Going to pull a Tyde

[tgull]

I am going to abstain from alcohol for 90 days and see where it gets me. Tyde deleted the video he posted, but he stated in his 'why I quit drinking video' the human body can only take so much abuse. He is correct.

I went through a battery of tests the other day, and the one clear cut effect I have after years of drinking is alcohol gastritis. Let me tell you, this is the worst. You wake up every night when sleeping on your stomach with pins and needles in your gut. You literally can't fall back to sleep. It's like someone is taking a lighter to the inside of your stomach. Doc was clear it only gets worse but can self correct pretty quickly if you stop pouring vodka and wine in your gut.

So that is that. I'll update the thread in a few weeks. What a shame, I really liked drinking. But I like sleeping 8 consecutive hours better.

[dwai]

praying for tgull 🙏

[lol wow]

bro how good does a glass of wine and a burger sound at a steakhouse right now though lilllllmets game on the tv

[lol wow]

just chopping it up with the guy from out of town next to you while your talking to him about nonsense and ordering another pinot noir from the willamette valley just goooooo for it bro ur livers fine

[lol wow]

ohhhhhhh dannnng mets getting crushed though right now vino time?

[lol wow]

youve got 3 hours sober ur fine dog theyll start hitting for sure

[Pablo]

ohhhhhhh dannnng mets getting crushed though right now vino time?

A prominent mush is on the fathers for big money. A little on Mets live is a good idea

[NaturalBornHustler]

I am going to abstain from alcohol for 90 days and see where it gets me. Tyde deleted the video he posted, but he stated in his 'why I quit drinking video' the human body can only take so much abuse. He is correct.

I went through a battery of tests the other day, and the one clear cut effect I have after years of drinking is alcohol gastritis. Let me tell you, this is the worst. You wake up every night when sleeping on your stomach with pins and needles in your gut. You literally can't fall back to sleep. It's like someone is taking a lighter to the inside of your stomach. Doc was clear it only gets worse but can self correct pretty quickly if you stop pouring vodka and wine in your gut.

So that is that. I'll update the thread in a few weeks. What a shame, I really liked drinking. But I like sleeping 8 consecutive hours better.

There is only one Tyde pal and it sure aint you.

[tyde]

I’ll just be ridiculously candid here because hey, why not

Bottomset, I’m going on over 9 months now not a drop of alcohol, and I don’t even think about it anymore.

It’s rewarding enough just feeling healthy, rested and clear-headed

Today after busting and leaving Paris, I stopped at the bar and sat down…

and asked the bartender for a nice ice water.

I sat there for like 30 minutes playing on my phone having a smoke staring at all the different bottles and not once did it cross my mind to have a drink

the so-called ‘detox’ period is only the standard 7-10 days, thats easy enough…but it’s remarkable how the longer you go without booze, the better you start feeling…

appetite, sleep, endurance, clarity…all improve noticeably

I have to say that I’ve never felt ‘addicted’ to alcohol. In my 20’s working on the cruise ships in Hawaii circa 1993, I just partied like a rock star and it was awesome

In my 30’s it was just a social norm and I didn’t give it much thought, but it was regularly excessive

In my 40’s I guess you could say I was just drinking habitually, and in my 50’s I’m a full blown binge drinker trying to cope with depression on multiple fronts (state of the world, family, finances, relationships etc)

point being that at least for me, alcohol is easy to quit. I never had cravings or any kind of withdrawals. Its not like oxycontin, heroin, crystal meth, fentanyl or any of that highly addictive shit. It was all psychological.

what I never went into is how I did two stints in rehab and got 5150’d…not to mention losing vertigo when I was hammered and doing backwards cartwheels down 2 flights of concrete steps at a motel in Oceanside

rehab is a joke. I went to a high end facility in upscale Laguna, and they wanted me on all these different meds to deal with ‘cravings’ and expected me to listen to some 20 something bimbo board certified addiction counselor handing out worksheets talking about ‘triggers’ lol

I think I may have the all time record for the quickest relapse in the history of Laguna Treatment Hospital when I bounced on my own with no notice after 9 days right before midnight and went to the 711 sharing the same parking lot then bought and downed 3 straight shots of Fireball within two minutes of walking out the front door

The second time was way more productive and I met a lot of great people. was there 20 days (same place) but I had it bad for this smokin hot blonde from Belmont Shore that was in the middle of a divorce, and kind of lost focus

I lasted six weeks and felt great, but one day that little voice in my head said ‘fuck it’ and I pulled into a liquor store for a shot….no big deal I can handle it….um wrong…it was back to the races going on 5 day benders waiting for the liquor store to open.

