Proof that alcohol is harmful

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I am not sure that I realized what was happening when it did. I spent the better part of 2 full years, drunk. Yes. Everyday, all day sometimes. No work, nothing getting done, except drinking... I am trying to clean up, and while I just can't quit cold turkey have weened myself down to less than a 6 pack per day. This is down from 15-20 beers a day. In the past 2 years, I went from 160 lbs to 255 lbs. I lost friends, and have family that doesn't look at me the same. There is a bigger, more permanent side effect that I didn't count on.

I lost my brain.

I came back here, and logged in, and checked on some of my previous posts. Some of my earlier posts were very thoughtful, and I honestly could not believe that I wrote them. I can't do it anymore. I just wanted to say this to anyone who thinks that drinking isn't that harmful.

I probably have liver disease, I know I have brain damage, and I am extremely overweight and out of shape. For anyone who is drinking daily, even if not as heavily I was, please step back and look at what you are doing.

You could loose more than you bargained for.

It's not worth it. Find a new addiction, be it chewing bubble gum, sucking on lollipops, reading, or even masterbation. Just don't mess with alcohol.

Thanks

Thanks for posting this.And welcome back.

You still sound pretty intelligent and thoughtful to me.Don't be so down on yourself, you might've gone through a rough patch, but you can still yourself back on track.

I SO know what your talking about! And thanks for the post today, I am in need of it. It isn't that your brain is gone, it's just on vacation, which is what drinking is all about! Get off the booze and you will realize how much is still there. OFF completely is a challenge, but only then will you realize how much even a few a day is effecting you. I tried the cut down thing, and it didn't work for me. If your alcoholic, then even if you don't "join" AA, they have some awesome tools! LOL, like, only a true alky understands how hard one day with out a drink is...hence the one day at a time philosophy. (Often living minute by minute!!!) This and this especially helped me out.No, I am not on the water wagon right now, but I fully intend to get back there, but both those places were very helpful in getting me there the first time. Best of luck to you, it's a tough road to drink all the time, and it is a tough road to sober up, but once you are sober for a minute, you will realize how stupid it is to drink! (At least for us!)

Originally Posted By: RadI have a friend who did that with straight vodka and, seriously, he hardly had any brain cells left!He's sober now and I still try to talk to him, but he makes little or no sense and repeats everything!He is a dry drunk. The best is to stop. Stop, now! Usually, if a person can sober up early in the drinking career, all that is affected is short term memory, and that is temporary.LOL, last year, when I quit drinking, I remember getting in the shower, and forgetting to rinse my naughty bits. I was laughing SO hard after I got out and had to get back in. But that "forgetfulness" did go away after a couple of weeks.

this post makes me happy to of quit. goto AA meetings, they help ALOT even with my smoking it helps... at my worst i was drinking a bottle of hennessy a day (the 23.99 bottle) and a middle sized bottle of grey goose vodka. lets not forget that i was smoking at my worst 4 packs a day, of new ports.

im sorry to hear about your addiction, but seriously consider AA meetings.

something that helps with alcohol addiction is watering it down, you open a beer, pour half of it inna cup, and half water. stir and drink... you'll cut dwn to maybe 3-4 beers, and as you continue to quit, pour more water, and less beer.

that worked with me and hennessy, but i exchanged water for juice.

good luck buddy and u can msg me whenever you need any advice or help with your drinking. ill always reply.

much love -kid.

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Originally Posted By: ohnonotagain

I am not sure that I realized what was happening when it did. I spent the better part of 2 full years, drunk. Yes. Everyday, all day sometimes. No work, nothing getting done, except drinking... I am trying to clean up, and while I just can't quit cold turkey have weened myself down to less than a 6 pack per day. This is down from 15-20 beers a day. In the past 2 years, I went from 160 lbs to 255 lbs. I lost friends, and have family that doesn't look at me the same. There is a bigger, more permanent side effect that I didn't count on.

I lost my brain.

I came back here, and logged in, and checked on some of my previous posts. Some of my earlier posts were very thoughtful, and I honestly could not believe that I wrote them. I can't do it anymore. I just wanted to say this to anyone who thinks that drinking isn't that harmful.

I probably have liver disease, I know I have brain damage, and I am extremely overweight and out of shape. For anyone who is drinking daily, even if not as heavily I was, please step back and look at what you are doing.

You could loose more than you bargained for.

It's not worth it. Find a new addiction, be it chewing bubble gum, sucking on lollipops, reading, or even masterbation. Just don't mess with alcohol.

Thanks
Thank you for sharing so openly and honestly. I think it can help others who are in your situation. I am not an expert on the subject but I think if one stops drinking, over a certain period of time they regain most of their brain function. Also, there are many people who go a lot longer than 2 years. If you stop now, you can likely get out without much damage.

I agree with you, more importantly alcohol is harmful to environment also.