I primarily came on here to try and help myself stay sober from porn and sex addiction.
I’m not sure if I have a problem with alcohol, I don’t drink regularly, but recently I have recognised that when I do drink, I don’t really have an off switch, I just go a bit crazy, and I’m not sure whether that’s a good or healthy thing to do.
I’ve done short stints of sobriety from alcohol in the past (dry January etc) so I’ll see how this goes. Shouldn’t be too hard to stay sober in November, Christmas time it might get tricky but we’ll see how we go!
I wouldn’t read too much into it, I was just thinking ahead, Christmas is typically a time when people let their hair down and have drinks with family & friends they may not have seen in a while. That’s all I was saying, it’s going to be more difficult to not be in an alcohol adjacent/centric environment around Christmas.
I don’t think I have a serious problem with alcohol, but it is something I want to be relatively cautious around as I’m progressing through my porn & sex sobriety, I don’t want to swap one addiction for another.
Thanks Smitty, at the moment I don’t feel like I need or have to drink alcohol, but there have been a couple of occasions over the last few months where I’ve questioned my motives for drinking, and whether I’m actually doing it to relax and as a bit of a social lubricant, or if it is starting to slip into an “escape” and numbing of emotions like my porn and sex addiction.
I’m not saying I’m never going to drink again, just need to make sure I’m doing it in a healthy way, emotionally and physically.
Alcohol was a huge gateway for me to other drugs. Not caring who i slept with, i had no off switch either. If i drink Alcohol usually after 4 beers im chasing cocaine, then im chasing sex. Staying sober helps me think way more clear and concious about my decisions for sure