View Poll Results: Can YOU successfully drink in moderation?
Yes
44
9.28%
No
430
90.72%
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Can YOU successfully drink in moderation?
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[email protected] is not where normies are to be found coz answer is always going to be a deafening NO
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Originally Posted by ESD907 
I think most of us have tried and to differing degrees of success. I was okay when I was in a controlled environment. But it simply opened the floodgates for more booze. Ex: go to a bridal shower, have one or 2 glasses of wine, because you are not gonna get stupid in front of your aunts, cousins, etc. Moderating...absolutely. YOU have to be somewhere else, so can't drink anymore. hmmn. but its still in your mind, I haven't had enough, have I. IT may not be that day, or the next. but for me, I won't make it 3 days w/o a crazy binge of several days, days I can't recall. SO? can you? I guess, you can call it moderation. Is it sustainable? NO. In the way of my drinking patterns, I would have been better off ddrinking my usual way, because it was not binge-ing. IT was more my daily 'need' of 1.5 to 2 bottles of wine a day. WHEN I felt I was being good, I'd completely over do it andbe a complete mess. so moderation was worse for me. Does this make sense to anyone other than myself?
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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imo if a person can answer yes to that question then they are either A) Not alcoholic B) In Denial or C) Have a misunderstanding of the definition of Alcoholic.
I used to question whether i could moderate.
I'm alcoholic though,
I can't.
I used to question whether i could moderate.
I'm alcoholic though,
I can't.
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: fort worth tx
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I always thought I could. Turned out im the only one that felt that way. Then I realized that my moderation was full blown alcoholism. Its a progressive disease. Very insidious. Fools ya right to the grave.
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Its a question with a very complicated answer.
I know from my experience (and what Ive also heard from many others), is that you may manage to drink in moderation for a while and you may not immediately go off the deep end...but eventually it always seems to lead back to square one.
The last two times that I had been doing well for awhile, I ended up thinking that it seemed perfectly reasonable to just take a "night off" from sobriety (wasnt intending to get that drunk either of those times) and then get right back on track. Both times, those nights off led right back into the obsession and many many more nights/days/mornings of heavy drinking.
At some point, some of us just have to admit and realize that attempting to drink responsibly is an exercise in futility. The two options for us are basically either
1. SOMEHOW manage to "control" it, and not enjoy it as a result.
2. Not manage to "control" it, and then end up throwing ourselves back into the hell that we have fought to get out of.
I know from my experience (and what Ive also heard from many others), is that you may manage to drink in moderation for a while and you may not immediately go off the deep end...but eventually it always seems to lead back to square one.
The last two times that I had been doing well for awhile, I ended up thinking that it seemed perfectly reasonable to just take a "night off" from sobriety (wasnt intending to get that drunk either of those times) and then get right back on track. Both times, those nights off led right back into the obsession and many many more nights/days/mornings of heavy drinking.
At some point, some of us just have to admit and realize that attempting to drink responsibly is an exercise in futility. The two options for us are basically either
1. SOMEHOW manage to "control" it, and not enjoy it as a result.
2. Not manage to "control" it, and then end up throwing ourselves back into the hell that we have fought to get out of.
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Portland, OR
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No!! And I tried for six years, over and over.
If I take ONE drink, I immediately crave more. And not just for that day or night. The past two times I relapsed, I had to go to detox to stop.
Day 54 here, and taking campral and Antabuse, doing iop 4 days a week, have two therapists, a shrink, and go to AA.
If I take ONE drink, I immediately crave more. And not just for that day or night. The past two times I relapsed, I had to go to detox to stop.
Day 54 here, and taking campral and Antabuse, doing iop 4 days a week, have two therapists, a shrink, and go to AA.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Originally Posted by Elisabeth888
Day 54 here, and taking campral and Antabuse, doing iop 4 days a week, have two therapists, a shrink, and go to AA.
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Nope. I was never interested in drinking moderately. I never had a social drink. And if the drinking age was 21 at the time I would barely have had a legal drink.
My concept of moderation was if I didn't wake up or come out of a blackout in a hospital or lying on the ground.
Based on my experience, I have no reason to believe a pickle can be turned back into a cucumber. Hats off to anyone who can do otherwise.
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My concept of moderation was if I didn't wake up or come out of a blackout in a hospital or lying on the ground.
Based on my experience, I have no reason to believe a pickle can be turned back into a cucumber. Hats off to anyone who can do otherwise.
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Sorry but the 4 votes I think are made by the same person
This person was heavy in favour of moderation iI think that person is guest voting ?
Funny how someone will vote yes and won't back it up
I know who this person is I think but ain't it funny there is no argument for yes its just a yes vote
Wine and champagne ???
This person was heavy in favour of moderation iI think that person is guest voting ?
Funny how someone will vote yes and won't back it up
I know who this person is I think but ain't it funny there is no argument for yes its just a yes vote
Wine and champagne ???
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Originally Posted by soberwolf
Sorry but the 4 votes I think are made by the same person
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