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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:14:21 PM EDT
[#1]
You are not alone.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:15:43 PM EDT
[#2]
I don’t have to get up in the morning. I can sleep in till 9. I can drink till midnight and not have to face people in the morning? Of course I’m drinking more!
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:16:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: naltrexone. Fuck that, I don’t trust anything that is called a “miracle drug” in this climate... Oh and by the way, isn’t that and end around to admitting your an drug addict? No? Than why are you taking an anti-opiate medication? Guns please. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:17:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How? It hits me when I settle down for the night. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was up to a gallon of Jameson a week. I haven't had a drink since November 20th. It hits me when I settle down for the night. How was I drinking that much or how did I stop? |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:19:08 PM EDT
[#5]
You are not alone OP.. I’m working on reducing my intake as well
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:20:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:20:32 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You could try cbd or kratom instead? Why not both? |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:20:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Train how you fight?  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You're gonna want to be clear headed for what's coming. Train how you fight? Yup, I forget the exact words used. But I went thru a German castle from the late 1490-1520's or so. Their was an inscription over one of the doorways. That said words to the effect that a man should be drunk every night. Part of this was based on the time I think, since potable water was scarcer than wine. And also the life expectancy was much lower. A man was expected to impregnate lots of women, drink every night and fight every day. Because tomorrow could be the end of him. As it is for all of us, but to a much lesser degree thankfully! 
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:22:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:  I'm drinking like a 5th a week. Bourbon, neat. A gallon is fucking crazy bro. It started at a 5th a week. Then every few days. Then I’d buy the half gallons. Then... Then I’d wake up in the morning feeling alright, but with no recollection of the last 1-2 hours of the night or why my wife was pissed at me. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:22:46 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How was I drinking that much or how did I stop? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was up to a gallon of Jameson a week. I haven't had a drink since November 20th. It hits me when I settle down for the night. How was I drinking that much or how did I stop? |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:24:32 PM EDT
[#11]
I really need to. After my divorce 3 years ago it went up considerably but nothing crazy. Now after lockdowns, and all this turmoil its gotten bad. Usually about 8 beers a night, lateley 10-12 hasn't been uncommon. Still go to work every day on time, but i know its taking its toll. You are not alone.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:25:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You're gonna want to be clear headed for what's coming. Yeah. That's how I know I expect it to get bad. I basically stopped drinking. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:26:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kinda mad at myself.... went several months last year with no drinking at all, then went to once or twice a month and am now at about once a week. It's a bad time to quit drinking.   Thought you were leaving??? 
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:29:04 PM EDT
[#14]
I haven't been drinking much at all the past 12 months.
I can't remember drinking this little since before I was 16. Hell it took me the better part of 3 months to finish a 12 pack recently. I just feel the need to be doing something constructive with the little down time that I seem to have lately. Whether its tidying up storage rooms to make space for my long term food storage, loading up ammo, etc. Drinking gets in the way of that. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:31:57 PM EDT
[#15]
#metoo
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:34:03 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stop. I tell myself not to, but still gravitate to the bar. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was up to a gallon of Jameson a week. I haven't had a drink since November 20th. It hits me when I settle down for the night. How was I drinking that much or how did I stop? I guess I realized I’d end up divorced, in jail, or dead if I didn’t stop. I haven’t had any physical withdrawal issues even though most would say someone at my level shouldn’t stop cold turkey. Getting back to weightlifting has helped a lot. It’s never been THAT difficult to not have any. But if I start, there’s no off switch. I miss it and think about it every day, especially with the current situation we find the country in. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:34:44 PM EDT
[#17]
My use isn't rising, just diversifying.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:35:53 PM EDT
[#18]
Shiiiiit. I was putting down a half gallon a day for over a year before the seizures and DTs started. It gets worse, never better. Alcohol isn’t your problem, it’s your current solution to a bigger problem.
