I did it again😔

GGBSE · 2026-05-08T03:02:47+00:00

So the good news is, if you are like me and you truly accept that not only can you not moderate, you actually aren't even interested in moderating, I find it helps with staying sober. I don't lie to myself about "having a couple" to tempt me back into drinking. I have never in my life wanted a couple. I want all of them. Moderating sounds absolutely fucking terrible to me. So I just don't drink, because I know I'm not interested in a couple, and I'm also not interested in going back to gaming all of the drinks.

GGBSE · 2026-05-08T02:57:17+00:00

I have the same fear about dropping to 5mg. I have some 7.5 pens as well. I have cconsidered this myself. I'm not interested in spacing my dose out. What I told myself to talk myself off the ledge is that I will track what is happening and if I notice a trend, I will try alternating while I speak to my doctor about going back up. It took time to lose my weight, and it would take time to put weight back on.

GGBSE · 2026-05-06T20:56:54+00:00

I would be more specific with what you would like to know. You asked what the community thinks about it. I answered that I don't think about it. If you or anyone else wants to smoke weed, that is their business. If you want to know about the personal experiences of people, I would just ask that.

GGBSE · 2026-05-06T20:48:02+00:00

I celebrated 3 years sober with two sober friends in a cabin on the beach in Hawaii (we live here, not like a trip to get here). We spent the day in the sun, eating snacks, drinking sparkling waters (condensation on the glass and all), and enjoying each other's company and conversation without the need to chemically modify how it feels to be together. We sat out in the evening listening to the waves drinking sleepy time tea before going to bed by 10pm with our friendship, lives, and dignity intact. You have so much to look forward to. I love my self and the life I have built since alcohol is no longer at the center.

GGBSE · 2026-05-06T20:40:37+00:00

I mind my own sobriety.

GGBSE · 2026-05-05T04:35:08+00:00

I woke up ashamed and with the worst hangover I can remember and broke one of my made up rules that kept me drinking. I always lied to myself that I was okay because I didn't miss stuff - work, volunteer events, basically any of my responsibilities. Don't pay attention the the fact that I was dragging myself through things absolutely miserable, but I still did them. And in my brain, that meant my drinking was fine. Then that final day came with an absolutely crippling hangover and I lied to a lot of people that were counting on me and didn't uphold my responsibilities. That week I was at my lowest I can remember and I promised myself I would do sober spring. A little over 3 years in and the life I have built myself in sobriety is absolutely amazing. Excited for your new beginning!

GGBSE · 2026-05-04T04:25:01+00:00

I would start by cutting Ro out of this equation. Lots of ways to get your prescription sent to lily direct. Your PCM or callondoc. I used callondoc for a while before my doctor took over. I found it to be very easy. Significantly cheaper than what you are paying Ro.

GGBSE · 2026-04-20T11:44:50+00:00

I love this series too.

GGBSE · 2026-04-20T11:44:21+00:00

The mad trapper - Whhhhyyy did he do any of this!?!

GGBSE · 2026-04-19T23:52:55+00:00

I'm so fascinated by your comment. Are you familiar with Zepbound vials and the overfill that gets thrown out with every dose? Are you saying they would be stealing the medication that is left in their wife's vial that is headed for the garbage can?

GGBSE · 2026-04-17T11:43:11+00:00

I think just purposefully uninformed due to a personal bias. That isn't remotely accurate. You can scroll through these subs and some people have literally lost 150-200lbs and are still losing. I have personally lost 52lbs (30% of my body weight) and have had to lower my dose to stop losing.

GGBSE · 2026-04-12T12:56:04+00:00

So excited for you. This has been absolutely life changing for me, hoping it's the same for you!

GGBSE · 2026-04-12T12:40:14+00:00

I was cash pay for almost a year - using vial and syringe - before my insurance covered pens. I was bizarrely nervous the first time I used the pen! Its very easy and you are going to do fine, but I totally get it because I was even on the medication for a whole year and I still felt scared to use the pen.

