Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?

Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? by stef25 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:40AM (#33162637)

My problem is I can drink a bottle of wine and it doesn't really delivery a hangover. I know it's bad for me in the long run but it's hard to resist if it helps me worry less without any negative effects that are immediately noticeable.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? by marginalia_nu on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:04AM (#33163509)

Have you considered seeing a therapist? Rumination is often very treatable.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? by stef25 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:45AM (#33163952)

I am seeing one, he advised me to take more time off work than I'm able to but taking the max I could did help somewhat.

Any tips?

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Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? by xwcve on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:02PM (#33165019)

For myself personally I found mindfulness meditation helping with anxiety. It is however like any excercise: it does not show effects without regular practice over months. And it is not the sitting session itself that helps as much as developing a skill, and habit, of seeing your mind clearly doing what it does. That is applied outside the meditation coushion.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? by marginalia_nu on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:13PM (#33165183)

Hard to give general advice, but I've personally had great success breaking looping thought patterns with labeling.

https://www.mindmate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/label...

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