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[–] Helena73 0 points 22 points (+22|-0) ago 

Woo-hoo! Good work.

I quit drinking after, well.... too many years of boozing. I never let it get that out of hand, therefore I was always able to rationalize it. But no more.

Its been about a year now and I am so happy I did it. I did go cold turkey. I did not have serious withdrawal, but I did learn that what I thought was my “emotional dependence”, was in fact a physical one. After about six or eight weeks I just stopped missing it. I dont mean I never miss it. But its pretty minimal.

I am surprised at how easy it was. I should have done it 20 years ago but I didn’t have the proper attitude towards it: that it just robs joy from your sober life to give you that high.

Drinking is such a scam. I was tired of giving my money to some corporation for the privilege of fucking my life up. Plus Im an ass when I drink. I mean worse than my usual, which, those of you who know me....

Well anyway. Keep it up and congratulations.

[–] dontmindthemess 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I was that way too. Just add alcohol, bad to worse.

[–] jewsbadnews ago 

Every time I drink now I just get annoying and angry about all the things wrong in my life. I almost never get that good buzz feeling anymore. Now I only drink for the flavor.

[–] Helena73 ago 

The last few years I felt like I couldn’t even get drunk anymore. I mean I could get technically drunk. But I wasn’t able to really feel the pleasure of it. It was like I was out of joy. I was just doing it for that stress relief I got downing that first beer.

Thing is, the stress went away when I stopped drinking.

Ask yourself if that flavor isn’t the dopamine hit your brain gives you when you give it what it wants. I had a similar experience with quitting cigarettes. The shit doesn’t taste good unless you have an addiction to it.