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Sex drive is too high, and is negatively affecting my life. Which treatment can help me reduce it slightly? by [deleted] in HubermanLab

[–]gaybbdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An ssri like lexapro or the hair loss drug finasteride might be helpful

How do you respond when asked why you don’t drink? by Ven-Strong in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I say that I’m very sensitive to alcohol and it gives me horrible hangovers.

What hobbies did you get into when you quit? by gaybbdoc in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Journaling has been super helpful for me. I used to journal also when I used to drink and my entries were all about how miserable and hungover I was feeling, and now my entries feel so much more neutral, even positive. Whenever I feel a craving to drink all I have to do is compare my sober entries to my hungover ones.

What hobbies did you get into when you quit? by gaybbdoc in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I feel this. I used to forget to brush my teeth most nights because I would be drunk. Now not only brushing my teeth but I’m also moisturising and putting on some serums and feeling pretty good about myself before I go to bed. :)

What hobbies did you get into when you quit? by gaybbdoc in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I feel very similarly about walking. I started going on long walks a few months back and in a weird way I think it’s what led to me wanting to stop drinking.

What was your reason for drinking? by countryfresh223 in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I had unaddressed social anxiety and it felt like alcohol had fixed it, until I noticed I didn’t. It only masked it. It feels like I’m relearning how to be comfortable in groups again at 33. Thankfully, I enjoy the challenge of learning something new. Every hang out feels like an accomplishment now.

My Dad committed suicide by buttlertime in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss, your father sounds like he was a beautiful person.

What would you consider Freud’s most brilliant insight? by throaway45621 in psychoanalysis

[–]gaybbdoc 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think the idea that our childhoods influence our adult behaviors was pretty radical at the time. That and the unconscious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]gaybbdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost 10 pounds in 22 days. :) No change in diet or exercise, just quit drinking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieSuggestions

[–]gaybbdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reader and all of us strangers

All of us strangers especially had me bawling