# I have decided to try to quit drinking
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203
**Category:** Emotional Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203 "2024-06-03T19:08:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Arianna](https://talkingsober.com/u/Arianna)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/1 "2024-06-03T19:08:40Z")
Hello everybody i have decided to give this a try. I have been binge drinking ever since 2011 and although i have had some fun for years doing this it’s beginning to cause so many problems in life for me (like consistently overspending, holding up my muscle-building/fat loss goals, and just making me feel like crap every single morning after a binge). I mainly drink on the weekends but i drink so much on Friday-sometimes Sunday that it doesn’t really make a difference. Yesterday i ended up getting drunk again and after a while i just started feeling real sad during it and i just have finally decided that i’ve had enough and i want my pre-alcohol life back. This is not the first time i’ve attempted to get sober (i was actually sober for 1 year during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but relapsed soon after things began opening up again) but i hope that this attempt will stick because this isn’t really too fun anymore and i’m just tired of feeling sick and tired
---
### Author:  [@Arianna](https://talkingsober.com/u/Arianna)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/3 "2024-06-03T19:40:06Z")
Thank you. I go to the gym now and am actually very active there throughout the week (i miraculously went today, despite being drunk again last night) this weekend will be very difficult for me but it has to stop somewhere
---
### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/5 "2024-06-03T20:21:15Z")
Good for you Arianna! You’re finding your power and your independence. Welcome to Talking Sober!
---
### Author:  [@Dan531](https://talkingsober.com/u/Dan531)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/6 "2024-06-03T21:24:56Z")
How did you feel overall during your 1 year of sobriety? I know that if you lift hard at the gym for a week and go out drinking 1 night it pretty much erases all of your gains for that week… that’s a lot of hard work to through away. Put that bottle down and smash those gains 💪!
---
### Author:  [@Arianna](https://talkingsober.com/u/Arianna)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/7 "2024-06-03T21:47:23Z")
Well, i was kinda forced to get sober that time. The prospect of drinking at home with no bar to go to seemed kinda pointless so that made me stopped drinking and honestly i was often bored and frequently missed drinking and going to the bar but i was still going to my martial arts class at the time and i was also working out (at home as i hadn’t obtained a gym membership yet). I wasn’t feeling as anxious as i do now so there was that
---
### Author:  [@Misokatsu](https://talkingsober.com/u/Misokatsu)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/8 "2024-06-03T23:00:59Z")
Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired is a good place to start. Have you read any quit lit? Books that teach you about how alcohol damages and creates dependance, methods to stop really helped me in my early journey. Ideas below.
[Resources for our recovery](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812)
---
### Author:  [@Arianna](https://talkingsober.com/u/Arianna)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/9 "2024-06-03T23:09:45Z")
Honestly i have never read any books about being sober i don’t really read books much at all tbh
---
### Author:  [@stand\_like\_an\_oak](https://talkingsober.com/u/stand_like_an_oak)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/10 "2024-06-03T23:32:21Z")
I recently relapsed after 414 days alcohol free and can relate to you there… when I initially quit listening to The Easy Way to Control Alcohol by Allen Carr really helped me in the beginning. Its on Spotify and Audible. I had tons of music I listened to that used to trigger me, so when driving I put that book on instead. I am actually going to listen to it again. You may find making a list of your triggers helpful so that you can set yourself up for success. Wishing you all the success, odaat 🫂
---
### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/11 "2024-06-04T00:32:05Z")
Audiobooks and podcasts! No reading required - just listen. Here’s a good place to start:
> [@Podcasts compilation (2018 to present)](https://talkingsober.com/t/podcasts-compilation-2018-to-present/161976):
>
> Lots of threads on podcasts have been combined into this thread. Search and add your own! Happy listening. slightly_smiling_face
---
### Author:  [@Arianna](https://talkingsober.com/u/Arianna)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/i-have-decided-to-try-to-quit-drinking/183203/12 "2024-06-04T00:47:01Z")
Thanks for the recommendation i will take a look!