Holy crap that's something. Cool you were in the hard-core scene. That's really tough youre story. Ice shoplifted for booze when ive had no money but that's it but I'm lucky to have a stable home and wife look after me. The voices only started 6 months ago.

No examples or advice on how to stop.

Acohol is easily available from anywhere so I
get that but I can get benzos and sleeping pills from my Dr which help much better since put me out. I'd use heroin again but inject rather than smoke because I wasn't hearing voices then and I don't know where to get it here and I doubt I'd stand a needle. Spirits and lucky strikes used to knock me out when I was drunk. They would make my knees buckle same with benzos. Now it just sober me up.