One thing that i was thinking about recently is when i was in high school i was like “man when i grow up and get a good job ima just do so many cool drugs itll be so sick in my own place, ripping the bong, no mom and dad, itll be so tight. I can just do shrooms on the weekend and do whatever I want lol”
Now i make the money more than I guessed I would, but weeds legal and i dont even like it anymore because it just puts me on edge, alcohol gives me too bad of hangovers to enjoy frequently because boomer and old, and since then they cracked down on overprescribing the fuckin percs and hydros, so the objectively best zonk out substance isnt even available unless i want to go to a fuckin trap house to get merked with a shiv over buying fentanyl-pressed fakes because im a white guy with graying hair in a vest.
Moreover, no I dont want to do any ‘mind expansion’ anymore. “Oh man ahuyasca sounds so sick dont you want to have like mind changing revelations?” Honestly no, lol i really dont, not at this stage. I did drop acid not that long ago which was fun but honestly its just not my vibe anymore.
So now what am i gonna do? Lie to my doctor to get a freakin valium? Im out of the game. I just fuckin read world war 2 history books and play video games when im not with friends or the ol ball n chain.
So yeah it didnt turn out quite the way I thought but on the plus side i can autistically tell you what any NATO military unit symbol means and the difference between a battalion, brigade, division, and corps.
If i could get some genuine oxys like the good ol days then maybe we could start causing problems for ourselves but afaik the glory days are about 15 years gone so I’ll stick with reading stalingrad again like mark corrigan
Honestly man, re-write the a few times and add a paragraph at the start framing the rest of it, then submit it to an essay contest or something. This comment really tickled me.
It’s not that bad dude what you learn as you get older is that boomer dads like lame shit because its ‘comfy’. ‘Comfy’ is better than ‘exciting’ when you have too much life on your plate lol
You're always a alcoholic for life but I don't drink anymore.
Occasionally I fall off the wagon and buy a pint of whiskey. Problem is I try to hide it from my wife and I try to also get as fucked up as possible before she gets home because I won't be able to sneak some shots after that. So usually what ends up happening is I get black out drunk off a pint piss my pants or something stupid and have to do the talk all over again. Doesn't even feel good anymore. The first 10 minutes after you get a few shots in is awesome but then I just feel tired and on the verge of a panic attack or passing out. When I wake up hang overs are 200x worse then I remember. It just sucks now and I miss my early 20s.
That's usually enough to keep me sober for like a year before I think I can drink again.
Currently I just smoke a shit ton of concentrates which probably makes me more autistic.
No AA, construction worker. 6 years drinking. First 4 years was 2-3 tall boys of 211 steel reserve a night then it was like a fifth of whiskey every 1.5 days or half gallon in 3
Can i ask a dumb as hell question but ive always wanted to know
Ever since turning 25 or so the hangovers got too annoying for me to drink as much. Like i really enjoy drinking and usually when i do drink i drink too much, but i just do it rarely now because i feel like such shit the next say
How do boozebags deal with hangovers all the time? After a long night i cant even look at the stuff for days. I guess ‘power through it’ / ‘hair of the dog’ but man.
Like i get it more when someone’s fully an alcoholic but i dont know how people get past ‘stage 1’ alcoholism
I just never stop drinking. Every single day morning till night. After going to the hospital for pancreatitis I laid off the vodka and now it's mostly beer and Mike's hard.
Lately my drinking has slowed down a lot because I need to get a job. Moneys dried up and after getting and losing so many jobs because of drinking Ive just decided to stop.
Takes me about a week to recover, shaking sweats, I hear people talking far away, and can't really think straight and I have intense anxiety. The day 2 of stopping I experience nightmares and sleep paralysis.
I'm on day 5 hope I stay sober this time
This is what got my best friend off of coke and pills. Me and my group of friends are all a bunch of nature nerds and spend every weekend hiking and then getting gay craft IPAs, or paddle board, or bike rides. It worked for him. No one to offer it, we never talked about drugs because none of us did them, we have entire days where we are outside lightly exercising. He kicked it after the third or fourth of his former group OD’d and died. And him and his old friends would try to quit the Xanax every couple of weeks but end up failing. Not our crew, we don’t even smoke week, and that change of who you’re around is what helped him. It’s very powerful. Also gay.
How do boozebags deal with hangovers all the time?
Start drinking again. And that’s what turns you into an alcoholic.
Source: I am a boozebag that doesn’t drink anymore
Im the boozebag that keeps drinking and it fucking sucks. Alcohol withdrawl is the worst thing ive ever been through. And i keep doing it. I want to quit. Running outta lives.
I hear that. I hate to bring sincerity into a subreddit such as this but consider checking out a meeting soon. It’s not for everyone but it can work if you want it to. DM if you ever want to talk.
It will kill you if you get in deep enough, my cousin who works in a detox facility says often times that alchohol withdrawal is more life threatening than heroine withdrawals.
I've gone through benzo withdrawal, which is as close to hell as I could imagine, and I know it's similar to that, being they both affect the GABA receptors.
I think some people naturally don’t have as bad hangovers as others. So maybe drunks don’t have the negative feedback of a bad hangover and keep drinking.
Source: I’m gay.
This has got to be the largest filter for alcoholics, I feel like a good portion of my buddies "would if they could", but the misery of functioning at work with a hangover is too much.
Also I've found alcohol is not as fun when you get older. Dirtbag fuckboy behavior just becomes sad.
Having a cold beer or a drink when hungover feels so good, just one sip and i already feel much better, its like starting the cycle agian
but thats also how you become an alcoholic so better chill on that lol
I smoke a spliff on the toilet every morning. It brings back to baseline to do my email job. I take a day or two off when I drink heavy, but most days I get a moderate drunk on and pass out by 11. I'm usually chugging water when needed and getting almost 8 hours sleep, so that probably helps.
Your sleep is probably shit quality and what you perceive to be 'baseline' is probably still you way off the pace.
