Has anyone on here battled alcohol addiction?

Anon201138 · Saturday at 11:22 PM

I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 13 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. I have started posting here because I know it’s a group of people that want us to win every f*cking game like I do. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze every f*cking day.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

Msdeltareb · Saturday at 11:26 PM

I have not personally been afflicted with alcoholism but it killed one of my best, lifelong friends 2 hears ago. Stop before it ruins you.

OG Goat Holder · Saturday at 11:29 PM

Hell yes. No doubt I’m a functioning alcoholic.

Walkthedawg · Saturday at 11:30 PM

Anon201138 said:
I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 10 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

Not addicted to alcohol. But a duodenal ulcer has practically ended all alcohol consumption for me for a while probably.

Get that under control somehow. I'm getting close to my brother's age where he died of renal failure brought on by heavy alcoholism.

Anon201138 · Saturday at 11:41 PM

OG Goat Holder said:
Hell yes. No doubt I’m a functioning alcoholic.

I have an absolutely terrible addiction to alcohol. What started off as having a cordial on weeknights in my 20’s turned into having 8-10 beers on weeknights, and even more than that on weekends. Cycles of getting sober for weeks, getting in shape for a couple months. Then falling off the wagon.

I’ve beat personal tragedy. A brother dying at 46 of brain cancer, I raised my 16 y/o nephew since. A son being born stillborn because the umbilical cord strangled him on delivery day. I got over these things.

But I can’t avoid alcohol, it’s the biggest f*cking demon I’ve ever had.

It’s not even necessarily “ruining my life”, as I’ve never been late or absent at work. But I’ve have showed up hungover, and I sure as heck have showed up to my son’s games hungover. It’s a fcking terrible thing to deal with

greenbean.sixpack · Saturday at 11:44 PM

I know nothing about anything, but to me it seems those with addictive personalities need something to be addicted to. So can you trade one addiction for another that is less harmful? Like working out, running, smoking, religion, hunting, shooting, fishing, etc.?

I’m an idiot, so don’t pay much attention to this.

Anon201138 · Saturday at 11:53 PM

greenbean.sixpack said:
I know nothing about anything, but to me it seems those with addictive personalities need something to be addicted to. So can you trade one addiction for another that is less harmful? Like working out, running, smoking, religion, hunting, shooting, fishing, etc.?

I’m an idiot, so don’t pay much attention to this.

Right now my addiction to stay sober is buying a shitload of ranch and barbecue sunflower seeds and watching the games. I’m not even kidding I’ll sit there at the game, or at my home, and chew sunflower seeds the entire time.

AFDawg · Saturday at 11:59 PM

Alcoholism can be isolating. Seriously consider checking out a group--AA, Celebrate Recovery, or something else. It's the community as much as the technique that matters. Or go to a counselor or counseling program. There's 0 shame in that.

But also check out Katie Herzog's Drink Your Way Sober. There's a some pretty good evidence for naltrexone as a support for reducing your drinking. She discusses it in the book. https://a.co/d/0goXoIe3

greenbean.sixpack · Sunday at 12:02 AM

If it makes you feel better, i beat anorexia by like 1 mil miles.

Called3rdstrikedawg · Sunday at 12:07 AM

I have an addictive personality. I had a gambling problem for a while. I went to the meetings and it helped. I didn’t stick with the meetings but started leaning more on my faith and the earful I would get from my wife about the casinos probably helped end it too. I’ll still occasionally buy a lottery ticket or two, $6 spend. But I hardly even think about that now. My addiction now is Baseball, the MSU kind. And I mean it sincerely, my mood changes immensely when we lose for the worse and when we win like the past 2 games, it’s like euphoria. So even though Im not betting on state games with money, it does affect my mental state one way or another.

I have another problem that comes and goes and I’m sure I USED to drink too much. But not traveling for work as much has certainly helped with that because I do not drink at home unless it is a major event that occurs 3 or 4 times a year. So I feel like I conquer that one with abstinence over time.

