Confessions on Sidechat | I’ve been a complete alcoholic for about 8 months now. I really need to stop. It’s starting to make me sick, my family and friends are worried about me and I also have no job right now. To anyone who’s been in a similar situation, I really need advice.

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I’ve been a complete alcoholic for about 8 months now. I really need to stop. It’s starting to make me sick, my family and friends are worried about me and I also have no job right now. To anyone who’s been in a similar situation, I really need advice.

Anonymous 4w

Not even to be an asshole, but I would highly recommend going to therapy. Not having a support system, or a job, or and struggling with an addiction is a triple whammy. You cannot handle something like that alone unless you want the cycle to repeat. Therefore please reach out and see if you can get a therapist

Anonymous 4w

what helped to break the cycle for me was focusing really hard on “I only feel like this now because I drank last night. I can’t do shit today just because I wanted to feel better yesterday? that’s not worth it” every time I felt sick the next day. it’s like gradually training your body to learn to associate the action [drinking] with its consequence

Anonymous 4w

Like 1 said, therapy is a great first step. Support systems and professional objective assistance is vital to healing. I know multiple people who have gone through aa/organizations very similar to aa and not just got help for their addiction but genuinely enjoyed the experience. It gave them not just a support group but friends, who can support them beyond addiction relief.

Anonymous 4w

I was in your situation, but unfortunately I allowed it to spiral out of control for way too long. By the time I tried cutting back and quitting, I was already physically addicted and had to go to detox 😭 But I took ts VERY seriously. 21 days of detox, 14 days rehab residential, 8 weeks outpatient, and I haven't had a drink in 372 days

Anonymous

#1 4w

Also I’ve been to an out patient before for self harm and they gave me food and a place to be…

Anonymous

#2 4w

suddenly giving up alcohol Entirely when you’ve been dependent for months can def be unreasonably taxing, so it’s okay if you need to “wean off” rather than going cold turkey! i.e. you could start off by cutting back to every other night rather than every night, or even just switching to a lower-ABV drink as your go-to and putting a conscious limit on how many drinks you allow yourself in one session

Anonymous

#4 4w

AA/NA is not for me tho. The meetings were helpful in the very beginning, but the intense strict religious cult thing was a noooo Dharma meetings and even Smart Recovery (but especially Dharma) are really dope tho!!!!