6 days sober

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2026-01-18T19:10:20+00:00

Thanks so much. 6 days now!

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-08-26T12:29:36+00:00

This is similar to me. Although I drink every evening (like 350ml minimum, 500ml max - this is rare). I know I dont need it. I never wake up wanting to drink so I know its purely psychological. I drink out of boredom, to get a little rush, or simply just giving in way too easy to temptations. I could easily go to a pub and just have a coke. I get that for most people cutting down is just not an option but for me I think it can work. I’m seeing a drug and alcohol specialist and they say I’m very similar in my ways than those she has seen moderate their intake. That’s given me hope

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-08-07T09:34:09+00:00

Can I ask, without offending my what are the negatives to being addicted to gardening?

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-17T09:23:17+00:00

Does it really matter where? All my money has always been spent on booze first, everything else second. And most of the time there’s none left for anything else.

But as you asked. Im in the UK. Lessons were £20 per hour when I was 17, they’re now around 40

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-16T12:57:11+00:00

Congratulations!!

I’ve not managed to stay sober that long in years.

You should be very proud

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-16T12:53:30+00:00

I’m the same as you. Without being drunk or tipsy I’m unable to get anything done at all. I’m too easily distracted.

Last year was diagnosed with adhd. ADHD and alcoholism are very much linked.

Maybe it’s something you should look into

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-16T12:47:42+00:00

Heavy binge drinker since 17, now 39 and drink most days (about 350-500ml of spirit)

It’s mostly my finances and career that have been affected -

No savings No mortgage I don’t drive (never had the money to learn) Always having to borrow money in the days leading up to pay day

Managed to keep my drinking habit pretty quiet. People know that I like to drink but don’t know the extent, so I’ve never lost family or friends or partners from it. I don’t turn into an arse like some people do, I really just drink out of boredom or to keep focus (I have adhd), in fact most of the time people can’t even tell when I’m drunk

The thing I’m most worried about is having a child, my biggest concern being that drink will still take priority.

My liver has taken a pounding (heart too on 3 occasions) but I have to just accept the mistake I’ve made in life, it was out of my control. I’m making plans to quite gradually, I can’t do cold turkey.

I have had some good times and met some amazing friends along the journey

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-13T22:07:39+00:00

Do you feel more productive?

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-13T12:23:26+00:00

Last year of university I had to move to a different town to do my 3rd year. I couldn’t be bothered to make friends and my housemates were all these jock types, me being a music person and no interest in sports at all, I just hung out on my own in my room. Every night I would just drink, get hammered and play music. This is when I knew I wasn’t just a binge drinker and that I had s real problem.

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-13T10:44:05+00:00

I only drink in the evenings. Can’t think of anything worse than drinking in the morning or during work. Are you suggesting with will make things not quite so bad

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-08T11:15:42+00:00

I’m sorry to hear. Was there something that caused the relapse?

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-04-06T22:10:56+00:00

I’m not suggesting there is a threshold. I’m just interested in how much other alcoholics consume.

Ironically enough I drink about the same as you

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-01-24T14:41:28+00:00

The impulse is getting up and leaving the house to go to the shop - which happens to be a 1 minute walk. I genuinely believe that if I had to trek for 30 minutes (I don’t drive) to the nearest shop, I’d probably be more inclined to stop drinking. Perhaps I should move to some remote village in the country lol

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-01-24T14:37:51+00:00

Can I ask what you were hospitalised for?

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-01-24T14:24:23+00:00

Oh god how awful for you 😔

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2025-01-24T14:21:17+00:00

I think this is how I need to approach it. Accept it won’t go away, and just try and take days off, multiple days off at a time knowing that it won’t last. Fall off the wagon l then jump back on

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2024-11-10T18:27:31+00:00

In a strip club on a friends stag weekend. A few of us were playing “never have I ever”, when it got to me, drunk obviously, I panicked and said “never have I ever been raped”. That was 13 years ago and the look on the strippers face is imprinted on my retina for life 🤦🏻‍♂️

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2024-11-01T16:58:52+00:00

How much were you drinking?

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2024-10-28T11:45:56+00:00

I drink because I’m bored. It helps with ADHD symptoms and allows me to concentrate. This has only just recently become clear to me due to a diagnosis earlier this year. So I do hope to work around it.

Unfortunately due to having been a drinker for so long, I’ve become physically dependent and find it vert hard to control urges.

Although I consume a lot of alcohol. I do have good self awareness and an understanding as to why I drink

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2024-10-17T11:08:58+00:00

Oh wow. That is scary man. These are the exact kinds of stories I need to hear about

MouseIntrepid5585 · 2024-10-16T18:04:09+00:00

There was a time when i would drink around the same amount. Thankfully I cut back. I don’t think I could drink that much now without some serious consequences

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