DecadeReb2 · Sunday at 12:30 AM

Anon201138 said:
I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 13 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. I have started posting here because I know it’s a group of people that want us to win every f*cking game like I do. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze every f*cking day.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

If you are drinking a fifth a day, I wonder what you consider “functioning”. I thought I was handling it ok, but most everyone around me thought differently. Although I made it to work and was at home with the wife, I was not emotionally present. I went to residential treatment for a couple of months, then worked the 12 steps with a sponsor, and of course AA meetings. The goals is to become happy, joyous, and free- not to just stop drinking.

dudehead · Sunday at 5:17 AM

Anon201138 said:
I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 13 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. I have started posting here because I know it’s a group of people that want us to win every f*cking game like I do. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze every f*cking day.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

I’m a recovered alcoholic. My path to sobriety began with an intervention by my family followed by 90 days treatment. Since then I have been an active member of AA . The 12 steps are life changing with one of the changes being freedom from alcohol. I suggest you go to a local AA meeting and be open to the people there. They will welcome you like you’ve never been welcomed anywhere before, but, we are a motley crew. You may need detoxing by medical professionals so I hope you will be open to going to a local ER and getting checked out. My first day in detox, I had lunch with a guy that stroked out and died later that afternoon. Your body and mind are bad ****** up after that kind of drinking (mine was similar) so be careful. Don’t just go cold turkey on your own; that will kill you. I hope our paths cross some day. Best to you.

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Lowdog · Sunday at 6:17 AM

My dad was an alcoholic. I am an adult child of an alcoholic. Alcoholism is a terrible thing to put your spouse and children thru. You may not realize your mood swings. But let me assure you your family does. As others have said PLEASE get help.

ZombieKissinger · Sunday at 6:31 AM

I’m a doctor and treat alcohol addiction (among other things) for work. I drink but not a lot in any one day. Definitely the type of thing that can go south in a hurry, so have to be careful.

biodawg · Sunday at 6:32 AM

I am a recovering alcoholic and it was slowing killing me and almost ended my marriage. I started drinking heavily about the time my oldest was born just as a way to escape the stress. But then I started drinking heavily, about a fifth a day, give or take, for 7-8 years. It was absolutely affecting my job, even though I didn’t think so at the time. I went to counseling for 3-4 years because I wanted to quit for my parents, kids, and wife, and because THEY wanted me to quit. But I didn’t want to quit for ME. You have to hit that point of wanting it for yourself.

One night I was laying in bed and something in my head just clicked. I don’t know if God spoke to me our what, but I heard “Your wife is going to leave if you don’t stop.” I knew if my wife left, what little relationship I had built with my kids to that point was over, and I wasn’t necessarily interested in living in a world where I couldn’t see my kids everyday. That was my “rock bottom”.

So the next day, I went to the liquor store and bought one more fifth. I drank half that day and half the next day in the hopes that the withdrawals wouldn’t kill me. I didn’t sleep for about a week and a half. It was hell, but I made it. I haven’t had a drink since 9/25/24. I probably should’ve went to treatment, but I didn’t. I just white knuckled it for a couple of months and then I was relatively fine, along with counseling (both marriage and addiction). Go see a counselor. Go to an AA meeting and get plugged in. But YOU have to do it for YOU. Send me a DM if I can help you in any way. If I can do it, so can you.

22yardpunt · Sunday at 6:44 AM

Don’t know the same but there is a prescription drug out there these days that can flip your brains addiction to booze. Best to you in your path to recovery.

Blitz83 · Sunday at 6:55 AM

Anon201138 said:
I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 13 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. I have started posting here because I know it’s a group of people that want us to win every f*cking game like I do. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze every f*cking day.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

AA is a good place to start and finish. I've seen it work for many.

She Mate Me · Sunday at 7:23 AM

You're getting and going to get a lot of great advice here from guys who know way more than I do about kicking it.

What I can do is tell you what's going to happen if you don't. You're at the level a good friend of mine was at late in his life. I'm not going to mince words. It killed him. Likely took at least 25 years off his lifespan and it was a miserable way to go.

I promise you I'm not piling on. You can absolutely kick this thing and make your life much better. Figure out the best course for you and get it done.

