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Last week was the ten year mark of starting chemo after being diagnosed with Stage IV B lymphoma. Somehow, I beat it, after a brutal 3 year war.
I quit my treatment and had no support services. I became a pill popping, drunk insane person from 2006-2009.
I quit using painkillers in late 2009, cold turkey. I quit hard liquor Feb 2010, cold turkey. I used to parachute hydro's with shots of jose', I wonder how I am alive.
Tonight, I will quit drinking wine, cold turkey, for the entire month of June. It needs to be done as I am drinking 3-4 liters a night, that is insane.
This thread is the opposite of all the entertaining degen threads that I have enjoyed lately.
Writing this thread helps me and it will be my blog, just kinda like self therapy.
I have major issues with sleep and expect the next few nights to be tough.
Thought about making this a June not thread worthy post, but felt this would be better for myself.
Please use the big red X if this thread bores you.
Much love! -
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Good luck!
but all this talk about "cold turkey" has me hungry now. -
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Somehow I don't believe you were drinking 4-5 bottles of wine a night by yourself...
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hmmmmmmmm turkey!
trust me, there were many nights of an entire 5 liter box -
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I do, I was drinking almost a half gallon of Seagrams VO daily while railing 400mgs of Oxy. Tolerance goes up fast for some.Originally Posted by onepocketj
Somehow I don't believe you were drinking 4-5 bottles of wine a night by yourself...
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Thanks King, yeah, I even thought repost as I typed thread.......needed to be done.
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dude
you can die from these withdrawals
heart failure is a possibility
thats why they have detox
expect fucked up dreams...like disturbingly fucked up....
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Yeah, agreed, but the same was said of my pill and liquor stops and I made it.
My dreams are beyond messed up anyways :) -
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If you can do it without replacing it with something else then it's really really cool. gl OP!!!!
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Lots of sit ups and long walk, which I am off to now, xoxoxoxoxoxxoxo
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Good luck OP. Wine is sneaky as fuck.
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were you the one who said you quit drinking and now you only drink wine once in a while?
and I told you that you should quit that as well, it can only lead you back down a negative path.
was that you? -
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why are you quitting cold turkey when it's known that alcohol withdrawal is deadly? You're not some college jackass who is making a thread about quitting beer cuz you slammed a case of natty a night for 2 weeks...you're slamming 4 bottles of wine a nigh for what seems like many months minimum, this is different. Do some research and come up with a real plan you fucknut.
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That is amazing and awesome!! Congrats!! My dad passed away from lymphoma, brutal sickness!!! GLGLGLGLGL
Originally Posted by Mr323
Last week was the ten year mark of starting chemo after being diagnosed with Stage IV B lymphoma. Somehow, I beat it, after a brutal 3 year war.
I quit my treatment and had no support services. I became a pill popping, drunk insane person from 2006-2009.
I quit using painkillers in late 2009, cold turkey. I quit hard liquor Feb 2010, cold turkey. I used to parachute hydro's with shots of jose', I wonder how I am alive.
Tonight, I will quit drinking wine, cold turkey, for the entire month of June. It needs to be done as I am drinking 3-4 liters a night, that is insane.
This thread is the opposite of all the entertaining degen threads that I have enjoyed lately.
Writing this thread helps me and it will be my blog, just kinda like self therapy.
I have major issues with sleep and expect the next few nights to be tough.
Thought about making this a June not thread worthy post, but felt this would be better for myself.
Please use the big red X if this thread bores you.
Much love! -
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Yeah, I recall you telling me that.Originally Posted by Sandman_Good
were you the one who said you quit drinking and now you only drink wine once in a while?
and I told you that you should quit that as well, it can only lead you back down a negative path.
was that you?
Slept a couple of hrs, vivid stuff.
I understand it is a risk going cold turkey, but so was the liquor and pill cold turkey move.
I have no heath insurances and can't use any hospital/facility. -
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needs more iced coffee~
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Wine? Wine??? You ever suck dick tor wine, man?? Boo this man!!
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there is a difference between drinking wine every night, and drinking all day every day. if you don't wake up with shakes in the morning and start drinking asap, you aren't gonna die from withdrawals.
drinking every night = abuse.
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(abuse+dependence) / dependence > healthy intake
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Up after a few hours of good sleep. I woke up wired and will go to the gym. I have never had the ability to drink during the day and always hydrate intensely in the AM. Thanks for the wishes, here we go.....
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You quitting for just a month and then going back to the bottle?
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Just recently (February) quit my habit of a gallon plus of bourbon a week, good luck to you, you'll feel much better about things in a few weeks.
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good luck my friend - and congrats on the 10yr mark
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