JK1348 [he/him]

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Cake day: July 4th, 2022

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  • I’m very extroverted and I used to drink excessively in party environments because I’m a social butterfly, and outgoing.

    When I quit drinking over a year ago, I thought it was gonna be hard to spread my extroverted wings to party environments etc. Was it an adjustment? Yes.

    But I’m glad I did that because I found that, yes I do love some fun night life and genuinely enjoy music and dancing. But also that these environments where others are drinking and expect you to drink (sometimes excessively) are not where you’re going to find the best people at in general. You might get lucky sometimes but for the most part in my experience it’s all apart of the party.

    Your best bet is to flex your extroverted muscle in other environments as well that might suit you for example if you love art, go to art events. If you love live music go to local music events or music festivals.

    I went back to school for music and it’s been the greatest decision I ever made because it’s brought me into a whole new world I was too afraid to attempt before.


  • I had the same thing I had a hangover kit that I would follow to make the hangover less harsh it was right around the time I quit too

    I’m happy you had a safe environment around your family mine would prefer I “loosen” up by drinking, in fact quitting made me realize that there was a lot of toxic dynamics within my family that need to be addressed, I never realized drinking was a form of tolerating it. I’m naturally extroverted so I thought parties and dancing was gonna be different, it was an adjustment but I still like to be outgoing and boogie, I just had to do it without alcohol, I find good substitutions in weed or psychedelics though as my tool to unwind when I need it



  • Thank you it’s been a hard journey, I found that the 2 weeks to 2 month mark was the hardest that’s when I can truly say I experienced physical withdrawals. I would get headaches when I saw alcohol or others drinking at parties I would get headaches.

    When I quit coke, I was told there would be physical withdrawals but I experienced more psychological ones than anything which is what scares me about alcohol. I felt this deep calling to return to it, I still the thought of the hangover really keeps me away at my age.


  • I quit drinking been clean for a year and a half, I just turned 31, at this age the hangovers are just too overwhelming for me to tough them out anymore. And quite honestly after completely quitting and seeing the upside I highly recommend to all my fellow comrades here.

    Now I am no saint, I love weed and psychedelics but after extensive research I find those to be a lot more better for me recreationally and yes therapeutically. But to each their own.

    I wish I never drank honestly I threw away my 20s, wasted time, destroyed the only long term relationship I ever had, and it was a gateway to harder drugs like cocaine. Which was the first thing I quit after battling a crazy addiction to it. Scarface level shit.

    What truly terrifies me is now that I’ve quit my once close family members would rather feel something is wrong with me for not drinking and preferring psychedelics over alcohol. Even when they say out loud that they support me their actions say otherwise.

    If anyone is trying to quit drink my DMs are open to share my experience



  • Depends on your mental health By best friends both dating each other, met through me one of them was socialist leaning and now they’ve just been completely brainwashed. They don’t see past their double standards on US Imperialist and Colonial hegemony.

    Sometimes I don’t have the spoons to argue with someone who’s already convinced anything I say is false or another extreme.

    I’ve realized there’s no changing their minds because they refuse to see anything I present. It’s just a waste of time we’re better of playing super smash and smoking and occasionally I’ll bait him into Marxist analysis through means of not mentioning socialist keywords, it’s fascinating and daunting at the same time