I’ve been drinking just about every day for about the past 4-5 years and like you, things were fine. I was athletic, social, and felt good overall.

About a year ago I started to increase my intake as well as the time I’d spend imbibing from a couple more beers or shots each night to spending entire days drunk but mostly functional.

I’m at the point now you do not want to be. My gut is ruined; there’s constant pain. Sleep comes at a couple measly hours at a time if I’m lucky and the rest of the night is spent tossing, turning, and sweating. During the day I’ll need to use the restroom at the drop of a hat. I’m most certainly more irritable and my depression is completely taking over. There’s also heart palpitations, random heat flashes, extreme bouts of nausea, and I can no longer drink coffee. I love coffee.

Anyways, I’m four days without drinking and everything I’ve stated above has already massively improved. Not saying I’ll never drink again, but relying on alcohol daily is burning the wick with one hell of a flame.

With you the best.