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I drank 4 beers and about a 1/6th of whiskey and I don't feel good about myself one bit. What used to be a therapeutic experience is now miserable. I want to quit entirely but I keep putting myself in this "Let's have a few shots" predicament. Any advice? I want to live long and happy but clearly being angry and constantly shoving poison down my throat won't help. I've always wanted therapy but it's not available where I live and this site has always trolled me when I try to open up...should I seek treatment maybe?

Couldn't hurt. My father ended up eating a lot of Tootsie pops for a while when he quit smoking; he kept a bag around and grabbed one when the need hit.

I have heard changing habits helps; if you always drink when you bowl or something, stop bowling.

AA, because clearly willpower alone wont do it. its not that the program cures you, but it introduces you to a network of other people in your situation. And that makes it easier and i speak from experience.

If by "bowl" you mean smoking marijuana, I don't do that nor do I experience any need to eat more or ingest anything other than alcohol.

Talk to a doctor first TC, because depending on how much you currently drink and perhaps other factors, quitting alcohol cold turkey can be surprisingly dangerous and you may need to slowly ween off of it just as a measure of safety

Naysaspace posted...

AA, because clearly willpower alone wont do it. its not that the program cures you, but it introduces you to a network of other people in your situation. And that makes it easier and i speak from experience.

Forgive me for my ignorance, but I put AA in the same area as therapy. Neither is available to me. If I admit myself to treatment, it's temporarily moving to a different area entirely to deal with my problems. It might be my only option.

Phantom36 posted...

Talk to a doctor first TC, because depending on how much you currently drink and perhaps other factors, quitting alcohol cold turkey can be surprisingly dangerous and you may need to slowly ween off of it just as a measure of safety

I'll do that. Thank you. To be honest, I just feel really bad and on the verge of crying. I want some form of support even if it's from some randoms on a board i've frequented since 2006 during a period where things seemed so far away and impossible. Thank you again.

This is why I'm so thankful i'm incredibly lazy. I was able to quit smoking cold turkey after a half pack a day for a decade after convincing myself it was too much work to go to the store to buy more. I don't drink more than I do because i don't wanna deal with stopping at the package store to restock.