Help me to quit drinking
There are many ways to quit drinking -
- you can check in to a rehab if you’ve got the time,
- you can try taking ‘Antabuse‘ (which will make you feel very ill if you drink anything alcoholic),
- or maybe just try white-knuckle will-power,
- you could go to AA meetings and meet a few people with similar problems,
- then maybe work through the 12 steps?
- you could become a gym bunny and spend all day working out to distract yourself (not going to happen, right?),
- you might want to try Kudzu (a herbal supplement which helps you cut down how much alcohol you want to drink),
- best of all though, you can try the most convenient help available – online one-to-one counselling.
Online counselling will help you to quit drinking by encouraging you to change some aspects of your lifestyle, by getting you to look at the emotional and cognitive aspects of your habit, helping you to deal with anxiety or stress a bit better and by giving you some easy, practical tips to cut down the amount of alcohol you drink on a daily basis. It is probably the best option for those who are abusing alcohol, but who are not dependent alcoholics. (see: Am I an alcoholic?)
To quit drinking you first have to ask the question – “WHY am I drinking so much?” Our counselling service will help you to answer that.
I used Kudzu this month to start with and they seemed to help. Still take them when I’m feeling shaky as it’s only been less than four weeks abstaining so far.
Way to go Steve! All the best. I am cutting down and plan on being abstinent all January. Am stocking up the Kudzu and making a plan using this website and a counsellor.
I AM GETTING HELP TO STOP DRINKING AND SMOKING AND I AM GOING TO LOOK AFTER MY HEALTH BETTER BECAUSE I AM 14
It is very important for you to do this, specially at your age. My daughter started drinking at about your age, and she is in hospital for the second time. The first time she nearly died of Korsakoff’s syndrome. She is now 37, and has ruined her life because of drink. At an early age such as yours, your brain is still developing, and alcohol will cause damage to you, that you will not be aware of. You may have some psychiatric problem that is leading you to drink. For your sake and those who love you – there is ALWAYS some who love you, get all the help you can.
hi i also have a bad drink problem.any sugestions
I am 44. With a livein partner and two teen age children (not my own). I drink about one bottle of wine a day. I have done this since I gave up smoking 18 months ago… I drunk 1/2 a bottle of wine a day before that. I have drunk 1/2 a bottle of wine per day for about twenty years. Now I know I need help… MY memory is getting worse and my temper is getting shorter…
My first time of visiting this or any site, re alcohlism.I just want some one to talk to as I am,thankfully, still functioning…however; I am therefore, deceiving others.
I don’t feel I can go to rehab, as this would be a short term fix for a long time of hurt. I suspect this is often a recounted story, however I feel I cannot take much more and need to find the answers to the ‘things ‘ I have been subject to. It’s all in the past and I want to move on, but why can some people deal with their challenges and not others without blanking them out through ‘ means which they know will hurt even more, and go into self destruct?
Would be greatful of some discreet help if poss?!
Catherine
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Hi my name is kelly ia m living with my husband who is drinking heavily every day we have 2 lovely children and i can see his temper getting shorter and shorter just wondered if there is any way i can help him or chat to people in my situation
All advice is very welcome
Thank you kelly
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Kelly – Have a look at our forum, there’s plenty of people on there in the same position. Here’s a link to the section specifically about relationships
im addicted to alcohol, i just cant seem to say no anymore. talking to family and friends doesn’t help anymore, i feel so alone
get some pro help-see someone and let it all out-then wake up with a bad hangover -regretting words of the night and years before-and say to yourself.
“I don’t need this”
I stopped 18 months back-best thing ive ever done–good luck
Hi there, I have been a daily drinker for years (am 42) and things have become worse now that I’m not working… Went from evenings after work to all day alone. My boyfriend’s patience has run out, so I need to stop drinking- period… Scared.
Hi,
How are you getting on?
I am 19 and already have gotten 6 minor consumptions. My grandpa was an alcoholic and im afraid it’s already happening to me. I need to stop while im still young. I need a lifestyle change but it’s so hard when all your friends/roomates around you are drinking. I need help.