Well let me clue you in I have tried about every way in the book to quit drinking.Here are a couple ways to try. One way is to just quit cold turkey by this I mean tough it out with nothing. It will take a couple days to get the alcohol out of your system. Do not drink no matter what.
If you start having urges to drink put yourself on an hourly basis from refraining to drink. If an hour seems to long cut it down to five minutes and tell yourself you will not drink for five minutes.
If you live alone perhaps you could go stay at a friends or relatives while you are detoxing. You are less likely to drink with them knowing that your goal is to quit drinking. I have tried both of these methods; however, it only worked for a short time and I was drinking again.
If you are experiencing problems while detoxing meaning alcohol withdrawals like the D T’s shakes, tremors, and cold sweats. Here is what I have done in the past and you can too I went to my family Physician and told him of my plans to quit drinking and that I was having a hard time and told him my symptoms and he prescribed Librium to help me through my withdrawal.
If you get too sick go to the E R I have done this on occasion and they should fix you up with a scripts for Librium or xanax for your withdrawals to help calm you down.
Once you get through the ruff stuff it’s time to get out of the house. I would strongly recommend going to an AA or NA meeting right off the bat don’t play around or you will be going through the same shit again. Check this out you only have to go through this nightmare once.
How to stop drinking
I would also recommend getting some type of alcohol or addiction therapy.I can not say this strongly enough you must take action. This may seem kind of harsh but you are one responsible for the shape you were in and basically you are going to play a huge role in getting yourself out. I will take a while but you will feel better.
After you get comfortable with your meetings start looking for a sponsor to help guide you in your recovery. Remember we all need help and have learned from experience that to try quit drinking alone does not work. I can tell you something that may save your life and that is you do not have to use for 30 plus years like I did now is the time to learn how to stop drinking.
If you continue to use you will indeed without a doubt end up in the Big House the Bug House or the Pine Box. Mark my words one of them will happen or perhaps all three.
So heed the word. If you use again please keep coming back it works if you work it but you gotta work it everyday. In addition I would like to add that you may want to consider addiction treatment.
Speaking of coming back I came back so many times I thought they were going to nick name me relapse. I would get clean for a week or two and would use again. I did this time after time it took me many years to put together any clean time worth mentioning it does not have to be that way for you!
My name is Art. I help people to recover.
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Thanks for your observation and Great comment I agree with you 100%.
Art
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