i'm 5'11" and 188lbs- i workout and run every day and am in very good shape- however i just can't stop drinkin

Question

g..i'm 20 and in college and it's so freaking hard to not drink when every single person around me does it- i know for sure that if i could stop drinking i would improve myself even more but i just can't stop for some reason...someday's i even start drinking at 3:30 in the afternoon and stay drunk until sleep and i'm talking dead wasted. is there any trick u guys use to help u drink less or somethin? i think i'm turning into an alcoholic and i'm suprised i'm even able to stay as fit as i am now. please don't leave any stupid assface comments abt how i'm underage, i just wanted sum ideas to help me ease of the drinking 6 days a week.

Answer 1

you sound just like me in college with the 6 days/week and starting in the afternoon (now i'm in med school...i'm not a success story cuz i'm pretty smart but drinking did ruin my first two years of college, hindsight). you just have to quit being such a pu$$y around your friends. just cuz everybody else is drinking doesnt mean you have to. be the designated driver sometimes. take a step back and look at what you are doing to yourself and realize that drinking actually gets you nowhere and its a huge waste of money and your life. get some friends that dont drink. get a hobby. set some goals for yourself. concentrate on school. drink a glass of water between every alcoholic drink (helps with hangovers too). get a girlfriend that doesnt drink much. get a dui without killing someone.

Answer 2

I'm 5'11 and 188 pounds too and run most day... and am in the same boat... just whish I was still 20...

My best days come when I do something that requires intense concentration... like playing chess... can't drink and play chess...

also don't try drinking something you don't like because you think you will drink less.. wrong... you will just develop a taste for that... its the alcohol you crave and eventually you will associate the 2...

Other than that... I don't know... Good luck...

Answer 3

the push ups and crunches will do little in the way of burning calories and i can't see the mile run burning any more than 200 calories at your weight. try a good half hour of INTENSE interval training a day which will improve your metabolism and burn closer to 500 calories. on the treadmill i do 2 minutes of a medium to fast paced jog followed by a minute of all out sprinting and then repeat the process (i end up doing about 3.5 miles)

Answer 4

PRETEND LIKE YOUR DRINKING! If your friends are always doing it and cant face peer pressure. Get an empty bottle and fill it will something that looks like beer(cream soda) or for liqour(WATER) In a vodka bottle. that way it looks like your drinking but your really not. By the time your friends are wasted they wont realize that your not. I do it all the time im 18 and in college.

Answer 5

and dont listen to people who congratulate you on what you are doing because you havent done a damn thing yet. just quit being a pu$$y and letting alcohol control you. you dont need AA because you're 20. You havent been drinking long enough to need help quitting. you just need to quit being such a baby and whining about it. either quit or drink. go find jesus or something (not catholicism though). have a coke and a smile.

Answer 6

Hello,
You need help with a support group of recovered alcoholics. Maybe your doctor or nurse may help you.Try Public Health Services.
At least you regconized your disease. A+ for your efforts.
Good Luck.

Answer 7

1. Understand why you drink. In AA, alcoholism is viewed as a disease which only a Higher Power can help you with. But outside AA, there are other models of alcohol dependence. One useful way to look at a drinking problem is to view it in terms of survival instincts. As scientists have known for many years, the brain is divided into two basic parts, which we will call the human brain (you) and the animal brain (it). The animal brain is concerned only with survival, and when you are chemically dependent on alcohol, it falsely thinks that you need alcohol to survive. Because of this, you could call it the "booze brain." If you don't understand how the booze brain works, it can easily trick the human brain (you) into drinking. However, once you understand why you drink, you are prepared to take action with the CORE process - Commit, Objectify, Respond, Enjoy. This simple process can help you stay away from alcohol for good.
2. Commit yourself to permanent abstinence from alcohol. You do not need alcohol to survive. The human brain is much smarter than the booze brain, which doesn't understand that you can live without alcohol. You can outsmart your booze brain by learning to think of it as something other than yourself. This way, when it demands alcohol, you can tell it "never." When you think about this, you might hear your booze brain objecting and pleading with you to "never say never." It does not want you to quit drinking, because it thinks it will die. But you are smarter than it is, and you know you need to stop. Make a plan to quit for good. When you're ready, say the words "I will never drink again." Pay attention to how you feel. If you are scared, panicked, angry, depressed, or feeling badly in some way, that is the booze brain at work.
3. Objectify your booze brain. Think of it as something separate from yourself, and learn to hear it speaking to you. It will try anything to get you to drink, because it falsely believes that you need to drink to survive. If you are feeling bad, it will tell you to drink to feel better. If you are feeling good, it will tell you to drink to party or celebrate. In fact, it will try to use any event in your life (good or bad) as an excuse to drink. Whenever you have any thought or feeling that suggests drinking, that is the booze brain trying to trick you. Objectify it by saying "it wants a drink" instead of "I want a drink." When you objectify the booze brain, you realize that it has no power over you. You are in control, and it is an outsider. All it can do is try to trick you into drinking, and you can outsmart it every time. Human brains are smarter than animal brains.
4. Respond to your booze brain by saying "never" whenever you hear it asking for a drink. This causes the booze brain to back down, because it recognizes that it is not in control and there is no way it can force you to pour alcohol down your throat. It will try many different ploys to trick you into drinking (especially at first), but now that you have this information, you will know what it is up to every time. Remember, any thought or feeling that suggests drinking at any time is the booze brain at work. When you recognize it, just tell it "I never drink" and continue with whatever you were doing. Don't argue with it, just tell it that you never drink. It will eventually get more and more discouraged as time goes on, and it will bother you less and less. Before too long, you'll be an expert at dealing with your booze brain, and it will be easy to stay sober.
5. Enjoy your recovery from alcohol dependence. Don't be afraid that you will slip or relapse, because that fear is the booze brain at work, trying to give you an excuse to give up. Once you practice the CORE process for a while, it will become impossible for you to go back to drinking, because anytime you think about having a drink, you will see that it is just your booze brain at work. Remember, only your booze brain wants to drink. You do not want to drink, you want to quit. You are smarter than the booze brain, and now you know how to beat it. After a short time, the CORE process becomes automatic, and you don't have to make a big effort to stay sober. You may feel bad, angry, sad, or depressed at times, but that's normal. If the booze brain tries to use these feelings as excuses to drink, you will know what it is up to, and you'll know how to deal with it. Just tell it "I never drink" and get on with your life.

Answer 8

You'll crap out your liver.

Answer 9

KEEP SMOKING THEN.