Is sobriety a cornerstone of success?

[Der Eisbär]

I'm curious what you guys think about this.

Laying here hungover from the fights last night. Just another day waking up feeling like shit from alcohol. I'm turning 25 on Monday and I realize I need to cut way back on drinking if not stop altogether.

I'm about to enter a period of my life that will make or break my future and I need every edge to be successful; I just can't help the feeling that sobriety is the foundation of success. Alcohol really does nothing good for you at all. Kills brain cells. Makes you fat. Aids in making really stupid decisions. Costs money.

I'm not even a raging alcoholic either. I drink maybe 2-3 times a week with maybe one of those times per week being a heavy drinking session. Even that though is just too much.

How can any young person be successful while getting fucked up all the time? What are your guys thoughts on sobriety and how it relates to success? Sorry for the incoherent post. Like I said I'm out of it.

 

[El Chimpo]

moderation is the key


i gave it up completely almost a year ago but i did it for health reasons

 

[BisexualMMA]

You can be successful if you limit that shit to weekends, but you'll be putting the odds further in your favor if you aren't spending your weekends drunk / hungover / recovering.

 

[Der Eisbär]

You can be successful if you limit that shit to weekends, but you'll be putting the odds further in your favor if you aren't spending your weekends drunk / hungover / recovering.

Exactly how I'm looking at it. I work a M-F job but I would like to continue my grind on the weekends be it lifting/reading/hiking/bettering myself in some way instead of going "fuck it its the weekend!" and like you said spending it recovering/hung over

 

[Deleted member 196663]

I'm curious what you guys think about this.

Laying here hungover from the fights last night. Just another day waking up feeling like shit from alcohol. I'm turning 25 on Monday and I realize I need to cut way back on drinking if not stop altogether.

I'm about to enter a period of my life that will make or break my future and I need every edge to be successful; I just can't help the feeling that sobriety is the foundation of success. Alcohol really does nothing good for you at all. Kills brain cells. Makes you fat. Aids in making really stupid decisions. Costs money.

I'm not even a raging alcoholic either. I drink maybe 2-3 times a week with maybe one of those times per week being a heavy drinking session. Even that though is just too much.

How can any young person be successful while getting fucked up all the time? What are your guys thoughts on sobriety and how it relates to success? Sorry for the incoherent post. Like I said I'm out of it.

Don't blame the alcohol, blame yourself.

 

[Gutter Chris]

Exactly how I'm looking at it. I work a M-F job but I would like to continue my grind on the weekends be it lifting/reading/hiking/bettering myself in some way instead of going "fuck it its the weekend!" and like you said spending it recovering/hung over

It sounds more like drinking too much is the problem than drinking. tone it down a notch or 2 and you will be fine. If you have to spend a day recovering you are going way too hard ya know ? Dont get blasted once a week try once a month .... Also a whisper told me that the pots doesnt cause hangovers or make you a fatty and loves to go hiking so theres always that option as well

 

[Der Eisbär]

Don't blame the alcohol, blame yourself.

I do blame myself; for drinking the alcohol dumb dumb.

 

[Der Eisbär]

It sounds more like drinking too much is the problem than drinking. tone it down a notch or 2 and you will be fine. If you have to spend a day recovering you are going way too hard ya know ? Dont get blasted once a week try once a month .... Also a whisper told me that the pots doesnt cause hangovers or make you a fatty and loves to go hiking so theres always that option as well

I love pot. Research came out recently that thc can actually shield brain cells from the damage caused by alcohol.

 

[j123]

As long as you moderate it and know when to back off.

I'm very good at tracking my calories and macros, so I allowed myself for a "drinking" night since Nov (3 cocktails, 1 beer), eventually it got kind of out of hand (for me that is), and I ended up drinking 2 cocktails + 1 beer for 3 days, and upped the usual drinking night to 4 cocktails + 2 beers.
This was a bad sign for me, not to mention expensive as well, so I eased down, and am now back to 1 day a week at 2 cocktails + 1 beer

If not kept in line, it can get out of control pretty quickly.

 

[Pixelated Porn]

Drink a lot of water before going to bed. If hung over, smoke some weed and go back to sleep for like 1-2 hours. Problem solved.

 

[Thunderflash500]

Smoke weed instead.

 

[FadeLess]

To have sucess one needs to have a code of conduct established by a set of principles or rules .... and you must be loyal and disciplined to that to the fullest of its extent.

Dude ... stop drinking and doing drugs ... you know whats best for you and you can do it.

 

[Kalmah]

Sorry If I'm hijacking your thread with my blog post and or not answering the question you posed but I kind of want to get this off my chest.

I'm around your age and I drink quite a bit more than I should, like 6-8 beer a day. This is something I've been doing for near 7 years now. I want to just be like, alright, I'm not going to drink tomorrow or I'll just have 3, or I'll start at 6 and work my way down by 1 a day until I'm not drinking but I just haven't been able to do it yet. I don't wake up feeling like shit or hungover at least. The reason I want to cut down is because I'm getting fat/a beer gut from it. And I hate feeling/looking fat, it kills my confidence. I've always been skinny, it's not something I'm used to and I want to change/get rid of it before it gets even worse or any harder to deal with.

I want to say I drank last night because of the UFC event, but I'm sure I probably would have anyways. I've always maintained that because I'm not getting fucked up pissed drunk and it's more casual and spread out through the night that I don't have a problem and I could just stop at anytime if I had to or wanted to, but at this point I dunno.. I think I'm going to try again tonight, but I'm not sure if I should just cold turkey it, cut my usual in half, or wean myself off by like 1 a day.

 

[Dogstarman]

Sorry If I'm hijacking your thread with my blog post and or not answering the question you posed but I kind of want to get this off my chest.

