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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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[–] 2 pts

Writing about it when I'm all fucked up in my head is very helpful for me. It's like my thoughts have to pass through a more legit bullshit filter when I'm putting it into the world (even just on paper). Helps with perspective and doesn't require anyone's help.

What a lot of us alkies find is that alcohol wasn't really THE problem. It was a solution to our existing problems.

You might try, as an experiment, doing the 4th step of AA - the 5th tells you to talk about all of this with your sponsor, but it sounds like that's off the table.

Write down a list of all the people and things you resent. Then make columns for each of them and fill out:

Why am I resentful of this How does this affect my life what's my part in it?" for each of them.

Then make a list of all your fears, and fill out columns for:

Why am I afraid of this? Does this fear stem from self reliance failing me?

Then make a list of people you've had sex with and make columns for:

Where was I selfish in the situation? Did it cause jealousy/suspicion/bitterness? Where was I at fault? What should I have done instead?

It's a really good way of finding patterns of shitty thinking and behavior, and isolating character defects you can work on or pray to have removed.

When I did this, I found a serious amount of selfishness, self centeredness, control issues, etc. Also that I had never really been trusting God to handle his end of things. Hopefully the God thing isn't a deal breaker for you. He was a bit part of how it's all working for me. Finding God gave me peace and sanity in an insane world. The main thing is to find a good church, which can be really hard depending on your area.

Good luck, man. I've been able to break the obsession - I know it's not impossible.

[–] 1 pt

no luck in making that list, not a believer but some things are impossible to refute