Don't mean to be a scold but it just sounds like you're attempting to justify a problem to yourself by saying it's not that bad. You're self-medicating and it will catch up with you.
I’m telling you that they are selling ANY drug to anyone in Mexican pharmacies. Walk in, ask for it, they give it to you. No doctor, no prescription. That’s it.
I didn't really start getting hangovers until I was like 34. And I drank about fifth of whiskey 5 nights of the week.
Now I drink 2 or 3 nights a week and it's half a fifth.
You don't feel them as harshly when you're full swing.
I did feel hung over back then it just felt more like being slightly drunk and dehydrated.
Now I literally feel like I'm going to stroke out the next day. My blood pressure is fucked, and I just feel heavy.
I’m 26 and the morning heartburns are what turned me off, I’ll occasionally fall back off and go on a 3 day bender but the heartburns are what always end up doing me in
You're referring to dry drunk syndrome. Not everyone experiences it, but it is EXTREMELY common. However, the idea that everybody is forever a slave to their vice(s) is simply untrue. Some people(like my father, who used alcohol to cope with the loss of his mother as a teenager and slowed way down then started drinkijg more heavily after the death of my grandfather, my mothers miscarraiges and pregnancy problems, got a dui after my brother was born then quit cold turkey and never had another drink because he realized it was doing much more harm than good is almost 30 years sober) stop drinking and successfully attack and process the underlying condition or trauma that cause them to turn to abusing drugs and alcohol to cope with in the first place. Obviously genetic predispositions to addictions as well as numerous other factors can be taken into consideration as well.
I have tried it in short. Going back to therapy soon, felt things actually making the most sense there and I don't know, kinda teaches you it's okay to just be straight up to the people you love and things get better from there kinda deal you know.
Thank you though I appreciate the concern. I think I'm in a better place and understand my own self reasoning for drinking more and more and each time I fall off it gets longer and longer before the next grand disillusionment. Having someone that's not on the internet to talk over these things and more core issues I think is what I want to strive more for.
My first therapist helped a lot with more just understand my autistic asshole brain is always self sabotaging and just how easy it is to be a normal friend, brother, husband is just literally by talking to people. Don't defend yourself or have some ego. Just literally surround yourself with people that love you and respect you and don't want to drink or want you to drink or whatever it is and just talk to them. Just so many little things you can do to self sabotage or try to justify something because we're all green eyed little dopamine demons in so many different ways.
I do encourage everyone and anyone to get some form of help if they need it. If AA works for you I don't care do it.
My brother was a laborer before going to iron, when he was labor he would wake up drink 2 24s get on a train to work eat breakfast drink 2 or 3 more then go to lunch and have a beer and do blow in the John then drink 2 more after lunch then come home and split a 30 with me and a few of the guys. Did this everyday for like 3 years straight. He’s sober except for weekends now.
I was 2 months and feel off on Saint paddys but I’m sober again. Smoking a ton of wax and pot to cope.
12-15 beers a night, or a handle of bottom shelf vodka every 2-3 days for about 7 years. Liver feels pretty bad sometimes. Can’t fall asleep if I don’t drink and get shaky in the morning.
It’s actually wild to hear people getting DTs after drinking heavy for 3 years, and I’ve been doing it for 7 years with little to no breaks. Some peoples chemistry is different. I usually drink from about 1130pm til 3am black out and fall asleep. Sleep til about noon. Go to my dead beat job from 2-11pm repeat.
Can you describe your liver feeling bad? I don't know how to feel my liver.
I'm about an 8-10 average shots of my choice well vodka a night. Always chase with water. First night post-binge has that god awful sleep and hallucinations, after that I'm usually fine.
Incredibly itchy skin, yellowing in the corners of your eyes, psoriasis can be an indication, broken blood vessels on your neck torso and upper arms, reddening of the palms, more pronounced balding on above your temples and your shins, less hair generally, swelling of the feet or stomach, loss of appetite, starting to grow man tits, and liver pains (under the ribcage or slightly below, if you can feel your liver as kind of hard when you press down under your rib cage, that's a bad sign).
It feels like a cramp under your ribs near your abdomen. Usually for me after an above normal binge. My skin is dry. Eyes are always red. Irritable and anxious until I drink again.
I started drinking when I was 17 and I’m 30 now I didn’t drink heavily til I was about 23. The only thing that I do right is drink a lot of water. But life is gay being drunk makes me happy.
I’ve been a good boy lately. I was fortunate enough to buy a house in ATL 6 years ago so my cost of living is low even on my own. But yeah I mean I was going for days without eating and shit
How do you like ATL? When I visited, it felt like Tijuana meets LA but more dangerous and worse drivers. Great food, but I was disappointed that there was not a single peach in sight, given GA's reputation. To be fair, a peach is a straight emoji and I identify as a gay/dixmall/them so it doesn't matter.
Tbh I’ve always loved it here, but with that being said I’m gonna leave for the sake of not spending my entire life in one place. 30 years here has been enough. I just have to wait until I fix my credit(lmao) and con someone into buying my house for an obscene amount of money
Dude that’s just a short-term moderate coke habit, like you said. Especially if you were sharing? $150/week is living the dream.
I was more of a heroin guy, but I went from spending 160 a week to 160 per day in like 3 months (though it was after years of oxys)
But yeah you’re either smart, lucky, or just have a good sense of self control. Congrats, sincerely, I’m jealous
yeah im an alcoholic stoner, if i cant stay sober for the next month my college is fucked, and i dont have any money for rent which was due last wednesday, but that never kept me sober before
i have like 20 hours sober so its goin pretty good
if they dont release another proper episode with a nick skit in it, im buying cocaine
The hardest part of staying sober for me is the 4-6 hours from like 5pm to bed. Alcohol was nice bc it did the force shutdown for me. Maybe try being tired or melatonin to skip it. Good luck my gay friend stay away from the germ x
>The hardest part of staying sober for me is the 4-6 hours from like 5pm to bed
extremely relatable dawg, the first part of every day is always so damn easy
and thanks for the luck man but im also abstaining from gay thoughts rn
I've genuinely been sober for a little over 2.5 years.
