Not sure what to say but it feels like a switch clicked in my head today and my eyes were opened.
Yesterday I bought 2 sixpacks to last me over the holidays and today I saw that they’re empty. And the expensive whisky for special occasions too.
I didn’t even have a reason to drink that much. I’ve officially lost control.

So no more “only on weekends”. Or “not at home” Or “not alone”. Or “not more than 2 beers”. Tried all that, didn’t work.

I am not going to drink today. I don’t need to drink today. What a liberating feeling!

  • superkret@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Oh yeah, I got creative with the rules.
    “Only on weekends” meant I drank the same amount, just concentrated on Fr-Su.
    “Not at home” lead to a 2-beer pit stop on my way home from work, then “going for a walk” after supper.
    “Not alone” meant getting a bottle of wine for my wife too, and convincing her to drink with me.
    And “not more than 2 beers” made me get the strongest beer available, then switch to whisky.

    • interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      I went through the same arc- it lead to binge drinking and getting my wife to drink with me, too.

      I quit in Dec '22, and I wake up feeling free from booze everyday, seriously. Every day I open my eyes and don’t have that nasty sweet taste on my tongue, or that dry eye & mouth feeling, I am relieved!

      Now I’m 60lbs lighter (I DRANK drank), I exercise before work because it turns out I’m a morning person (!?), most of my health issues have resolved, and I’m not throwing away money on poison.

      IWNDWYT