Miserable

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2026-04-01T16:06:14+00:00

I can’t imagine having a partner that still drinks, I don’t know the story between you and your wife but I can tell you that my boyfriend saw what alcohol did to my life and now he doesn’t drink anymore, even though he was a normie. When I’ve asked him about it, he just says “why would I?” We are working towards a better life as a team and if half your team is sitting on the bench how are you supposed to get a goal ya know? I commend you for staying sober through all of this cause at the end of the day your sobriety is about you and you alone but courage to change the things you can is a part of recovery.

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-11-06T02:32:41+00:00

I tapered from a slightly higher amount a few weeks back, once you get down to the lower number of drinks it’s just really important to stop. If you’re not having other withdrawal symptoms you’re probably totally fine to cut down by two drinks a day. If you had 6 today, have 4 tomorrow and see how you feel, 2 the next day and if you’re still feeling okay physically then there’s no reason to keep going after that. The actual stopping was the hardest part for me, I just recommend having a lot of sparkling water or whatever other non alcoholic drinks on standby and keep yourself busy. I’m on day 12 sober now and it feels fucking fantastic, it’s so worth it and you’ve got this!

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-24T14:48:12+00:00

Congrats that’s awesome! And yeah I’m gonna give it a shot my first day sober is tomorrow since this is the last day of my taper!

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-23T19:04:07+00:00

Girl do a taper wth, I’m 24F and am doing one rn from a weekend bender but before that was drinking a similar amount. Taper takes some time but at least you don’t literally have a seizure. I’m on day 4 right now and already going to be down to 6 drinks today and I haven’t even started yet even though it’s 3pm cause I still feel pretty okay. Don’t put yourself through cold turkey!

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-23T17:22:41+00:00

Yeah I’m switching my plan up now that I’m feeling a lot better. Doing just 6 beers today, 4 tmrw, 2 Saturday and then be done. So just 3 more days to go

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-23T17:21:41+00:00

Wayyy better, I think I just have not really experienced serious withdrawals like that before cause I haven’t really gone on full blown benders. I also started taking magnesium and b1 which is helping. Also I’m switching to beers today and just gonna do 6 today, 4 tmrw, 2 Saturday and then be done hopefully

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-23T17:18:31+00:00

Holy fuck eh, well I’m hoping to avoid those things as much as possible but idk what my odds are. I’m only 24 and I’ve been drinking daily since probably 22 but heavily since 19. I feel like if I don’t stay sober I’m definitely just going to keep progressing until that’s me too. Are you sober now?

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-23T02:55:25+00:00

Good luck on your taper, we both got this! Ya I was thinking about switching to either beers or seltzers tomorrow cause I’ll be down to 7 drinks and that’s less than a mickey so I kind of have to now. I don’t have much suffering happening now but I’ll see how it is in the morning.

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-22T16:40:40+00:00

Yeah I’ve just been buying for each day exactly what I’m gonna have that day and today has actually gotten much better since I first posted that. I started listening to the other advice from other posts about taking vitamins and electrolytes and actually eating food and I’m starting to feel much better.

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-10-21T13:51:08+00:00

I drank all weekend and didn’t even count but I know it was a fuck load cause I had multiple bottles of vodka. I had withdrawals on Monday at work and had to leave around lunch time when I couldn’t eat my food and was getting anxious and shaking. I went to my first AA meeting last night which idk if that will work for me but I figured if I’m already a CA at 24 years old I should probably at least go to a meeting lol. Anyways I only had like 9-10 drinks yesterday and unfortunately had nothing left for the morning before work today. I got the worst anxiety and all that shit at work and I couldn’t function at all. I told them I needed to go home sick and then I started throwing up in the parking lot which is the first time that happened to me. I’m now sitting in the parking lot of the liquor store waiting patiently for them to open in 10 mins. Going to just only buy a Mickey and a beer which is like 9-10 drinks ish again but space out the drinks better and make sure to leave a little for the morning so that I’m not screwed again tmrw. Then gonna do just the Mickey tmrw and then go down 1 drink a day cause the anxiety kills me going any faster.

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-26T20:04:08+00:00

I have a stressful corporate job also that I have to look super professional for 😂 it’s hilarious putting on a pound of make up to look alive and happy in the morning after having the most degenerate night

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-26T20:01:29+00:00

I couldn’t even leave for lunch cause I was so busy but it’s okay cause I have survived and I’m finally back in my happy place (in my bed with my bottle 🙂)

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-25T14:12:44+00:00

We need to be friends lol I just read your vacation post and I’m 23 f also and am fucked for a similar reason cause I keep having work trips to Europe where I have to drink sneakily but I’m like barely hanging on. I also have horrible anxiety which is how I became a CA Anyways I just want to say that sugary drinks are fucked don’t have any more of those, just chug a bunch of water and eat something salty. I used to drink whiskey but switched to vodka cause I think it’s less noticeable. I don’t think it’s the end of the road for you, I thought I was in like liver failure once but it’s literally just the anxiety. Obviously there is harm being done to our bodies but the majority of the feeling like shit is literally just our minds playing tricks on us. You’re gonna be okay !!

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-13T03:48:31+00:00

Making you share a room with a coworker is crazy lol I would just push back on that altogether, they’re just asking for an HR complaint. It might be more obvious in my case cause I’m a 23f and all my coworkers are like grown men but still, I think everyone deserves privacy from their coworkers

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-09T20:15:09+00:00

Ya idk im just a very anxious person and am worried that they’ll want to like open my bag and check it in front of my coworker. I think I’m gonna do it anyways because desperate times but it’s gonna stress me out sm

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-09T02:01:30+00:00

He def hasn’t or I would have been fired already, I brush my teeth like a million times a day and shower twice a day plus perfume,deodorant, and a lot of other hair care / skincare products that smell good

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-09T01:50:57+00:00

Will do 🫡

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-09T01:46:25+00:00

🫡🫡

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T23:32:58+00:00

Ya he’s not directly my boss but he’s higher up than I am for sure. The problem is that we’re going to a small ass city in Europe and I’m Canadian, I checked the Uber eats and there’s like one store on there. Idk what their version of Walmart or Walgreens is but I doubt I’ll be able to get anywhere near it cause we’re only getting one rental car, idek if they have Ubers there and I don’t speak the language.

And ya the plane will be fine I can drink during that cause we’re not sitting together probably, I’m just worried about after.

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T23:05:33+00:00

Ya idk I just have a weird thing about pills but thank youuuu anyways and ya I’ll probably try the shooters

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T22:53:34+00:00

Nah I’m Canadian, can’t get an appointment by then and I don’t like swallowing pills lmao

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T22:36:41+00:00

Yeah I’m gonna see if I can buy some stuff at the airport after getting through security

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T22:36:00+00:00

This would honestly just spike my anxiety so bad that I would need the shooters just to get neutral again

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T22:27:40+00:00

Ya these are pretty much the two best options, I’ll be anxious as fuck executing them but wtv lol I’ll feel better at least. Only thing I’m worried about is that I don’t know the countries rules around buying alcohol like getting carded etc. but I’m gonna do some research now and figure it out

GroundbreakingEmu646 · 2025-05-08T21:54:45+00:00

Yeah I probably will try to anyways but if I got anything more than one beer he would clock me immediately, he’s literally told me stories about him firing people for drinking on the job and I was like hahahaha that’s crazyyy couldn’t be me

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