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I was gonna write a long post but it got too personal. I have serious issues yet I've been weening myself off of hard alcohol the past few years and down to just drinking beer and I want to be completely alcohol free by the time I turn 40.

It was a promise my grandfather made me agree to a few months before he passed away in 2018. He was the only person in my family that I truly respected because he went through a lot of bad shit in his life. I hit the bottle hard after he died then stopped drinking liquor and switched to beer.

The beer is fucking up my digestive system more than rum and whiskey, and I don't want to look like a bloated beer belly guy. I need to stop. Now. And I'm saying this as I have 2 four packs of 211 in my fridge atm.

AA doesn't work. NA doesn't work. I did 7 months at the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center and that didn't work. I tried shrooms, DMT, Salvia and those didn't work.

I live in Wisconsin and at least 25% of the state's economy is related to alcohol. There are 14 bars, 4 liquor stores, and 3 stores that sell beer within a 1 mile radius of my home.

I need to move to some state like Utah where it's really difficult to get alcohol.

I need help.

[Beavis & Butthead in Their 50s](https://pic8.co/sh/KOKUYy.png) I was gonna write a long post but it got too personal. I have serious issues yet I've been weening myself off of hard alcohol the past few years and down to just drinking beer and I want to be completely alcohol free by the time I turn 40. It was a promise my grandfather made me agree to a few months before he passed away in 2018. He was the only person in my family that I truly respected because he went through a lot of bad shit in his life. I hit the bottle hard after he died then stopped drinking liquor and switched to beer. The beer is fucking up my digestive system more than rum and whiskey, and I don't want to look like a bloated beer belly guy. I need to stop. Now. And I'm saying this as I have 2 four packs of 211 in my fridge atm. AA doesn't work. NA doesn't work. I did 7 months at the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center and that didn't work. I tried shrooms, DMT, Salvia and those didn't work. I live in Wisconsin and at least 25% of the state's economy is related to alcohol. There are 14 bars, 4 liquor stores, and 3 stores that sell beer within a 1 mile radius of my home. I need to move to some state like Utah where it's really difficult to get alcohol. I need help.

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My sister is dead because she couldn’t stop drinking. My dad was brilliant, and had all the promises in the world, but drank himself to the poor house.

Be a fucking man and just stop. There is no magic cure, there is no easy way out. You are an addict, and you can either quit or keep drinking. Best case is you kill your health, die early, put strain on every relationship you have, and waste your life as a drunk. Worst case is you kill your health and die early on a hospital bed gulping for air as your organs fail with your family standing around watching.

It’s your choice. You will have your last drink one day - either today or the day you die, or you can waste more of your life and have it be some point in between.

Again, though, there are no words or magic cures. You just have to want to stop more than you want to drink. That’s it.

When you do stop, there are tricks to help - exercise is great. Getting outside for a walk/run/bike ride. Train for something. Train for a marathon. Dedicate yourself to something that distracts you mentally and wears you out physically. Lift weights. Be in public and active around active people who will be positive influences.

But at the end of the day, it’s on you and you wanting to stop more than wanting to drink.

Oh, and don’t quit because of a promise. Don’t quit for anyone else. Quit for you. Be accountable to yourself. In your moments of weakness, it’s much more difficult to give up on yourself than it is to think that your grandpa is gone and won’t know if you just have one more last drink.