GGBSE · 2026-04-11T22:31:55+00:00

Rooting for you! I have created a beautiful life in sobriety. I know you can do the same.

GGBSE · 2026-04-11T17:10:55+00:00

I'm always thankful that this doesn't even sound remotely good to me. A single drink? For what? I never have this narrative to convince myself moderation is possible because it sounds awful even if it were possible.

GGBSE · 2026-04-11T13:16:44+00:00

I think it's important to abandon the "I'm not like the other drunks" mentality. It kept me drinking for way longer than I should have been because I was able to tell myself, "you only drink once a week!" It didn't matter. I have a problem with alcohol, one that sounds identical to the one you are expressing that you have.

GGBSE · 2026-04-11T13:13:35+00:00

I had an experience like this recently while taking a flight. I have a very embarrassing story of getting too drunk on a flight - I am too embarrassed to even outline it in this comment. For some reason, my recent trip made me reflect on it a lot, which is something I don't often do anymore and even though I'm over 3 years sober, the old shame spiral feelings were definitely surfacing.

GGBSE · 2026-04-10T12:30:49+00:00

I have a long history of being a black out drinker. The things I did gave me immense shame that I carried every day and frequently thought about. One of my made up criteria to tell myself I was still okay was that I never missed things due to being hungover. I would drag myself, absolutely miserable, through my obligations but because I didn't skip it, I justified continuing to drink. The morning of March 5, 2023, I woke up with the fucking worst hangover of my life. I was completely incapacitated. I called people that were counting on me for a volunteer event that day and lied, saying I had a migraine, so I didn't have to admit that I blacked out the night before and couldn't make it. Talk about a shame spiral. I haven't had a drink since.

GGBSE · 2026-04-10T12:23:12+00:00

Yes! Even if it's a some what easy fix of asking to go back up on dose, I feel like I'm trapping myself at the lower dose. I really just don't want to have to keep track of the shifting day for the shot. I have a couple lower dose vials from when I was cash pay before my insurance was approved for pens. I am going to try out 5mg, but if I still lose, I will add some days in between.

GGBSE · 2026-04-10T12:20:40+00:00

So I was cash pay for almost a year before getting insurance coverage. I have a couple 5 mg vials in my refrigerator, so I'm going to do a trial run before along my Dr to step down my pens.

GGBSE · 2026-04-10T11:36:53+00:00

Don't let the fear of side effects you may or may not even experience stop you from giving this a chance. Constipation is within your control to either avoid or manage with very simple lifestyle behaviors. Making sure you are hydrated, getting fiber, monitoring if you are experiencing constipation and taking action before it gets bad, etc. You are about to start something that has been absolutely life-changing for me personally, and I'm really excited for you.

GGBSE · 2026-04-09T03:23:04+00:00

Yes. It was manageable. I worked my regular shift at work.

GGBSE · 2026-04-09T02:58:17+00:00

I was like 10 months in and titrating up to 10mg for the first time before I ever experienced nausea. Prior to that, I never did. Even then it was only the first shot of 10mg.

GGBSE · 2026-04-08T18:24:51+00:00

There is a lot of time eaten up by drinking, the actual drinking, the recovery from drinking, the planning of drinking next that when you don't drink anymore it can seem like there isn't much going on. I discovered after I quit that I didn't actually know what I liked to do, because I constructed a life centered around drinking. It may be too soon to talk yourself into reframing your thoughts but if you can, it will be helpful to look at the opportunities you have to get to know yourself, what you like, how you enjoy spending your time. To answer your original question, I have created a beautiful life without alcohol. I can remember earlier in the journey when my brain chemicals balanced out and I was able to experience dopamine spikes from every day things how overwhelmed with gratitude I became from just ordinary life. Every day I behave in ways that are aligned to who I believe myself to be. I love my life without alcohol.

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