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Just looking for real advice, not just go to the gym. I live in the woods. No AA for sure, no outside help. Every week I tell myself the same thing. Im not here at night this weekend cause Im trying. I feel so much better when I drink, kinda. Last weekend was a wake up call on monday. Fuck I was wondering if I had a stroke or something. Im not going overboard but cant imagine nothing. I assume its just a man up thing. But then I look at the way the world is going and think wtf? What do I have to lose? When everything crashes till then does it even matter? I know yall cant help really. Its a fight Im not sure I care to win.

Just looking for real advice, not just go to the gym. I live in the woods. No AA for sure, no outside help. Every week I tell myself the same thing. Im not here at night this weekend cause Im trying. I feel so much better when I drink, kinda. Last weekend was a wake up call on monday. Fuck I was wondering if I had a stroke or something. Im not going overboard but cant imagine nothing. I assume its just a man up thing. But then I look at the way the world is going and think wtf? What do I have to lose? When everything crashes till then does it even matter? I know yall cant help really. Its a fight Im not sure I care to win.

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Check out the Huberman Lab podcast, episode 86. Changed my life.

He’s a neurobiologist and explains in detail how alcohol influences dopamine levels and pathways in the brain, and armed with the understanding of what was happening chemically as I was quitting made it so much easier to quit. Being able to say “oh I’m just feeling this way because my brain is releasing increased levels of cortisol” rather than saying “fuck this shit I need a drink,” turned bad days from challenges into motivation.

I don’t feel like I’m living a life of abstinence, but rather I have a completely different view of/relationship with alcohol, to the point where I can have a few every now and then without having to get drunk on a regular basis