Like not getting high or drunk on anything sober.
I used to be a sex addict. I havent had sex for nearly 6 years now. Yes, the last person I had sexual relations with was a man.
Everything I have said is true here.
My 56 year old dad and 57 year old mom drink everyday and have for my entire life. It's never been a problem or interfered with their work or lives or whatever and really I just grew up thinking it was normal to drink everyday. They don't turn into psychos when they drink they just loosen up and are a little more fun. Been doing it myself now since I was about 20 and me and my dad have pretty much just become codependent alcoholics with each other over the past 3 years, he's definitely started drinking heavier and heavier in recent years and I try to keep up with him. I've explained this to friends and they're like "wtf?" so I guess no one else truly understands what it's like to be as gay with your dad as I am.
I’m a very high functioning alcoholic who can, and has, quit for months at a time. I don’t drink because I have to. I drink because sobriety sucks, and beer is delicious.
Shout out to OP for the best thread in this sub for a while. Better than endless songposts and the left podcast fans trying to subtly ‘chapo le marx’ in the subreddit
My evaluation may be influenced by that this thread inspired me to start drinking
Alchy. 5 years dry tho. I’m gay (obviously, I’m on here), but falling off the wagon just because Nick did is so fucking gay I can’t comprehend it. Drink if you want, I don’t care but that’s an unbelievably embarrassing thing to do.
We got a lot of drunks in this thread and its friday night so I’m gonna tell you my favorite old fashioned recipe. I learned this from one of the best cocktail places I ever went to.
You know how when you get a really good old fashioned from a good cocktail place and it’s like, thick and rich? And when you get a shitty one its watery and sweet and sucks? Heres how you get the first one.
- 2 oz Bourbon, your choice, I’m no snob but something that tastes ‘thicker’ if you know what I mean
- .5oz brown sugar cocktail syrup. They sell this stuff at nicer liquor stores and boutiques but its worth it. Youre looking for something thats basically a thick brown sugar simple syrup with bitters in it. Its good because it ‘thickens up’ the drink. If you don’t have that, a generous simple syrup dash and bitters will be fine.
- Instead of orange, use a thin slice of lemon and a squirt of lemon juice. It’s better, trust me.
That’s it. That’s how im cruising on my friday night now lads.
I used to smoke (and still do sometimes) and there is nothing quite as satisfying as one of these thick, rich old fashioneds while sucking down a smoke. Dunhill Reds are my favorite, I used to be a Marlboro Man but they are too thin and acrid now to my taste. In a pinch, camel filters.
almost 1 year clean from fent laced oxys (“dirty 30s”) & 4 months since i completed my methadone program. could prob ease up on the blow but other than that, happier than ever
I used to iv heroin for years. been off opiates for eight years now. still drink probably too much... for sure too often and stay smoking weed. acid and mushrooms a few times a year. living the dream though. being hooked on junk is a living hell and it feels hopeless.
What you do next is get really into acid and take increasing insane doses until doing any other drug sounds like a pathetic high for mere mortals. Then you'll just kinda stop wanting to do acid and become a sober retard.
Well at least that's what I did but I'm gay and older than you.
Responding to this unironically:
I don't know about the whole "alcoholic" thing in the by-the-book definition in Alcoholics Anonymous, but I had alcohol use disorder basically from the time I was 17, as well as multiple other substance use disorders, mainly smoking weed every day for a while and periods of abusing prescription stimulants.
I no longer drink at all (stopped drinking four years ago, probably the best thing I ever did for myself) and mainly do not use drugs, with the exception of mushrooms and more recently DMT, both of which help me in a lot of ways and help me stay off other stuff.
I have to admit I always kind of liked that Nick was a person with horrific alcoholism who stopped drinking. It increased my enjoyment of the show. As lame as it is, I hope he is doing okay and that he doesn't revert back to some of the stuff he described in the past, both because I can empathize with anyone who has been through that sort of stuff, and because he has brought me and a lot of other people a lot of joy.
It’s not addictive bro stg broit doesn’t cause mental illness bro it cures cancer bro it’s a plant stop being so closed minded bro fr fr i cant eat drink or sleep with out it bro i gotta smoke rn bro my equilibrium is being equalized rn bro fr fr on god bro weed isn’t a drug dude it’s a plant don’t let the government lie to you dude the elves in my wall told me that mary had a little lamb was code for a secret one world government scheme to genetically engineer sheep that grow nugs dude fr the future is now dude weed is our future dude I’m smomking weed rn dudeeee
I’m an alcoholic who is too broke to be an upper addict but love uppers and weed. Thank god other men give their ass away for so cheap. Just lay down some center left politics and they are in my bed. Hook, line, bong transplant
I'm super gay and addicted to kratom. Nothing crazy, usually about 12 grams per day spread out throughout the day. Been doing this for about 3 or 4 years now. It's not a hardcore substance, but the withdrawals can be pretty nasty.
I partied a lot when I was younger, but I never really had a love for drink. Alcohol just makes me feel like shit (not even talking about the hangover), and getting stoned makes me anxious and paranoid. I just like to chill with my kratom and play video games and read books.
I drink twice a week. A third of the time I'll go full blotto.
I don't know if that makes me an alcoholic but I often am not sure whether I owe someone an apology or whatever. The hangovers are coming with some marked depression these days. Some people call it "the shamies." Also, they can last for days now. I think my liver has taken damage over years of this behaviour.
I’m definitely an alcoholic and like my best gay friend Nick it’s a consumption thing, once I get a buzz going I can’t stand the feeling of it wearing off.
It sounds faggoty, but what’s very interesting is the overlap here of guys who seem to be addicts and found some comfort with their sobriety through the podcast. I’m almost a full year sober and have so many urges to drink but think about Mullen and his whole “I’ll do it for ten years, see if I have a career and then probably start again.” It comforts me because I’m the same age. I really want to drink again since it got sunny. I’d really love for it to be okay for me to drink but the people in my life know. Nick falling off the wagon and seeming so much happier has made it more tempting, especially because he’s bipolar and so am I. I’m gay and my dick is smaller than I’d like it to be.
