official sober thread
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- BonSeff36
3 years. 3 years ago I was so bad I couldn't go more that 4 hours without needing alcohol to ward off shakes and sweats. Decided it was no way to live and stopped cold turkey. 4 days in I went to the ER with the DTs, really fucked up audible and visual hallucinations. A god damn symphony was playing out of my bedside fan that I could control the band, then basically the most demonic singers joined in. Shadows falling off the walls. The next 8 weeks were the hardest I have endured. It feels so fucking good being sober.
- wow that's scary as fuck and amazing that you pulled through._niko
- Talk about battling your demons!
Good to have you back.palimpsest - The covid lockdown and job burnout is what led me to really crank up the drinking.BonSeff
- Those demonic singers, male baritone... They were singing in a language I never heard before. It was fucking wild.BonSeff
- I had that shit coming out of the fan, and at the same time, what sounded like someone flipping through stations on an AM radio coming out of the ceiling vent.BonSeff
- For a very long time, I thought I would die an alcoholic, and that there was no hope for sobriety. It is possible to put down the bottle.BonSeff
- If anyone out there is struggling, get help. It is hard and you have to want it, and it sucks. But there is a way out.BonSeff
- damn man!YakuZoku
- awesome, good work!IRNlun6
- Good for you man.mort_
- This is inspiring in so many ways.palimpsest
- Amazing life change @BonSeff!
Did it myself AND holy f**k you nailed the feeling(s); mentally, emotionally, etc. Like a dash through hell to get back to Earth!ideaist - congrats!renderedred
- Thanks, everyone!
@ideaist congrats to you, it is hell and I am proud of you. Breaking free is no joke, but so rewarding.BonSeff - Congrats, good for you <3OBBTKN
- Covid lockdown is what got me to start drinking over the edge and also to quit as well. grats!!Akagiyama
- Bizarre how brains work. I was very drunk once, when I was 18. I told myself then: I don't want to experience this again. It's poison. Never drank after that.stewart
- You got dealt a good hand.palimpsest
- Congrats on continually defeating one of the hardest battles in life. To the next 3.thenohero
- What are the next 3?
Don't leave us hanging.palimpsest - this was a good post!necromation
- My dependence was mild compared to you. never got to the shakes but it was fucking up my life. I had mild hallucinatory shit happening and my IQ was prob at 75%epigraph
- Body was in pain constantly. I was scared I had fucked myself forever. I'm off the booze and weed 3+weeks with daily walks and feeling normal and amazing again.epigraph
- Health IS wealth brothers (& @shellie!).
: )ideaist - huge respect for turning it around.Fax_Benson
- xNairn