I'd recommend you replace drinking with positive, life affirming selfish activities like exercising and ****ing.

Consider, if you were drinking four cases a week, that's 120 beers. If the average caloric content of each beer is 150 calories, that's an extra 18,000 calories weekly; mind, alcohol calories are entirelly empty. Further, as alcohol negates the bodies ability to absorb vitamins and minerals, and as it can actually accelerate the destruction of muscle fibres..... a daily exercise routine and a reasonable diet should be adopted.

This would have a few benefits: (1) falling asleep will be easier, (2) your metabolism will improve, (3) your body will be able to absorb essential vitamins & minerals much easier, & (4) your self-image will improve.

Further, I realize this is sensitive, but if you're pushing 20 beers a night..... there are effects on guys. A regular exercise routine would counteract this, and would make (better looking) ladies find you more desirable.

^ your taste in music is questionable, but your advice is great

yeah it's great advice but nobody actually wants to do that ****

my father is now bed-ridden and suffering from gout complication due to alchohol intake. he was a drinker ever since he was young and now he's 50+ years old, all that alcohol had started to take it's toll to his body and eventually, lead to this gout complication. he now uses a weelchair and had to be aided with stuff like drinking, eating, etc.

this made me a realization that you may enjoy your life while you're young (drinking, smoking, etc.), but as you get old, what you will be is the reflection of what you were doing back then.

so in response to your thread, yes, alcoholism is a big problem. beer companies become billionaires while their patronizers become bed-ridden.

Yeah, this is hard advice to follow, but anyone struggling with a problem could try to break things down into small, acheiveable steps. To me,fighting addictions is like breaking in a horse : first get some semblance of control, then try and tighten the reins a little bit more each week.
A first step could be one of the limiting rules that I`ve already noticed on this thread:
* don`t drink before 9pm
* don`t be drunk around sober people
* don`t drink on your own
If you`re lucky, in the space of about 2 weeks, your rule will have become a habit and you can move on to another step.
You also need to recognize your vulnerable moments and try to pre-empt them. If you feel low when you get home from a day`s work for example, try going to a Starbucks or something instead. Have a snack, a walk, a shower, anything to postpone or dodge that moment of weakness. If you drink too much at parties - don`t go to the party!
Something else I`ve noticed with booze is that if you drink on Monday night, you`ll have real trouble sleeping on Tuesday night. One solution might be loads of Vit. C on Tuesday evening. Having a drink in order to sleep is not a good idea - it just pushes the problem along to the next evening.

The main thing is to stay focused on the benefits above, but don`t expect miracles.
Or you could ignore my advice, and go to AA or a doctor instead. Whatever you do, anyone struggling with these problems has my sympathy.

Creating a new habit to control your drinking... That's really clever.
Dude. You're ****ing smart. Again!

it's a temporary solution....creating a new habit to distract from drinking which is ****ing up your body is a good idea.

I'd do that if I were you boozin.

why do you think that is bad advice?

I'm curious.

I think for how serious it is he needs to be straight into AA with professionals and people (a community) around him for support who have been through the same issues. That combined effort will help beat the addiction.