I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic.

NEVER and I mean NEVER have I seen so many fucking ads for alcohol in my LIFE. Instagram? 15 ads in a half hour of scrolling reels. YouTube? Ads. Google results? Ads. Twitter? Ads.

It’s fucking everywhere and it’s SICK. I’m researching how to help someone stop drinking and I’m getting inundated with ads for anything from gin, beers, vodkas and more. I can’t even imagine having an alcohol issue and trying to find help for myself with the web being this way.

It’s fucking sick.

  • @[email protected]
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    371 year ago

    I’ve found with my own addictions that forcibly stopping one just causes a different one to start up.

    The real solution for me has been healing trauma, resulting in baseline consciousness not being painful.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 year ago

      Most alcoholics use alcohol to run from difficult, unprocessed emotions. I was one of them.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Many of the programs recommend therapy first. No one wants to drink themselves to death, even though it feels like that sometimes.

    • @Stanwich
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      21 year ago

      And weed helps…not advocating, just saying it helped.

      • esty
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        51 year ago

        i smoke as much as the next guy but at this point it would be replacing one vice with another

        • @Huxleywaswrite
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          31 year ago

          But it’s replacing it with a much less destructive one, which can be beneficial

      • @scarabic
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        31 year ago

        Different people react to it differently and for some it’s very positive. It may depend what the underlying stressor is. People who have chronic pain often respond well to THC/CBD.

        And it certainly has fewer ill effects than booze.