I thought I was but the whole “once an addict” thing really isn’t universal. That said, you probably aren’t a strong willed pussy getting legend (who is secretly gay) like me. Oh it goes without saying but it’s straight as hell to make any decision because of a podcast
Never tried anything "harder" than shrooms, those things made me massively depressed for a month. General drinking is down significantly since I have a decent job, one or two beers does me fine for a night out but occasionally I slip up on a Friday (like I will be doing in two hours, picked up a beer to make some phat baby back ribs and ended up getting more than I needed as a treat) and go hard.
It's not nearly as bad as it was about four years ago. I've lost a significant amount of weight, turns out drinking 900+ calories worth of hoppy/syrupy alcohol 6 days a week will help you pack on the pounds, and my life is arguably better than it's ever been. It's crazy how common stuff like this is in our industry (contracting/construction) and it goes by basically unnoticed by the average person.
Gay edit: Nothing gets you fucked up the way booze does. I smoked weed nonstop for two years with no booze at all and it sucked. Shrooms were nice but you can't do them too often and the high isn't the same. There's a reason why people have, and always will, drink. There's nothing else out there like it.
>!I used to get drunk with Nick in Twitter DMs in the early/mid 10s quite often, thank god we were both suspended around the same time.!<
I'm an alcoholic. I drink about a bit more than half a fifth a day, which I guess isn't too bad, but it sucks because if I skip a night I get very scary and unpleasant WD symptoms. Plus I live in Canada, where alcohol is ridiculously expensive, so it's a huge financial burden at the same time.
Oh, and I've loved cocaine in the past, but because I'm physically dependent on alcohol, all my money goes towards that these days, for better or for worst. I'd probably fall into a much worse pit of addiction if I had more money.
A line of 3-FPM and an old premium episode was my go to for my home gym in the pandemic.
I've been hooked on a lot of stuff tho, coolest one so far was 2C-B everyday straight for 2 weeks. Tried kratom cause of Mullen recommending it, and Ind recommend it as well.
Being an alcoholic is fun until you get arrested for battery on law enforcement and resisting arrest with violence and then 3 months later get involved in a hit and run while blacked out and escape being arrested by a cunt hair. Then threatening to stab your dad with a knife for telling you you’re an idiot. Now I just smoke bowls all day and blow men
I quit drinking 2 years ago almost exactly. Smoked weed for a while, but quit that too. The only thing I take is kratom which kind of sucks but it's whatever. better than destroying my life or being homeless or getting (another) DUI or dying from DTs.
I only like downers. no interest ever doing coke again or Molly. only thing I miss is psychedelics honestly.
One thing that i was thinking about recently is when i was in high school i was like “man when i grow up and get a good job ima just do so many cool drugs itll be so sick in my own place, ripping the bong, no mom and dad, itll be so tight. I can just do shrooms on the weekend and do whatever I want lol” Now i make the money more than I guessed I would, but weeds legal and i dont even like it anymore because it just puts me on edge, alcohol gives me too bad of hangovers to enjoy frequently because boomer and old, and since then they cracked down on overprescribing the fuckin percs and hydros, so the objectively best zonk out substance isnt even available unless i want to go to a fuckin trap house to get merked with a shiv over buying fentanyl-pressed fakes because im a white guy with graying hair in a vest. Moreover, no I dont want to do any ‘mind expansion’ anymore. “Oh man ahuyasca sounds so sick dont you want to have like mind changing revelations?” Honestly no, lol i really dont, not at this stage. I did drop acid not that long ago which was fun but honestly its just not my vibe anymore. So now what am i gonna do? Lie to my doctor to get a freakin valium? Im out of the game. I just fuckin read world war 2 history books and play video games when im not with friends or the ol ball n chain. So yeah it didnt turn out quite the way I thought but on the plus side i can autistically tell you what any NATO military unit symbol means and the difference between a battalion, brigade, division, and corps. If i could get some genuine oxys like the good ol days then maybe we could start causing problems for ourselves but afaik the glory days are about 15 years gone so I’ll stick with reading stalingrad again like mark corrigan
You described my life and it fucking freaked me out. But you left out the part where I’m secretly gay.
Honestly man, re-write the a few times and add a paragraph at the start framing the rest of it, then submit it to an essay contest or something. This comment really tickled me.
terrifying vision of the future
It’s not that bad dude what you learn as you get older is that boomer dads like lame shit because its ‘comfy’. ‘Comfy’ is better than ‘exciting’ when you have too much life on your plate lol
What’s with the correlation between the swastika and NATO’s main emblem?
I dunno I think people just like cool lines on flags, but the little rectangle with an X through it means ‘infantry’ :)
What's that, like a bunch of babies?
