How Much Did/Do You Drink

[bleep]

How Much Did/Do You Drink

What an interesting thread this is. I went from beer to wine, primarily because wine was quicker. I suppose vodka was the next logical step. Well, stopping was the more obvious step, but you know what I mean, I hope. I'd drink anywhere from 2 to 6 bottles of wine of an evening, pretty much every evening.

It's strange - when I was drinking, it seemed that everybody was doing it. Now that I don't drink so much, I notice that hey, a lot of people don't get hammered all the time! It seems it is easier to notice whatever you happen to be doing at the time.

[scottish lass]

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good reading! I have been drinking socially since a teenager - broiught up around and with AL thinking it was normal - progressed to spirits (again "normal") -= got to the stage I would drink anything in the house, any hour - gin from the bottle, whisky if I could get it - had to ask my husband to put his special whisky in the gun safe, but I managed to get in there in spite of a huge aversion to guns! got spirits out of the house and became a wine drinker - thought that was "better" - progressed to one bottle minumum a night and more often two! Am creeping up to 50 soon, so a good 30 years behind me!

[gottaquitnow]

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I guess this is as good of a time as any for a first post...

I don't care for beer, can take or leave vodka, but Lordy!!!! gimme the cheap white wine! Been doing waaaay too much of it nightly for about 4 years. Worked full time and went to school full time for 3 of those years, doing both very well. Not that I felt well, though.... I figured at least 3 12 oz glasses a night, more on weekends if I could swing it.

I am sick and tired of it. I don't do anything positive for myself anymore. I don't clean the house, I don't go on walks or bike rides, I have to force myself to do the bare minimum.

However, there may be a bright spot. Smoking has been a real battle. Have quit about 4 times for varying periods of weeks during this awful 4 years. Started Chantix again the other day. Today is the day that the ciggies don't taste good. Thought I would have a little glass of WW and a ciggie a little while ago. They BOTH tasted bleh!!!!!! I am sooooooo happy!!!!

Love reading all your posts. I have been lurking for awhile, now I'm taking the plunge!
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[looking for peace]

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Very interesting thread. I think at my worst, I was drinking at least one bottle of wine per night, sometimes more on really bad nights. I'm much better now that I have been on MWO. For the most part I am moderating with a couple days a week completely AF. There are days when I completely overdo it and wind up being so mad at myself. I want to get to the point of being 100% comitted to AF for at least a month, but haven't seemed to be able to turn the corner. I just can't seem to say OK it's over forever. I think what some of you are saying about moderation not being feasible for someone like me is true. Moderation still keeps it in your mind. I want it out of my mind all the time.

Another thing is, I find that if I compare my situation to others' and when others drink more than I do, I feel vindicated. I feel I'm not so bad, so why not continue going on the way I am going? That's why I watch shows like intervention, every alcoholic on that show is way worse than me, so my problem isn't too urgent. It's a dangerous mindset for me. If it's an issue for me, it's important for me.

[jennyneric]

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ALL WAYS more than I should have.

[tanera]

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depending on my taste for the day..2 to 3 bottles of the strongest wine or 6 tins of the strongest lager or or cider but not the cheap stuff!!or bottle of 40%proof vodka..anytime i go over this amount i am sick all the next day.yuk.

[merry]

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I would do a botle everynight sometimes no effect but if I was tried then disaster blackouts and the have the courage to tell my husband things I couldn't say when sober ( i wouldn't know a thing of what I said I thought I went to bed and slept)
It rearlly was the wrong way to express my self (false courage) because instead of looking at the problems (his depression) I gave him the amunition to throw it back in my face about my drinking instead of looking at why I was drinking expecially since I never used to drink

[Tipplerette]

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looking for peace;1118475 wrote: Very interesting thread. I think at my worst, I was drinking at least one bottle of wine per night, sometimes more on really bad nights. I'm much better now that I have been on MWO. For the most part I am moderating with a couple days a week completely AF. There are days when I completely overdo it and wind up being so mad at myself. I want to get to the point of being 100% comitted to AF for at least a month, but haven't seemed to be able to turn the corner. I just can't seem to say OK it's over forever. I think what some of you are saying about moderation not being feasible for someone like me is true. Moderation still keeps it in your mind. I want it out of my mind all the time.

Another thing is, I find that if I compare my situation to others' and when others drink more than I do, I feel vindicated. I feel I'm not so bad, so why not continue going on the way I am going? That's why I watch shows like intervention, every alcoholic on that show is way worse than me, so my problem isn't too urgent. It's a dangerous mindset for me. If it's an issue for me, it's important for me.

