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Alcohol support
4 days without alchol.
Alexpavlov000 · 14/10/2021 21:48
I mention here before that i drank about 50 unit a week and few weeks i drank 80 units. Now i am sober 4 days i dont gonna lie its feels like hell i didnt had vomoting or fever. But i feel very strange like my brain in realy heavy. So i want to go with my friend to party can i drink again? I didnt want to quit forever. I wanted to down the untis i drank to 30-35 unit per week for the begning. You think i can? I think if i could stay with 30 units peer week its will be very good for me. I didnt remember when i drank 30 units.thanks for the help.
Yummypumpkin · 14/10/2021 21:54
Well done on 4 days sober. Its not really a very long time to change a habit. If you have some drinks, you'll probably want more. Then before you know it you'll be back on 80. A month is normally the minimum time people try to go sober four. Your liver and brain definitely won't have healed in four days. Could you maybe think about trying for a month?
Taswama · 14/10/2021 21:56
Well done on four days without booze. Why not try and make it five? Take each day at a time, you are doing really well.
Alexpavlov000 · 14/10/2021 22:02
I didnt want to quit. I just wanted to go down to 30 units. I think its fine. But again i drank 50 unit regulary the 80 units was only for 2 weeks. Thats it. Because now its weekend in my country and i want make a rule for me to drink only in weekends so it will be 30 units. I will try if i will feel again addiction so i will try to quit for month or go to treatment.
Yummypumpkin · 14/10/2021 22:05
Its weekend in every country i think! Good luck with it all.
Taswama · 14/10/2021 22:06
50 units is still too much though. If you can stop drinking for a month your body will have a chance to recover.
pastabest · 14/10/2021 22:06
Take the pressure off yourself completely and just decide that you aren't going to drink until the end of October.
Once you taken away permission from yourself that you are able to have the choice to drink or not drink every day it's much easier to stick to it.
You are still planning your days around alcohol and if you might drink or not. You are still counting the days since you haven't had a drink rather than the days since you last remembered that you used to give a shit about alcohol.
You are posting on mumsnet asking for permission to drink again after 4 days sober. None of us can give you that permission, it's up to you.
For what it's worth the symptoms you are having are alcohol withdrawal and you will start to feel much better and more sparkly the longer you stay off the booze.
Alexpavlov000 · 14/10/2021 22:08
@Yummypumpkin
Our week start at sunday not monday like other countrys so i dont know when your weekend begin. Nevermind you understand what i meant
Alexpavlov000 · 14/10/2021 23:51
How to know if i am an alcohlic this is what i am afraid off i am only 22 years old.
Adm1010 · 15/10/2021 07:37
@Alexpavlov000
The term alcoholic is a red herring and is not used as much now in addiction and recovery . It’s becoming an outdated term
Alcohol use disorder is a very very broad scale . If you have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol you could fall somewhere on that scale . And you can move up that scale very easily as alcohol use disorder is progressive .
You are young , now is the time to assess your relationship with alcohol . If you are using it to mask feelings, or to create a fog , or to get a buzz , etc etc you are laying the foundations to an addiction that is very hard to break
Don’t get lost in the “ am I an alcoholic “ rabbit hole . Just ask yourself honestly what your relationship with alcohol is and start there
Stuckhere2021 · 15/10/2021 19:37
I am currently fighting for my sobriety. Instead of asking “am I an alcoholic”, ask yourself;
- is alcohol negatively impacting on my life physically, mentally or financially?
- is alcohol stopping me being the best version of me?
- am I giving a lot of head space to alcohol?
If the answer to any of these is yes, then a period of sobriety could help you re-evaluate your desire to keep drinking
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