SoJxnVol · Sunday at 7:27 AM

I always have labeled libations as a “treat”. If I drink during the week, it’s on a Thursday and I have two max. I cut the front & back yards on friday and Saturday which either happens first; after that I have a couple of beers. Friday and Saturday nights if I do choose to drink, it’s on. Sundays depend- crawfish? Yes, give me all of the beer. Pool? Beach? Same. If I am not doing any of that, it’s sweet tea on Sunday. NEVER BE AFRAID TO USE A DD, uber whatever.

Anon201138 · Sunday at 7:45 AM

By the way I don’t mean when I posted this I was drinking that much, I wasn’t drinking at all last night, but I relapsed in early March and until I dried up last weekend I was drinking that much.

22yardpunt · Sunday at 7:55 AM

What about non-alcoholic beer? Or, better yet, some Mary Jane? Might curb the cravings?

DawgTown Blues · Sunday at 8:03 AM

Anon201138 said:
By the way I don’t mean when I posted this I was drinking that much, I wasn’t drinking at all last night, but I relapsed in early March and until I dried up last weekend I was drinking that much.

Man addiction sucks. I’m sorry you’re struggling with that. And I hear you say you’ve gotten over the deaths of your brother and son, but could the alcohol be helping you cope with those losses? I know my brother’s death helped fuel my addiction.

You’re taking the first correct step by talking about it. The isolation will really drown you and make you feel like ****. Are you in central MS? U know some incredible resources locally who would love to help you out.

skipperDawg · Sunday at 8:04 AM

22yardpunt said:
What about non-alcoholic beer? Or, better yet, some Mary Jane? Might curb the cravings?

That right there, and I don’t mean non alcoholic beverages

Jack Klompus.sixpack · Sunday at 8:08 AM

Firstly, please know I am not being critical or judgmental of you. I totally understand where you are at. Your post proves that you know it’s a problem. Bottom line, you’ve got to stop now. You are killing your self with that rate of drinking. Like someone said in another post, your family is being affected by it whether you realize it or not. You have got to man up and realize the reality of this and stop. It will be tough but you can do it.

Anon201138 · Sunday at 8:17 AM

DawgTown Blues said:
Man addiction sucks. I’m sorry you’re struggling with that. And I hear you say you’ve gotten over the deaths of your brother and son, but could the alcohol be helping you cope with those losses? I know my brother’s death helped fuel my addiction.

You’re taking the first correct step by talking about it. The isolation will really drown you and make you feel like ****. Are you in central MS? U know some incredible resources locally who would love to help you out.

Both of those were 3+ years ago. I had a problem even before that. My point is that I’ve had some tragic events in my life, and I didn’t even during those perioids drink to cope with those.

The problem, at least for me, is that alcohol is everywhere. Let’s say you were addicted to heroin. Well, that’s a tough thing to beat, but heroin is not sold in every gas station and grocery store. It’s not consumed at most social functions.

I travel a lot for work. What happens to me is that I will get sober for an extended period of time, I’m talking months not days. And then I’ll be at a dinner, or at a social event, and say okay I’ll have one beer or glass of wine. Sometimes I DO have that 1-2 glasses of wine or beer and that’s it’s. But maybe every 4-5th time I have 5 beers, and find myself ordering Uber Eats alcohol and polishing off a pint of whiskey after that dinner by myself in my hotel room. Then I get on a horrible binge that last weeks.

I don’t even know why, I don’t even know what triggers it.

She Mate Me · Sunday at 8:31 AM

Anon201138 said:
Both of those were 3+ years ago. I had a problem even before that. My point is that I’ve had some tragic events in my life, and I didn’t even during those perioids drink to cope with those.

The problem, at least for me, is that alcohol is everywhere. Let’s say you were addicted to heroin. Well, that’s a tough thing to beat, but heroin is not sold in every gas station and grocery store. It’s not consumed at most social functions.

I travel a lot for work. What happens to me is that I will get sober for an extended period of time, I’m talking months not days. And then I’ll be at a dinner, or at a social event, and say okay I’ll have one beer or glass of wine. Sometimes I DO have that 1-2 glasses of wine or beer and that’s it’s. But maybe every 4-5th time I have 5 beers, and find myself ordering Uber Eats alcohol and polishing off a pint of whiskey after that dinner by myself in my hotel room. Then I get on a horrible binge that last weeks.