WOW, Peace, you just wrote from my exact perspective right to the T. The abstaining for a month thing is always thwarted by the "I am not so bad" thoughts. This thread has been very beneficial for me as there are some here who are at my stage which is a little more than half a bottle a night. But I realize that the reason it is a problem for me is that I spend so much time obsessing on it. After work it starts and the alcohol thoughts are with me all night whether I drink or not. What a waste of time!! I fondly remember my early 20's when I didn't drink at all and was the life of the party. Now I am still expected to be the life of the party and the pressure is always there to drink on weekends. During the week it's just the two of us sharing a bottle but if he doesn't open the bottle, I sure will. He actually FORGETS!! What to do, what to do?????

[rene1]

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when I was drinking I didn't drink everyday...however when I did it was straight to the Vodka... and it wasn't a little bit, it was the whole fifth.... The scary thing?, I thought I was handling it ok... NOT. What's worse is I have epilepsy.... have you ever seen a drunk epileptic? hahahaaaa... not pretty. At least I can laugh about it now. It was not fun at the time though. In fact, it was more like living in a nightmare you never quite wake from. I thought the alcohol was an escape, it sure was. What I thought was normal was really abnormal...and what others saw as normal I thought was "weird". It was vicious. I would never know how I was actually going to react to the alcohol or better yet, how my meds and the alcohol would mix "this time". Sadly, when I started drinking I just didn't care. I would say to myself... just a couple straight shots, take the edge off then I'll be great.... never happened that way. I would always find myself looking at the empty bottle wondering how I downed the whole thing...and when? I still have moments when I think "hmm, it would be nice to have a little sip" but, I know I can't. The sip turns into a guzzle and the hell begins. Not worth it for a single moment... not a nano-moment.

[madmans]

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Sheri;1119661 wrote: Hi Peace,

Are other alcoholics really worse than us? I think all of us can find someone who's worse than us, but Allen Carr really helped me to view that differently and stop using it to justify my drinking because the only person I was hurting was myself.

When I was drinking/drunk, I still slurred my words, tripped and fell, repeated myself, wasted time, woke up with regrets, sometimes feeling sick, and wished I hadn't drank so much. I did that through my 20's, 30's and 40's by saying I'm not that bad compared to so and so who appeared to be worse than me by my own definition.

However, something I tended to ignore is that I was really bad compared to normal and non-drinkers. Those of us that are in the alcohol trap are still in the trap. Carr makes the analogy to the "Pitcher Plant" that is sloped and designed to lure it's prey in with promises of sweet nectar only to be carried further down into the trap once the bait is taken.

The fact that I perceived myself to not be as bad as someone else because I hadn't fallen to the bottom of the trap yet was really just an illusion. I was still in the trap being consumed bit by bit by bit.

Carr asks, "Aren't all drinkers just flies at different stages of the slide down the pitcher plant."

I was.

Sheri

I was sober for nearly 2 months last Nov/Dec and then i decided to drink after Xmas, i found it really hard in them 2 months staying AF . About a week after getting AF this time i bought Allen Carr's book and by the time i had it read i noticed a change in my mind set and the way i viewed alcohol , these last few months have been easy to tell the truth , do i think about drinking ? yes ..... but i can very easily put it out of my mind , no more white knuckling . I thank Allen Carr's book for than

[Determination]

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I have been trying to stop drinking for 2 years. I think the longest I made it was 8 days, and those were the best 8 days. Very, very hard. But once I slipped, I got so depressed and angry with myself, I just gave in.

So, today I hope to just make it through the day without drinking. Not thinking about tomorrow.

How much do I drink - most days 2 - 3 beers after work...followed by 1 1/2 bottle of wine before I pass out.

[matchee]

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The easiest answer to this question was "Everything I had"- during the week 1-2 pints per night (vodka) On the weekend 2-3 pints of vodka per day. Usually 3. I decided on this past Monday- i'm done. I'm done with the sweating, the shakes, the diarrhea, the blackouts and most of all - I'm done being somebody else.

I'm only on day 2 but already feel much better.

Wish me luck and I pray for all you - thanks.

[jobe1023]

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A pint of rum every other day some times more AF 25 days feel great.

[cloohoo]

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How much did you drink?

Insane amounts. Like two bottles of wine, plus some. And I am a woman who weighs 130 lbs. This is my first post on MWO. I bought the book, some of the supplements, and I will start Topamax tonight. I have been dealing with this FOREVER, it seems. I was on Naltrexone to moderate my use the Eskapa way, but that didn't work. I'm reading Alan Carr's book now as well, and he is spot-on about the brainwashing we do to ourselves. I can't afford to poison myself another day.

[Foamfollower]

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Hi Cloohoo,
Well you're in the right place here for both encouragement and advice, believe me. I shied away from evening posting for some time but find it both beneficial and comforting to know there is always someone here to talk to in those times of need.

I wish you well,
FF