re: Drinking because you are bored

I planned and paid for both me and my wife’s plot, funeral etc. I have peace with leaving this earth. That don’t mean I am not gonna fight. I watched my wife do it for 5 years

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(3 days a week) That’s not really drinking heavily.

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Well I’m glad he’s at least getting ahead of it. I’m at 6-7 days a week but only get hung over once or twice a month tops to where I’m highly functional. The wife has been getting onto me recently, especially since we’re about to start trying to have kids. I think she’s right, but I’m functional and not remotely abusive, but it’s probably got to change since I’m definitely not ready to drive at a 1:00 AM emergency right now and if I’m a 12 pack in probably not safe enough to safely cradle a baby.

I used to do this daily.

Got tired of feeling like shite.

Now I walk two miles a day and lift weights 3 -4 times a week.

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Some of you may know my whole story. I also got diagnosed with stage 4 mestatic cancer. Doctors give me about 12-18 months. Fixing to move to Jacksonville. My daughter and son-in-law will be who takes care of me at the end.

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I don’t know what advice to give you here, man. I’m so, so sorry.

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There is only so much binge watching of shoes I can do.

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I’m jealous as I plan to shoe wash when I retire.

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“Eh, Mrs Litella, Shoe watching is NOT shoe “WASHING”.”

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Drinking because you are bored

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Some of you may know my whole story. I also got diagnosed with stage 4 mestatic cancer. Doctors give me about 12-18 months. Fixing to move to Jacksonville. My daughter and son-in-law will be who takes care of me at the end.

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Very sorry to hear this. If this were me, I would:

1. Stop drinking

2. Go to church often

2. Spend time with family whenever possible

3. Get out in God's creation whenever possible

4. Cook my meals to my liking and eat well

Sorry to hear man it sounds like you have a great attitude. I don’t think you should stop doing whatever the hell you want todo considering your situation. Enjoy life no matter what it is. Enjoy those grandkids while you can.

There's some good advice here and a lot of it is going to introduce large change. I'm going to be a little more simple in what helped me.

I was much worse off, I would start drinking beer at 4ish everyday, have 6 or so, and then a couple whiskey drinks. Oldness hit me at 35ish and whiskey just made the next day horrible so I cut that out, then I would have 6 or so miller lites then a couple IPAs a day.

I just got to the point in life where with kid activities and such it was difficult so I wanted to change and not drink every day, especially during the week.

Enter sparkling water. Whenever I wanted a beer during the week I would sip on a la croix. I don't care if I drank 8 or 10 a night, it wasn't alcohol. Surprisingly, it mimicked the habit of hoisting a carbonated beverage and next thing you know I didn't drink Monday - Thursday.

Now it is so much easier for me to just have 2, or to not drink at all. I still will drink a good bit on the weekend but since I cut back anything around 10 in a day and I'm not feeling great the next day

3 days a week is still salvageable. I've been basically a 5th a day for 2 years. I moved out of the house August 11th. I just went into a downward spiral after my dogs died. I just came home and sat in the basement and drank. We have basically been roommates since my Lab died in February. We haven't divorced yet and maybe it can be fixed over time. I'm leaving for rehab in Denver on Friday. Coming home to an apartment all alone didn't help me at all. I hope it goes well for you

ETA: I'm sure that some people are fine with a facility close to home, but I don't trust myself enough to be in Birmingham or anywhere close to home. With it being voluntary, I don't want the option of it being easy to leave.