There’s a substance abuse group at the va I used to go to and I’m thinking I’ll go back. I just don’t know what to do with myself, it feels like the government just wants to hide me and let me get worse honestly. I’m not saying that I’m not getting any help I am, it just seems like they’re not for me but going through the motions or maybe it’s just me doing that I dunno.
I’m very confused and I’m not doing very well. I was going to see my brother in law today but he hasn’t gotten back to me so I’m going to clean the house and try to stay sober for today. I drink WAAY too much nowadays.
I’m not being a smart ass or criticizing or trying to be insensitive, but where do you think you’re going to end up with this drinking? How do see your life going in the future if you keep drinking and drugging?
Quitting drinking and drugs is not impossible. It’s got to stop sometimes so maybe this is the time.
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I drank whiskey and water since we’ve last talked, my girlfriend’s moms cancer came back, and she’s on the lamb over that. I dunno what to do so I broke into the fifth of bushmills whiskey and she and I both have been drinking.
It’s nuts, our lives both sort of stink when you have that point of view and god knows you gotta get real with people and tell the truth more than ever now.
My girlfriend is drinking whiskey straight out of a glass and is on her second type of drink. I dunno what to do to help her because it seems she wants to hurt herself in some way or something. I’m very worried about her.
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You know HER, THE ONE WITH ALL THE GUNS.
She told me some livid stuff about killing herself and wanting to die and all this premadonna bs about being depressed and her life is pointless and I’m like (you have everything in front of you why are you so sad?) You don’t have my illness, but she had a nightmare last night that I cheated on her and she told me about it. I was huffed that it was brought up since I never brought my dreams to her-but it must have really affected her. I think we’re under attack by a Remote Neural Monitioring Team that is inserting dissent and mayhem into our lives. How else could we be so cornered? We just bought a new house and this has been going on for fricking months. We’ve had enough and make it public on the site that we both feel that we are under attack and have been getting harassed by a group of people.
We’ve nowhere else to go, my girlfriend has never posted on the site and always told me to not show my picture on the site-yet she constantly lives on facebook whereas I do not.
I’m logical, I’m a standard, and I’m a man.
I’ve been a devo fan since the early 80s and 2000s, I’ve seen that they’re the freedom tech universal wrenches of liberty when it comes to han solos hydro spanner wrenchers. I see them making the world safe, and reassuring big brother that (you only think there’s a problem with them).
I’m getting by, but I’m working at the same time to get by day to day and getting the word out is the most important. The enemy may be at your doorstep. but you can stick em with calm and cool and get by sane and smooth.
Does your gf know that you want to quit? I’ve been sober six months, after heavy drinking every night for a year and a half (and heavy drinking 5-6 nights/week for years before that), and I am not comfortable being around people who are drinking. I can’t imagine trying to quit while spending time in private with someone who is drinking in front of me.
This may be an unpopular opinion here, but I don’t recommend cold turkey; I would suggest tapering down a little first. Withdrawals can be hell. I also am not so sure about trying to quit both alcohol and marijuana at the same time. Maybe focus on just one at a time. I just think if you try to quit both at the same time it could be too much. I’m rooting for you, though, however you decide to do it.
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So we’re you drink driving to your girlfriends parents place?
That’s really not good.
For you or others and you can lose your licence.
Determination helps I think and if you find that drive n determination it may help you to quit.
Someone said to replace it with something more positive for you such as spend the money on massage or holiday or so instead.
Wishing you and your girl friend well.
I went to rehab twice. I had an addiction to alcohol and pain pills. The first time, I didn’t stop using. The second time I had a really good doctor who put me on suboxone and helped me a lot.
I went to IOP (intensive outpatient program). That group saved my life. As part of the group we had to go to three AA meetings a week. Then once per week we had to bring a family member, friend or significant other to help them understand our illness. I also went to group therapy too. I now have six years sobriety.
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