Anonymous
07/14/2025 18:09
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just remember it doesn't have to all or nothing.
You must learn to drink moderately.
Abstaining entirely is only for those with severe medical problems that would dictate it, or for the really addictive personality types who cannot control their urges. You will know which you are after a few months of abstinence and then having a drink.
This is horrible advice from a person who is ignorant, at best, and probably a troll. OP, if you want to quit, quit. You can never drink again. It's okay. You don't have to test it, you don't have to learn moderation, you can just decide that you and booze aren't compatible anymore and not drink.
Abstaining entirely is for people who choose to abstain entirely, whatever their reasons, and you don't need anyone's approval or understanding. You'll get a lot of pushback, mostly from people who don't want to confront their own drinking habits. People like PP are most likely alcoholics who are in the "bargaining" phase of their addiction. "I'm not an alcoholic because I can go for a few months without it and then just have one" - most alcoholics, before they accepted the true nature of their relationship to alcohol
Troll. That's the cult mentality. Same as being an addict. Just replacing one form with another.
No. This is the right approach. Moderation is just a story undiagnosed alcoholics with weak discipline tell themselves and others. You want to quit then you quit.
So you are part of the cult that thinks "once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic"?
Do you also think "Once a fattie, always a fattie"? Or "Once a liar, always a liar"? Or "Once a farter, always a farter"?
Alcoholism is an addiction, same as gambling, drugs, social media, tv-news-soap operas, foods and candy, etc. People can learn to handle vices, or run away and abstain completely. Which is the more strong and mature decision?
Anonymous
07/14/2025 14:57
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Stay away from people who say you can't quit or you don't need to fully quit.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:45
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Subject says it all. Any advice?
Just stop. It's that simple.
That too although if OP is a super heavy drinking dwindling down might be better.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:44
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Subject says it all. Any advice?
Just stop. It's that simple.
Unless it's not. Some people need to learn why they really can't just stop and retrain their entire brains.
That's not simple.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:43
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm a big fan of SMART Recovery: https://smartrecovery.org/4-point
Yes. This plus Kolmac. You would be surprised with how many people have realized they needed help (even without hitting rock bottom).
I mentioned this on here before, but my family has experience with Kolmac for a loved one. Was not impressed. For someone who is able to remain highly motivated, it can work. But for someone with moderate to severe AUD/SUD who can't, the online model and constant rotation of new staff is unhelpful.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:43
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
A fried did it by replacin the urge to drink with a long walk in the woods evry time
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:43
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Antabuse
+10000
Do it OP you will feel so much better.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:41
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
How to ask for GLP-1? What is it
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:40
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
No advice, but good for you, OP. You truly don't need alcohol in your life.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:37
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Download the Reframe app. Read This Naked Mind. Immerse yourself in sober podcasts. There is a sobber reddit group, I'm blanking on the name - check in daily. Share your story. Find an online community. Change your patterns. Prepare to be bored. Don't buy alcohol.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 13:35
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:I started a GLP-1 a week ago and I don’t have any interest in alcohol anymore. It just…went away.
+1…been on a GLP-1 since March. My drinking is way down. I just don’t want to drink.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 12:10
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:I started a GLP-1 a week ago and I don’t have any interest in alcohol anymore. It just…went away.
+1 was about to write the same thing. I have zero desire to drink on a GLP-1. And I wasn’t drinking a ton before but I’d help myself to a 9oz glass of wine in the evenings and it was probably more often than not or I’d go out with friends and order two glasses of wine. Now I can barely finish one and I have ZERO desire to pour myself a glass at home. I don’t even think about it. A glass out to dinner? Sure but the GLP-1 has completely removed the desire for it. Wild! And I love it.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 11:45
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
For women its actually more beneficial to quit, not just for health and wealth but for looks as well. Alcohol, sugar and sun are the worst enemies of your looks.
Anonymous
07/14/2025 11:44
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:I started a GLP-1 a week ago and I don’t have any interest in alcohol anymore. It just…went away.
I've heard this too. Seems like another pretty amazing use of these drugs. Will we all be on them eventually?!
Anonymous
07/14/2025 11:40
Subject: How do I quit drinking without AA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just remember it doesn't have to all or nothing.
You must learn to drink moderately.
Abstaining entirely is only for those with severe medical problems that would dictate it, or for the really addictive personality types who cannot control their urges. You will know which you are after a few months of abstinence and then having a drink.
This is horrible advice from a person who is ignorant, at best, and probably a troll. OP, if you want to quit, quit. You can never drink again. It's okay. You don't have to test it, you don't have to learn moderation, you can just decide that you and booze aren't compatible anymore and not drink.
Abstaining entirely is for people who choose to abstain entirely, whatever their reasons, and you don't need anyone's approval or understanding. You'll get a lot of pushback, mostly from people who don't want to confront their own drinking habits. People like PP are most likely alcoholics who are in the "bargaining" phase of their addiction. "I'm not an alcoholic because I can go for a few months without it and then just have one" - most alcoholics, before they accepted the true nature of their relationship to alcohol
Troll. That's the cult mentality. Same as being an addict. Just replacing one form with another.
No. This is the right approach. Moderation is just a story undiagnosed alcoholics with weak discipline tell themselves and others. You want to quit then you quit.