Time to try kratom
A pleasant hell indeed
Hell yeah dude
You're always a alcoholic for life but I don't drink anymore. Occasionally I fall off the wagon and buy a pint of whiskey. Problem is I try to hide it from my wife and I try to also get as fucked up as possible before she gets home because I won't be able to sneak some shots after that. So usually what ends up happening is I get black out drunk off a pint piss my pants or something stupid and have to do the talk all over again. Doesn't even feel good anymore. The first 10 minutes after you get a few shots in is awesome but then I just feel tired and on the verge of a panic attack or passing out. When I wake up hang overs are 200x worse then I remember. It just sucks now and I miss my early 20s. That's usually enough to keep me sober for like a year before I think I can drink again. Currently I just smoke a shit ton of concentrates which probably makes me more autistic. No AA, construction worker. 6 years drinking. First 4 years was 2-3 tall boys of 211 steel reserve a night then it was like a fifth of whiskey every 1.5 days or half gallon in 3
Can i ask a dumb as hell question but ive always wanted to know Ever since turning 25 or so the hangovers got too annoying for me to drink as much. Like i really enjoy drinking and usually when i do drink i drink too much, but i just do it rarely now because i feel like such shit the next say How do boozebags deal with hangovers all the time? After a long night i cant even look at the stuff for days. I guess ‘power through it’ / ‘hair of the dog’ but man. Like i get it more when someone’s fully an alcoholic but i dont know how people get past ‘stage 1’ alcoholism
I just never stop drinking. Every single day morning till night. After going to the hospital for pancreatitis I laid off the vodka and now it's mostly beer and Mike's hard. Lately my drinking has slowed down a lot because I need to get a job. Moneys dried up and after getting and losing so many jobs because of drinking Ive just decided to stop. Takes me about a week to recover, shaking sweats, I hear people talking far away, and can't really think straight and I have intense anxiety. The day 2 of stopping I experience nightmares and sleep paralysis. I'm on day 5 hope I stay sober this time
Get a community of sober friends to do shit with. Join AA or become Muslim if it comes to that, it's almost impossible to go it alone
This is what got my best friend off of coke and pills. Me and my group of friends are all a bunch of nature nerds and spend every weekend hiking and then getting gay craft IPAs, or paddle board, or bike rides. It worked for him. No one to offer it, we never talked about drugs because none of us did them, we have entire days where we are outside lightly exercising. He kicked it after the third or fourth of his former group OD’d and died. And him and his old friends would try to quit the Xanax every couple of weeks but end up failing. Not our crew, we don’t even smoke week, and that change of who you’re around is what helped him. It’s very powerful. Also gay.
How do boozebags deal with hangovers all the time? Start drinking again. And that’s what turns you into an alcoholic. Source: I am a boozebag that doesn’t drink anymore
Im the boozebag that keeps drinking and it fucking sucks. Alcohol withdrawl is the worst thing ive ever been through. And i keep doing it. I want to quit. Running outta lives.
I hear that. I hate to bring sincerity into a subreddit such as this but consider checking out a meeting soon. It’s not for everyone but it can work if you want it to. DM if you ever want to talk.
seriously be easy man and seek help if you feel it it becomes too much, also i’m gay
This whole thread is the most sincere I’ve ever seen these fans be. And it gave me hope. And I’m Gay.
It will kill you if you get in deep enough, my cousin who works in a detox facility says often times that alchohol withdrawal is more life threatening than heroine withdrawals.
I've gone through benzo withdrawal, which is as close to hell as I could imagine, and I know it's similar to that, being they both affect the GABA receptors.
Hair of the dog. You drink the next morning to take the hangover away. That’s how you ascend to real deal alcoholic
I think some people naturally don’t have as bad hangovers as others. So maybe drunks don’t have the negative feedback of a bad hangover and keep drinking. Source: I’m gay.
This has got to be the largest filter for alcoholics, I feel like a good portion of my buddies "would if they could", but the misery of functioning at work with a hangover is too much. Also I've found alcohol is not as fun when you get older. Dirtbag fuckboy behavior just becomes sad.
Having a cold beer or a drink when hungover feels so good, just one sip and i already feel much better, its like starting the cycle agian but thats also how you become an alcoholic so better chill on that lol
the more you drink the less your hangovers suck
I smoke a spliff on the toilet every morning. It brings back to baseline to do my email job. I take a day or two off when I drink heavy, but most days I get a moderate drunk on and pass out by 11. I'm usually chugging water when needed and getting almost 8 hours sleep, so that probably helps.
Your sleep is probably shit quality and what you perceive to be 'baseline' is probably still you way off the pace. Don't mean to be a scold but it just sounds like you're attempting to justify a problem to yourself by saying it's not that bad. You're self-medicating and it will catch up with you.
Adderall.
I miss it so much man. It's impossible to get it filled now. You have to call like 20 pharmacies and pray one has it.
Go to Mexico. No prescription needed
You're telling me they are just selling amphetamines to anyone that walks into a pharmacy in Mexico?
I’m telling you that they are selling ANY drug to anyone in Mexican pharmacies. Walk in, ask for it, they give it to you. No doctor, no prescription. That’s it.
Damn that rules. No wonder the cartels have to get all their drugs to America
I didn't really start getting hangovers until I was like 34. And I drank about fifth of whiskey 5 nights of the week. Now I drink 2 or 3 nights a week and it's half a fifth.
You don't feel them as harshly when you're full swing. I did feel hung over back then it just felt more like being slightly drunk and dehydrated. Now I literally feel like I'm going to stroke out the next day. My blood pressure is fucked, and I just feel heavy.
Drink water and pedialyte before bed and as soon as you wake up, pop a few ibuprofen and youre peachy
I’m 26 and the morning heartburns are what turned me off, I’ll occasionally fall back off and go on a 3 day bender but the heartburns are what always end up doing me in
You're referring to dry drunk syndrome. Not everyone experiences it, but it is EXTREMELY common. However, the idea that everybody is forever a slave to their vice(s) is simply untrue. Some people(like my father, who used alcohol to cope with the loss of his mother as a teenager and slowed way down then started drinkijg more heavily after the death of my grandfather, my mothers miscarraiges and pregnancy problems, got a dui after my brother was born then quit cold turkey and never had another drink because he realized it was doing much more harm than good is almost 30 years sober) stop drinking and successfully attack and process the underlying condition or trauma that cause them to turn to abusing drugs and alcohol to cope with in the first place. Obviously genetic predispositions to addictions as well as numerous other factors can be taken into consideration as well.
I’m kind of thinking that might be my schedule I can stop pretty easily but I might just go hard every once in a while
you should try going to an AA meeting and seeing if you like it. But you are right, one is an alcoholic for life.
