Is it even possible to take a "break" from drinking alcohol, go back to it after awhile and not have your drinking habits get out of hand again? I'm getting sick of getting shitfaced multiple nights a week and constantly feeling like shit. And now everytime I drink I get a bad taste in my mouth and have tingling in my hands and feet for like 3-4 days. I'm getting sick of it but everytime I try to stop I end up giving in again and drinking.
Any advice here? I'm hoping this time I can take at least a 3-4 week break. Also planning to quit smoking cigarettes. I'm lucky I don't have to go out with all this virus shit going on but at the same time, I'm bored out of my fucking skull when I don't drink alcohol.
If you want to quit a shitty habit, you need to quit all the shitty habits at the same time
As soon as you have one youll make excuses to have all the others
Even too much sugar will give you your cravings a place in your head
As long as you never relapse for even a taste of any of it, it should be easy to stay off once you're off for a week or so
Jaxson Gray
Slow it down and eventually stop,
Connor Powell
I did the same user. I just went cold turkey for about 2 months now, i just want to drink like a normal person again and dont get shitfaced every time. Going for another month just to be sure.
Nathan Myers
I take breaks a few times a year. Will do a month or two, then always start again by thinking I will just drink less in future. After a few weeks it starts getting worse again, always chasing the buzz.
Ryder Kelly
This is basically what I was thinking as well. I tried stopping both last week but for some reason I got triggered to smoke, then said fuck it I may as well drink too. I'm not even sure what caused it. But I'm tired of doing this to myself.
I tried doing that in the past it didn't help much. I always end up overdoing it. I'm at the point I can't even keep alcohol on me, because I know I'm going to end up drinking it until it's gone.
Good luck man, I'm hoping to do the same
Henry Gutierrez
This is pretty much what I worry about. I feel like even if I stop for awhile I'll just end up letting it get out of hand again. But I don't want to quit altogether.
Bentley Peterson
If you did, you'd be a literal fuckin' miracle.
Average recidivism for people with alcohol addiction issues is somewhere like 97%. I'm an alcoholic, haven't had a drink in 7 years in September, and it took me dozens and dozens of attempts.
Maybe you just like binge-ing, but maybe not. The biggest thing is recognition of the problem in the first place.
Be safe, though. I don't know how bad your issue is now but alcohol withdrawal is one of only two withdrawals that can actually kill you fuckin' dead. There's a reason hospitals used to carry non-labelled cans of beer in coolers behind glass.
If you do decide to try and cut back and you've been drinking heavily for a while, drink a ton of water, smoke weed, and sleep as much as you can.
Also try something to keep you away from it, start working out, jogging or fucking build a car or something. Doesnt really matter what you do but do something. I thing this might be the most important part. Stay safe user
I mean it's not THAT bad in the sense I cannot stop drinking without feeling like I'm going to die. I use to drink every night a few years back and I had it way worse. Felt like my fucking stomach was constantly in knots and my hands were shake like crazy. Now I can go days without drinking and I usually do. I'm just worried I gave myself fucking diabetes or some shit with all this tingling going on. It usually goes away after a few days but I'm still worried about it.
Yeah right now the plan is to play vidya and create some games of my own, or at least get into game dev. I just really fucking hope they don't reopen my college this semester because I cannot deal with those fucking people and their shit, and NOT drink.
Luis Sanchez
Bump
Justin Bennett
You drink beer or hard alcohol mostly? Ethyl alcohol metabolizes into sucrose dimer that is like injecting straight glucose into your pancreas, so it's an issue for sure for hardcore alcoholics.
I would actually say that the tingling you're feeling is Delerium Tremens. Does it kind of feel like shocks?
Joshua Harris
Hard liquor, vodka and it takes A LOT of it to get me drunk. I'm talking more than a pint at this point. It would make sense if it were DTs and you might be right. I wouldn't say it's shocks, it's just a constant tingling in my feet and hands and no matter what I do I can't get rid of it. My lower back also has sharp constant pain. It's like I said it usually lasts a few days and goes away on it's own. How long of a break do I need to take for it not to happen again?
Carter Mitchell
you sound closely like me being engaged with something is the most important thing when quitting or making lifestyle changes you cant have idle time you will go back to old vices
something that helps me when i feeel like i needa have a break is to just always have a bottle of water around, have a swig and have a piss probably do some exercise namely lifting my moderate weights, exept i fucked my shoulder 6 months ago and have an mir next week heres to hoping alls well, BUT seriously, if you just float around and you were just filling time by getting drunk, you have to find a bunch of stuff youre interested in and doesn't take much brainpower to sit down and do
its essentially the same advice for weight loss just with less emphasis on what you intake
Blake Nelson
I've read this around the web and I'm hoping it'll be enough to stop abusing alcohol like this. The biggest problem I think I have is that i dont handle stress and anxiety well. It sounds like you're doing well for yourself though. I really don't even know why I keep doing it. I feel like it's like you said, out of boredom and just filling time.
Evan Gray
Also OP here, after reading the signs of DT I don't think that's what happening here. Besides maybe high blood pressure I don't have any of those symptoms, and that could be from the cigarettes.
Tyler Turner
Standard detox procedure is 2 weeks dry, drinking during a dry period greatly extends the length of time needed to recover.
Full chemical restoration from all damage is around 2 years.
You'll feel lower back pain due to dehydration. Like I said, drink a fuck ton of water and sleep as much as you can.