Hell, I used to even google the one that opened up the earliest and was six shots deep before 9 am and sometimes just passing out in my car in the casino parking lot with a pile of empties on the passenger side

Ok long story short after I almost broke my neck and was seriously injured nursing multiple gashes and bruises, I holed up in a motel near the beach and didn’t eat for almost a week just drinking all day every day. I think I had two crackers and a half a banana the whole week

Id never consciously kill myself, but I was intentionally sabotaging my body not giving a fuck because it was a huge low point in my life and I was overwhelmed and feeling hopeless

Anyway after 8 days I felt weak, I could barely make it to the bathroom without bracing myself and wasn’t sleeping or eating. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I was just like jesus christ what a mess….pale, gaunt complexion, beady eyes, malnourished. never looked worse

All I can say is that was just it.

I didn’t really count the days. I just decided I was sick and tired of being a drunk fuckup.

I started eating again, hydrating, getting outside, and recharging my body…I had done this countless times before as a professional binge drinker, but 2 weeks became 3….then 2 months became 3….then suddenly I was six months without a single drink and my entire life had done a complete 180

Now its just all about enjoying feeling great and being lucid and driven, not depressed and hungover. Thats really all the motivation I need.

I still buy smokes at the liquor store for gods sake

Moral of the story is you don’t need lame ass AA, you don’t need the 12 step program, you don’t need craving drugs or certified addiction counselors…none of that shit.

You just need the desire to do it because alcohol is fucking poison and nothing good ever comes from it…every single major screw-up/failure in my life was booze related in one form or another

I would strongly recommend substituting modest cannabis usage strictly for its medicinal value

[tgull]

Moral of the story is you don’t need lame ass AA, you don’t need the 12 step program, you don’t need craving drugs or certified addiction counselors…none of that shit.

You just need the desire to do it because alcohol is fucking poison and nothing good ever comes from it…every single major screw-up/failure in my life was booze related in one form or another

Regarding AA, I gave it a shot several times, always after an off the rails casino experience. What I discovered was it was the most depressing atmosphere I have ever attended. First, half the people there are court ordered, and have no desire to do anything other than fulfill their commitment to the Judge. I actually overheard one guy say to his buddy "two more meetings and we are done with this shit". LOL. Then of course you have the judgemental old timer who gives unsolicited advice. And the biggest LOL was I had a guy effectively admit to me the only reason he goes anymore to meetings was how easy it was to pick up distressed women. The last time I went I got stuck with the tab at Dennys, what a joke. Oh, when they pass around the collection plate, I would always throw in a couple bucks. There was one guy, someone who always volunteered to share his fucking story and brag he was 10 years sober never would put in even a quarter. But here is the deal, after the meeting we stopped at the same convenience store, he did not see me. He bought a carton of cigarettes and about and about $30 worth of junk, which he could have got 50% less at the grocery store, and then he could have put a couple bucks in the AA till. That place sucks.

I agree about booze related fuck ups. I am pretty solid financially now, but I'd be much much better off if I never had drank. But I guess 70% of the population could say that. It seems everyone develops a vice (booze, gambling, drugs, smoking, porn, etc..)

[OK2]

Moral of the story is you don’t need lame ass AA, you don’t need the 12 step program, you don’t need craving drugs or certified addiction counselors…none of that shit.

You just need the desire to do it because alcohol is fucking poison and nothing good ever comes from it…every single major screw-up/failure in my life was booze related in one form or another

Regarding AA, I gave it a shot several times, always after an off the rails casino experience. What I discovered was it was the most depressing atmosphere I have ever attended. First, half the people there are court ordered, and have no desire to do anything other than fulfill their commitment to the Judge. I actually overheard one guy say to his buddy "two more meetings and we are done with this shit". LOL. Then of course you have the judgemental old timer who gives unsolicited advice. And the biggest LOL was I had a guy effectively admit to me the only reason he goes anymore to meetings was how easy it was to pick up distressed women. The last time I went I got stuck with the tab at Dennys, what a joke. Oh, when they pass around the collection plate, I would always throw in a couple bucks. There was one guy, someone who always volunteered to share his fucking story and brag he was 10 years sober never would put in even a quarter. But here is the deal, after the meeting we stopped at the same convenience store, he did not see me. He bought a carton of cigarettes and about and about $30 worth of junk, which he could have got 50% less at the grocery store, and then he could have put a couple bucks in the AA till. That place sucks.