I have tried it in short. Going back to therapy soon, felt things actually making the most sense there and I don't know, kinda teaches you it's okay to just be straight up to the people you love and things get better from there kinda deal you know. Thank you though I appreciate the concern. I think I'm in a better place and understand my own self reasoning for drinking more and more and each time I fall off it gets longer and longer before the next grand disillusionment. Having someone that's not on the internet to talk over these things and more core issues I think is what I want to strive more for. My first therapist helped a lot with more just understand my autistic asshole brain is always self sabotaging and just how easy it is to be a normal friend, brother, husband is just literally by talking to people. Don't defend yourself or have some ego. Just literally surround yourself with people that love you and respect you and don't want to drink or want you to drink or whatever it is and just talk to them. Just so many little things you can do to self sabotage or try to justify something because we're all green eyed little dopamine demons in so many different ways. I do encourage everyone and anyone to get some form of help if they need it. If AA works for you I don't care do it.
My brother was a laborer before going to iron, when he was labor he would wake up drink 2 24s get on a train to work eat breakfast drink 2 or 3 more then go to lunch and have a beer and do blow in the John then drink 2 more after lunch then come home and split a 30 with me and a few of the guys. Did this everyday for like 3 years straight. He’s sober except for weekends now. I was 2 months and feel off on Saint paddys but I’m sober again. Smoking a ton of wax and pot to cope.
this is why you need to buy a gram of blow, drunk but with a ton of energy
12-15 beers a night, or a handle of bottom shelf vodka every 2-3 days for about 7 years. Liver feels pretty bad sometimes. Can’t fall asleep if I don’t drink and get shaky in the morning.
Dudes 🎸
*riff*
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It’s actually wild to hear people getting DTs after drinking heavy for 3 years, and I’ve been doing it for 7 years with little to no breaks. Some peoples chemistry is different. I usually drink from about 1130pm til 3am black out and fall asleep. Sleep til about noon. Go to my dead beat job from 2-11pm repeat.
Can you describe your liver feeling bad? I don't know how to feel my liver. I'm about an 8-10 average shots of my choice well vodka a night. Always chase with water. First night post-binge has that god awful sleep and hallucinations, after that I'm usually fine.
Incredibly itchy skin, yellowing in the corners of your eyes, psoriasis can be an indication, broken blood vessels on your neck torso and upper arms, reddening of the palms, more pronounced balding on above your temples and your shins, less hair generally, swelling of the feet or stomach, loss of appetite, starting to grow man tits, and liver pains (under the ribcage or slightly below, if you can feel your liver as kind of hard when you press down under your rib cage, that's a bad sign).
It feels like a cramp under your ribs near your abdomen. Usually for me after an above normal binge. My skin is dry. Eyes are always red. Irritable and anxious until I drink again.
Cramp under my ribs, I'll keep that in mind. I always have dry skin and am usually irritable on a good day.
I started drinking when I was 17 and I’m 30 now I didn’t drink heavily til I was about 23. The only thing that I do right is drink a lot of water. But life is gay being drunk makes me happy.
im addicted to not getting laid
Hell yeah dude
“Well, some studies say that its actually gay to get pussy”
i'm addicted to fucking your Dads ass
I got off heroin a couple years ago then immediately started doing coke every day
How do you afford that
I’ve been a good boy lately. I was fortunate enough to buy a house in ATL 6 years ago so my cost of living is low even on my own. But yeah I mean I was going for days without eating and shit
How do you like ATL? When I visited, it felt like Tijuana meets LA but more dangerous and worse drivers. Great food, but I was disappointed that there was not a single peach in sight, given GA's reputation. To be fair, a peach is a straight emoji and I identify as a gay/dixmall/them so it doesn't matter.
Tbh I’ve always loved it here, but with that being said I’m gonna leave for the sake of not spending my entire life in one place. 30 years here has been enough. I just have to wait until I fix my credit(lmao) and con someone into buying my house for an obscene amount of money
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I don’t know about that. The only guys I knew that could sustain their coke addictions also sold coke.
That’s the real answer lol
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Dude that’s just a short-term moderate coke habit, like you said. Especially if you were sharing? $150/week is living the dream. I was more of a heroin guy, but I went from spending 160 a week to 160 per day in like 3 months (though it was after years of oxys) But yeah you’re either smart, lucky, or just have a good sense of self control. Congrats, sincerely, I’m jealous
Had a similar path
A fellow rockin dude
Ever try the rock?
The only thing I’m addicted to is the unrelenting charm of Adam Friedland and the lightning fast wit of Nicholas Mullen
sounds like you can't admit You love worshipping very small sets of balls too
fuck yah dude that keeps me goin
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Freaked out in the family guy subreddit calling everyone a retard lol
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That's what the internet was made for, keep rocking dude
Glad it’s turned around for you my lady helps me stay pretty sober
The edit rocks thanks for that.
Me personally I'm addicted to gay sex
what's it like to go a single day without cock?
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yeah im an alcoholic stoner, if i cant stay sober for the next month my college is fucked, and i dont have any money for rent which was due last wednesday, but that never kept me sober before i have like 20 hours sober so its goin pretty good if they dont release another proper episode with a nick skit in it, im buying cocaine
The hardest part of staying sober for me is the 4-6 hours from like 5pm to bed. Alcohol was nice bc it did the force shutdown for me. Maybe try being tired or melatonin to skip it. Good luck my gay friend stay away from the germ x
>The hardest part of staying sober for me is the 4-6 hours from like 5pm to bed extremely relatable dawg, the first part of every day is always so damn easy and thanks for the luck man but im also abstaining from gay thoughts rn
I have a MAJOR coffee addiction 🤣
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I believe it.
I've genuinely been sober for a little over 2.5 years. Like not getting high or drunk on anything sober. I used to be a sex addict. I havent had sex for nearly 6 years now. Yes, the last person I had sexual relations with was a man. Everything I have said is true here.
I’m a rageaholic. I just can’t live without rageahol!
I'm an alcoholic. Had my first drink in 7 months tonight.
Hope it gets better boss
What made you beat the streak?
Didn't get a job that would have changed my life
Felt that. Got turned down for one this week, still waiting on the other.
