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Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:21 pm to rebel cat
I did three stints.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:22 pm to jchamil
good question. For me it was part of that hair of the dog but it became much more. I could not get out of bed without booze. I was not laid up physically I just could not face life without alcohol at all times the last 5 years. It happens and it seems like overnight. It was horrible
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:24 pm to Slayer103
I was in the same exact boat. Straight Vodka hourly and only messed with pills a couple of times. The recovery has been insane from where I started. Blew a .356 entering rehab, the third time.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:24 pm to TomballTiger
the physical stuff is there too. I could not really eat and lost a ton of weight. I had alcohol induced hepatitis and I was shake and vomit if I went too long without alcohol. By the morning drinking was necessary for me to feel "normal"
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:26 pm to TomballTiger
It has to be among the most miserable of existences when you are full blown. The helplessness you feel is beyond imagination and what you have to do to continue to hide is literally a second job.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:26 pm to TomballTiger
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the physical stuff is there too. I could not really eat and lost a ton of weight. I had alcohol induced hepatitis and I was shake and vomit if I went too long without alcohol. By the morning drinking was necessary for me to feel "normal"
That sounds like a nightmare. Congrats on beating that, hopefully you can help someone on here
Probably shouldn't have had the cheers emoji in this thread
This post was edited on 4/7/21 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:33 pm to MoarKilometers
I've been in three facilities and did not once run into anyone with a Marijuana addiction.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:41 pm to jchamil
thanks a lot for saying that. I choose to not remain anonymous in hopes that I might help one person to get sober. my email is marc@mmtlegal.com if anyone wants to email me directly. Thank you all again. this has been a great thread. I dont mind the cheers emoji. I have booze in my home at all times usually these days for wife or guests. I never in a million years thought that would happen and it be a total non issue.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:44 pm to rebel cat
Not inpatient, but I did outpatient rehab about a year ago and it was best decision of my life.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:50 pm to SOSFAN
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Huh? How do you OD on pot?
Add in Hookers and Blow!!
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:51 pm to jchamil
quote:Everything in life is better with a buzz, from making coffee to making dessert. shite, that's why we drink coffee and eat dessert.
For those who took the step of starting the morning drinking and don't mind saying, what lead to that? Hungover and needed the drink to function
You can wake and bake every day now and won't be judged for it in most places. But have a liquid lunch and an afternoon nap and you're the devil.
It's insane how alcohol and pot have exchanged places in the public consciousness over the last 30 years.
This post was edited on 4/7/21 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:52 pm to jizzle6609
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I've been in three facilities and did not once run into anyone with a Marijuana addiction.
In my limited treatment experience over the last year, I have encountered at least 3 people in rehab solely (or primarily) for marijuana. One guy in my outpatient group had just gotten out of a 2 month inpatient facility and marijuana was his DOC.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:58 pm to jchamil
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For those who took the step of starting the morning drinking and don't mind saying, what lead to that? Hungover and needed the drink to function?
Toward the end, it got real bad. Pretty much if I was awake, I was drinking. I would drink in the morning. I would drink all day, I would drink in the evening. Hell, I'd even wake up in the middle of the night and reach for the bottle. Like someone else said, I was putting down 1 - 1 1/2 fifths of vodka a day (sometimes more) toward the end.
For me, it was a downward spiral of depression and drinking, getting more depressed and drinking more, and getting more depressed.....rinse and repeat. It is hard to explain the depths of despair one can feel when caught up in that cycle.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 4:14 pm to jfw3535
Cannabis isn't physically addictive in the way that alcohol or benzos are, where you will seize or die if you don't get weaned off under a medically-supervized process.
But for hardcore, all-day smokers, it definitely is psychologically addictive. It takes several months for the brain to reset and get to sleep normally.
But for hardcore, all-day smokers, it definitely is psychologically addictive. It takes several months for the brain to reset and get to sleep normally.
This post was edited on 4/7/21 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/7/21 at 4:17 pm to SOSFAN
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Huh? How do you OD on pot?
I just want to point out how beautiful this is.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 4:28 pm to John Wayne
Rhino is a troll. Its not serious
Posted on 4/7/21 at 4:58 pm to Slayer103
Geez bro.
How is your health nowadays? Any lingering effects?
How is your health nowadays? Any lingering effects?
Posted on 4/7/21 at 5:16 pm to TomballTiger
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I tell you what if I had not gotten sober before this pandemic and the year I had, I would have commit suicide.
so....about that. 4 pages in the thread and no one has talked about the past year?
hoooo boy. The last time i got cussed out about my drinking i was flat out called a high functioning alcholic. I used to want to be called that, like being called a loose cannon, but man do i take that back now.
Cant really go a day without at least a 6 pack or half a fifth.
I used to just drink on the weekends. Then the stress of being at home and being isolated really got to me (bit of an extrovert. really charge my batteries being around other people) so to shut the ol brain off I started getting a drink or two every night. then the holidays came around and thats when i noticed that if i wasnt careful, i could kill a bottle of jack every night (i drink it on the rocks).
Sure, i wake up hungover as a dog but some coffee and a little excercise and im good as gold. then work ends and it all starts all over again. or i finish a brutal cycling ride on the weekend and the drinking REALLY starts. or, god forbid, I do something worth celebrating then its really really on.
Swore i would stop at new years. then it was lent. then it was April 1. and this morning i woke up after killing a 12 pack of coors and didnt feel a thing.
Cant imagine im alone in this. Ive tried to tell the people around me that have all gone back to work that i feel like im still in the groundhog day loop and all of them got out. which, naturally, makes me hate everyone which only makes me drink more.
as an addendum, pot, though frowned upon by BIG CORPORATE, is the only thing that slows me down. But, then, you know, its just a crutch for a crutch. I guess what im trying to say is that addiction is real and its a bitch and covidicide has killed way more people than that stupid fricking cold every will.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 5:18 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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Cant imagine im alone in this
You are not. It fricking sucks.
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