• Gustephan@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 days ago

    I am legit blown away that this greentext didn’t end with Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur. I was absolutely sure that would be how it ended after reading the penultimate paragraph

    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
      241·
      2 days ago

      Fuck yeah it can.

      You’ve poisoned yourself to the point where your body now has a dependence on the poison.

      Nuts

      • remotelove@lemmy.ca
        10·
        2 days ago

        Withdrawal sucks ass. I should have checked into rehab last time, but didn’t. I had emergency numbers on standby and someone to check on me, but that was about it.

        I was in bed for about a week, but pulled through. It took about 6 months for the cravings to slow down, and another 6 until my brain started to function properly. My weight shot up about 50 lbs, but I have finally lost all of that. Heart problems that me and my doc were trying to figure out disappeared as well.

        Learning life again was weird and I am a much different person now. People have called me nice and fun to be around, which is super weird. Life does get better.

        • P1k1e@lemmy.world
          10·
          2 days ago

          I third this, it was where all the waste lie in my life. Quitting drinking made quitting smoking easier, which made exercising easier, all of which gave me a more positive outlook, and before I knew it, I had myself the best girl I could have ever asked for (she asked ME out), my home was clean, I had the energy to clean and cook and type out run-on sentences for days!

          Quit at 36, I’m 38, best two years of my adult life. Plenty more to go. Glad to be on the same journey as you fellas

          • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee
            4·
            1 day ago

            I didn’t want to elaborate originally because this is a meme community after all, but one of the biggest things I will say is that being gripped with alcoholism truly felt like living life as a stunted person in arrested development. Between the constant drunk/hangover cycle, the depression and anxiety, and just the general shame it felt impossible to maintain the consistency necessary to truly grow as a person.

            I was very aware of how problematic my behavior was from the beginning, but that didn’t make it any easier. My father died in a sudden accident a month or two after my 21st and alcohol was my coping mechanism. It sucks to feel like I now have to refigure out who I am in my 30’s and reconcile with all the lost time, but today is always better than never.

            Glad to hear you successfully made it to this point as well ☺️

        • Flax@feddit.uk
          42·
          2 days ago

          I haven’t touched the stuff except from communion and taste testing. I plan to keep it that way. At least never drink enough to get significantly drunk.