Just looking for support and tips on how to get clean from alcohol. Im 23 and my family dont see the severity. So just some support honestly.
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Follow the path. Ur instincts point to
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Find YOUR reason to get sober.
You need to have people you trust and who can about you, close to you. That is a huge help. Consider finding a local meeting to attend, like-minded individuals who understand.
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I recommend looking at an app called Everything AA. You can join online meetings 24/7/365.
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Thank you so much!
You need to get sober for YOU no one else. You’re only 24. My brother was dead at 34 from alcohol. No joke. If you feel you’re physically addicted, please go and get medically detoxed and on a craving medication. Please don’t be like my poor brother. He suffered and died completely yellow. 
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One thing that has helped me is realizing is that alcohol doesn't help me with anything. I've forgotten this a bunch, and am working to remember that now.
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Tbh man idk the difference anymore. My mind is very clouded. It’s me vs my mind. I want to say it hasn’t had many bad effects besides my health but I know financially or reacting has also been affected. It’s also helped me a lot though. With understand and finding parts of me I lost. It’s a war honestly.
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Hang tight man, we're in this together and we can heal.
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There is no good reason to drink and limitless reasons to quit !
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AA meetings, and get the Big Book- it’ll help you so much in so many ways! That book opened my eyes to so many things- conscious and unconscious. 23 is a great age to get sober, and stay sober- if you get plugged in! Wishing you the best Jake, you got this man.
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I don't know how bad you are, but I was so bad on alcohol I was waking up with the shakes. I went to detox and it was the best decision of my life.
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You got this! It gets easier 🫡
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I’m at the point I’m waking up in main with some shakes. More like tremors? Soemtimes I wake up throwing up stomach acid. I barely eat and drink more than I eat. So it’s just eating away at my stomach atp.
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Take the first step 🪜
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Please please, go to detox. They will give you medication.. that's the point I was at and you very easily could die, its no joke.
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I think this is a good point, Jake. Because you are a person that found a coping mechanism to handle/survive life. It may not be a great coping mechanism, though! I relate to my financial burdens due to substances… I just can’t control myself when I get started and in so I have a very hard time stopping until I have no money and lose trust of my family. Is kinda a shame cycle when you look at things. Does that make sense to you? Hope you’re having a good day!
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Yeah I get you sometimes you gotta even think about how much is left and if you should get another so you don’t run out. Sometimes I have to use multiple cards because there’s not enough in my account. Not just drinking ourselves dry but our bank accounts, relationships, work ethics and overall an independent will.
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I’m right there with you.. My bank account is pitiful it’s embarrassing.. I think of the people I buy alcohol from or kratom from and how often they see me.
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Yeah I try and switch off from the same store for that reason. This lady remembered my name. And this guy found out I work with his buddy. Crazy how everything bites you in the as when you aren’t sober.
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