Well, it’s not a contest. I’m just trying to get through this 24 hours like everyone else.
Pixel.
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Cool 
I felt lonely I mean… I found a few of us on here. I was a bit scared I was the the only sz in recovery as long as I am. Glad I was wrong
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Well, you’re about to find yourself in the same pickle I do at AA meetings. At age 47 I’m younger than many of our members in bellybutton years, but the group oldster in terms of my sobriety date (next ‘oldest’ is 19). So I’ve got guys in their late sixties who are newcomers calling me an Old Timer.
Arrrrrrggh.
Pixel.
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I used to enjoy getting drunk often in the late 80’s. I was also addicted to crack at the same time. I wasn’t a heavy drinker, crack was the big problem I quit all drugs and alcohol in 1990 with the help of AA, CA, and NA.
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I probably have at the most three drinks a year. When I turned 21 drinking lost all of its appeal. That was 29 years ago.
I drank for years off and on never everyday or anything like that. On the weekends I’d binge drink 3 or 4 times a month. I always like hard liquor like jack jim beam or vodka.
I gave it up about 4 years ago. I went to the doctor and had some blood work done. She said my liver enzymes were out of wack and to stop drinking. Drinking combined with meds were taking a tole on my liver.
I think we are the same 
Last time i didnt drink for 2 weeks because i dont like alcohol anymore. And i went and bought a bottle of wine to get drunk the next day. Didnt need it i dont know why i bought it. I didn´t enjoy it also so much. I used to love alcohol. It made me feel SOOO good, it gave me so much pleasure, fun and it got rid of all anxiety and stress. But now its like meh, what is the point it doesnt feel good anymore. I still like to drink one beer and the way it relaxes me.
My wish is i would stop completely. I really wish this. For now i decided to only get drunk one time a month, but i might skip that also 
That is my wish. I must pray for this, to be strong. I forgive myself for having a beer here and there. But i wish id stop completely. I started drinking at 14 and right up to 30 when i had my first episode. I didnt drink then for 6 months but started slowly again on meds.
I used to drink 2-4 day a week before meds. I wasnt an alcoholic i could stop but as i said…i enjoyed it so much.
Alcohol is a hypnotic , dont know how is it going to help anyone especially one with MI
Actually Ethanol is what it contains, It is a Depressant and not hypnotic
I don’t think at all anymore…
I don’t drink for religious reasons. Don’t miss the taste of alcohol at all, it was too strong for me anyway.
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GREAT psych med. (Probably the original psych med if you stop and think about it.) But positively shitty side effects.
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And horribly addictive for some. 
Pixel.
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The major side effect.
I wish I could say I don’t drink. It’s only a weekend thing but it is a problem.
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Suggested for those who think they may have a problem with alcohol use… and everyone with sz:
cc: @turningthepage @Hedgehog @anon31257746 @jukebox @Hereandhere @mortimermouse @green5 @orange @Wantsome480 @Mmister
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I drink every now and then, maybe a couple times a year. I don’t really enjoy it. When I was young I drank a lot but I doubt I would ever make a habit of it at this point in my life.
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Never touch the stuff alcohol that is. Both my grandfather and father did and seems to enjoy taking a fist to others after drinking, nothing is ever going to make me like them. as well as the stuff makes me sick like pucking up everywhere type sick, is costs tons money i do not have and got better things to use it on, and no way i ever pass the card check lol.
So is a no go for me! soda, juice and milk for me 
It makes me stupid. I value clarity of mind.
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the voices told me not to drink…im 3 years sober now