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For 4 years, I drank 50oz of beer a night (2 25oz cans of bud light) to get me to fall asleep. How hard would it be for me to quit drinking? I decided to quit drinking and survived 3 days with no beer so far. The only withdrawal symptom I experienced within the past 3 days was slight shakiness which eventually went away and I feel normal again. Also I honestly feel tempted to drink just 25oz instead of my regular 50oz tonight. I'm thinking of tapering off slowly by weaning myself off alcohol. I plan on doing this by cutting my intake in half and only sticking to one 25oz can of beer every 2-3 days.
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The only one who can give an accurate opinion on the medical aspects of quitting is your own doctor so if you have any concerns that would be the best person to consult.
At a more general level, it can be said that there are two aspects to quitting. The physical withdrawals will gradually lessen after a few days. This period can be dangerous for some people so medical supervision is advisable, while for others it is just a period of discomfort that they can cope with on their own. You are probably near the end of that physical withdrawal period now but I have read somewhere that it takes up to three months for all traces of alcohol to leave the system.
The mental aspect of quitting is what you will need to deal with now and this can be tricky. Your mind will try to convince you that you can drink as long as it is less than before or that after a period of sobriety, you now have it under control. Since you are through the worst part of physical withdrawal, why not quit today instead of tapering?
If you are an alcoholic, every time that you drink, your body will crave more alcohol and that makes it very difficult to cut down gradually. When you no longer drink, you cannot have this craving.
I'm alcoholic. for me I just don't want to awake the inner monster so I just try to not start
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1is2many how are you holding up so far?
Will I ever drink again? I don't know. But I'm not drinking today.
Only you know what you can handle. If you think you can cut down and stick to it, then good for you.