No.307133
Dopa mucuna supplements helped me tremendously to quit alcohol.
I was drinking because of dopamine-seeking and dopa mucuna gives me that dopamine boost and I was able to quit drinking.
I started using a SAD lamp + dopa mucuna and the lift in dopamine made me not feel craving for alcohol.
No.307185
If I could be 4/10 buzzed for the rest of my life I would be. But I'm sick of hangovers and paranoia.
No.307199
>>307102Once you have that first drink it's impossible to stop. There is no 'responsible amount of drinking' for people like us. It's best to avoid it completely.
No.307200
>>307199That's exactly what big booze wants you to think.
No.307214
>>307199That's not true unless you have a physiological addiction to alcohol.
You can stop after a drink or even a couple. You just don't want to.
No.307241
>>307214It's chasing the dopamine dragon. And the more you drink the harder it is to tell you've had too much.
No.307245
>>307214Not him but there's a form of alcoholism where you just don't stop after you get drunk, because your inhibition has been lowered. I have it and can only regulate alcohol by buying it in small hip flasks or set bottles of wine.
When I was 20 I bought a whole bottle of whiskey and then the next thing I remember after I started drinking was waking up on a playground after I passed out blackout drunk.
No.307378
>>303162I've also tried many variants of weed which just gave me a tired effect. I've had the run of the mill stuff, "homegrown" and something that had a colour in its name. Nothing worked
No.307406
haven't drank much alcohol,only enough to get a buzz from it. though im not addicted to it and quite surprised since my grandfather was an alcoholic. Or maybe I havent used it as a coping mechanism as much as I do with gooning and computer games.
No.307414
Hangovers just fuck me up too much now… It's not worth it anymore.
If you're lucky you will reach that point also and you won't want to drink anymore naturally. If you're unlucky you will skip right passed that into organ failure.
No.307424
>quit drinking
>realize most the things i enjoyed were only because i drank
>have to rediscover what to do with my free time now
No.307425
>>307424Are you sure your dopamine now isn't fried to crisp because of alcohol usage? You might still enjoy those things after your receptors reset.
No.307427
>>307425It's impossible to fry dopamine unless
>However, high-dose amphetamine can cause indirect neurotoxicity as a result of increased oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species and autoxidation of dopamineI don't how to put it in my own words. I'm not a biologist or chemist
No.307428
>>307427What I meant is fucking with the dopamine system by gulping to much alcohol. I know what it feels like, it's like a total draught, nothing is fun, complete anhedonia for days. But it passes, timeline depends on how much and for how long you've been drinking.
No.307429
>>307428I don't think it has something to do with the dopamine system. Drug withdrawal happens with antidepressant too and any kind of withdraw can lead to death, seizures and other awful things that are probably not related to dopamine.
>nothing is fun, complete anhedoniaQuite common effects when a body is ill and needs to preserve energy for recovery.
No.307460
I am drunk again, but I poured out all alcohol yesterday and swore to never drink again, I am too weak
No.307877
2 - 3 cans of 7% vodka soda a day masterrace
No.307893
reading this stupid thread made me stop drinking, for few days mby.
No.307894
doing this stupid captcha made me wanna drink again. just fuckin wow
No.307898
>>307897mfw the beerrs are cold
No.307899
Any alcoholic just wake up one day and get bored of drinking?
No.307901
>>307899yes, but then later that day I want to drink again
No.307929
I've just been pounding Steel Reserve, Natty Daddys, and Jim Beam.
No.307930
>>307899Yes. I've found that beer just makes me fall asleep before I even get drunk. I start getting a little buzz and then boom, asleep. Like browsing here I just keep doing it in vain out of habit. It's really over now, isn't it?
No.307933
>>307894here we go again
>>307901this & that
No.308058
>>307899yeah, i started at 16 and got bored of it once i actually hit 21. i sporadically go on benders here and there though
No.308312
Craving being drunk pretty bad this weekend. Only thing that helps fill the void these days.
No.308319
I sometime wake up at night in panic after drinking wondering if I drank too much and if my liver is fucked, like how much more can it take before I die
No.308320
>>308319Just stick to beer under 5%, line your stomach with good food before you eat and you'll be OK. 4.5% yuengling is a good choice.
No.308323
>>308320I only like red wine unfortunately and I am not in US
No.308324
>>308323Well if you want to be an alcoholic sometimes you have to compromise. I haven't gone a day without a drink in over 10 years and before I switched to light beer I was getting close to a 750ml of whiskey a day. Even wine is too high ABV to be drinking heavily on a daily basis. Drinking beer even if you don't care for it is better than having to quit because you're dying too fast. You still get alcohol in your system but it's safer.
No.308325
>>308324well that is the thing, I dont want to be an alcoholic, so it is difficult to just chose something different
No.308327
I haven't had a drink in years, maybe close to a decade. I can't stand the smell of alcohol anymore, it makes me feel nauseous. Probably because in my 20s I used to drink and get sick a lot
I saw a succubus drinking at a bus stop at 9am a few weeks ago, it looked like clean vodka, must have tasted like liquid death
No.308332
>>308327>I can't stand the smell of alcohol anymore, it makes me feel nauseous. Probably because in my 20s I used to drink and get sick a lotI experienced this with creme liquor in particular. I drank it on the regular and could down an entire bottle of Bailey's or Panama Jacks in any short summer evening. One day I overdid it and woke up groggy before heading to the wageslave dungeon. It was an awful shift. From that point on even the smell of the stuff makes me sick, as if my immune system is rejecting my desire to get my cream on.
No.308334
>>308332Alcohol is a smell I associate with poverty
No.308336
>>308334perhaps step down from your high horse
No.308337
>>308336He's right, alkies are often poor and stupid as well.
No.308339
It depends on your context. There are plenty of functioning alcoholics out there. I associate alcohol with the bossman who has whiskey and a cigar ready.
No.308371
just ended my drinking binge… time for the recovery day and to feel like shit for a while
No.308374
I tried to stop I cant. I dont even get drunk anymore I just drink to feel numb
No.308380
>>308337The British ruled the world for centuries and their elite were alcoholics through and through. Perspective.
No.308504
>>308449only the top shelf stuff tastes good, its a big waste of money
No.308509
>>308506ngmi i've seen it many times. the only way is to become healthy. i'm not saying to drop drink entirely maybe do it on your birthday and chistmas eve
No.308511
>>308509I mean I haven't even started yet since drinking with the BP meds would be suicide.
I don't expect it to magically fix my life, but I have a very strong aversion to taking action, doing stuff in general.
Maybe it will help, who knows. I don't want to get wasted every day, just have a baseline, drunk kungfu wizard.