Mentions (9)
"I've been in denial about my drinking for a very long time. I've been to rehab, IOP, and AA sporadically over the last 15 years. The longest I've ever stayed sober from alcohol was 6 months. I know that I have a problem. I am an alcoholic. I'm starting to accept that I need to stop drinking. I need "
"I crave the community and accountability of something like AA, but the only substance I'm truly addicted to is weed."
"These people will literally go to AA if they have more than 4 drinks a night. Not saying the UK doesn't have a drinking problem, but how has this puritanical mindset taken over? My friend's brother is claiming to be a recovering alcoholic at the age of 21."
"I hang out with a bunch of old men in my AA group and none of them give a fuck about anything except for their latest medical issue that might kill them... it totally rules."
"This is a narrative that is pushed by the blatantly religious AA organisation which exhibits all the characteristics of a cult. They push the idea that you are nothing, a hopeless, powerless husk at the whim of an inebriating liquid. They actively campaign within their meetings against any other med"
"Not drank in a couple of months and going to AA etc. Past month i've noticed hair on the side of my head and hairline have 80% came back to normal. Even more reason to stay sober now lmao, as if addiction & no self control wasn't enough of a reason."
"That feeling when you've drank a bottle of whisky, and your uber eats of the second bottle is coming, nothing beats it after months of sobriety. locked in your apartment, no one around, walking around and talking to yourself, they never tell you about this beauty in AA"
"Not sure what to expect. Regale me with inspo or horror stories as you see fit."
"It's a strage feeling as I have no desire today to convince myself to smoke "one last time" like i used to do EVERY-FUCKING-DAY for almost two years. I was living the same day for two years, a small, mediocre and pathetic loop with no beginning or end... all i know is that i am going to be in the ba"