Anyone successfully sober up and maintain/improve as a trader?

[TreeFrogTrader]

Could be an addiction/dependency problem too rather than a trading problem.

Whenever you try to give up something that you are addicted or habituated to, the mind tries to self-sabotage your effort by creating problems. e.g. someone says "Oh, I wanted to stop drinking but when I started to quit my wife and I ended out fighting more. Maybe I was better off before." WOMP....womp....womp.

 

[tomas262]

ya addictions .. am waiting for my wape batt to whine for ages .. that damn thing just burns and does not wanna die for years now
do not be so hard on yourself

 

[murray t turtle]

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this. I've been trading my own book successfully for about 10 years. Started my day, every day around 5 am with a nice fat bowl of MJ and would re-hit multiple times during work. Now, I'm left with this unfocused, hypersenstive, lack of self control mess I call a brain that likes to chase highs, nervously adds to position in anticipation before the move confirms, and gets shaken out of the lows. Sobriety = I'm the market's *****.

So I guess my question is...it is even possible to sober up and still do this successfully? Has anyone here been able to do so? Or does the brain just change so much that I'm going to have to choose between sobriety and some soul sucking 9-5, or trading and be stoned forever? Any advice or prior experience would be super helpful

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Ottrails;
hyper sensitive is actually an advantage, even though i may use '' DEEP Woods OFF'' more than most LOL .
{NOT that chasing stocks or benchmark highs in SEPT is a good idea in any shape or size LOL}
Jabez is a lot better than Exxon Valdez, I still do business with Exxon ,good co.
I say yes its possible to succeed , Jabez + plenty do but not chase ETFs high in SEPT or overleverage business or overleverage REALTY.
Some addictions are good ; 8 glasses of water@ day is good + most don t even do that addiction i {I would never assume 10 years of overleveage in RE means its a good idea, even if promoted frequently} Good hypersensitive question.