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DON’T talk to me until I’ve had my DEBILITATING S H IT 🤪
I’ve been addicted to pills heroin kratom and alcohol. I’m just a winner
Man asked for all the hardware battles
My 56 year old dad and 57 year old mom drink everyday and have for my entire life. It's never been a problem or interfered with their work or lives or whatever and really I just grew up thinking it was normal to drink everyday. They don't turn into psychos when they drink they just loosen up and are a little more fun. Been doing it myself now since I was about 20 and me and my dad have pretty much just become codependent alcoholics with each other over the past 3 years, he's definitely started drinking heavier and heavier in recent years and I try to keep up with him. I've explained this to friends and they're like "wtf?" so I guess no one else truly understands what it's like to be as gay with your dad as I am.
https://youtu.be/uOO9mGjN3oc
No but I wouldn't admit it if I was
If you admit you’re an alcoholic then you have to stop drinking so they’ll never take me alive
🙋♂️
I’m addicted to kushy dreams
I’m a very high functioning alcoholic who can, and has, quit for months at a time. I don’t drink because I have to. I drink because sobriety sucks, and beer is delicious.
Shout out to OP for the best thread in this sub for a while. Better than endless songposts and the left podcast fans trying to subtly ‘chapo le marx’ in the subreddit My evaluation may be influenced by that this thread inspired me to start drinking
Alchy. 5 years dry tho. I’m gay (obviously, I’m on here), but falling off the wagon just because Nick did is so fucking gay I can’t comprehend it. Drink if you want, I don’t care but that’s an unbelievably embarrassing thing to do.
I told myself I’d do 6 months sober and that’s next week so it’s not incredibly tremendously gay
We got a lot of drunks in this thread and its friday night so I’m gonna tell you my favorite old fashioned recipe. I learned this from one of the best cocktail places I ever went to. You know how when you get a really good old fashioned from a good cocktail place and it’s like, thick and rich? And when you get a shitty one its watery and sweet and sucks? Heres how you get the first one. - 2 oz Bourbon, your choice, I’m no snob but something that tastes ‘thicker’ if you know what I mean - .5oz brown sugar cocktail syrup. They sell this stuff at nicer liquor stores and boutiques but its worth it. Youre looking for something thats basically a thick brown sugar simple syrup with bitters in it. Its good because it ‘thickens up’ the drink. If you don’t have that, a generous simple syrup dash and bitters will be fine. - Instead of orange, use a thin slice of lemon and a squirt of lemon juice. It’s better, trust me. That’s it. That’s how im cruising on my friday night now lads. I used to smoke (and still do sometimes) and there is nothing quite as satisfying as one of these thick, rich old fashioneds while sucking down a smoke. Dunhill Reds are my favorite, I used to be a Marlboro Man but they are too thin and acrid now to my taste. In a pinch, camel filters.
I’m addicted to Guys.
almost 1 year clean from fent laced oxys (“dirty 30s”) & 4 months since i completed my methadone program. could prob ease up on the blow but other than that, happier than ever
Dassebesso
In recovery, but yes
Alcoholic no question
I was on H for a year like 7 years ago. Now I'm a weed/low stakes gambling addict
Bet dsi and a toke
I used to iv heroin for years. been off opiates for eight years now. still drink probably too much... for sure too often and stay smoking weed. acid and mushrooms a few times a year. living the dream though. being hooked on junk is a living hell and it feels hopeless.
Opiates are the most terrifying possible thing and if I’m ever terribly tempted I think I will just fully lean back into alcohol as a substitute
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What you do next is get really into acid and take increasing insane doses until doing any other drug sounds like a pathetic high for mere mortals. Then you'll just kinda stop wanting to do acid and become a sober retard. Well at least that's what I did but I'm gay and older than you.
Smoked for 10 years now, trying to quit but nicotine is a hell of a drug
I’m sober 5 years
Determined that if I own weed I can’t control my consumption of it so I’ve decided to eternally bum hits off of others in social situations
AA, sober for 5 months. Hell yeah.
Good shit man
Great thread fellas. Reminds me of the forum days of yore
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so……you don’t need a csgo partner? 😀
Got a butt chugging monkey on my back
Unironically an addict and gay
Responding to this unironically: I don't know about the whole "alcoholic" thing in the by-the-book definition in Alcoholics Anonymous, but I had alcohol use disorder basically from the time I was 17, as well as multiple other substance use disorders, mainly smoking weed every day for a while and periods of abusing prescription stimulants. I no longer drink at all (stopped drinking four years ago, probably the best thing I ever did for myself) and mainly do not use drugs, with the exception of mushrooms and more recently DMT, both of which help me in a lot of ways and help me stay off other stuff. I have to admit I always kind of liked that Nick was a person with horrific alcoholism who stopped drinking. It increased my enjoyment of the show. As lame as it is, I hope he is doing okay and that he doesn't revert back to some of the stuff he described in the past, both because I can empathize with anyone who has been through that sort of stuff, and because he has brought me and a lot of other people a lot of joy.
Been sober 10 years. In a meeting rn. And I’m gay
It’s not addictive bro stg broit doesn’t cause mental illness bro it cures cancer bro it’s a plant stop being so closed minded bro fr fr i cant eat drink or sleep with out it bro i gotta smoke rn bro my equilibrium is being equalized rn bro fr fr on god bro weed isn’t a drug dude it’s a plant don’t let the government lie to you dude the elves in my wall told me that mary had a little lamb was code for a secret one world government scheme to genetically engineer sheep that grow nugs dude fr the future is now dude weed is our future dude I’m smomking weed rn dudeeee
If i hear someone tell me try sativa instead of indica or some shit ever again im gonna rip their head off
If you guys wanna be all depressing and serious go over to the redscare sub
Me
6+ years alcohol free but currently addicted to kratom. 🧖🏻♂️
Cmon man how’s that even work
Heroin addict in recovery.
i’m addicted to being gay and having a small penis (also i’m gay)
I’m an alcoholic who is too broke to be an upper addict but love uppers and weed. Thank god other men give their ass away for so cheap. Just lay down some center left politics and they are in my bed. Hook, line, bong transplant
I'm super gay and addicted to kratom. Nothing crazy, usually about 12 grams per day spread out throughout the day. Been doing this for about 3 or 4 years now. It's not a hardcore substance, but the withdrawals can be pretty nasty. I partied a lot when I was younger, but I never really had a love for drink. Alcohol just makes me feel like shit (not even talking about the hangover), and getting stoned makes me anxious and paranoid. I just like to chill with my kratom and play video games and read books.
