For those dealing with addiction...

Can you go out and have a drink or two socially and not go overboard???


That should be the ultimate sign of recovery.
 
Can you go out and have a drink or two socially and not go overboard???


That should be the ultimate sign of recovery.

I don't know, as I haven't tried. But I don't think that it would. Addiction is a physiological, as well as mental issue. Just as curing cancer does not mean you can get it again and it not kill you, same with addiction. I am not fully comparing the two, as I think tratment for addiction is far easier than treating cancer (I catch a lot shit for saying that amongst the fiends), but it's accurate.
 
Good job,
I want to cut my drinking down because it is simply not healthy, i am not out sucking titties for 5ths of Gin or acting out but can you tell me how bad your drinking got?
 
Good job,
I want to cut my drinking down because it is simply not healthy, i am not out sucking titties for 5ths of Gin or acting out but can you tell me how bad your drinking got?

I had pancreatitis @ 19. That shit aint good. Damn near killed DMC in is 30s I think.

Addiction isn't really how much you drink, but why you drink, and what is does to you.

Shit runs in my family, so I kinda knew what I was up against.
 
I was a functioning alcoholic throughout my 20's. The only thing that didn't happen because of my drinking was me missing work and me killing myself or someone else from all the drunk driving.

I looked at myself one day and said you made it to 30 without any damage to yourself others or any charges so it is time to stop this shit. I didn't need any meetings or anything else like that.

I have never been a weak minded person and I don't understand how going to a meeting "cures" you.



Btw congrats to the op on you sobriety.
 
I was a functioning alcoholic throughout my 20's. The only thing that didn't happen because of my drinking was me missing work and me killing myself or someone else from all the drunk driving.

I looked at myself one day and said you made it to 30 without any damage to yourself others or any charges so it is time to stop this shit. I didn't need any meetings or anything else like that.
I have never been a weak minded person and I don't understand how going to a meeting "cures" you.



Btw congrats to the op on you sobriety.

SO that means you were not an alcoholic because alcoholics go to meetings.

You were a drunk :D
 
I was a functioning alcoholic throughout my 20's. The only thing that didn't happen because of my drinking was me missing work and me killing myself or someone else from all the drunk driving.

I looked at myself one day and said you made it to 30 without any damage to yourself others or any charges so it is time to stop this shit. I didn't need any meetings or anything else like that.

I have never been a weak minded person and I don't understand how going to a meeting "cures" you.



Btw congrats to the op on you sobriety.

Thanks. I don't think you were an alkie, you just grew up. Most guys I know drink less now than when they were younger.
Congrats to you as well. Our bodies can't take the pounding as we age. Plus, I like remembering the fucking I do :lol:
 
SO that means you were not an alcoholic because alcoholics go to meetings.

You were a drunk :D

Naw bro looking back on it I was a functioning alcoholic. Just didn't admit it because it wasn't affecting me like I wasn't missing work or other signs
 
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