/dep/ - Depression

I've been drinking for 10 years straight. In my 20s it used to be a six pack every day, mostly to cope with depression. Then I gradually cut back to drinking before bed. Helped me shut down. Kinda stupid. Then 30s hit and if I drink hard liquor (I got there eventually) my next day is fucked. Got some nasty hangovers this year and developed alcohol cravings. Started taking valerian and melatonin with beer and fall asleep pretty quick. I'm not even finishing a beer. Guess that's a start. I get cravings once in a while but they are manageable. I guess a combination of st john's wort, omega 3, vitamin D and some physical activity helps. It's a shit drug and the other shit one is nicotine.

I drink a 8 standard drink bottle of wine 3x a week. I've been doing this for 5 years now and I have had no negative side effects, although I'm noticing my resistance to alcohol has increased with time. I just don't get as drunk of it as I used to.

Apparently for alcoholics your early 40s is your mid-life crisis in regards to drinking. You have to decide whether you'll drink yourself to death or give it up.

>>302177
Staying away from liquor is already a major improvement. Wine or beer only, and you'll usually run out before you get too fucked up. Liquor is too easily abused.

>>302178
I have no self control with drinking, so I can only buy 6-8 standard drinks in a single sitting. I literally won't stop drinking if I buy more, I once woke up on the playground passed out after buying a full bottle of gin.

I'm on NEETbux so I can't afford to become a full alcoholic. I'd probably be more at risk of alcoholism if I actually had a job.

>>302164
I used to be an alcoholic, I have no idea how I managed to subdue it. It's a very insidious vice and most of my family were addicts.

i wish i was an alcoholic instead of a benzo addict. alcohol is legal no prescription cheap while im broke and will die within 2 days cause of withdrawals. still the better choice.

Usually I start drinking when I get home from work, and then drink until I sleep as this is how I can get a good night of sleep most of the times (although I will still wake up feeling tired and anxious). Most of the times I drink wine, but sometimes I will also consume some hard liquor.
Recently I've started to take codeine while at work just so things can become more bearable.
Honestly, I hate how things turned out. I still don't feel the bad effects of drinking and consuming opioids since I'm in my early 20s, but I know that someday my body is gonna get completely fucked up, but if it wasn't for these small vices I would have killed myself for sure.
And btw I'm drunk as I write this, so sorry if my grammar is fucked up.

>>302164
I'm drinking since i'm 14, drinking is so fucking bad for your body. I feel tired all the time, i'm angry 24/24, and can't remember anything. I quit alcohol for 1 month and 20 days, but i just fell again into that infinite pain hole. If you want to stop, try to stop with one of your friend or smthg like that. (i also download an app called "I Am Sober" and this app help me a lot).

Sry for the grammar stuff also cuz i'm under influence.

I never drink, the few times I tried it it made me retarded for several days after. Like there was something wrong with my thinking which I could not precisely pinpoint.

>>302164
pretty much wasted my entire 20s blacked out alone on vodka. would drink 0,5 litre bottle night before work and show up super hungover again and again. told myself i wont drink anymore then do it again the next day. went sober for 100 days after christmas because my parents told me i had to get my shit together. was surprisingly easy and it felt nice to be sober. have been drinking a few times this summer but it does not feel that nice when you don't do it all the time. seeing my favorite alcoholic dying at the age of 34 (kingcobra guy) is hopefully what makes it stick forever. rip dude.

I've switched to drinking weak beers. After a while my taste for the stronger stuff went away.

There isn't much wrong with a beer or two to reward yourself after a day of work, and it gives you something to look forward to. If you find yourself wanting to drink too much then stop buying so much alcohol. Once you've drank less for a while you won't want to go back, because you'll feel a lot better in general.

If you want to quit completely having carbonated drinks instead can help. Carbonation and sugar are a good part of what makes drinking addicting too, not just the alcohol.

I had a drink open and a buzz constantly off the clock, and it was starting to get in the way of work too. I was able to drop it cold turkey, for which I am thankful! 8 months sober, with another 6 months before that (had a drinkypoo for the holidays, was fairly confident I wasn't going to spiral out but I probably shouldn't have risked it).

>>302555
I think the older you get the easier it is to quit. Personally I got tired of constantly having the beer shits + pissing in the middle of the night etc. Just not worth it anymore.

I’ve been drinking since I 2011ish. I’m traumatized as shit and it’s only gotten worse. I hope my liver just explodes lol cause I’m too much of a pussy to shoot myself. Sometimes I go ptsd rage mode and end up in the hospital. I’m not at the point where I’m shaking or having hallucinations, but I always walk to that fucking liquor store.

>>302568
What's the longest you've gone without drinking?

The shaking and hallucinations typically don't happen until withdrawal sets in after several days.

I don't struggle with alcohol, I just consume it.

I started drinking pretty late in life and not matter what it does to my health, it has eased the pain and made life bearable.

I drank a bottle of wine the other night. I don't think I have a problem, but I do think that I was using it as an excuse not to go out and do things.

I have quit a couple of times in my life and believe it is just a matter of deciding it's not for me for the time being and then it is no longer a thought. But for now, it is something I choose to do.