Do you have something you can substitute it with? I found drinking more decaf tea helped with cutting down on daily routine drinking.
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Might be drinking more iced tea as a result. As long as I can not have a first drink I think Iāll be fine. Itās easy, especially after the first drink, to be a little heavy-handed on that second pourā¦ and often a third. Itās not good, I know, which is why Iām here.
Just spoke with my partner and theyāre with me.
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One is too many, six is too few.
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You might consider working on a longer time frame goal. It sounds like youāre trying to change a habit, and all of the material Iāve seen about habits suggest using a 6-week time frame; especially when trying to change a ābadā habit.
And this.
You can do it! I believe in you.
Itāll take ~4 weeks to feel the full pleasure of stopping drinking, but there will be ups and downs along the way.
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Thanks @Vorian_Atreides @Bro @John.S.Mill. Considering a longer timeframe now.
Glad to see the gut commonly gets better after 4 weeks, I think thatās really been exacerbating my colitis.
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Good luck Rastiln
This thread has inspired me. I wonāt say Iām quitting because no one likes a quitter but Iām trying to take an extended break, maybe like Iāve taken a 30 year break from cigarettes.
Made it 2 weeks in early January then my MIL B-day we had a bottle of wine so next day Iām like āIāll just have a beer with dinnerā¦that turned into 3 watching footballā but since then another 2 weeks.
Iāve switched to high end tonics, sodas and herbal tea in the evenings. Gives be something to drink thatās not beer or wine. Fever tree has a few tonics, I personally like the Lime Yuzu one we found at a local grocery, and Cock & Bull makes some nice Ginger Ales/Beers, the cherry one is quite nice.
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I am liking a lot of the suggestions in the thread on cutting back as well. Herbal tea has been a nice replacement where I can still have a drink in the evening, but have something else to have after that, rather than just more alcohol as the default. Iāll have to look into a āhigh end tonicā and other ideas YT has suggested.
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does this thread have to be just about quitting drinking? Iāve got a [not drinking] problem that I have felt for years needs to end. I did about 45 days āsoberā last fall and want to renew that again. Can I use this for accountability and community, or would a different thread (or private group) be better?
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Iām on a weed and benzo journey. And alcohol too, but I have the occasional glass of wine when I go to fancy restaurants
/r/nofap?
Iād suggest to start your ātimingā after the āgut gets betterā. That is, get better first, then focus on the habit training.
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Easy enough to change the thread title (doesnāt require a mod); and tags can be used to help in a search for particular threads (Iāve added a quit-drinking tag to this thread).
I think there is value in threads that are dedicated as well as general support thread.
@LuckyHat started this thread, Iāll let him make a final call on whether to keep this focused on alcohol; but @Bro, feel free to start a general support thread.
We keep a large glass dispenser with a spout at the bottom of iced tea in the fridge. Super convenient to just pour it out, it probably holds like 2 gallons as well so we only make it ~1x/week. You could do it decaf for the evenings.
I have been enjoying the variety of hot teas recently, but I suspect my view on that will change once summer rolls around.
I think it can be about quitting anything that can be addictive in nature.
So, it could be about stopping eating sugar if you struggle to control the amount you consume.
But I donāt think it would fit to say talk about stopping eating meat.
It takes the brain about 90 days to adjust to changes in drug use and get to a new baseline.
Stopping for two weeks is good and you should try it if youāre concerned. You may not have fully rebalanced at two weeks so may still feel like youāre missing something, or you may not, these things are very individual.
It is also possible to have other threads dedicated to quitting other things. OP named it. Think weād do well to keep the channel clear for that topic.
@Snikelfritz I think Iām committing to a longer timeframe.
Starting day 2 today.
Sleep: Possibly better? I took a sleeping pill in case I would have trouble falling asleep.
Mood: Seems the same.
Cravings: A few times, as a habit. Wasnāt feeling desperate for it. Smoked some marijuana instead and treated myself to a small helping of sweets (still fewer calories than the alcohol).
(and by smoked = like 2 draws off a small pipe, wasnāt getting messed up)