IDK what to believe anymore. I was trying to research this and of course because the billion dollar rehab industry is against it, I'm sus - even though the arguments against are pretty logical.
Anyone have any experience with this personally or with a loved one?
You need to use a combo of things for weed to switch out booze. Key points from my experience.
You need intermittent fasting. 16 hours over night. This will help you feel what you are doing to your body with booze and later weed. Take a few weeks to go from 12 per day to 16.
Weed before booze. Weed will impact booze and make it work better. Use this to drink less.
Limit amount of drinking and days of drinking. Work down to 1 drink per day, maybe 2 Friday/Saturday.
Further work down until you only drink Friday/Saturday.
You need 1 day with no drinks. So you can fell what it is like to not be hung over.
Time limit both. 4:20 pm until 6 PM is plenty of weed and booze.
Exercise
The day after drinking you will eat more and be hungrier in the morning. You are destroying your gut microbiome. Take kefir drink daily, plenty of water, and magnesium. Booze strips magnesium from your body.
You or the person that needs this. They need to buy into their reduction and recovery or it won't happen. You also have to be willing to set limits and mostly adhere to them. Look up deep research on mindfulness.
All it Took Was One Book for Nikki Glaser to Quit Drinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LUm51Z-Ii0
Thank you for all this info. There's some inspiring comments under the youtube video clip. One mentions the Allen Carr book. Seems worth looking into.