IM BETTER OF WITHOUT HER MY DUDES

Work a typical 8-5 job. Come home and typically drown 1/2-1/3 of a 750ml-1L bottle of rum or whiskey a night. Don't particularly feel like stopping, but leaving it up to the community. Cheers, gonna go get another glass.

EDIT

Wow, I honestly didn't expect this overwhelming level of support. I figured given the subreddit, and the topic matter that this would be labeled a shitpost, and downvoted into the void. I didn't post this to farm for karma, or to try to gain anything really, otherwise I wouldn't have used a throwaway. I posted this with the knowledge that I really need to stop, or at least limit my drinking. I set an arbitrary number of upvotes because I didn't expect this score to ever hit a positive threshold. The outpouring of support and advice from the community is far beyond what I ever expected or even dreamed to be possible.

I guess this post has really just made me admit something to myself that I've known for awhile. I've been telling myself it was in my best interest to stop drinking. Heck, I even started making attempts to lower my intake prior to my vacation a few weeks ago, and it was going fairly well. My reward for limiting my intake was being bashed over vacation for still drinking "too much". In the real world, I come from a family of alcoholics and drug addicts. I never really get support, rather only criticism.

So, I'll wrap this up to say this. I appreciate each and every one of you who left a positive comment, or sent an uplifting message. It really means a lot. My plan is to taper myself off by reducing my intake of alcohol by 1-2 drinks a day for the next 2 weeks. September 1st marks my first sober day in months. A lot of people asked for updates, and I don't quite know where I'd even post such a thing, but I'll probably head over to /r/stopdrinking beginning that day.

Again, thank you.

EDIT 2

Over 400,000 people have viewed this. As a software engineer, this may be the most prolific thing I've ever written. Literally, more people have viewed this than live in my (somewhat large) city. It's absolutely astounding. I'm committed to bettering myself, and I've seen hundreds of comments from redditors telling me to update them, if anyone has a good idea where updates would be best served, let me know.

Edit 2017-09-09

Been alcohol free since the 1st of the month. Only a bit more than a week in, and things are looking up. I'm more productive at work (and home). I'm taking interest in things outside of work again. It's amazing how much time you actually have left in your day when you're sober.

The first 2-3 days were hell. Days 4 and 5 left me feeling more energized. And now I feel pretty much normal. My only real complaint currently is very restless sleep and strange dreams, which in turn cause me to have a horrible time waking up in the morning.

Overall things are going well. I'll probably do one final update at the end of the month in this post. All future updates will be in /r/stopdrinking.

Edit 2019-03-09

I figured I'd come back and update everyone. In 2017, after my last update, I stayed sober for a couple months. After that, I felt it was safe to return to drinking in moderation, and I did. For awhile, things were great, I was doing great at moderation. However, after a few vacations, I fell back into the habit of drinking daily. Never as much as before, but still at a frequency I wasn't comfortable with.

As of Feb 12, 2019, I'm again taking an extended sobriety break. From all substances (caffeine, cannabis, alcohol, etc). I'll likely return to cannabis at some point in the future, but I'm not sure when or if I'll reintroduce alcohol. I can definitely moderate if I'm conscious about it, but it's when I stop being conscious of it that I begin to slip. It's far easier for me not to take that first drink.

Since quitting again, this time feels different. It's like I've actually lost all desire to even have alcohol. The smell of it makes me nauseous, and I have about as much temptation to drink as I do to place my hand in a blender.

edit.

this thread is literally /r/theydidthemath at this point. thank you all for the support. just to clarify, i don't think i have a drinking problem but i appreciate everyones concerns.

Easy come easy go my ass.

Edit: just came home from work and wow. Thanks for all the support! My credit card arrived today and I have to pop into the pub to cash some previous winners, two things that would normally make me "just have one or two bets" and "one or two beers" but if I do that I'll feel like I'm letting down 42,000 people. So I'm not gonna stop for a beer or a gamble I'm gonna pay my bills and get back to square one.

If you find yourself betting more than you can afford to lose, remember the risk in gambling is that winning is NEVER guaranteed. please talk to someone before you get in too deep.

Sorry for karma whoring, if it's any consolation these useless internet points will add weight to my resolve. Won't do it again, promise. And thankyou for my first gold! Wish me luck, they say the first 41000 days are the hardest.

WOOOOOOOO

Edit: OMG 5 upvotes! The nuggets are gone, we did it Reddit!!!!!!!!

Sober Edit: Well, I've woken up to stranger things but seeing an echo of my intoxication on the front page is definitely up there. I'm not hung over, so I'd like to think the nuggets and karma saved me a headache. WOOOOOOO!

Fuck trump for real what a prick idc if downvotes come. Hope you find people have a great weekend. I work American made manufacturing shout out to my bros.