so how much did you/do you all drink?

[bloggy]

so how much did you/do you all drink?

Similar to you Limers- for years it was 5 - 8 cans a night, but after my dad died, I began daytime drinking too- it started because I needed a hair of the dog to get moving, but soon my drinking times just got earlier and earler.

I would go on 4 day binges, drinking round the clock and not eating until I simply couldn't anymore- I would need at least a day in bed, then have a few days of evening drinking then go on another bender.

Needless to say I was working from the PC at that time- I could not have done a job.

I am so Thankful to Naltrexone and Baclofen- I do still drink some days but 3 is about my max now- I can't remember the last time I was really drunk.

I don't want to drink at all, but the habit is very very ingrained.

[Zeppie2]

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When I hit rock bottom I was drinking 10 - 12 745ml bottles of beer a day (23 - 27 units). It would start at 7am and finish when I blacked out. If I found a half full bottle by the side of the bed I would finish it for breakfast, no point wasting all the lovely warm flat beer.

If I ran out of beer I would drink anything I could find, wasted one night I finished off a bottle of wine I had paid $150 for it was 8 years old and was best if drank when it was 25 years. I don't remember drinking it and I couldn't tell you what it even tasted like. To combat such a mistake again I would keep a cask of wine in the cupboard just in case.

I too started off drinking a dozen cans of beer a day but didn't like having to deal with the empties so I shifted to swappa crates but instead of having six (as they were twice the size of a can) I just drank faster so I could finish the twelve.

[aliame]

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I hope I am at the worst now, and it will only get better, ie AF.
Maybe 6-10 cans of cider every day. Generally spaced out, to keep me going. Sometimes more, not often, cos I fall asleep.
Hiding, hiding, always hiding. Gallons of mouthwash, toothpaste, peppermints, perfume. Sneaking empties all over the place, hate it when I find ones I have forgotten, hate it more when my husband would find one.
Hate it even more if kids see me.
This has to end. I remember when I first had 4 cans in one night! It was the night my fiance jilted me 10 days before wedding. Haven't really stopped since! This was 19 years ago.

[RedThread12]

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Angel - since I lived through it, I think laughter is totally appropriate and a great way to "unpuddle." Oh, the stories that I can and do tell with my friends who have gone through all kinds of things with me, and we laugh until we cry (or wet our pants!). Bruce Cockburn buts it beautifully in his song, "The Laugh of Love:"

It's not the laughter of rain in the drain
It's not the laughter of a man in pain
It's not the laughter you can hide behind
It's not the laughter of a frightened mind
Balanced on the brink only waiting for a shove
You better listen for the laugh of love

It's not the laughter of the gloating rich
It's not the laughter of the sacred bitch
It's not the laughter of the macho fool
It's not the laughter that obeys the rules
More of a chain saw in a velvet glove
You better listen for the laugh of love

It's not the laughter of a child with toys
It's not the laughter of the president's boys
It's not the laughter of the media king
This laughter doesn't sell you anything
It's the wind in the wings of a diving dove
You better listen for the laugh of love
Whatever else you might be thinking of
You better listen for the laugh of love

That's what I hear from your side . . . . and I'm smiling.

Astro

[Angelcakes]

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:lAstro

xo

[kriger]

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WoW, this is a great thread. At my worst I was drinking approx 9-12 cans of 3.2% beer each evening with a morning "start off" if there was anything left in the house. If there was wine left that was easy to guzzle in the morning. Weekends would be an all day and night affair with Beer. When we buy a 5L box of wine it is gone (between hubby and I) in 36 hours! I am so glad I am not there at this point-I know I could be back there very soon if I don't nip things in the bud right now. I have been avoiding MWO for a couple of months because I have been actively drinking-now I'm serious again about getting AL out of my life again so I will be back re-connecting with old friends. This is a wonderful place to be while fighting this addiction- I knew that immediately when I joined last Aug. Love to All, Kris

[boozehag]

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6-9 bottles of wine a week. Always bought 3 bottles at a time in case other drinking buddies would turn up so that I could be sure of having at least 2 bottles for myself. Seems to be a common theme worrying about not having enough. I drank to blackout every time in the last couple of years but would be still standing long after blackout. Drank every 3 days or so probably 10 drinks (not units) in each session. Would be too sick to drink the other days. Never drank in the morning or during the day as once I started I could not or would not stop. So I would wait until I could drink without having to stop. I would drink for 8-10 hours sometimes up to 12 hours. I would also chain smoke. I know that was me but I cannot even perceive doing that now. I cannot believe I was that person. What was I thinking? Complete lunacy. Thankfully MWO gave me the tools to break the grip of that addiction.
M

[ilovejafa]

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QuitinTime;730318 wrote: I'm another wine person - grew up in a house with both parents sipping until bed time - I thought that was normal - frankly I still do with them at least however dad's gone and mom still has 1 or two a day with dinner.

I can't do one or two - with me it was whiskey & beer in the 70s - changed to gin - didn't drink at all most of the 80s then brandy and wine in the 90s - to wine only in the 2000s. I went from a couple of glasses on weekends to 1-2 bottles a day. I more recently have cut back alot but still at about 2-3 glasses a day with hangovers resulting which tells me the body aint happy with even that. Today I'm sober - and I really have to cut it out as I'm borderline diabetic now and I think I'd rather live dry and sober than lose my feet or life. So here we go again - gonna try for dry in October. Keep me in your prayers.

Startin over ageeen.

Hi quitintime, just curious, why did you say "lose my feet"? Is that just a figure of speech?

Jafa

[ilovejafa]

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I am down to 1 bottle of wine a day, which is good for me.
Constant, hard drinking for over 20 years.
My worst point was after my divorce where I was consuming 4 litres of cask wine per day. Waking up, under trees in my neighbourhood.
I drink a glass of water in between a wine now, helps, but so much better than 10 years ago.

[irish eyes]

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I drank a bottle of wine on Friday night and Saturday night, was getting to the stage when I had a half bottle midweek. For years a bottle of wine would have lasted me a week. I did all of this drinking alone, never had a prob when out socialising would just have two glasses of Coors light!! Dident even regard myself as a heavy drinker until two years ago when my Mom died it began to escalate.

[stepintime]

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Irish, I can just not imagine, how one bottle of wine can last a whole WEEK!
My god.
I mean, .... a bottle only holds approx 4 glasses.
I wish I could make a bottle last a night, nevermind a week.

[Gearhead]

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When I would drink it usually amounted to 10 beers or equivalent per day usually starting Thursday and lasting through Monday or Tuesdays. Gave been a multi-day binger for a while. The most embarassing thing two admit was having an alcoholic energy drink an hour before work on those Mondays/ Tuesdays. WTF was I thinking. sad.

[beautifulred]

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Too Much

One 1.75 liter of vodka lasted about 2 days....sad really....cause I didn't start till I got home from work until that later days when I started after my 3rd cup of coffee in the morning...8AM.:upset:

[My New Beginning]

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A bottle of wine 4 to 5 nights a week. Sometimes more. I'm saving so much money now not to mention my health.

[UrbanFool]

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I was going through a 1.75 liter bottle of Vodka every 2 days. I figured that was more than enough.

Oh hey Red! I just read your post! (right there with ya.)