Jason Thompson
i am no medical expert but those are some symptoms i have but i dont drink liquor, cause the bottles gone by the end of the night lol, nah but the lower back pain i always attribute to sitting in this fucking chair, ever since a kid i had tingles and bad circulation i always thought, patchy skin thats pink and stark white
no idea about what you're asking about time but dude, a week and you can pat yourself on the back, but not reward yourself with a drink
maybe you do idk im not your fuckin dad, i have breaks and feel good about myself and then go back to drinking kinda rolling out the barrel again you know? like ill be sensible and only have 4 std drinks or whatever out the night but eventually it gets to "fuck this i bought these im gonna fuckin drink em"
interestingly when i had an over abundance of grog i put a LITTLE bit less emphasis on it like traveling in asia and such i can just have a few and go to bed no worries, or at christmas or celebratory seasons i havn't tried having like 4 blocks of beer and a couple bottles of liquor and theres every chance ill just blow out for 3 days, but a few dudes ive spoken to in this way just liked the control of being able to get drunk, sorta adult stuff you know? they leveled out due to their work as tradesman but they say the "i know i can get obliterated but dont want to" thing might have helped
though i wouldn't recommend buying 100 serves of alcohol to an alcoholic, its just a thing that if it fits it works.
>tingling in my hands and feet for like 3-4 days user that sounds really bad. You getting plenty of exercise? Tingling is associated with poor circulation, and drinking can result in an enlarged heart. How long have you been drinking heavily?
Mason Harris
Neuropathy also causes numbness and tingling, and that can be a sign of alcoholism.
Chase Edwards
unless you're truly fucked in the head, excessive alcohol consumption is something you can 1000000% bounce back from and you'll be able to enjoy 2-3 drinks in the future no problem.
The Alcohol isn't the cause of the problem, stop drinking for at least 3 months and that will usually force you to confront the root emotional problem you have. Also go to church.
Xavier Allen
>Go to church
To make fun of all of the inbred sheep?
Oliver Williams
Church, liquor for morons.
Aaron Martin
my dad had type 1 diabeetus so i get the gig
shits been tested, funny to never have had a name for it though but i never really pursued it
Bentley Edwards
Luckily I'm already in the habit of drinking tons of water already, so I'm covered there. Also take high grade multi-vitamins and omega 3 caps. I'm not looking to go absent for 2 years though, not right now anyway. Maybe 1-2 months to let myself reset and handle some of the shit I drink to get away from.
This does make sense. That's pretty much what I'm thinking and kinda hoping, that Ill know I COULD get blasted but I choose not too. Moderation and all that shit. But if I'm being honest I find that pointless. The whole thing blows honesty.
It could be lack of exercise, I don't do any exercise at all right now. As for how long I've been drinking like this I'd like maybe 2 years. Before that though i had a 8 month period when I drink a pint every night and got destroyed, ended up having to detox in a hospital. Lucky I wasn't that bad so they gave me bezos and discharged me that same day. But I only lasted like a month before I started drinking again, but I've been able to keep it to 3-5 nights a week. The irony though is now I drink WAY more alcohol than I did before.
Yeah I don't consider myself to be a fucked up person or anything. I've never been through some heavy shit or anything that scarred me. I just think it has a lot to do with being unhappy and bored in general. I've haven't been out on a date in years and I don't even try to get a girlfriend anymore, because I'm too embarrassed. I'm tired of having that conversation of having to tell the girl I'm still living with my parents, because I know right there we're not having sex. Having to deal with other people's shit all the time when I just want them to leave me the fuck alone. I'm just tired of it. I wanna finish college, get a good job and move on with my life.
Confronting the boredom is the threshold you have to break through to start feeling better. You need to feel bored, you need to feel downright frustrated. For months, ideally. that will kind of recalibrate your brain and you'll be able to enjoy life in more sensible/sustainable ways. Some people call this process a "dopamine detox", and that shit works.
Kevin Lewis
I'm assuming this isn't a meme answer so I'll check that out when I wake up
You're right, I know I have to stop hiding from what it is I'm trying to avoid. This is basically what happened last week. I got frustrated, pissed off and said fuck this I'm drinking and smoking. And I don't know what the hell it is I was mad about. I know i can't keep doing this to myself. Thanks for the advice though user.
I'm gonna head off to sleep. If you guys have anymore advice I'll read it in the archives. If not thanks for helping me out and I hope you take care. Maybe I'll make a thread in the future if I'm feeling like shit and need advice again.
Dylan Miller
also make sure you aren't getting too much of the fat soluble vitamins like E, K, D. That can fuck you HARD. and use the Omega 3 sparingly, it contributes to low blood pressure (tingling) and give you bleeding problems. Not good when alcohol already thins your blood like crazy. I wouldn't take more than a gram of omega 3 per day long term.
Alexander Fisher
It really depends on your personality traits Id recommend talking to psychiatrist, about stuff like this, if you dont live in a shithole country where you cant get reliable mental evaluations and help
Adrian Rivera
Use to drink pretty heavily years ago. Got shitfaced to the point of passing out and puking in my sleep quite a few times. I quit drinking for about 3 years, then had a beer at my cousin's wedding. The taste made me want to puke and the smell of alcoholic drinks now makes me feel queasy. Dunno if it's just my body now associating alcohol with all those times I woke up physically I'll, but I'll never put another drop of alcoholic beverages in my body.
