Disillusioned with life??

Are many of you?? I certainly am, drinking way to much, I can go without drink but when I drink I go on serious binges. I was on one of them for most of the weekend and was so sick all day today it was unreal, my head is melted and I've had enough of it. I given the drink a break for a few weeks before but when I drink again it always ends up the same. I'm seriously considering giving it up altogether, cos I can't seem to drink in monderation.

 

See, yr sig indicates an issue of priority. Drugs are fine as a life enhancer, but using them when yr pissed off is a baaaad move. Same with any drugs - alcohol, mary J blithe, the skag, love. Just set aside some time tonight, and make of a list of everything good about yr life, the world, and in general. Focus on that.

Failing that, get the Spaced DVD boxset and learn what disillusionment coping skills really are.

 

That's what I did in the end ... Won't go into too much detail here ... read my flyology for a longer version

 

I was involved with a group of potheads without ever getting anything out of pot. In the end I just considered them jerks, but it took way longer than it shoulda. I think I have an addictive personality, because in the presence of free broadband and the absence of much else, I'm spending about 18 hours a day on-line.

 

lol I do spend a good bit of time online aswell I like to smoke the odd joint but it doesn't effect my life in a negative the way drink does.

 

If you've got an addictive personality (only you can say if you have) it won't distinguish one drug from another. While the drink works you'll carry on doing it, when it stops working you'll look for a different buzz to replace it with and so on.

If you haven't got an addictive personality then you'll just get bored with it, move on to more responsible pursuits and it won't affect your life anymore.

 

unfortunatly I am disillusioned also and I have been told many-a-time that I drink to much. But hey, what else is there to do when you feel like shit

 

I love life. I've never been happier.

 

I know in the past I always thought it sounded gay when people told me to get some hobbies but it's only now I realise they were right. I'm starting Spanish nightclasses tomorrow night as my first step to doing more constructive things.

 

ive just read your thread
my partner used..\[ i say used\] to .he has had to stop
drinking he was very ill a life with drink
nearlly lost him this famliy,,,

and now he lives with the horror of what he used to be like
not a nice thought really but at least he is himself
at last......

believe me its not worth a drop if it costs the world you live in
and......ie love, because ,yes the can of drink came inbetween
us at one point so its a chioce to stop drinking and a fight to stay of the
stuff.

it takes alot of courage to face your problems
but it takes a change to move forward.
love n peace from saff
the world is what you see......

 

It's basically something to take your mind off the fact yr doing nothing. Me, I have my music. Unfortunately I do it on computer, so it doesn't really work.

 

I have decks aswell and play the odd gig or house party but that always leads to a session on the drink which is never good. Thinking about taking up tai-chi aswell. The more positive non pub activities I have the better, which is hard considering most things revolve around the pub in Ireland.

 

Learn martial arts. I would've but I'm lazy. Gets you fit, keeps you off the skag, everything, really.

 

I've had one of those really crap days today... so I'm going to get pissed... beer is a solution... temporary maybe, but it works for me...

Fly...

 

lol, just don't over do it!!

 

if a lot of life for you revolves around drinking then why not try to teach yourself discipline instead of just giving up?

Giving up is almost like saying that you have a problem you're never going to be able to fix, if you think that's the case then go and see a dependency councillor, they'll tell you not to quit as well because by quitting you're making the drink a larger part of your life than you will by controlling the habit. Just get a hold of yourself instead, it'll be much more fun

 

hmmmm not a bad idea in principle, I could get a few cans tonight and drink them and wouldn't have to go get more but when I hit the pub and get6/7 pints into me I do tend to keep drinking and don't have the sense to stop and whn I can't stomach anymore pints I move on to vodkas and redbulls and stuff like that and it all gets seriously outa hand. If I leave my atm card at home I normally just get a few quid of one of me mates and tell them I'll give it back to them tommorrow.

 

Actually, Monkey has got a good point. If you stop the drink without dealing with it, your dependency will just move on to something else, but if you learn to discipline yourself, maybe you can take pleasure in 'casual' drinking rather than it being a burden. Of course, the self-discipline goes hand-in-hand with martial arts. Two birds with one stone?

 

Might look into the martial arts, but I'm extremely lazy. Started my Spanish nightclass last night and it was pretty cool. Twas nice to do something constructive.