I agree about booze related fuck ups. I am pretty solid financially now, but I'd be much much better off if I never had drank. But I guess 70% of the population could say that. It seems everyone develops a vice (booze, gambling, drugs, smoking, porn, etc..)

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[tgull]

I’ll just be ridiculously candid here because hey, why not

Bottomset, I’m going on over 9 months now not a drop of alcohol, and I don’t even think about it anymore.

It’s rewarding enough just feeling healthy, rested and clear-headed

Today after busting and leaving Paris, I stopped at the bar and sat down…

and asked the bartender for a nice ice water.

I sat there for like 30 minutes playing on my phone having a smoke staring at all the different bottles and not once did it cross my mind to have a drink

the so-called ‘detox’ period is only the standard 7-10 days, thats easy enough…but it’s remarkable how the longer you go without booze, the better you start feeling…

appetite, sleep, endurance, clarity…all improve noticeably

I have to say that I’ve never felt ‘addicted’ to alcohol. In my 20’s working on the cruise ships in Hawaii circa 1993, I just partied like a rock star and it was awesome

In my 30’s it was just a social norm and I didn’t give it much thought, but it was regularly excessive

In my 40’s I guess you could say I was just drinking habitually, and in my 50’s I’m a full blown binge drinker trying to cope with depression on multiple fronts (state of the world, family, finances, relationships etc)

point being that at least for me, alcohol is easy to quit. I never had cravings or any kind of withdrawals. Its not like oxycontin, heroin, crystal meth, fentanyl or any of that highly addictive shit. It was all psychological.

what I never went into is how I did two stints in rehab and got 5150’d…not to mention losing vertigo when I was hammered and doing backwards cartwheels down 2 flights of concrete steps at a motel in Oceanside

rehab is a joke. I went to a high end facility in upscale Laguna, and they wanted me on all these different meds to deal with ‘cravings’ and expected me to listen to some 20 something bimbo board certified addiction counselor handing out worksheets talking about ‘triggers’ lol

I think I may have the all time record for the quickest relapse in the history of Laguna Treatment Hospital when I bounced on my own with no notice after 9 days right before midnight and went to the 711 sharing the same parking lot then bought and downed 3 straight shots of Fireball within two minutes of walking out the front door

The second time was way more productive and I met a lot of great people. was there 20 days (same place) but I had it bad for this smokin hot blonde from Belmont Shore that was in the middle of a divorce, and kind of lost focus

I lasted six weeks and felt great, but one day that little voice in my head said ‘fuck it’ and I pulled into a liquor store for a shot….no big deal I can handle it….um wrong…it was back to the races going on 5 day benders waiting for the liquor store to open.

Hell, I used to even google the one that opened up the earliest and was six shots deep before 9 am and sometimes just passing out in my car in the casino parking lot with a pile of empties on the passenger side

Ok long story short after I almost broke my neck and was seriously injured nursing multiple gashes and bruises, I holed up in a motel near the beach and didn’t eat for almost a week just drinking all day every day. I think I had two crackers and a half a banana the whole week

Id never consciously kill myself, but I was intentionally sabotaging my body not giving a fuck because it was a huge low point in my life and I was overwhelmed and feeling hopeless

Anyway after 8 days I felt weak, I could barely make it to the bathroom without bracing myself and wasn’t sleeping or eating. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I was just like jesus christ what a mess….pale, gaunt complexion, beady eyes, malnourished. never looked worse

All I can say is that was just it.

I didn’t really count the days. I just decided I was sick and tired of being a drunk fuckup.

I started eating again, hydrating, getting outside, and recharging my body…I had done this countless times before as a professional binge drinker, but 2 weeks became 3….then 2 months became 3….then suddenly I was six months without a single drink and my entire life had done a complete 180

Now its just all about enjoying feeling great and being lucid and driven, not depressed and hungover. Thats really all the motivation I need.

I still buy smokes at the liquor store for gods sake

Moral of the story is you don’t need lame ass AA, you don’t need the 12 step program, you don’t need craving drugs or certified addiction counselors…none of that shit.

You just need the desire to do it because alcohol is fucking poison and nothing good ever comes from it…every single major screw-up/failure in my life was booze related in one form or another

I would strongly recommend substituting modest cannabis usage strictly for its medicinal value

Great post Tyde. I recently went 50 days without consuming and well yeah, not a good last weekend. I'll update when the time is right.

