• NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I’ve really tried to stop drinking less these days and it’s working. I was doing great during my recovery from my car accident, I didn’t drink at for months but once I got better I backslid into my old habit of one or two beers a night.

    I’ve spent the better part of a few weeks cutting down to only once or twice per week and now im going to try a full 30 days in November. It’s not really a challenge since I know I spent the better part of several months not drinking but im still looking forward detoxing and getting a bit healthier.

  • YungOnions@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I know this is likely just a meme post, but substance abuse is not really something we should be glamorising or normalising.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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      11 months ago

      I don’t think this is normalizing it at all. There’s more of a self-deprecating subtext, and it’s not too dissimilar to the humor I hear from other addicts/alcoholics (been sober from alcohol since 2017 myself)

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      11 months ago

      It’s something we should be able to openly talk about as substance abuse is an illness. You can also make memes about an illness as a means of coping with it or to commiserate over it with others.