It sounds extremely painful to try and moderate my alcohol and opioid addiction...I've never seen that work after being in the program on and off for over 25 years however I completely understand Harm Reduction which beats the alternative such as Dying...for instance I switched Smoking for Nicotine lonzenges and yes sadly to Marijuana instead of the above... Instead of beating myself up for relapsing and then using more than before, I'm choosing a 1 day at a Time approach and learning to Love myself more... Great video and it comes when I really needed a pep talk 🍀
I became dependent on cannabis a few years after quitting drinking, to the extent it exhausted my funds, so I would be cautious when recommending harm reduction. But everyone is different. I will never quit cannabis, personally. What changed is I started treating the underlying cause, my personality disorder. Because until that happened, even if I was sober for a long time and didn't crave anything, I'd still lapse into negative self talk and depression and blah blah blah, and I thought it was all due to addiction, but...nope. Now I simply have no desire to be a stoner. I have friends who are stoners and I thought for the longest time, well, they can do this without any major problems, why can't I...but using weed daily fucking sucks man! I didn't realize how numb to the world some of these friends were. Like, one of my best mates going back years, lives a block away from me, and I can barely get him out to concerts or anything anymore. All those days of chasing women and having fun gone. Now he talks about killing himself when he's middle aged. I'm telling you, regular weed use is no good lol But with alcohol I'd only recommend tapering off with the expectation of quitting entirely, because there's no harmless way to use it. Even opiates can be used in a healthy way for those managing pain, they can use opiates for years and years with no ill effects, but alcohol just steamrolls through every cell it runs into contact with, slowly destroying the body, you have no idea how it will negatively effect you, though there can be genetic hints.
In my honest opinion i feel harm reduction does not work. Going in with the approach that i would be able to moderate or cut down is a dangerous mindset as drinking for me is a chemical addiction and as soon as its in my system the alcohol takes control, from the first drink, to the bitter last...
It's easier to quit drinking entirely. I remember trying to moderate my usage. I put myself through mental hell with that. Always having to resist. Maybe there are a few souls out there who can become moderate drinkers, but...seems pointless to me. Alcohol tastes like piss. You have to drink a lot of it before it starts to become tolerable. At the end of my drinking sessions, vodka was like water, honest to god.
It sounds extremely painful to try and moderate my alcohol and opioid addiction...I've never seen that work after being in the program on and off for over 25 years however I completely understand Harm Reduction which beats the alternative such as Dying...for instance I switched Smoking for Nicotine lonzenges and yes sadly to Marijuana instead of the above... Instead of beating myself up for relapsing and then using more than before, I'm choosing a 1 day at a Time approach and learning to Love myself more...
Great video and it comes when I really needed a pep talk 🍀
Yeah I find it impossible myself but everyone has a jounery
@@davidnochaserQuite the Journey... Good way to look at Life...have a Blessed day 🍀
I became dependent on cannabis a few years after quitting drinking, to the extent it exhausted my funds, so I would be cautious when recommending harm reduction. But everyone is different. I will never quit cannabis, personally. What changed is I started treating the underlying cause, my personality disorder. Because until that happened, even if I was sober for a long time and didn't crave anything, I'd still lapse into negative self talk and depression and blah blah blah, and I thought it was all due to addiction, but...nope. Now I simply have no desire to be a stoner. I have friends who are stoners and I thought for the longest time, well, they can do this without any major problems, why can't I...but using weed daily fucking sucks man! I didn't realize how numb to the world some of these friends were. Like, one of my best mates going back years, lives a block away from me, and I can barely get him out to concerts or anything anymore. All those days of chasing women and having fun gone. Now he talks about killing himself when he's middle aged. I'm telling you, regular weed use is no good lol
But with alcohol I'd only recommend tapering off with the expectation of quitting entirely, because there's no harmless way to use it. Even opiates can be used in a healthy way for those managing pain, they can use opiates for years and years with no ill effects, but alcohol just steamrolls through every cell it runs into contact with, slowly destroying the body, you have no idea how it will negatively effect you, though there can be genetic hints.
Yeah tapering is way different than harm Reduction and I agree with ya on that
In my honest opinion i feel harm reduction does not work. Going in with the approach that i would be able to moderate or cut down is a dangerous mindset as drinking for me is a chemical addiction and as soon as its in my system the alcohol takes control, from the first drink, to the bitter last...
I tend to think more that way too tbh
It's easier to quit drinking entirely. I remember trying to moderate my usage. I put myself through mental hell with that. Always having to resist. Maybe there are a few souls out there who can become moderate drinkers, but...seems pointless to me. Alcohol tastes like piss. You have to drink a lot of it before it starts to become tolerable. At the end of my drinking sessions, vodka was like water, honest to god.