[ftpjesus]

I am going to abstain from alcohol for 90 days and see where it gets me. Tyde deleted the video he posted, but he stated in his 'why I quit drinking video' the human body can only take so much abuse. He is correct.

I went through a battery of tests the other day, and the one clear cut effect I have after years of drinking is alcohol gastritis. Let me tell you, this is the worst. You wake up every night when sleeping on your stomach with pins and needles in your gut. You literally can't fall back to sleep. It's like someone is taking a lighter to the inside of your stomach. Doc was clear it only gets worse but can self correct pretty quickly if you stop pouring vodka and wine in your gut.

So that is that. I'll update the thread in a few weeks. What a shame, I really liked drinking. But I like sleeping 8 consecutive hours better.

Its too bad Les hasnt learned this lesson

[limitles]

I am going to abstain from alcohol for 90 days and see where it gets me. Tyde deleted the video he posted, but he stated in his 'why I quit drinking video' the human body can only take so much abuse. He is correct.

I went through a battery of tests the other day, and the one clear cut effect I have after years of drinking is alcohol gastritis. Let me tell you, this is the worst. You wake up every night when sleeping on your stomach with pins and needles in your gut. You literally can't fall back to sleep. It's like someone is taking a lighter to the inside of your stomach. Doc was clear it only gets worse but can self correct pretty quickly if you stop pouring vodka and wine in your gut.

So that is that. I'll update the thread in a few weeks. What a shame, I really liked drinking. But I like sleeping 8 consecutive hours better.

Its too bad Les hasnt learned this lesson

Never had it. I'm genetically gifted.
Gastritis and stomach cancer have similar symptoms.
You're going to be sucking down more cheap booze than ever
when they tell you not to bother registering for the next election
God bless

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That's narcissism defined.

Dude you can't not mention Trump.
Your the biggest fanboy ever.
Your going to land hard real soon

That's not a threat either. I save those for extended family members according to Daly.

[tyde]

I am going to abstain from alcohol for 90 days and see where it gets me. Tyde deleted the video he posted, but he stated in his 'why I quit drinking video' the human body can only take so much abuse. He is correct.

I went through a battery of tests the other day, and the one clear cut effect I have after years of drinking is alcohol gastritis. Let me tell you, this is the worst. You wake up every night when sleeping on your stomach with pins and needles in your gut. You literally can't fall back to sleep. It's like someone is taking a lighter to the inside of your stomach. Doc was clear it only gets worse but can self correct pretty quickly if you stop pouring vodka and wine in your gut.

So that is that. I'll update the thread in a few weeks. What a shame, I really liked drinking. But I like sleeping 8 consecutive hours better.

Its been over 2 weeks

sobriety update please

[Sloppy Joe]

How is this going, are you sticking with those for your children or not?

[Jerry]

How is this going, are you sticking with those for your children or not?

he’s napping this one out

safe to assume he’s back on the bottle since about 30 minutes after starting this thread

thoughts and prayers

[Sloppy Joe]

How is this going, are you sticking with those for your children or not?

he’s napping this one out

safe to assume he’s back on the bottle since about 30 minutes after starting this thread

thoughts and prayers

Thanks for holding him accountable, Jer.

Obv those kids never gained a dad but young bottomset was dealing with gastritis.

A bad beat to anticipate sharp pains to the gut in the the back of your head with each deep pull of Popov. A real bad beat.

[tgull]

Since this thread has captivated the forum, I will give an update. I went through a battery of tests last month including a scan as I was concerned about cancer. Turns out I have the equivalent of Gerd which can be controlled by medication. Being a boss, I refused meds and just deal with the symptoms. As far as drinking, I cut back quite a bit. I mostly just drink wine, stay away from the hard stuff. Although i did have three Old Fashions last night with Makers Mark, a $16 drink or three Arby's meals for Jerry.

So yes, I backed off the sauce quite a bit, but I am not feverishly thumbing through a Big Book either, i.e. Jerry.

Sorry for the late update, I am not Jerry reminding everyone about my drinking patterns every fucking day, or how great my life is every day like Jerry. Apparently on a lightly trafficked poker forum credibility is making videos about one's life and boasting how you don't need money or Alcohol to live a great life, or something like that. I prefer money and some booze, versus 2 for $7 meals and blowing weed out of a red bull can, but that is just me.