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Addiction doesn't kill quick. Addiction kills slowly, eating away at every part of someone that makes them who they are and hollows them out. I watched my dad slowly waste away as alcohol destroyed his liver, causing a cascade of failure to other organs. The first domino was the liver, the second his kidneys, before long everything was shutting down.

He was an addict for a long time, but with a spin that is all too familiar now, the addiction was spurred on through the care of a pain physician. Alcohol, combined with pain pills, I saw him become less and less of who he was when I was younger. The prescription legitimized the addiction and made it all the more difficult to break through to him before it was too late.

I was a heavy drinker for about 4 years and it was my go-to to resolve issues with any and all emotions. Happiness, stress, and sadness were all paired with a drink, or two, or six. I passed the 50 day sobriety mark a couple days ago and my quality of life, clarity, and happiness has dramatically improved. This is my second attempt at quitting drinking, the first one I relapsed because I thought I could keep it under control.

I'm still battling post-acute withdrawal syndrome but it does get easier every day. I found the subreddit r/stopdrinking to be a great resource to know that my mood swings, irritability, cravings for sweets, and dreams of drinking were all normal and part of the recovery process. It was also encouraging to see the stoies of success as well as to recognize the things that led to the relapse in others. The next step for me is to build a support network through AA or SMART.
#2
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congrats on 50 days sober!
#3
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Go to AA if you aren't. It's lame but its free and its a good support system.
#4
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I'm coming up on 8 years sober as I'm sure I've posted a million times.
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Having a support network really is crucial. AA is laden with a lot of bad ideological window dressing in most communities but the core principle of acknowledging your own fallibility and learning that it's ok, and necessary, to reach out to others for support is solid. I've seen too many people struggle because they turned up their nose at the support available to them, when looking for a recovery community one should try to look past political and aesthetic irritants and have the humility to recognize that even when you disagree on a lot of things people can still be supportive and provide experience and knowledge that you lack.
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congrats pogfan and Keven. I wish every poster can find the right combination and permutation of chemical inputs that makes them happy
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Do you think pogchamp relapsed and died or do you think he went to AA and doesn't have time to post now that he's pouring coffee and passively aggressively standing too close to people when they pass the money basket
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anyone who doesn't have time for the rHizzle can go to hell
#9
UNUSUALY COOL
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I think when I'm working on stuff in my life it can help to put other parts of it down for a while all the best to poggers.
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Hell this is just tough love... I respect bogman69s choice to hang out with 70 year old men who say stuff like "that's all just piss in a bucket" in response to anything you say to them.
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i'm having trouble finding a marxist-leninist anything and i'm wondering if i should start a labour aristocrats anonymous group
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heavy desperate needs, man. we need to express ourselves, our feelings, find our resources, recognize needs, and feel our oats in the social fabric that exists now. good luck to ya

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probably busy preparing for pog-con
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karphead posted:

i'm having trouble finding a marxist-leninist anything and i'm wondering if i should start a labour aristocrats anonymous group



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sometimes my guy is all like on my fucken nuts on some paranoid shiiiiii, and i just wana get high and all iah ve is theis WALL