I don’t even know why, I don’t even know what triggers it.

That's different than the few what I'd call full on alcoholics I've been close to. If they were drinking they were drinking every day and it was never, ever just a beer or three, it was until they passed out. Could shut it off when they woke up and get through a work day, but it was full on at all other times.

Anon201138 · Sunday at 8:40 AM

She Mate Me said:
That's different than the few what I'd call full on alcoholics I've been close to. If they were drinking they were drinking every day and it was never, ever just a beer or three, it was until they passed out. Could shut it off when they woke up and get through a work day, but it was full on at all other times.

It comes in all shapes and sizes. I’ve paid $30k over 2 rehab trips (no I’m not rich, it was just necessary) to try and kick it. The problem, at least for me, is that all of these places and Alcoholics Anonymous use religion, “a higher power”, as the basis for their programs.

I was raised Baptist, I still go to church even today. But religion, at least for me, doesn’t help me when it comes to this problem. Clinical, professional help does. But I have yet to find a program that doesn’t tell me if I just pray I won’t have the urge to drink.

Herbert Nenninger · Sunday at 8:44 AM

22yardpunt said:
What about non-alcoholic beer? Or, better yet, some Mary Jane? Might curb the cravings?

The trick with marijuana and other addictive substances, they can trigger the reward receptors in the brain that make you crave alcohol.
You can be several years sobers and smoke a cigarette or even take a pain pill or such, and it can remind your brain of the positive kick it got from alcohol previously.

Podgy · Sunday at 8:49 AM

Get treatment and go see a doctor. Maybe ask about a GLP-1 medication, the ones now used for weight loss. There's some indication that these drugs curb alcohol and drug cravings. There's also likely some other factors urging you to drink besides just wanting to feel drunk. Seek out specialists and counseling. Do what you have to do to avoid living this way.

Herbert Nenninger · Sunday at 8:50 AM

GLP1s, like ozempic, are actually showing some promise with alcohol addiction.
Apparently the link was first noticed because of some clinic that was doing a lot of weight loss treatment with the meds. They had standard intake questions, including questions about alcohol habits. They noticed after a while that patients on ozempic were reporting significantly lower alcohol use scores. It’s not an FDA approved indication, though, so cost might still be prohibitive.

Herbert Nenninger · Sunday at 8:50 AM

Podgy said:
Get treatment and go see a doctor. Maybe ask about a GLP-1 medication, the ones now used for weight loss. There's some indication that these drugs curb alcohol and drug cravings. There's also likely some other factors urging you to drink besides just wanting to feel drunk. Seek out specialists and counseling. Do what you have to do to avoid living this way.

Beat me to it!

The Knights Who Say "Ni!" · Sunday at 8:51 AM

Our individual DNA can make us more vulnerable to certain behaviors and addictions. Looking at my own family tree, “brown water” has never been kind to us.

You’ve got some good people here trying to help you, and I hope you’ll listen. Stop beating yourself up and focus on choosing a path that gets you away from this for good.

One thing that might be worth discussing with your doctor is Ozempic or another GLP-1 medication. For some people, it can reduce cravings and quiet some of those dopamine-driven addictive tendencies — making it easier to reach for a Gatorade instead of alcohol. God Bless!

ZombieKissinger · Sunday at 8:58 AM

People are talking about GLP-1, and we’ll see how that plays out - I hope so. But honestly naltrexone or campral are what most people should try first. FDA approved and easy to get. Of course doesn’t work for everyone, so there’ll be anecdotal “that didn’t work for me”, but it works on the population level pretty well. Counseling, AA, calorie counting, some other accountability structure, exercise when you normally have cravings, etc. A lot of different things work for different people, so often have to figure out what combination is the next mix for you.

OG Goat Holder · Sunday at 9:02 AM

biodawg said:
I am a recovering alcoholic and it was slowing killing me and almost ended my marriage. I started drinking heavily about the time my oldest was born just as a way to escape the stress. But then I started drinking heavily, about a fifth a day, give or take, for 7-8 years. It was absolutely affecting my job, even though I didn’t think so at the time. I went to counseling for 3-4 years because I wanted to quit for my parents, kids, and wife, and because THEY wanted me to quit. But I didn’t want to quit for ME. You have to hit that point of wanting it for yourself.

