ive quit for up to a year at a time. what i notice is that i have less intense depressive episodes.
but i wouldnt say it improves my life by quitting. i have to replace with constructive activity.
I was addicted to crack four years in the late 1980ās and got drunk any chance I got. My drug use was put of control. I joined AA in 1990 and I have not drank or used drugs since then.
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There was a time where i used to punish myself with alcohol, but that was when i was 18 or so years old. However, i never got hooked on it. It used to make my mood worse, so i tended to stick away from it. Today i donāt see any use for alcohol in my life. I basically never drink. I can go for months without having a single drop.
I was a binge drinker too.
I always usually got into trouble ,drama ,and I became a slu# or got raped sometimes too as my no did not matter.
I had awful behaviour when that drink.
I think I would still of had relationships that I had if I was sober back then.
Anders and I had destructive forces trying to separate us and others were steering me and now I canāt find him anywhere .
I wanted to apologise.
I gave up smoking first and then gave up alcohol after I survived ovarian cancer.
I was five years celibate and sober.
Then I had a slight fall back as I cooked with wine and drank the rest of the bottle.
I thought I could stick to ājust one drinkābut I could not.
I met my boyfriend and vomited in his pride and joy kitchen on New Yearās Eve and after that I went sober again and itās been two years which is a record for me.
He is the first boyfriend I have been sober with.
He drinks alcohol but I do not.
So I quit and am so proud and happy to be sober.
When I heard voices the only time I did not hear them 24/7 was when I was sleeping or ridiculously drunk .
I embarrassed myself and got in to situations I did not want to be in or woke up in a strangers place not knowing where I was or how to get home and with no money.
If I was still a binge drinker I would probably be single.
I am fuc### up enough when Iām soberā¦
I had schizophrenia as a child because I had symptoms then and no one understood me I felt.
I apologise to Anders .
Mostly for being a bad friend n girlfriend.
I was with others when I thought we were not together and I did not want to be.
I was going to ask him to help raiseā¦
Anyway I am a better person when I am sober.
I apologise to my friends I had too.
I like to believe I have friends in spirit because I donāt have any to call and talk on phone or hangout with but I have bf ,sacred neigh ,familyā¦
I recommend going sober.
Spend that money on a massage,holiday or great food etc ā¦
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14 or 15 months sober; I lost track. I was an alcoholic, but partly to reduce my SZ symptoms. From 2013 to 2017, I drank a half-case of beer daily. Toward the end, I was doing a case a day. It was ugly. I was chemically dependent on alcohol. It got so I had to drink in order to not have withdrawals, which were terrible.
Alcoholism is its own form of insanity. My brother, who is older than I, still does ācrazyā stuff, esp behind the wheel. I sold my vehicle voluntarily because it wasnāt worth it anymore. I figured, Sure, Iāll walk or take taxis. My brother is driving with a suspended license. He called me Fri morning after I left a message. Iām afraid he will get himself killed or kill somebody else. I look back on my own craziness now and shudder.
Itās well worth it to quit.
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I quit drinking long time ago, not sure how many years now, it just sort of faded away, did not like it anymore.
Iām so proud of you! Keep it up.
You have strong powers, now you can use them in new ways.
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I never started. 
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neither did my daughter cuz her formitive years I wasnāt drinking beer
only after PTSD when she was about 13, and even then not very much
a quart a night. You say that in the beginning of a problem, but then it grows.
I wish Phil would be quitted with me, but not likely.
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Thank you. I hope one day Phil can join you.
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I quit drinking two years ago, going to AA. I now go to NA due to benzos. NA considers alcohol a drug like others that are abused.
It was causing me mental health problems, and it was causing me survival problems. I think drinking right now would shorten my life, and I need more time.
U know I wish it could be the old days before I took any meds and Iād get hammered but Iām
Way too reliant on my meds now. Iām afraid the drinks donāt mix well with any of my meds let alone 4 of them so I just canāt do it anymore. Fortunately Iām not too tempted either
I quit drinking about two years ago, but i still slip up sometimes. I drank on thanks giving and fell asleep cussing. Thatās not me. I definitely believe it was affecting my mental health. Physically I always felt drained. I love the sense of control I have over my life without out it. Alcohol was hell for the three years I drank
How do you guys even enjoy a drink on antipsychotics? Doesnāt it give you stomach and head pain?
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