If u can quit drugs by yourself, than u can quit drinking...Its all about personal motivation and how u want to be seen...I'm sure if u drank alot u will begin to have some type of withdrawls..Hopefully u have a strong support sytem(friend,gf,family,etc)good luck

I am also trying to quit drinking. I am 26 and have gained weight and lost motivation. Alcohol is controlling my life and I hate it. I want to keep drinking but know I shouldn't. It is a struggle for me. Good luck.

Jcssc2…
thanks, that was me, I wanted to keep drinking more than I wanted to quit. I just wanted the bad stuff to stop. I would open my eyes in the morning and the first thought in my head was, “when can I start drinking?”

i was miserable if I didn’t drink, I couldn’t stand the way I felt. And it was miserable when I did. I always drank too much. I never had enough, I never felt drunk enough.

If you can quit, just walk away from that stuff by saying I quit, and stay away from it, my hat’s off to you.

Richard

you are depressed because you dont know what its like to be without alcohol. I mean you arent used to going more then 2 weeks without it (so it seems) just give your self a lil while longer. Maybe in the mean time go out with some friends to a movie, to a coffee shop. Somewhere where there is no alcohol involved. Get your mind out of the alcohol and onto something new. Get a hobby. Join some sports. Just get out and have fun.

My friend used a drug called campral. To get rid of his alcoholic habits. Though it wasn't the drug alone but a proper rehabilitation program advised by his doctor and that drug was only a part of it. :)

I realized the only reason I wanted to drink is because I was working in an adult entertainment club since I was 17, I am definately out of patience for that feild and now I am sober and a full time massage therapist. Well I still go out once in a while and have a few drinks but I am not drinking at work since I quit dancing. I started working out, living a healthy lifestyle and no longer depressed! It took a couple of months to regain my sanity but I feel alot better and happier.

Mindy…
what great news. One of the smartest things a person can do is change unhealthy playpens and playmates.
I am very happy for you, you nor anyone else need flush their lives down the crapper that is active alcoholism or addition.
Stay in touch, and let us know how things are going for you.

Your friend on this long strange trip,
richard

I am heartened to read the posts here as it helps me feel not quite so alone. I have been drinking regularly for a year or more (6-7 nights a week) and though I want to stop - I don't want to put te effort forth. It gets to the time that I want a drink and I don't seem to win that fight with myself. I have been to some meetings but it is not my thing - how do you do it? I mean get yourself to stop doing what you know is making you depressed and unhealthy?

i am alot younger than you but I have had family members stop drinking. You are going to feel like this, but you can do it. Just try to do new things like hobbies you like doing, it will help from keeping you depressed. Or go to the doctor and tell them you are feeling depressed and explain you have stopped drinking. I am sure they would help you :)