Stop while you can, completely. Picked this up on Friday  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:36:23 PM EDT
[#19]
Yeah I'm good for a handle a week. I prefer bourbon but i've switched to titos and soda as it slows me down a bit.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:36:46 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thought you were leaving??? I did... but it turns out the world is just a big ball so when I walked away I just ended up back where I started.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:37:25 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you guys drink like this? Don't you feel like shit all the time? There's no way that level is enjoyable Or perhaps what you think is "feel like shit all the time" is better then our lives sober... Think about that for a second.. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:37:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:39:09 PM EDT
[#23]
Not alone brother. Life keeps handing me lemons and I’m making beer disappear. Probably averaging about 6-8 a day.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:41:03 PM EDT
[#24]
Quoted: With family problems, work stress and America's current situation I find I need to be sedated nightly. I keep telling myself I need to reign it in, but tommorow night is a good time to stop. Surely I'm not alone, am I ? I think a lot of us are taking the uncertainty hard, but I think if you look inward far enough, your problems didn't start with Joe Biden waiting for his Coronation next wednesday. Get help if you need to, none of your problems go away or get better if you drink yourself unconscious every night. Alcohol doesn't solve anything. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:41:16 PM EDT
[#25]
 Craig Ferguson Speaks From The Heart “I’m not an expert on alcoholism, but I am an expert on my own story because I was there when it happened... well, I was present.” |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:43:23 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you guys drink like this? Don't you feel like shit all the time? There's no way that level is enjoyable I’ve been hung over perhaps twice in the last year. Almost everyone thinks I drink too much. I know entirely why one of those two hangovers happened. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:44:24 PM EDT
[#27]
Not drinking much but my smoking has gotten a lot worse
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:44:32 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How? It hits me when I settle down for the night. Hard to do when you don't have any liquor in the house? I know it sounds simple, but if it's there for the drinking,.... |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:44:52 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Kinda mad at myself.... went several months last year with no drinking at all, then went to once or twice a month and am now at about once a week. It's a bad time to quit drinking. Was gonna start sniffin' glue again but there ain't no hobby shops no more.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:45:01 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine is steady. Usually 5-6 nights a week. Been limiting myself to 4 drinks. This is similar to my method. Works for me. . |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:45:23 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup, I forget the exact words used. But I went thru a German castle from the late 1490-1520's or so. Their was an inscription over one of the doorways. That said words to the effect that a man should be drunk every night. Part of this was based on the time I think, since potable water was scarcer than wine. And also the life expectancy was much lower. A man was expected to impregnate lots of women, drink every night and fight every day. Because tomorrow could be the end of him. As it is for all of us, but to a much lesser degree thankfully! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: You're gonna want to be clear headed for what's coming. Train how you fight? Yup, I forget the exact words used. But I went thru a German castle from the late 1490-1520's or so. Their was an inscription over one of the doorways. That said words to the effect that a man should be drunk every night. Part of this was based on the time I think, since potable water was scarcer than wine. And also the life expectancy was much lower. A man was expected to impregnate lots of women, drink every night and fight every day. Because tomorrow could be the end of him. As it is for all of us, but to a much lesser degree thankfully! That was even true in Colonial America. Hey, at least the beer is clean.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:47:26 PM EDT
[#32]
I’ve been going through a lot of bourbon lately. If it weren’t for that, I probably would have started smoking again. That’s a road I really don’t want to go down again.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:49:09 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shiiiiit. I was putting down a half gallon a day for over a year before the seizures and DTs started. It gets worse, never better. Alcohol isn’t your problem, it’s your current solution to a bigger problem. Stop while you can, completely. Picked this up on Friday https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/423578/7E2DE951-6BFC-46F6-AED5-A5F799612702_jpe-1784502.JPG That is a very valuable coin, I keep losing mine....but I hope to keep it next time. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:49:44 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve been hung over perhaps twice in the last year. Almost everyone thinks I drink too much. I know entirely why one of those two hangovers happened. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How do you guys drink like this? Don't you feel like shit all the time? There's no way that level is enjoyable I’ve been hung over perhaps twice in the last year. Almost everyone thinks I drink too much. I know entirely why one of those two hangovers happened. Most guys that work for a living can DRINK. I'm not saying you can't work hard and not drink, of course you can. But the most interesting people I've ever met can DRINK. And they can handle it, they're not showing up drunk to meetings, they're not missing things in their life. They can just go fucking hard and wake up and work and then go fucking hard another night. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:50:50 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That was even true in Colonial America. Hey, at least the beer is clean. It’s good to know how to brew beer. It could save your life during wartime. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:52:02 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm drinking like a 5th a week. Bourbon, neat. A gallon is fucking crazy bro. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was up to a gallon of Jameson a week. I haven’t had a drink since November 20th. I'm drinking like a 5th a week. Bourbon, neat. A gallon is fucking crazy bro. That's not even 4 ounces per day (7 days). I'm sure you have more than that per drink. Depending on the scotch I'm drinking, 6-8 ounces does it for me. Sleep like the dead afterwards but wake up with no hangover or feeling crappy. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:53:09 PM EDT
[#37]
My tobacco use is dwindling...up the voltage.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 11:54:06 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I drank more during 2020 than I had the last 47 years combined. I'm a year older but the same happened for me as well. Outside of all the other stuff everyone has experienced I had some bad shit happen on a personal level. I think I put more scotch in me than gas in my car since I have worked at home since February. 
