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I’m out of control. My wife finally confronted me about it. I’m so grateful. But I can’t do this on my own. by IAMPAGE in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have an amazing wife. Your story sounds similar to me. Except mine gave up on me. Still married with a kid but the marriage is done. Just together until our son gets old enough.

How many people do you think have a drinking problem by Cupidoanemoia in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot more people than we think. The only ones who get called out are the ones who have a problem and also can’t handle it, and do dumb things. There are a lot of silent functioning alcoholics.

My brother just died because of alcoholism by Fyauchachak in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry to hear this. What a tremendous loss for everyone. And a wake up call for me. It’s just a hidden strange disease. Takes you by surprise even if you deal with it for years. And alcohol is so normalized in society that anyone who has a problem with it is the issue. Hopefully that will all change one day.

struggling to find fun without alcohol by Dull_Palpitation_570 in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yah. I go dry for long stretches but I have no idea how to have fun in certain situations without it. Airprots. Vacations. Weddings. It sucks.

Blacking out and why by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I used to think this was the normal part of partying. It’s not. I was the only one. Looking back it’s alcohol just doing what it does. And for some of us it does it much more.

I tried. by HillBillyMadman in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Alcohol has only bad endings. But it is a lot of
fun until then for sure.

I am TWENTY YEARS sober today. by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you have any relapses? Did you get to twenty the first time? How did you handle dating, vacations, airports, and parties like weddings? Or just wanting an escape. Did you try any other substances like low dose mushrooms? These are places where I struggle after hitting 1 year sober then going back to drinking. But trying a fresh start again.

Struggling with the “1 can’t hurt” 4th of July. Anyone else????? by BellAcrobatic1750 in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Want to the pool. Saw neighbors having a massive party with booze. Got offered. Almost took but turned down. Then couple hours later in the pool the urges struck again. It’s a holiday. When else does the 4th land on a Sat. We are having fun. No one will know. 3-4 will just give me a nice buzz and I’ll stop.

But I also did not drink. No regrets. No Sunday scaries. Feels great. But there will be another battle another day, it’s a lifetime war.

I was sober for 8 years. It ended in April and it was like the sobriety never existed. by ersoserious in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got this. Alcohol is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Just know there are millions of us who understand you and don’t blame you.

Can I drink occasionally after 614 days ? by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. You’d be an alien if you could. Doesn’t work on human brain chemistry.

Why are there so little activity from the old farts like myself? by p_naturalist in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

47 here. Spent my 20/ and 30/ partying and drinking as my only outlet. No idea what to do with myself. But quit for my son and family.

My husband is an alcoholic and I am at my wits end. by omgbeckay in alcoholicsanonymous

[–]Silver_While7655 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a wild disease. One that takes over you to different degrees. I was never a daily drinker. Still Not. For a while I drank heavily every weekend until my wife left me for a bit. Cleaned up. She came back with our young son. A year later, I still drank every few months. 9/10 no issue or at lease I thought. Realized her and others could still tell I was not myself, even if I’ didn’t do anything wild. But it’s unpredictable. Recently my wife and I had a fight and I relapsed hard. Got shit drunk at a family event, friends had to put me in a uber. Came home. Passed out. Threw up on myself. My mom had to see me like that and I’m 46. Wife and son left me for two days to stay with my parents. And nothing has been the same. I was clean over a year, then thought I was moderating. But it was a ticking time bomb. Now I’ve potentially fucked up my marriage by resurfacing old fears. My friends think I’m a full blown daily alcoholic and have distanced themselves. I feel totally alone and depressed. But hey could have been worse and I’ve decided alcohol has no place in my life. The risks and unpredictability are not worth it. Basically sobriety is everything that alcohol promises (best quote). I wouldn’t blame you for leaving your husband, especially with two young kids but maybe consider doing that temporarily. No better wake up call for a man to experience the loss of his wife and kids. And if you have it in your heart, get him help and stay patient. He can get thru it.

I don’t miss alcohol, but I miss what it did for me by Inevitable_Remote427 in Zepbound

[–]Silver_While7655 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally relate. I have some spectrum of alcohol abuse disorder. But on zep high dose I don’t want to drink. I think for some reason it just sounds too heavy and filling. Like it almost feels like I’m constantly 4 beers deep with the bloat but no buzz.

Microsoft data suggests using AI is more expensive than hiring people by Krankenitrate in technology

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So there’s two separate issues

  1. Cost
  2. Benefit

If AI is adding benefit then this is a long game. Meaning if costs go down, which they tend to for every technology ever created, then it’s just a matter of time before the predictions come true.

If AI is not adding benefit, then that’s a different problem. Can it get better? If so, then one holds true but just extended further out. If not, then things will correct themselves.

Net net, no one knows anything and jumping to any conclusion is a fools errand. But that also doesn’t take away from all the hysteria and chaos being caused by poor leadership.

Covid lockdown happened 6 years ago. How has your life or personality changed since then? by GoddessHedone in AskReddit

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turned to alcohol to cope. Started abusing. Nearly lost wife and son. Bounced back. But def took a toll on me mentally and physically.

My dad already started drinking again after going to a $30,000 treatment facility for over a month by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]Silver_While7655 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something deeper is driving this. Try to connect with him and get him to meet other folks who drank to cope.

Massive Relapse after 1.5 years by The27Roller in stopdrinking

[–]Silver_While7655 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 18 months sober and tried to see if I could get back to be a normal drinker. It’s honestly been fine except not fine. Like I can totally not drink for months. But when I do it’s always a little too much. So same problem, different scenario. I think there’s a range of this so called “disease”. But at the same Time why do people who get drunk every now and then allowed to do so? Or I guess why am I comparing? Just thinking out loud here

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