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  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Alcohol is a helluva drug. Most people can’t believe I was drinking a twelve pack of IPAs and a bottle of wine or two and a few shots of vodka every day after work. Well, the wine would usually start before 5pm, but whatever. Sometimes I drank more, sometimes less.

    Point being, most seasoned alcoholics I know could easily start their day with a quick pint of whiskey. I was quickly getting there as I would have to chug a glass of two of whatever I had, before drinking time actually started, to keep the shakes at bay.

    After several years of that, a stout glass of whiskey is child’s play.

    (I quit drinking over a year ago and my body is still healing. It’s going to take a few more years to get my gut working properly again and thankfully, my heart issues have all but disappeared.)

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      1 year ago

      Multiple years sober here, keep it up, it only gets better the longer it gets. Most recently I’ve gotten into the best shape of my life, something I could never have done drinking at least a 6 pack and a pint a night.

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        1 year ago

        Keep going on those multiple years yourself, kind stranger!

        I actually gained a ton of weight over the last year but now that the sobriety honeymoon is over, it’s time to get back in shape myself. (I went from ~180lbs up to 205lbs at one point. TBH, I was just happy to be able to eat multiple servings of decent food at a time and I took full advantage of that.)

        But yeah, not so long ago, I would have berated you about being a lightweight alcoholic. I look at what I was able to drink before and hear about what you were drinking just now and that is a fuck ton of alcohol to put down. It’s amazing how perception can change.

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          1 year ago

          I definitely put on a little weight at first. Like you said, just being able to truly eat again was amazing!! Also, it tastes like crap, but Kombucha really helped rebalance my guts. I wish I’d tried it sooner but the taste really put me off at first.