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:00:17 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Most guys that work for a living can DRINK. I'm not saying you can't work hard and not drink, of course you can. But the most interesting people I've ever met can DRINK. And they can handle it, they're not showing up drunk to meetings, they're not missing things in their life. They can just go fucking hard and wake up and work and then go fucking hard another night. I’m a long way from being 24 again. We had many nights where I would slam a handle. Shit was pretty dark back in the 2009 recession. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:08:42 AM EDT
[#40]
Get both. Work hard/work out/get drunk. In these difficult times I can only count to two.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:10:31 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s good to know how to brew beer. It could save your life during wartime. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That was even true in Colonial America. Hey, at least the beer is clean. It’s good to know how to brew beer. It could save your life during wartime. Brew beer and load ammo, you'll never be killed because your too useful! Seriously thou, like Whiskers was saying above. Our bodies adapt to whatever we put on them. Work hard and party hard. Not advocating too much, everything has limits. But I think there is a damn good reason why our livers are one of our biggest organs other than the lungs. Because mankind has been pounding back beers for thousands of years. So over the ages the ones that survived carried the genetics forward to develop the tolerance and organs to sustain serious drinking. Most of the others that drank died of heart or organ failure most likely. My .02
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:12:04 AM EDT
[#42]
Nope. I’m finding out that the next morning is not so pleasant.
It’s too cold to drink beer |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:15:42 AM EDT
[#43]
I’ve been cutting back after some blunt feedback
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:22:49 AM EDT
[#44]
It's your life and your choices and your the only one who can make them.
I was a consummate alcoholic for many years, about 28 or so years ago I took a look at what I had lost due to drinking, it was more than I can ever make up for. That realization was enough for me to stop drinking and I've been sober ever since. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 1:11:36 AM EDT
[#45]
Just bought 2 more whiskies for the collection yesterday.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 1:15:40 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Make sure it's legal in your state and what not. Personally, I love the shit. There's a little bit of research you have to do. Different strains come from different places. And you have to cycle strains of you'll get tolerance. Red one day, white the other. Thai one day, Borneo the other kind of thing Red strains are more calming, white is more stimulating. I can't really tell the difference when I take it, either one just gives a calm relaxed optimistic feeling. Optimism is the one thing I really get from it. Generally, it's anxiolytic and analgesic also But again, do your research, make sure it's legal for you, but personally, with stuff like kratom around, drinking is stupid. Plus it's calorie free and no hangover or come down And it doesn't physically impair you at all What about it showing up in a drug test ? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 1:19:30 AM EDT
[#47]
I thought ginger beer was the same thing as Ginger Ale and got some to mix with whiskey tonight. That was almost enough to make me quit.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 1:22:31 AM EDT
[#48]
This is like a SCAGDRIVER thread, but with way less optimism.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 7:26:11 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is like a SCAGDRIVER thread, but with way less optimism. Less selfies as well |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 8:51:44 AM EDT
[#50]
Mine too. At least a beer or two a day. Yea may not seem like much but I used to be a weekend only drinker.
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