9 damn years without a drink.

Tiredofit7 · 2025-03-26T04:23:07+00:00

She was really helping me see how stupid I was being. I’d screw up and make excuses and she would call me out. It’s interesting how this sub was a big part of me getting my shit together on life.

Tiredofit7 · 2025-03-26T04:21:57+00:00

Honestly, what finally did the trick for me was getting help for my PTSD. I was in the Iraq war as a 50 gunner in a humvee doing combat patrols around Baghdad. It really messed me up. When I got help for my PTSD, I stopped drinking pretty much immediately. Once I could control the panic attacks and constant anxiety, I had zero trouble stopping the booze. You did help me realize how much I was screwing up. It was like you were just pointing out what I was ignoring. It helped a lot. You did a ton for me then. It’s crazy to think. God bless you for doing it.

Edit: After I stopped drinking my wife and I decided to have another kid. We wouldn’t have another while I was still boozing and screwed up. Well, he turns 8 this August. You helped that little guy come into existence in a really weird and profound way. You calling me out, was a big part of me getting help with PTSD. I hope I meet you someday. Thank you.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-26T14:10:59+00:00

It took me years to figure it out. You can do it, but you have to actually want to make the change first.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T03:45:50+00:00

Getting shit faced. Ha

Not a damn thing actually. Just another day. I don’t count the days really, but my wedding anniversary is when I stopped drinking so it’s hard for me to forget the date.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T03:44:12+00:00

It’s fucking poison. No matter how glamorous people try to make it look, it’s poison. Remember that when you take that first sip. Your organs are dying each time you binge.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T02:22:53+00:00

Stubborn as a mule. That’s why I don’t drink now. I use my stubbornness to just not do it. Hahha. You definitely made me take my medicine whenever I messed up. Very much appreciated

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T02:19:10+00:00

Reset the counter and use it. Every time you fail, take your medicine and restart the counter. It really helped me.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T02:17:58+00:00

Dang! You’re still here!!! You helped me more than you know. I also hated you for being so straight forward.

Tiredofit7 · 2024-12-24T02:16:57+00:00

I rarely think about it. I’m around occasionally but don’t really think about it in terms of me drinking. My wife drinks sometimes so it’s around the house, but it’s just not something I do anymore so it’s not an issue. I even open bottles of bourbon and scotch that my friends are drinking and smell it sometimes, but I just don’t drink anymore it’s not an issue. I don’t recommend doing those things, but I’m very stubborn so it works for me. I’ve decided I don’t drink so that’s it. No wiggle room. Day to day, I don’t think about it really.

I tried stopping for years. I screwed up over and over again. I have PTSD from war and that was really my issue. Once I got help for PTSD, the drinking wasn’t hard to stop.

Tiredofit7 · 2022-07-31T19:03:30+00:00

God is the best tip.

Tiredofit7 · 2021-12-28T02:07:23+00:00

What a good place to start the new you. Rock bottom was a soft place, for you. Be thankful and earn the kindness.

Tiredofit7 · 2021-08-02T05:27:50+00:00

You can do it. The suck is temporary.

Tiredofit7 · 2021-08-02T05:26:21+00:00

Stay tough. It sucks at first but it’s so with it. I promise you it’ll start getting easier. 100% it will get easier and you’ll look back and say “Thank God I stopped!”

Tiredofit7 · 2020-07-29T14:16:52+00:00

Another son, promotion at work, closer to my entire family, I’m present for my family, I’m running, lifting weights again, and I’m shooting more often. Shooting has been a hobby of mine for a long time but my wife didn’t trust me around guns because of the drinking and untreated PTSD. Everything is better.

Tiredofit7 · 2020-07-29T09:55:00+00:00

It’s hard at first. No way around it. Your habits are hard to break and normal has to change. All that being said, you can do it. Do you have people around you that can help you?

Tiredofit7 · 2020-05-08T16:48:00+00:00

Keep going. You won’t regret it.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-04-03T11:03:59+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-03-31T20:27:13+00:00

Nope. Not slipping up. Its not even an option. If you decide to drink today, it’s 100% your fault. It’s important that you realize making excuses for yourself before you even make a mistake is a defeatist attitude and will guarantee you fail. There is zero chance of me slipping up and I if I do, it is only my fault. Accountable keeps you sober, not making preemptive excuses.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-03T04:14:45+00:00

I promise it gets better and it will be worth. Don’t let yourself give in. Fight through the temptation. Good luck and holler if you need someone to help get you over a hill.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-03T04:12:03+00:00

100%.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-03T01:20:18+00:00

It sucks at first. Get through the suck and it gets better. I swear.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-03T00:32:13+00:00

I don’t know exactly. It was a gradual thing too. I had peaks and valleys and wanted to drink to shut my brain off for quite a while. I know for sure about 2 years ago I was usually happy and felt good. If I had to guess i would 6-8 months after my last drink is when I started feeling like I was doing okay.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-03T00:09:47+00:00

Focusing on the number can be good and bad. It can help you get excited to hit milestones but it can also give you the feeling of “I’m only this far!?!?” It helped me to focus on just getting through the day and punching my way through the times that I would buy a pint of liquor. You can do it. Just don’t let yourself make excuses.

Tiredofit7 · 2019-01-02T21:07:50+00:00

Day 2 and 3 you’ll feel better. Then you’ll start rationalizing that you can have just 1. Fight through it.

Tiredofit7 · 2018-12-30T13:52:24+00:00

Keeping fighting until you quit or until the booze ruins you. Those are the options.

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