Dealing with addiction

It sounds like you have a really good head on you.

I just wanted to make sure you weren't struggling with a traumatic addiction. A traumatic addiction is something like blackout drinking, intravenous drug use, or any addiction that causes great physical harm to the person and/or is putting the person in constant danger and/or has led to you being incarcerated repeatedly. Its called a traumatic addiction because these things present an imminent threat to the physical being-- I initially thought it was possible you had a traumatic addiction and I was mainly concerned about that.

You appear to be a normal alcoholic, with a lot of Russian flair to you. That's good. Its manageable.

That is some tolerance...I had similar tolerance in my early 20's, but that definitely tops. When people bring up drinking out at bars now, I just say no thanks. My tolerance is so low that its not enjoyable anymore to drink socially, and it makes me very very tired. I went from clearing almost a handle of Stoli to myself from Friday to Sunday to getting buzzed up and extremely tired off 1-2 beers.

This thread isn't just about you anymore LulzSect.

That's my boy Lulz.

jayrebb said:

It sounds like you have a really good head on you.

I just wanted to make sure you weren't struggling with a traumatic addiction. A traumatic addiction is something like blackout drinking, intravenous drug use, or any addiction that causes great physical harm to the person and/or is putting the person in constant danger and/or has led to you being incarcerated repeatedly. Its called a traumatic addiction because these things present an imminent threat to the physical being-- I initially thought it was possible you had a traumatic addiction and I was mainly concerned about that.

You appear to be a normal alcoholic, with a lot of Russian flair to you. That's good. Its manageable.

That is some tolerance...I had similar tolerance in my early 20's, but that definitely tops. When people bring up drinking out at bars now, I just say no thanks. My tolerance is so low that its not enjoyable anymore to drink socially, and it makes me very very tired. I went from clearing almost a handle of Stoli to myself from Friday to Sunday to getting buzzed up and extremely tired off 1-2 beers.

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I see now what you mean, i have been in some very sketchy shit while bo'd, but nothing worse then pissing in a kitchen stove, getting in bed with a couple while they were naked sleeping, claiming it my bed etc. and belive it or not, no criminal record or ever caught.Knock on wood. But great on you man, some people just cant drink at all after quitting, i think i might be able to. But that is what i said the last time. Wont try, so grats

jayrebb You wrote Fda approved. they don't have jurisdiction up here


Just thought of this. If something is keeping me from drinking like a fish again is my fucking fysique of a greek god, shit you not. My face might be ooglo, but i look and feel great. I wont ever go back to having mooobs and fucking boxers that fold over at the belly because it flabs all over. Fuck that. I dont like fatties haha. Lost 15 kilos over a period of 3 months after i stoppet, no special diet. Alcohol has alot of calories

As long as someone's liver enzymes aren't totally fucked up, I use Naltrexone to treat alcohol abuse all the time. Helps reduce binge drinking behavior. Are you seeing a psychiatrist? Here in the USA, primary care providers typically don't want to manage substance abuse conditions and will send to psych. Naltrexone us also effective when someone is still drinking. A quick Google search leads me to believe it is used for the same purpose in Norway.

Lulz, there is some evidence of Topamax being the effective in treating cocaine use.

Vanderhoof said:

As long as someone's liver enzymes aren't totally fucked up, I use Naltrexone to treat alcohol abuse all the time. Helps reduce binge drinking behavior. Are you seeing a psychiatrist? Here in the USA, primary care providers typically don't want to manage substance abuse conditions and will send to psych. Naltrexone us also effective when someone is still drinking. A quick Google search leads me to believe it is used for the same purpose in Norway.
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I agree and i feel i know alot about Naltraxone and even now, I feel semi in control and i'd start taking it. What google does not tell you with a simple search is that those articles are promoting the drug, google will not tell you how slow a new drug or use takes to adapt with your common physician here. It's proven that it works, but a doctor won't give it to you willy nilly. As I mentioned opiats are a far bigger problem here and even though it is proven that it works, it's not a common remedy,. GUess it boils down to medicin here being a bit slow . You can get medicinal weed here, but almost none know of it. Well there is a twist, but anyways.

We even give 380mg in a shot once a month to people who need it but won't necessarily always take it...

What can I say, Norway is weird haha

What were the attachments?

Heavy, almost-daily drinker from the age of 16. Up til the last year or so my consumption evened out to about 5-6 nips a night...which doesn't sound like a lot, but it was definitely making me sick.

College was a bit of a nightmare. Was getting so drunk over the weekends that I was could barely function for Monday and Tuesday classes, pulled hair of the dog a few times where I would take a shot or two at eight in the morning just so I didn't feel like complete dogshit (rarely helped.)

Didn't start drinking 'til blackout until about 4 years ago. Didn't happen very often but it was some scary, scary shit. Drank myself into becoming anemic, had awful intestinal issues. Took a blood test once or twice in the mornings when I was at my worst (I was having a hard time waking up in the mornings), and my blood sugar was at 40 mg/dL or something similarly ridiculous.

Had it in my mind before Christmas this year that it was time to quit. Christmas Eve is a big to-do with my family. I didn't eat dinner and ended up in the upstairs bathroom puking while all the folks were downstairs opening up their gifts. SO ushered me out before I ended up making a complete idiot of myself. Had enough.

Went cold turkey. Was sick for a few weeks with what apparently qualifies as very mild withdrawal symptoms. But once I got past the initial torment it was like I'd walked into a room, flicked the light on, and realized there were all these things lying around that I'd ignored in the pursuit of maintaining my drinking routine.

Sleep better, eat better, think better. It's only been a few months but I've lost a considerable amount of weight (for someone of my size) and regained more energy during the day. I was diagnosed with ADD some years back on account of having uncontrollable, racing, cyclical thoughts and the complete incapability of maintaining a strand of thought for more than a few seconds at a time. It's still with me but there is no understating the improvement to nearly every aspect of existence. I thought drinking helped or improved my symptoms somehow, but it was the exact opposite.
A tendency towards boredom and craving of extraneous stimulus are not good traits to have in my secondary chosen line of work, but it's so much easier to work through now that I'm not obsessed over getting a fix.

Zaara said:

Sleep better, eat better, think better.

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For sure, it's hella nice waking up refreshed.

LulzSect said:

I just don't know what to say anymore regarding my addictive behavior. I am sad.

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Saw the pics, nothing big and I should not butt in. BUT ill say ,don't give up