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Re: Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

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Post by throwaway2037 »

pfortuny wrote: post #130

Sometimes you just need to impose your point of view. It will feel wrong the first time but thence, people will let you do as you please. Just try. If they do not accept you, they are not worth the company. "No, I am not drinking any more tonight. Really, no. I am leaving, because I want to feel OK tomorrow." Sad, angry faces, whatever. If they do not respect you, they are not worth it.

Re: "not worth the company": I like this comment. Yes, depending upon your culture and social group, peer pressure is brutally hard to resist.

Re: Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

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Post by Quequau »

I quit drinking after more than 25 years of problematic drinking by taking naltrexone just before drinking for 3-4 weeks. Given my prior experience with alcohol and trying to quit, it was the easiest thing I've ever done.

I urge people who have a problem with drinking and wish to quit, who for whatever reason do not feel that 12 step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous are right for them to find a doctor who is willing and able to prescribe naltrexone and have a serious discussion with them. Had I had access to it and known it was effective as it is I probably would have been able to stop drinking 20 years sooner than I did.

Re: Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

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Post by amval »

7speter wrote: post #116
SkyPuncher wrote: post #59

I've cut back by switching to non-alcohol beer. I've found that I enjoy the taste of beer, but I don't enjoy how shitty alcohol makes me feel. NA beer tends to solve that for me. Lots of good options coming out. * Just the Hazy by Sam Adams is top tier. * Athletic brewing is solely NA beer - lots of different varieties. * Heineken 0.0 is great * O'Douls amber is surprisingly passable as well I suspect the options wil…

Its a bit absurd that heineken sells their 0.0 beer for just as much as their regular beer. Also, you seem to have quite the selection of na beers near you :)

Well, it's not necessarily cheaper to produce (either by carefully controlling the alcohol production or doing some sort of "dialysis"). It's true they should be cheaper once you think of taxes, but probably the don't want to cannibalize their alcohol sales by outcompeting themselves in price.

Re: Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

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Post by petesergeant »

I feel like the advice here is a little weirdly targeted given:

> I don’t buy it for weeks at a time, then cave and have a 12 pack in a weekend and feel like garbage most of the time.

Doesn't sound like you're at all dependent on alcohol, you just need something to get you over the "well, why not?" urge. Make a bet with a friend and agree you'll donate a meaningful/painful amount of money to a cause you absolutely hate if you drink.

Re: Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

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Post by geek_at »

vulture916 wrote: post #127

From your description, it doesn't sound like you're all that bad. It isn't wrong to enjoy having an occasional drink. It's important to recognize and embrace the feelings you described after drinking. Moreover, the fact you've made this post and describe yourself as wanting to stop, I think that's a huge part of the battle. It sounds like the most crucial thing for you would be to identify what it is that makes you c…

> it doesn't sound like you're all that bad

Disagree it sounds like somewhere in the beginning to the middle of a real problem. Alcohol cravings are definiteley a sign of a problem if you can't just swap it in your mind for any other (non alcoholic) drink you like and not feel like "nope, not the same"

Remember: Alcohol is a cell poison and there is no healthy amount to consume

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