Cutting Back significantly after 30 beers a week
Hey guys, first post here. I just posted this on r/stopdrinking but I realized this place may be more my speed.
I've been drinking most days probably about 30 beers a week more or less for the last 7 years. Sometimes I've paused for a few days and got mild withdrawals but usually I just drink because it's... I mean I don't know really. I sort of assumed it was normal but apparently I'm a "moderate alchohalic"
Anyways, I haven't had access to a car for the last month because I got a DUI a year ago and just finished the paperwork on that, and because of that I've been stuck at the house at the mercy of my roomate basically whenever I want to do anything. Actually I just finished my month out but now I'm working on this insurance ad on thing right now which is not something I was aware I had to do
Anyways, about 6 days ago I ran out of alchohal. My roomate was sick and didn't really want to go to the store and I was like "you know what, why do I even need alchohal anyways?". Not with the intention to quit per se but just because I thought I don't need to be inconveniencing my roomate like this and I could totally just stop.
And I did mostly, I've had effectively 3 beers since and have been completely sober for the last 3 days. It's been a really not fun experience and I'm also prone to panic attacks. Normally when I have them I drink a beer just incase it's hangziety but now well I guess I just tough through or find other things.
Anyways, withdrawl has really sucked. I've had a headache for the past week at least half the time. Any time I think about it's there and I think about it a lot. Today we went to the store but I figured since I think I've already made it past the dangerous part why not keep going, so I bought the .5% NA coronas which are actually pretty good and the 0.0 peronis. That .5% makes an insane amount of difference because the peronis genuinely taste like seltzer pee water and peroni is one of my favorite beers.
Anyways, just wanted to say hi I guess. Been reading a lot of posts here after realizing I have a problem. I know I'm not like in as distressful of a situation as a lot of people here but even just quitting off what's basically been like 4 beers a day has been a pretty shit experience
I work in the music industry and help run a bar so quitting entirely isn't really realistic even if I wanted to which I don't. I want to break this addiction, and stop drinking when there's no reason to... and that's been a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC