Posted: 10/11/2017 9:20:40 PM EDT
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i tell myself every morning that you (i) need to stop drinking every night.
But every day when i get home, i crave just one drink soooooo bad... Anyone else have this issue? |
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try some 5-HTP 100mg 1 in the morning , one at lunchtime . do not drink while trying this !
5-HTP http://www.progressivehealth.com/using-5-hydroxytryptophan-and-alcohol.htm |
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Why do you drink? Solv that problem. Focus on it. If you solve the problem, you can change the habit. Then replace drinking with ??? Profit. My dad was a drinker... every day at whatever time, he would pop one open. I never even considered that it was not normal growing up. We also had a 3k acre ranch with almost 1k beef head, and pretty much worked from sun up to sun down and i loved every minute of it. Drinking was just natural. Never really got drunk. Just drank to drink for whatever reason. I do remember and will never forget just how good a cold beer taste at 3pm on a Tuesday in the middle of a hay field while racking hay on an open top tractor when its over 100 out. sadly it is just a habit that i have had since i was around 15 and has stuck with me till today. |
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Are you having just one drink or just opening the door to getting drunk every night? Depending on your answer, you might have a problem. I usually drink vodka on the rocks and go through a bottle every 5 days. I dont tend to drink beer anymore as it bloats me way to bad. |
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I was in the exact same boat but through a fortunate accident, managed to quit almost seven years ago.
I was prescribed Focalin for ADHD, within a week, the desire for alcohol disappeared, it was like being freed from prison. The best part is that when I stopped the medication a year later, the cravings did not return. Not saying it will work for everyone, but for me, 60mg of Focalin XR helped break a habit I thought would hound me to an early grave. Good luck brother. |
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technically i do not feel like i get drunk, but i am sure that i get past the point of a legal limit. I usually drink vodka on the rocks and go through a bottle every 5 days. I dont tend to drink beer anymore as it bloats me way to bad. |
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When you start wondering about your drinking there is usually a reason for that also, since i now work in an office and not on the farm, i have lost a tone of muscle mass and am starting to hurt in the mornings 
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technically i do not feel like i get drunk, but i am sure that i get past the point of a legal limit. and even that's also completely irrelevant and ought to be judged on an individual basis because one person's 3 beers aren't another's (but that's just something somebody says when they want half of GD to go apeshit and tell them just how wrong they really are) ETA: nevermind, you live in the zoo now. best to just add a lift kit to your half ton 2wd and start drinking monster energy drinks by the case, instead 
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| I used to drink through the week a few years back. Wasn’t good. I’d get buzzed or drunk then sleep it off and go to work hungover. My dad was terminally ill and I self medicated. I quit working out didn’t indulge in my hobbies it was bad. Well one day I after I said no more this isn’t me. 2 years later back down to my fighting weight and drink occasionally on sat nite if I have the energy after all of the house chores. |
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wanna take a swing at what's absolutely, completely irrelevant unless you're driving? and even that's also completely irrelevant and ought to be judged on an individual basis because one person's 3 beers aren't another's (but that's just something somebody says when they want half of GD to go apeshit and tell them just how wrong they really are) 
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i tell myself every morning that you (i) need to stop drinking every night. But every day when i get home, i crave just one drink soooooo bad... Anyone else have this issue? I'm with you 100%. Was thinking about this in the shower this morning. I need to stop but keep making excuses and make artificial deadlines. I keep saying to myself..."after I close XYZ deal I'll stop drinking...as soon as I get done with ABC project I'll stop drinking...after I file all these tax returns I'll stop..." I keep setting these milestones but the create new ones. I've got a problem and this is the first time ever I've put it in writing..I don't know what's more pathetic, coming out in GD or just me.... |
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If he's starting to think it's an issue. It's an issue. Now if i where back home on the farm in BFE east Texas, it would be completely normal and i would probably die of liver failure in my early 60's |
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I'm with you 100%. Was thinking about this in the shower this morning. I need to stop but keep making excuses and make artificial deadlines. I keep saying to myself..."after I close XYZ deal I'll stop drinking...as soon as I get done with ABC project I'll stop drinking...after I file all these tax returns I'll stop..." I keep setting these milestones but the create new ones. I've got a problem and this is the first time ever I've put it in writing..I don't know what's more pathetic, coming out in GD or just me.... |
| If you think it's a problem just stop. If you can't stop, get help. I'll have a few beers when I travel, but very rarely drink at home. I go through less than a case of beer a year at my house. I do have the occasional bourbon with a cigar, but I've dialed that back quite a bit too. |
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OP, I feel you.
I drink on average 3 beers a night during the week. Maybe up to 6 on a weekend night. I am stone sober right now and on my 4th or 5th glass of water. Not because I think I have a problem, but because I am on this diet and am trying to get from 180 down to 165 lbs. I gained those 15 pounds when I moved to San Diego with all the good beer... The water helps. It feels like the beer in your hand. Cold and everything. Give it a try. Sugary stuff is what I crave when I am not drinking. That is tough. |
| I was in the same boat as you up until 2 months ago. One night I decided to stop just to give my body a break and I have not had a drink since. No urges and I feel WAY better. You just have to make the personal decision to stop, find a reason weather it be health, family, whatever and use that as the motivation. |
| I try really hard not to let things like alcohol or tobacco control me these days. I chewed tobacco for 15 years and woke up to how stupid it was and quit cold turkey 6 years ago. If I couldn't go a day without a drink of alcohol, I'd quit that too. That's just me though. |