Well done on overcoming your substance demons
Regarding your question about starting to drink, do you mean that you may want a sip here and there in social events, or did you mean at home and by yourself? I'm thinking that drinking by yourself is not a healthy route to walk.
Thank you! I was thinking more in the sense of at social events, as i'm quite a hermit I thought it might help separate drinking and being at home if that makes sense? When I was drinking before it was an everday bottle of rum at home kind of scenario.
No, it isn't a good idea. Alcohol is a drug too, the fact that it's legal doesn't mean it's any less bad for your well-being than illegal drugs.
My husband can go 4-5 days without drinking at this point. He still lives for that 5th/6th day, though, & he's not happy that's the case.
Yeah, I understand where you're coming from. I don't want to risk my happiness only coming from that one day I can drink sort of thing.
in my experience, one i end up using some substance regularly and then struggle to quit, any attempt to just have a little as an occasional treat just ended up provoking me slowly making additional excuses for why its ok until i'm using again regularly. you may have better willpower than i, but be careful anyway.
Thank you for sharing. I'd like to think I'm strong willed, but that's easy for me to say when I'm not drinking. From what I've heard from a friend of mine who also quit, she found herself justifying why she was drinking again rather than confronting herself.
Having used over 120 different compounds over 8 years I can tell you it's highly subjective if your use will spiral again.
I feel like if you use alcohol/other drugs as a reward or to wind down after a week it can be fine. At the same time, chronic alcoholism can stem from genes. Much like nicotine addiction etc.
Personally I've never found any drug impossible to quit but I always seem to use something eventually.
Pro tip from me. If you do spiral back into alcoholism, a low dose of shrooms can treat this very effectively in some cases. It's not for everyone of course and if you have or are predisposed to things like psychosis or schizophrenia it is not a good idea to use psychedelics
Hi, thanks for the advice. The goal is to be in a situation where alchohol is a once a week kind of thing, however looking at my history its fair to say I have my doubts that I'll be able to keep it controlled. As for the shrooms, I've made an effort to stay away from psychedelics as I'm an epileptic.
Congrats on being sober, but I personally wouldn't touch any of those things that made you an addict anymore, not even social, one glass is the path to a full bottle. day by day like the NA or AA says right? Don't sound to be patronising, is just you reached so much already. Please try and stay sober. Hugs
Thank you! You raise a good point point, just drinking one pint sets me back 4+ months of progress. It's definitely something for me to think about.
I'd say, if you're doing controlled drinking, make sure to not drink alone (drink with friends).
Absolutely, I lightly touched on it earlier, but if i was to attempt this, it would be at social events only, as theres nobody to keep my in check with my drinking when I'm alone.
Also sorry for the late response, been a busy new year. Pleased to report I'm still sober, happy new year