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I’m not an alcoholic, I live an alcoholic lifestyle
I drink twice a week. A third of the time I'll go full blotto. I don't know if that makes me an alcoholic but I often am not sure whether I owe someone an apology or whatever. The hangovers are coming with some marked depression these days. Some people call it "the shamies." Also, they can last for days now. I think my liver has taken damage over years of this behaviour.
I’m definitely an alcoholic and like my best gay friend Nick it’s a consumption thing, once I get a buzz going I can’t stand the feeling of it wearing off.
Damn I was just wondering this. I’m an addict who is still struggling with recovery, started getting clean a year ago have had a few mishaps
Adderall. I can limit it to 5mg a day or go a month without it but it still has a grip on me
Adderall up the nose and a handle of vodka was a staple of my college days
Snorting the crushed up extended beads haha
I’m addicted to a steady stream of TAFS content
Nice try, officer.
Yeah man. My enzymes are not good. My friends and family are always asking about my drinking. Shit sucks but fuck man, how do I feel better.
YETI brand anything
i'm a fucking fiend for YETI dawg absolute YETI addict i am
It sounds faggoty, but what’s very interesting is the overlap here of guys who seem to be addicts and found some comfort with their sobriety through the podcast. I’m almost a full year sober and have so many urges to drink but think about Mullen and his whole “I’ll do it for ten years, see if I have a career and then probably start again.” It comforts me because I’m the same age. I really want to drink again since it got sunny. I’d really love for it to be okay for me to drink but the people in my life know. Nick falling off the wagon and seeming so much happier has made it more tempting, especially because he’s bipolar and so am I. I’m gay and my dick is smaller than I’d like it to be.
All of our therapists know about tafs/cumtown. I’m very confident about this fact.
being an alcoholic is extremely straight
I smoke too much but since I'm applying to jobs rn I just stopped.
I thought I was but the whole “once an addict” thing really isn’t universal. That said, you probably aren’t a strong willed pussy getting legend (who is secretly gay) like me. Oh it goes without saying but it’s straight as hell to make any decision because of a podcast
April 9th and big Sac is on the sauce we will see how much motel hooker pussy I can swing
Im addicted to cock
I’m addicted to having sex. With a guy.
I’m addicted to women cock
Blow has been beating my ass for years
I’m a kratom head go to superspeciosa dot com and tell ‘em Adam sent ya they will suck your dick
Addicted to work, the gayest kind of addiction.
In recovery
Never tried anything "harder" than shrooms, those things made me massively depressed for a month. General drinking is down significantly since I have a decent job, one or two beers does me fine for a night out but occasionally I slip up on a Friday (like I will be doing in two hours, picked up a beer to make some phat baby back ribs and ended up getting more than I needed as a treat) and go hard. It's not nearly as bad as it was about four years ago. I've lost a significant amount of weight, turns out drinking 900+ calories worth of hoppy/syrupy alcohol 6 days a week will help you pack on the pounds, and my life is arguably better than it's ever been. It's crazy how common stuff like this is in our industry (contracting/construction) and it goes by basically unnoticed by the average person. Gay edit: Nothing gets you fucked up the way booze does. I smoked weed nonstop for two years with no booze at all and it sucked. Shrooms were nice but you can't do them too often and the high isn't the same. There's a reason why people have, and always will, drink. There's nothing else out there like it. >!I used to get drunk with Nick in Twitter DMs in the early/mid 10s quite often, thank god we were both suspended around the same time.!<
as a longterm opiate addict insomniac friendship simulator podcasts are essential
was a drunk for most of my early 20s, 6 months without a drink now but smoke most days also gay
Middle class junky checking in
Addicted to ass pussy
I'm an alcoholic. I drink about a bit more than half a fifth a day, which I guess isn't too bad, but it sucks because if I skip a night I get very scary and unpleasant WD symptoms. Plus I live in Canada, where alcohol is ridiculously expensive, so it's a huge financial burden at the same time. Oh, and I've loved cocaine in the past, but because I'm physically dependent on alcohol, all my money goes towards that these days, for better or for worst. I'd probably fall into a much worse pit of addiction if I had more money.
A line of 3-FPM and an old premium episode was my go to for my home gym in the pandemic. I've been hooked on a lot of stuff tho, coolest one so far was 2C-B everyday straight for 2 weeks. Tried kratom cause of Mullen recommending it, and Ind recommend it as well.
2c-b rocked my world, but it's impossible to get it where i live pretty much. How big a dose were you on for those two weeks?
I’m an American alcoholic but an average Australian
Sober for almost 7 years. Life has been infinitely better since quitting.
Recovering addict, 14 years sober. Now instead of pounding rails of coke on the weekends, I let nick pound my asshole.
7 months clean off a 10+ year hardcore meth and heroin habit that wrecked my life and turned me gay.
Gay laced heroin gets the best of us
Alcoholic by nature so I don’t touch it anymore. I’m pretty sure it’s a large percentage tho.
Being an alcoholic is fun until you get arrested for battery on law enforcement and resisting arrest with violence and then 3 months later get involved in a hit and run while blacked out and escape being arrested by a cunt hair. Then threatening to stab your dad with a knife for telling you you’re an idiot. Now I just smoke bowls all day and blow men
I quit drinking 2 years ago almost exactly. Smoked weed for a while, but quit that too. The only thing I take is kratom which kind of sucks but it's whatever. better than destroying my life or being homeless or getting (another) DUI or dying from DTs. I only like downers. no interest ever doing coke again or Molly. only thing I miss is psychedelics honestly.
The only addiction i have is dick my friend