Stop Drinking

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This is a place to motivate each other to control or stop drinking. It is also a place for non drinkers to discuss and share.

We welcome anyone who wishes to join in by asking for advice, sharing our experiences and stories, or just encouraging someone who is trying to quit or cut down.

Please post only when sober; you’re welcome to read in the meanwhile.

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3 weeks today. The longest I've gone since 2004. (self.stopdrinking)

submitted 1 year ago by Rando to c/stopdrinking

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Now I just have to keep going! Thanks for the support here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice! Keep going, friend.

For me, that is about when time started moving much slower. 3 weeks seemed like 3 months. 3 months felt like 3 years. 1 year has seemed like 10.

Since I wasn't spending every evening erasing my memory with booze, I had to find things to occupy my time. Eating became important again, so that consumed a bit of my time. (I started at 175lbs, went as high as 210lbs and am back at a respectable 190lbs now. 190 fits my body type, so it's a good spot for me.)

Reading helped. Redesigning my CNC machine from the ground up over 6 or 7 iterations helped. Actually doing my chores absolutely helped. Exercise helps many people as well. Learning how to grow gourmet mushrooms helped. Since the shakes faded fairly quick, I could work on electronics again and solder extremely fine components again, so that helped.

Fill your time with anything but drinking. Sleep or eat as much as you can if all else fails.

From what I understand, learning how to pass the time is awkward for many people, so I just wanted to pass along my personal experience.

Take care!

[–] Rando 1 points 1 year ago

I'm happily back at my hobbies, but now that you mention it, time has seemed to go by slower now!