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How many days could you go without having an alcoholic drink?

Posted by F4wrdthnkndad • 10/21/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: aa, alcohol, beer, days without a drink, sobriety, Wine

I was talking to someone who is in AA and he is trying to reach 90 days. 90 days! And that is just for starters. So I thought I'd find out how many days do you think you could go without a glass of beer, wine, or hard liquor?

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10/21/09

amybyrd21

like for ever. I am not suppost to drink. I have one a year at a social event and that is it. I did have a nasty beer to try it this year so I will probably have a cola at the party this year.

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10/21/09

MissSuzie

I have to have beer during my football games. It's practically a law around here.

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10/21/09

Floormodel

I could go forever because I'm not much of a drinker.

But I did have a horrible time quitting smoking and had to take it one half hour at a time in the begining then an hour at a time, a day, two days, a week, a month, etc. and even now many years after quitting I occasionally (rarely) find myself craving a cigarette.

I wish that person, you were talking to, the best of luck, it's hard to quit a crutch and he/she'll need all the good thoughts they can get.

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10/21/09

dbowles1017

Forever. Im not addicted to it

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10/21/09

chicky401

I very rarely drink. I think the last time I had a couple was 4 months ago. Just don't get that into it. Now if this was about coffee-totally different story!

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10/21/09

Friday13

Not a drinker, so an infinite number of days.

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10/21/09

Rivy

I am definitely an alcoholic. In April '08 I passed out in public, a good person called 911, and I was rushed to an emergency room, where I was put on life-support and 24-hour monitoring for the next 12 days. If I had passed out in my apartment - which was very, very likely (it had happened many times before) - the doctors told me I would not have survived the first night.

I am in AA. The 5th of this month I have had 17 months of freedom from alcohol. And 17 months of being alive. A day at a time. Literally. And thankfully.

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1. 10/21/09
  
  Friday13
  
  Congrats times seventeen to you, sir!
2. 10/22/09
  
  Hayseed
  
  YOU ROCK! Congratulations on another sober day!
  
  It will get easier, you know. Just remember not to drag your yesterdays into your today.
10/21/09

wagerwitch

I rarely drank. I'm a reverse alcoholic. I just don't like the taste of alcohol - and don't like hangovers and I have that major MAJOR hangover gene.

Like one drink and I feel nasty for a day or two.

So drinking just wasn't ever worth it much.

I will go out with the girls once in a while and have like 5 shots in one night - but then I'm dancing and We are "partying"... But that was only like once every 3 or 4 months.

Actually - to be honest - it's probably been about 3 years since I've actually done that tho. LOL!

Anyhow RIVY - love ya man - you're da bomb - so totally respect your hard work.

And I know you can do it.

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10/21/09

BeamingBalance

Funny, I never really drank until after my daughter was born and we moved in with my in-laws. The alcohol consumption definitely increased at that point. The longest I went after that was the 9 months when I was pregnant with my son.

Recently I did the 21-day Quantum Wellness Cleanse which included no alcohol. I thought it would be really hard (since I'm used to a glass of wine a few times per week) but it was fine actually.

Long answer for a simple question!

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10/21/09

trailofpen

I go months, so I'm all good.

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10/21/09

owlbarn

I don't drink alcohol. But, I congratulate who has made an effort of staying away from alcohol for 90 days.

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10/21/09

Soirette

I'm with Floormodel - I best understand the question in relation to smoking. Six years since quitting, but I've only stopped counting for a couple of years. So, for me, the counting is the best indicator of how removed one is.

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10/22/09

laurencefosgate

I have celebrated cocktail hour most of my adult life but have given that up to support friends with drinking problems on numerous occaisions. Since I found I can take it or leave it, I think I may generally choose to leave it. It's kind of expensive (I prefer the premium stuff) and there are healthier ways to relax.

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10/22/09

sorcerer

errr... spirit that is

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10/22/09

Hayseed

About a decade and counting. Figured I'd better quit--things were getting worse faster than I could lower my standards :]

Congratulate your friend for me ...and remind them only today matters. Your friend DOES have a sponsor, yes?

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10/23/09

F4wrdthnkndad

I'm somewhat surprised by the responses. When I did a survey based on an article that posed the question is three drinks a day moderate drinking-I was surprised by how many people indicated they drink between 3-6 alcoholic drinks daily.

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10/23/09

websatart1

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