I'm around your age and I drink quite a bit more than I should, like 6-8 beer a day. This is something I've been doing for near 7 years now. I want to just be like, alright, I'm not going to drink tomorrow or I'll just have 3, or I'll start at 6 and work my way down by 1 a day until I'm not drinking but I just haven't been able to do it yet. I don't wake up feeling like shit or hungover at least. The reason I want to cut down is because I'm getting fat/a beer gut from it. And I hate feeling/looking fat, it kills my confidence. I've always been skinny, it's not something I'm used to and I want to change/get rid of it before it gets even worse or any harder to deal with.

I want to say I drank last night because of the UFC event, but I'm sure I probably would have anyways. I've always maintained that because I'm not getting fucked up pissed drunk and it's more casual and spread out through the night that I don't have a problem and I could just stop at anytime if I had to or wanted to, but at this point I dunno.. I think I'm going to try again tonight, but I'm not sure if I should just cold turkey it, cut my usual in half, or wean myself off by like 1 a day.

You need to find a positive hobby where you have to be sober. Find some kind of sport where you want to improve yourself and your sport. I do bjj and most of the time I don't have that beer because I want to train and not feel like shit while training. The classes are late evening.

I still like to have a beer or two after practice, not every night though and I like to have a few on my days off it is not everyday. I want to be in shape and good conditioning for bjj. Getting fucked up and recovering from a shitty hangover is not conducive to my lifestyle. I go for runs in the morning or lift. If I'm hung over that shit isn't happening so I limit my drinking.

So yes I think sobriety is one of the cornerstones of sucess. I'm not saying i don't know some functioning alcoholics. It's just that some people can't live that way and I know I'm not one of them.

 

[j123]

Sorry If I'm hijacking your thread with my blog post and or not answering the question you posed but I kind of want to get this off my chest.

I'm around your age and I drink quite a bit more than I should, like 6-8 beer a day. This is something I've been doing for near 7 years now. I want to just be like, alright, I'm not going to drink tomorrow or I'll just have 3, or I'll start at 6 and work my way down by 1 a day until I'm not drinking but I just haven't been able to do it yet. I don't wake up feeling like shit or hungover at least. The reason I want to cut down is because I'm getting fat/a beer gut from it. And I hate feeling/looking fat, it kills my confidence. I've always been skinny, it's not something I'm used to and I want to change/get rid of it before it gets even worse or any harder to deal with.

I want to say I drank last night because of the UFC event, but I'm sure I probably would have anyways. I've always maintained that because I'm not getting fucked up pissed drunk and it's more casual and spread out through the night that I don't have a problem and I could just stop at anytime if I had to or wanted to, but at this point I dunno.. I think I'm going to try again tonight, but I'm not sure if I should just cold turkey it, cut my usual in half, or wean myself off by like 1 a day.

It depends on you, for me I can't cold turkey anything, (including dieting as well) so I slowly ease in to it. At my worst I was drinking 4 days a week, and I cut 2 drinks out each week (subtracted 1 cocktail + 1 beer). So:

week1: 15 drinks (10 cocktails + 5 beers)
week2: 13 drinks (9 cocktails + 4 beers)
week3: 11 drinks (etc)

Eventually I got used to cutting down, so I increased the amount I took off, and am back to normal now: 2 cocktails + 1 beer, 1 day a week

If you can cold turkey it, more power to you

 

[Der Eisbär]

To have sucess one needs to have a code of conduct established by a set of principles or rules .... and you must be loyal and disciplined to that to the fullest of its extent.

Dude ... stop drinking and doing drugs ... you know whats best for you and you can do it.

Thanks man I appreciate it. I know I can do it but sometimes it's nice to hear it from someone else.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Moderation dummy

 

[Der Eisbär]

Sorry If I'm hijacking your thread with my blog post and or not answering the question you posed but I kind of want to get this off my chest.

I'm around your age and I drink quite a bit more than I should, like 6-8 beer a day. This is something I've been doing for near 7 years now. I want to just be like, alright, I'm not going to drink tomorrow or I'll just have 3, or I'll start at 6 and work my way down by 1 a day until I'm not drinking but I just haven't been able to do it yet. I don't wake up feeling like shit or hungover at least. The reason I want to cut down is because I'm getting fat/a beer gut from it. And I hate feeling/looking fat, it kills my confidence. I've always been skinny, it's not something I'm used to and I want to change/get rid of it before it gets even worse or any harder to deal with.

I want to say I drank last night because of the UFC event, but I'm sure I probably would have anyways. I've always maintained that because I'm not getting fucked up pissed drunk and it's more casual and spread out through the night that I don't have a problem and I could just stop at anytime if I had to or wanted to, but at this point I dunno.. I think I'm going to try again tonight, but I'm not sure if I should just cold turkey it, cut my usual in half, or wean myself off by like 1 a day.

Yeah man definitely sounds like you need to pick up a hobby to do in your free time. That's one thing about getting sober is you realize you have a fuck ton of free time you need to fill up. Good luck buddy.

Just keep in mind the consequences. You get one life. One shot to chase your dreams. Achieve success. And then that's it. To me alcohol isn't worth not achieving greatness

 

[Sad Dad]

Most of my very favorite human beings ever are/were heavy drug users.

 

[EJAXXX]

Depends on the person I think, but for me, sobriety is key to being a successful and happy guy. Nothing goes well for me when I use drugs and alcohol. I can't use in moderation, I either go hard or I don't go at all, so right now I'm clean and things are working out great right now.

I'm over a year and a half sober and things have never been better, even though I'd love to have a beer or smoke a little weed, it scares me, because like I said, I'll end up going full blast and being wrecked for a week.