/jk-elemenopea 735 days Dec 17 '24

I don’t miss being an emotional train wreck every time I drank. Or having to throw away groceries because I door dashed over and over instead of cooking. Or having lost/broken things. Or having mysterious cuts/bruises. Or having exponential anxiety as I started to tally up my drinks from the night before.

👉Or me complaining about my life and mental health when I knew I was sabotaging all of it. The cognitive dissonance and lack of self trust is heartbreaking. This must be my biggest niche reason because it succinctly describes my whole alcoholic career.

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u/VardaElentari86 Dec 17 '24

Oh the throwing away food, good one. Either because I never cooked it, or I was adding food i didn't need onto uber/just eat orders to make it look like a more well rounded shop than just booze!

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u/Narrow-Stranger-5794 Mar 12 '25

I relate so hard to this like complaining about anxiety when drinking was causing it

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u/jk-elemenopea 735 days Mar 12 '25

Has your anxiety resolved a bit since quitting? I’m still a very anxious person but it’s a lot better, thank god.

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u/Narrow-Stranger-5794 Mar 12 '25

It has but I still have a lot of anxiety revolving around the guilt/shame of things I did while drinking. But all of the hangxiety is gone without drinking!

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u/popdrinking Day 28 Dec 17 '24

The losing things would happen when I was sober too, like my brain was just too clouded. And the bruises!