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@MentORPHEUS thanks mento. We have our disagreements but you're a real positive person to have here.
Going to give a bit of the opposite advice: most of your social friends are probably wrapped up in alcoholism with you.
While meetings, leaning on pears can be great support. Don't fucking fool yourself for one second thinking there's anybody else in this fight but you and your monkey.
It doesn't matter how much outside support you find, you and only you can overcome this.
Addiction is a bitch. A bitch that gave you a nasty STD because she's haunting you for life.
Just when you think you have her under control, she rears her ugly head. Most of us think, *Hey I've been good for awhile now. Life's going great, I can go out and have a beer or two. Can't I?
No! You make it six months of living like that, or maybe you make it two years. Either way you find yourself right back to the rock bottom that made you quit the first go around.
Source: third time being on the better side of sober in the past sixteen or seventeen years.
Anybody, holler at your boy @kloi if the pain of addiction is starting to surpass the pain of whatever you're running from.
Best peace of advice I have; find something more than yourself to give into. For me it was my family, my son, and half a dozen close friends. More so it was applying postive pressures to make life a little more interesting. I don't know what's out there for the rest of you.
PS:
finally got my BAC back to zero
Alcohol is one of the few drugs that can kill you going cold turkey. Since you're dealing with the shakes too, you're probably already aware.
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I found the science info interesting but although I probably dont have even 1% of a geo knowledge of this guy I came to the same conclusion you did
people would be more willing to exchange lead to get food.
And here the dude lacks a congruency for me with this presistent gold ads.
Except l'ead', source of energy, spare parts.... well preppers stuff...
.01% are building their bunkers there) and
I wonder how do they get the logistics of getting there on time.
Fuck I wanted to move to Cyprus at some point.
@Kloi something I dont know, thats the purpose of the notes and the observations. You can only talk so much about the bitches, that actually leads to overanalyzing.
significant subject were missing in the space.
Really and what specifically would you be looking for in the field report on the topic of addiction?
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@ARedditAccount005 Sure, as long as they're inclusive and diverse.
The biggest difference being a Cosmic disaster would not be artificially created.
They have happened before, and the evidence is there.
@ColossalEarthsFan If you root around on their website, they do have a video that mentions a paper written by and for the Military, sometime in the 50's - 60's (if I recall correctly).
It asserts that Earth has experienced Pole Flips in the past, and it's rotation has temporarily stopped, causing a sloshing of the Oceans. It is said there are regions where it is more likely to be above the flooding (Colorado is a good spot and the 0.01% are building their bunkers there) and increases your chances of surviving.
For some odd reason, there seems to be the idea that precious metals will be the only viable form of currency. I would think Carrot Seeds are worth more than Karats of Precious Metals.
During a time of crisis on a global scale, I'm of the opinion that people would be more willing to exchange lead to get food.
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@Vermillion-Rx shit man I'm really sorry to hear this. I'm sober for 4 years and a bit after drinking for almost a daily basis for 12 or so years. even a massive stroke did not stop me from drinking - I drank myself to sleep a couple of weeks after being discharged. I have epilepsy since then which does not mix at all with alcohol but even that did not stop me, even though it tempered me at times. Overall I tried to self medicate my own dark thoughts with alcohol but (surprise) it didn't work, but now I'm in a MUCH better spot - some thoughts are still there but I manage them way better. I quit cold turkey. I did not have tremors though and you having them is not a good sign. it's worth it to swallow your pride and check in with your psychiatrist as quitting cold turkey can be dangerous (probably no news here). He'll probably give you some benzos for a while, which might also help your bipolar disorder a bit, until your brain recalibrates itself from all this poison you've been ingesting.
AA did not align with me,for reasons I can expand on, but it might work though, it's worth giving it a shot. what DID HELP me was ALCOHOL EXPLAINED by William Porter - he has a blog and two books: "Alcohol Explained" and "Alcohol Explained 2". He breaks it down really nicely in a rational way that made me rethink my relationship with alcohol. check him out here, I've read everything and I can say he was a catalyst for me - alcoholexplained.com/articles/
Annie Grace with "My Naked Mind" is also an alright resource. but inferior to William Porter in my opinion. She is more on the emotional side but she did make some good points though as far as I can remember.
for legit mental disorders like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder alcohol is only making it worse. It worsens the condition and favors psychotic/manic/depressive episodes.
DM me if you want to talk more about it. I can not empathize with your bipolar disorder as I don't have it so I don't know how it feels, but I can empathize with alcoholism. you'll need to vent with people who've been through this, not just weekend drinkers. my timezone is GMT+2. or talk to somebody else who you're more comfortable with.
most importantly, go to psychiatrist ASAP. Leave the psychologist for after you've gotten past the critical phase and gotten to a relative stable baseline, whichever that one might be for you.
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