One night I was laying in bed and something in my head just clicked. I don’t know if God spoke to me our what, but I heard “Your wife is going to leave if you don’t stop.” I knew if my wife left, what little relationship I had built with my kids to that point was over, and I wasn’t necessarily interested in living in a world where I couldn’t see my kids everyday. That was my “rock bottom”.

So the next day, I went to the liquor store and bought one more fifth. I drank half that day and half the next day in the hopes that the withdrawals wouldn’t kill me. I didn’t sleep for about a week and a half. It was hell, but I made it. I haven’t had a drink since 9/25/24. I probably should’ve went to treatment, but I didn’t. I just white knuckled it for a couple of months and then I was relatively fine, along with counseling (both marriage and addiction). Go see a counselor. Go to an AA meeting and get plugged in. But YOU have to do it for YOU. Send me a DM if I can help you in any way. If I can do it, so can you.

That’s it right there, man - stress.

I know it’s first world problems but if somebody dropped off about 100K at my house so I could get out from under things, I’d probably quit drinking.

thatsbaseball · Sunday at 9:23 AM

I don't know you but you seem like the kind of guy that could wake up one morning and just say ENOUGH and stop. I pray this happens . God speed .

dog99walker · Sunday at 9:28 AM

Go to an AA meeting. Go. Sit and listen. You are not in this alone. Make 24. Make the next 24. I have been doing that for 40 years…24 hours a day.

Beretta.sixpack · Sunday at 9:40 AM

dudehead said:
I’m a recovered alcoholic. My path to sobriety began with an intervention by my family followed by 90 days treatment. Since then I have been an active member of AA . The 12 steps are life changing with one of the changes being freedom from alcohol. I suggest you go to a local AA meeting and be open to the people there. They will welcome you like you’ve never been welcomed anywhere before, but, we are a motley crew. You may need detoxing by medical professionals so I hope you will be open to going to a local ER and getting checked out. My first day in detox, I had lunch with a guy that stroked out and died later that afternoon. Your body and mind are bad ****** up after that kind of drinking (mine was similar) so be careful. Don’t just go cold turkey on your own; that will kill you. I hope our paths cross some day. Best to you.

Same here. Find an AA meeting. My first start was 90 meetings in 90 days. Do it. You will not be able to white knuckle alcoholism. You need help. All of us in those rooms needed help. Where are you located? There is an app called Meeting Guide...download it...it will pick up all the meetings near you....IF you are in North MS, pm and I will personally help you.

She Mate Me · Sunday at 9:45 AM

Beretta.sixpack said:
Same here. Find an AA meeting. My first start was 90 meetings in 90 days. Do it. You will not be able to white knuckle alcoholism. You need help. All of us in those rooms needed help. Where are you located? There is an app called Meeting Guide...download it...it will pick up all the meetings near you....IF you are in North MS, pm and I will personally help you.

Bless you and I'm very glad for you and all the others helped by AA.

But there are different paths and I know people who have kicked it on their own, without a program of some sort. Some folks just decide to fix themselves and get it done.

Different strokes...

22yardpunt · Sunday at 10:20 AM

Anon201138 said:
I’m totally aware that 75-90% of this country drinks responsibly, I’m not demonizing alcohol. Most people go to a baseball game have 4-6 beers eat a hot dog, maybe some popcorn, and go home.

I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life. But right now, I’m drinking a fifth a day. Sometimes a fifth a day and 6 more beers after that. Somehow it has not affected my job as I wake up every morning and go, do my best. But I’ll get sober for a month, 2 months, hell I’ve been sober for 13 months before. But I keep coming back.

This may sound corny, but MSU athletic success makes me happy. It’s one of the few things in life that I don’t need to booze to enjoy. I have started posting here because I know it’s a group of people that want us to win every f*cking game like I do. Come from behind wins like tonight watching with my 9 year old are pure joy. But I still think about booze every f*cking day.

Have you ever been addicted to alcohol? If so, how did you overcome it?

Are you into physical fitness, working out? Stuff like that?

Has anyone on here battled alcohol addiction?

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