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    #1

    How Much Did/Do You Drink

    Thought this may be of interest, curious to the amounts others drink/drank which ended up in them being here?

    I will start with my confession of a DAILY 6 beers often 8 or 9 starting at 5pm till about 7pm when dinner served then....

    followed by 4 or 5 LARGE glasses of red from a 5ltr cask (so always plenty on hand, as bottle never enough)

    And often a bourbon and coke before bed or if any in house a whiskey or two as a nightcap.

    From all what I have read so far it seems I was a right piss pot, cos most people seem to be claiming a bottle of wine a night or thereabouts causing problems.

    So how much did/do you drink?
    AF 3-3-11
    1 FEB 2011 new crusade (failed)
    Stopped AL 17 November 2010 did 30 days
    NF since 1992
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    #2
    How Much Did/Do You Drink

    About 4 litres of red wine per day. The last few years were from first thing in the morning till i crashed out at night. I was a sipper though, you know, classy like. None of this crude necking the bottle in a few second's, oh no.

    'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

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      #3
      How Much Did/Do You Drink

      I never drink before 8pm but once I start don't stop.
      At least one bottle of wine most days. And 2 bottles on a weekend night.
      If I open a bottle at all I finish it, the disadvantage of drinking alone.
      In the past week I've counted that I went through 7 bottles of wine. That wasn't drinking everynight either.

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        #4
        How Much Did/Do You Drink

        I drank every day, usually a bottle of wine, sometimes more, and when trying to mod, I would drink about 3/4 or sometimes even 1/2 bottle and pour the rest out to avoid temptation. I think what finally got me is the constant obsession over how much I drank and how I felt in the morning depending on that. I'm just sick of the whole thing and hope never to drink again!

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          #5
          How Much Did/Do You Drink

          I would drink at least a small bottle of wine a night. More if I bought the dreaded boxes of wine - you can't see how much you drink. Never during the work day, mornings or late, late at night (never could stay awake too long). Sundays were always bad for me. I cook for the week so after church I am in the kitchen from about 12:30 on. I would start with tea, seltzer of something non-alcoholic. The around three, something woudl say "have a small one"....between cooking and drinking I would get the laundry done, stuff ready for the schoolday Monday and get back to the kitchen and drink till it was time to bathe the kids and get them ready for bed. Maybe sneak down for a quick one before bed. That would probably be a bottle and a half or maybe two full (regular) bottles on Sundays. And I am not a very big person. It was toooooooo much for me. I would melt into bed wth a magazine and wake up bleary with a stinging headache every Monday morning. I hated it. The day at work would be hell, and I would take the edge off by having a glass as soon as I started dinner Monday night. I am really really thankful that that part of my life is over. Crazy to see it in print like this. God, this was a GREAT exercise and makes me realize what a problem I do have (or had!!) Thanks for this!
          February 27th, 2013. A New , Successful Start. :h

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            #6
            How Much Did/Do You Drink

            Guitarista;1012384 wrote: About 4 litres of red wine per day. The last few years were from first thing in the morning till i crashed out at night. I was a sipper though, you know, classy like. None of this crude necking the bottle in a few second's, oh no.
            Mr. G - :H:H:H

            I was about 1 bottle of wine/day with additional couple of beers periodically or a vodka at times (varied). It was a lot for me - had a hangover virtually every day. What is different for me, I think, is the way even a small amount of alcohol could disrupt my sleep. So, even though it wasn't a drastic amount when compared to some people, when you don't sleep it off, you're hungover! Enough to make me miserable for sure.

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              #7
              How Much Did/Do You Drink

              I would binge on the weekends, sometime the weekend started Thursdays. I would start slowly a bottle of wine friday night, then needed the hair of the dog early Saturday afternoon and continued drinking until passing out. I could go without some weekends but usually drank way too much when I did drink.

              As Choochie experienced, any amount of drinking started to affect my sleep. That is one of the things keeping me sober, nice, restful sleep. Not waking up in a panic attack at 2 or 3.

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                #8
                How Much Did/Do You Drink

                2 Bottles of wine per day (but only if I could start early like at 12:00 noon because I wanted to space them out enough so as not to have "too bad" of a hangover. Also, I would only buy one at a time (so I couldn't drink them as fast.) After the first one, I would then walk (so as not to get a dui) to the wine store for the second bottle. Near the end, there were a few nights where I would still want more at 8:00 p.m. so I would walk myself to a nearby restaurant for two more glasses....Eeeeeeeeek!!! That means I was only 2 glasses away from drinking THREE FRIGGIN' bottles of wine. And I am a tiny woman :-((( Thank you for this exercise, Ronkers. At Day 9 AF, I still need these kinds of reminders that I absolutely CANNOT drink alcohol, ever, not even a drop! Wheeeeew....I am so grateful to be sober today :H
                "No matter what happens, be fearless!"
                Sam - AF since 12/11/10

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                  #9
                  How Much Did/Do You Drink

                  At the height of my addiction, 8-10 beers/night minimum, often (every other day) up to 14-16 beers. On the occasions I drank hard alcohol, it was a 750mL bottle of gin or vodka in a day. On binge days, I can only guess, but probably upwards of 20-30 beers in a day, or an entire 750mL bottle of gin or vodka plus beers. Most of those days were a forced 5-7 hours of sleep as well, followed by a full work day. Horrible.

                  That's at least 1200-1600 calories per day in beer alone. No wonder I'm obese and have (had) terrible problems with blood sugar! It's going to be awhile before my body fully adjusts to the loss of those calories.

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                    #10
                    How Much Did/Do You Drink

                    Too Much.

                    Between 1 - 2 bottles of wine a night beginning at about 6.00 pm. I wouldn't go to bed until all the AL was finished and then I might have a beer if I hadn't had enough after the two bottles of wine.

                    Most mornings, I must have still been drunk.
                    CW


                    One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind.

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                      #11
                      How Much Did/Do You Drink

                      OK, Mog - I hereby declare you the winner!!:H:H Tell us about how you're doing now. I check the meds thread now and then, and if I remember correctly, you've made HUGE PROGRESS!! You must be feeling amazing with what you've accomplished!!

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                        #12
                        How Much Did/Do You Drink

                        I drank either a 1.5 litre bottle of wine or about 13-26 ounces of vodka; depending on when I started during the day. Or if I was in a beer mood, I would drink about 8-12 beers.

                        Way too much!!!! Yuck!

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                          #13
                          How Much Did/Do You Drink

                          12-14 beers OR almost a fifth of Rum. Every night of the week. Ugh!
                          :heart:I love my daughter more than alcohol:heart:

                          Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you think.

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                            #14
                            How Much Did/Do You Drink

                            I would drink 8 oz of vodka untill I cut down, then 4 oz, then 3 every night of the week.
                            You always succeed if you never stop trying.
                            Everyday we choose the direction of change.

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                              #15
                              How Much Did/Do You Drink

                              0.5 to 0.7 litres of Scotch whisky a night. Hic!

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