I want to sober up without going to AA, whats the best way?
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Well toss all alcohol in the house and make sure any time you go to bar or anything (which I'd recommend NOT doing for temptations sake, at least not right away) make sure you have someone along with you to make sure you don't drink. Of course talking to a psychologist could help too. They have certain ideas as to how to help, more than I can.
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Stop drinking. Tell your friends and family to keep you in check.
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Make the decision, get the alcohol out of the house and surround yourself with friends..or at least one friend that is willing to bitch slap the drink out of your hand if you do get tempted :)
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Rehab.
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Do you drink every day or just on the weekends with your friends? Do you drink because of family or marital problems, stress or dulling the pain from a traumatic period in your life? You have to take a long hard look at the reasons why you drink and make some serious changes in your life. Not going to bars and no longer hanging out with your "drinking buddies" are couple of things you will have to do. Also, talking to a therapist or psychologist can also help as well.
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Did the AA thing. The meetings are helpful and frankly, when you hear people speak, you realize life ain't that bad. I found that drinking becomes a real physical problem(addiction/shakes,etc.) started by a long term emotional/psychological issue. Lay off the booze (physically sucks for a few days). Think about why you are drinking. If you are honest with yourself, you'll come to that answer and realize you don't need alcohol to deal with it. If you really want to talk about it, my email is in my profile. Good luck.
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I found it really helpful to have life whack me over the head hard enough to get my attention: having to confront the mess that alcohol was making of my life and marriage helped. There's an axiom that you have to "hit bottom" first -- i.e. have enough suffering in your life which is obviously alcohol-related that it wakes you up about this form of self-abuse. I think there's merit to that idea. But there seems to be degrees of severity and possible genetic predispositions associated with alcoholism. I don't think I had any genetic tendency, because I was able to quit just by willpower and seeing the damage that was being done clearly. Others have a much harder time of it, it seems.... they can never touch a drop again. I'm able to drink and it doesn't set off fresh binges -- although my DESIRE to drink has dropped off to zero.
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It's more than just no drinking. Alcoholism is a method of dysfunctional coping. Don't chuck the AA idea completely. Just set it aside for now. Lots of different programs out there. Look into your options. You will grow more as a person if you do more than just stop bending the elbow...and (real) recovery is easier.
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STOP HANGIN OUT WITH THE PEOPLE U GET FUCKED UP WITH AND FIND ANOTHER HOBBY
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Stop drinking. Now. Then go make new friends who don't drink and give you other fun things to do. Go to the gym. Go swimming. Fill your time with other activities and friends. And when you want to drink, do something else. Make good habits instead of the old ones. Write down why you want to stop drinking, and read it when you feel like you want a drink. Then don't do it. You can also explore other programs that aren't AA and might help you dry out.
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