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Poll: Why are you sober right now?
Thread starterGravityUtilizer
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Well I'm bored and sober (trying to cut down again after having been through recovery and relapse). I'm probably missing a bunch, but I often get confused when depressed people don't automatically reach for drink/drugs, but I think I've come up with a few decent reasons for you all.
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CarbonMonoxide, _Minsk, Disco Biscuit and 1 other person
Well I'm bored and sober (trying to cut down again after having been through recovery and relapse). I'm probably missing a bunch, but I often get confused when depressed people don't automatically reach for drink/drugs, but I think I've come up with a few decent reasons for you all.
I'm an alcoholic. When I drink I can't stop. I had 3 years sober and then fell off the wagon back in September and have been relapsing ever since. I've got to the point now that when I drink, it's a phenomenal amount And I end up self harming or attempting to CTB in a very disorganised and unplanned fashion. I wish I could go back to being sober however I don't care what anyone says, it's boring as fuck.
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LifeSucks39, CarbonMonoxide, GravityUtilizer and 3 others
The reasons I don't drink alcohol or use any drugs are many and complex, and I can't trust myself to articulate them all accurately. It's a mix of my bad experience with alcohol, hating the taste, being poor, fear of addiction, fear of behaving dangerously while under the influence, not wanting to be judged by others, and probably a host of other neurological factors I'm unaware of. Ultimately though, I'm simply lucky that I haven't become dependent on any such substances, so far anyway.
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GravityUtilizer, Worthless_nobody and mahakaliSS_MahaDurga
I'm not. I'm in a forced holiday because work law order us to take 15 days of break on work during the summer in my country. When I work, I drink every evening. Now I'm in holiday so I start to drink much earlier.
I was high all day everyday for 3 years. It gets old, and once the illusion broke me for that weed could actually solve my problems in any meaningful sort of way, I just lost the urge to smoke every time I felt upset
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Ybother, GravityUtilizer, I_love_to_bake and 1 other person
I used to be a heavy drinker and drug user. I only did it so I could be social and be someone else (my abusive ex forced me into situations where I would have to be drunk or spaced out on drugs to be ok). I realized it made me feel worse...the rebound depression and anxiety, the hangovers. I haven't really touched alcohol much and completely cut out hard drugs. Now I'm just a benzo addict..I get it prescribed but I wish I could stop that too.
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GravityUtilizer, mahakaliSS_MahaDurga and IrRegularjoe
After a lifestyle of very heavy drinking, I started getting severe stomach pain whenever I got drunk more than twice a week, so that forced me to cut back.
I quit all my vices and am going to reward myself with them before I go. My last day on earth will include Xanax, alcohol, and a cigarette and I can't wait.
I'm on phenibut/kratom and I have so much tolerance that they barely do anything for me anymore. Which is a shame, considering that I am chronically stressed to the point of near-insanity and I really need it to fucking work!
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