Day 3 Cold Turkey - no alcohol, weed or nicotine
This might be a darker post to some but it's my light at the end of the tunnel. I'm a long time lurker and all the positive reinforcement has finally tipped me over the edge to quit.
I spent 7 years making deals with myself on when it would be ok to drink -- I used to skip getting dinner with friends because it wouldn't be socially acceptable to get drunk while they were sober, and instead go home to drink.
When I would drink, everything was fair game, I would get stoned and constantly hit a nicotine vape. It was always 4 Monacos and a 6 pack of white claw, I think that calculates to 14 drinks in the span of 6 hours or so, as many times a week as I could without people finding out.
I'm 28 and my body is starting to fail. I have fatty liver and a deep cough that won't go away. The trifecta of substances I abused is very, very dangerous in combination. I can feel that this is my last chance to improve my life before I permanently mess up my body.
I'm 3 days sober off everything and the withdrawals are putting me through hell, but it's working. I can already feel a tiny bit of clarity coming back into my mind, and my memory is improving.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for showing me that it's possible to change your life for the better. It really does take a village.