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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 3903754" data-attributes="member: 35036">If you don’t have insurance or a way to get healthcare, go to the AA meetings, look for any help you can get. Withdrawals are rough, but can present a serious medical problem, so it’s best to have someone around that can help figure out the signs and help you through them. I had a friend who had to be prescribed medication when giving up alcohol. This year I quit alcohol for 3 months, and went from drinking an awful lot, to a very reasonable, controllable amount. What lifestyle choices I have made might not work for everyone, but it worked for me. I highly recommend just giving up alcohol completely if you have any doubts about your self control. My best friend did just that this last year, and he’s really doing well, couldn’t be happier with his choice.I noticed when I dropped alcohol I went through about a week of intense sugar cravings and overall restless sleep/bad mood/irritability/lack of satisfaction in anything. I found that if I substituted my booze for ice cream, it helped a lot. So in the evenings, when I was watching tv, or doing whatever, and felt the itch to have a glass in my hand, I would go grab a big bowl of my favorite braums Ice cream. It didn’t substitute for the burn of scotch, but it certainly helped. Soda, gum, or hard candy works well too supposedly.Week two through five was worse in my opinion. My sugar cravings cut back to about half intensity, but I then went through what was the start of about 3 weeks of severe depression. Like deep dark hopelessness sit in the corner and not feel anything depression. It’s your body wanting those endorphins from drinking. It’s only temporary. But it can be a real dark spot. Just keep yourself busy. Start working out, exercising will help replace those endorphins.  Go shooting, put in a few extra hours at work, whatever you gotta do to stay busy, because sitting and focusing on not drinking just drives people to drink.I’m not the best at giving advice or helping when people are having a bad time, but I’m here if you Need advice, someone to talk to, or whatever. I believe in you.</blockquote>

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