I drank alot as a teenager, in college and in service. After gallbladder surgery, I had to make a change. If I make it to September 15th, 2009, I will have seven years of sobriety. Life can still be fun living "One Day At A Time." I enjoy ice cold Coca Colas these days and even gave up smoking. Once you get a certain age, your body cannot handle partying anymore. You young people need to enjoy it while you can. When in doubt, always sleep it off at a friends house or let the sober man drive.
If you're drinking half of a 1.75 liter bottle of 80 proof whiskey daily...that is some pretty serious drinking, IMO !
850 ml or so of 80 proof anything is probably like 25 drinks a day roughly, that's not really casual drinking.
I can't imagine killing 0ne and half of the big bottles in a day, let alone six hours. That's like 75 shots or so....I don't think I could kill the big bottle in 6 hours without puking or passing out, even for a million dollars....I would attempt it, though, for a million.
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Do I have a prob. w/booze? You must be aware at some level that you do, or else you wouldn't have changed your habit. IF you do have a prob,, and really want to quit, there's ONLY 1 way. STOP right now. There are no half way methods. I don't know how old you are, but trust one who's been there, it will ruin your life. At the rate you're drinking it'll happen sooner than later. I started when I was 16 and progressed thru the yrs till I lost virtually everything that meant anything to me. I somehow made it thru an AF career, but when I retired I REALLY went wild. This Aug. if I make it, will be 33 yrs dry. I'd be dead now if I hadn't quit. Did I have some great times? Sure, but after a while the bad ones far outweighed the good. Most people can drink daily w/out consequenceses, but the few alcoholics among us can't. BTW Homedawg a CONGRATS and keep it up, PM me if you like, offer open to anyone else suffering w/the disease!! (<)<
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Do I have a prob. w/booze? You must be aware at some level that you do, or else you wouldn't have changed your habit. IF you do have a prob,, and really want to quit, there's ONLY 1 way. STOP right now. There are no half way methods. I don't know how old you are, but trust one who's been there, it will ruin your life. At the rate you're drinking it'll happen sooner than later. I started when I was 16 and progressed thru the yrs till I lost virtually everything that meant anything to me. I somehow made it thru an AF career, but when I retired I REALLY went wild. This Aug. if I make it, will be 33 yrs dry. I'd be dead now if I hadn't quit. Did I have some great times? Sure, but after a while the bad ones far outweighed the good. Most people can drink daily w/out consequenceses, but the few alcoholics among us can't. BTW Homedawg a CONGRATS and keep it up, PM me if you like, offer open to anyone else suffering w/the disease!! (<)<
HD, your account reads similar to my own at age 33 (1993) when I elected to stop drinking the night I was pulled over doing 80mph on a Dallas freeway at 2am
I had some unpaid traffic fines, so the officer arrested me and took me to jail - but did not do a DUI check.
Unpaid fines were a byproduct of my being drunk too much and spending too much money on partying.
Didn't have another drink for over 11 years and for past five years have learned how to drink once, maybe twice a month and only at local joints within a couple miles of house where I can taxi.
My now occasional drinking is limited to three to six whiskeys over a few hours, followed by a quart of water and two Advil at home, so few ill effects.
However, a couple times a year I've done more and ached physically the next day so much that I can hardly even imagine how much my body would be fucked up had I continued my active pace from 1993 forward.
However, a couple times a year I've done more and ached physically the next day so much that I can hardly even imagine how much my body would be fucked up had I continued my active pace from 1993 forward.
