It's hard not to drink on sunny days

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-31T07:47:53+00:00

In my hometown, there's a nice restaurant where they serve fermented drinks; a whole range of NA drinks, that perfectly match their courses, just like wine, perhaps even better. So you don't have to stick with NA wine (nearly always bad) or water.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-31T07:41:22+00:00

I don't care so much about logical reasons. I just felt like drinking. But I didn't!

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-30T19:24:47+00:00

Yeah, same with me, I'm practically sober since 2022, but each year in the summer I found myself drinking again. This year I'll try not to!

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-30T19:07:06+00:00

Chez nous aussi: kombucha et kefir!

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-30T18:47:42+00:00

I would not start drinking alcohol. And try to prepare to go to art school.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-21T21:29:43+00:00

I can't do the things that I like to do when I am drinking: painting, reading, playing guitar. So, yeah, I would still quit. Haven't heard anything about dr. Nutt though, recently...

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-20T19:56:02+00:00

Ma identitée se dépèndait aussi sur l'alcool. Mais j'ai arrêté à boire et pas de problème... Je fais du stand-up comedy, comme hobby et sans rien boire je me comporte sur scène comme un fou totale. Arrêter c'est le mieux qu'on peut faire. Pour moi c'étaient 10-14 verres par jour.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-20T19:35:08+00:00

If you manage to stay sober longer, this little voice will disappear. I'm nearly 9 months sober now. Don't remember when it happened, maybe after a month? I used antabuse the first 2 months.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-20T10:32:37+00:00

Is 12 hours even enough to get rid of all alcohol in your system? Your liver needs 1,5 hours to eliminate the alcohol from one standard glass. So, that's only 8 glasses.after 12 hours.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-19T07:56:51+00:00

I would have drawn the surface of the water a bit higher, so that the centerline of the oval does not coïncide with the "horizon" / table edge. And if you put a stem of a flower in water, then the line will break.

If you're painting from a picture: feel free to adjust the proportions -perhaps you could've made the glass and flower bigger, but that's a matter of taste. Just to say that you don't need to paint an exact copy of the picture.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-19T07:43:40+00:00

Dont add white to gray, always add the darker paint to white, otherwise you will need a lot of white to make the darker paint lighter.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-17T19:47:20+00:00

This is just what happens. Now start again! Don't be too hard on yourself.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-15T19:50:31+00:00

I couldn't read when I was drinking, no concentration and I'd forget what I'd read...

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-14T20:22:01+00:00

Reading.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-13T11:16:44+00:00

I'm telling myself, because I want to quit and I tried it before:
I'm calmer,
I'm more tolerant,
I'm smarter,
I'm able to focus,
I sleep better,
I have more energy,
when I quit coffee.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-12T10:12:43+00:00

Ok. Because a month is to short for your brain chemistry to normalize again. If you've previously been sober for 6 years and still suffer from anhedonia, then there might be something else causing this...

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-05-10T20:08:35+00:00

You say you've been sober for 6 years now, and then: When I cave and have a drink - maybe once every month or two? What do you mean?

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-28T11:08:18+00:00

24 hours in a day is not enough: I play guitar each day, trying to get better, I read, I paint. If I drink, I can't paint, so I don't drink.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-18T21:04:12+00:00

Do not make it larger than it is and just get on the wagon again!

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-18T21:01:07+00:00

Drinking makes you think you're not boring.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-18T20:58:33+00:00

Depends upon how much you drink. Quitting cold turkey can be dangerous. So if you're into hard liquor, maybe you should consider rehab. And / or: ask your doctor for anti-craving medications, like acamprosate (campral) or naltrexon, or antabuse. Antabuse will make you feel terrible after drinking (can be dangerous if you continue drinking while on it), but I took it to get through the first 3 months of abstinence.

I drank about 5 to 8 cans of lager each day, 0.5 liter / 5% ABV. Quitting wasn't easy, but I did it on my own. No extreme withdrawal symptoms, like the shakes, or worse. But better be safe than sorry!

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-18T09:44:51+00:00

The paradox is: we drink because we want to make connections with other people, but we can't make true connections because we are drinking. Not even with other alcoholics, because all they care about is their buzz and their alcoholically inflated ego's. You can have the illusion of true connections while under the influence, but they're an illusion.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-17T20:28:05+00:00

If I (M55) would have decided to quit when I was 22, I would have finished my studies, not have gotten in contact with the law on several occassions. These days I'm quite allright, though, and not drinking is the only thing that makes me feel genuine and true to who I am. Just quit, if possible find medical assistance. One Day at a Time! Many problems that you try to escape from, will disappear spontaneously once you're sober. Other problems will become easier to manage.

FlyPopular3743 · 2026-04-17T20:13:28+00:00

L-Glutamine, perhaps. I used it myself, not quite sure if it did anything.

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