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I used to be a pretty smart guy. Then I got drunk for 15 years. Now I am sober again. Now I am living at my parents house again after a lot of years away and so I am seeing a lot of people like old friends that I have not spent much time with for a long time. Back in Minneapolis I was running with a boozing crowd that wasn’t known for its highbrow conversation. Now I am back talking to old friends that have professional jobs and I can barely get a coherent sentence out properly. I know I must have some brain damage from drinking because while I can still write Ok I am very slow verbally. Don’t know why. I hate it though. I hate seeing the pity and sadness in their eyes when they realize how I am now. I am sober now and the last thing I need is anyone’s pity. Is there anything I can do to get my IQ back? I am willing to work hard at something if it’s going to get me results.
Read answer →Disulfiram
My boyfriend is a bad drunk. He always says he wants to stop and hes going to stop but he never lasts more than a few days before hes back drinking again. I know that in his heart he really wants to do better but he just can’t control himself especially after he has even one drink. I know there used to be a medication they gave to alcoholics that made them feel very sick if they drank and so they would not drink. I do not remember what this is called. Do they still give this to alcoholics? Do you know what this medication is called? Would this medication be a good medication for my boyfriend to take, if he really does want to stop drinking but he just can’t control himself?
Read answer →Itching could be a liver dysfunction
If I am really itchy is that a sign that my liver is in trouble? I am a heavy drinker.
Read answer →Milk Thistle could help your liver...
Are there any herbal supplements or herbal medications out there that actually help alcoholics stop drinking?
Read answer →SMART Recovery® is all about choice
The whole disease concept of addiction just blows my mind. It’s not as if someone held a gun to my head and forced that Jack down my throat every day for the last 30 years. Went to an AA meeting last night because my wife said she’d leave unless I did. Never met such a bunch of losers in my whole life. What a bunch of crybabies and every one of them blaming ‘the disease’ of alcoholism for their own actions and bad choices. Went home after the meeting and cracked a bottle. Nobody made me do it though. It was my own choice and I accept that. I have some health problems and my doctor is strongly recommending that I quit drinking. I think I will choose to follow his advice and I will stop drinking. I am finding that my habits are hard to change, which is normal after so many decades doing the same thing. My wife is suggesting that I get some professional help and I might do that. But I do not want anyone that is going to be talking that AA voodoo mumbo jumbo. Is there any kind of help for a guy that needs a little help to change his ways but who doesn’t believe in all that praying to a higher power BS and who wants to be in control of his own choices in life?
Read answer →The answer to your question is 'Tolerance'
My brother is a functional alcoholic. He drinks every night and gets up to go to work 5 days a week. He is visiting right now and last night we shared a case of beers. This is not something I do very often but it is something he does every day. Today I had the worst hangover I can remember ever having in my life. It is 8 in the evening now and I am barely able to take in solid foods even now! My brother has already been drinking for hours and he was up at 8 this morning working on the broken lawnmower I had been complaining about – right as rain. Why can he drink and not get hungover? I am trying to understand why he drinks so much. Do alcoholics become so used to alcohol that they no longer become hung over after drinking. I cannot imagine drinking again for a long while after the way I felt today.
Read answer →Chocolate Milk...
Ever since I quit drinking a month ago I have been doing this really heavy out of control eating. I always drank in the evening right after work until I passed out and now when I get home and sit down to watch Tv I just start eating like crazy and I don’t stop until I am almost sick to my stomach and then I go to bed and I feel terrible. I am gaining a lot of weight and I am almost ready to give up on sobriety because this way of life does not seem to me to be any better. I have just changed one thing for another. How can I stop eating too much without going back to drinking too much.
Read answer →An MD is critical in assessing potential damage from alcohol or drug use
How do I know if I have liver damage from drinking. I do not drink every day but I do get drunk 3 or 4 times a week for about 20 years. Now in the morning after I get drunk my insides kind of hurt but it goes away if I do not drink again.
Read answer →Sobriety: A Physical AND Mental Challenge...
How long does it take before I won’t have to agonize every night on the way home from work about whether or not to stop and pick up a bottle (like I used to do every night on the way home from work?). I am a month sober and doing it on my own after 10 years of drinking way too much and developing some health problems. I have a lot of will power and if I start drinking again I am likely to have a heart attack so I have some good motivation to stay sober. But if I have to fight this battle in my head every night for much longer I know I am going to lose that battle at least once and once I buy that bottle once it won’t be just once, if you know what I mean. Sorry for the confusing question. I just want to know when it’s going to start getting a little easier and when I won’t have to think so much and try so hard to just not do something.
Read answer →Sit a Vipassana Course and then serve...
I am sitting in my car right now parked in front of a liquor store. I am trying to stop myself from going in but who am I kidding really now that I am here. I wish there was some way I could get banned from drinking alcohol like I have banned myself from the casinos. Off to get vodka now. Ok back now. Time for maybe a little sip from the bottle before I go home. This is fucked up. I know I can’t control myself at all. I need to go somewhere where I won’t be able to get alcohol or drugs and I need to go there for a long time, like years long. Know of anywhere like that, for a person who doesn’t have more than a couple thousand in the bank?
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