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Old 04-01-2011, 06:56 AM
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How long...

...did you all drink? I was on a 4 year course really. Started with beer, then to wine, then two bottles of wine a night, then two half pints of vodka a night or every other night...

...just curious is all.
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:12 AM
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Right around 15 years for me, started with beer in my early drinking career ended up with with whiskey diet pepsi as the poison of choice. At the end I was drinking at least a pint and 1/2 a night and then using wine during the day just to keep myself functioning. Damn I was a hot mess.
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If you count from the very beginning when I first drank (and looking back now, I drank even then in an abusive/problematic manner), I would say about 19 years.
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:23 AM
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Hmmm...
from 14 to 48 I drank all types of alcohol ..off and on
without physical...legal or mental problems.

From 48 on I slid ..unaware...into active addiction resulting in a
diagnoses of situational depression. My doctor suggested I abstain
and that I connect to AA.

It was the best advice I've ever taken...
I so hope everyone finds the joy of recovery
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25 years. Binge drinking on weekends when I was nine, more frequent drinking by 12, daily drinking in adulthood, sober (and thankfully, miraculously still alive) at 34.

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27 years. The last year or two, very heavily. Binge drinking mostly before that.
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Originally Posted by Sugah View Post
25 years. Binge drinking on weekends when I was nine, more frequent drinking by 12, daily drinking in adulthood, sober (and thankfully, miraculously still alive) at 34.

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Whoa, NINE? WOW!...Happy you are here!
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:38 AM
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27 years. The last year or two, very heavily. Binge drinking mostly before that.


Ok I have a question about binge drinking...is that like partying on the weekend? then off for the week? Or just getting really drunk one night? Guess I need to define that...
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:45 AM
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about 24 years

Started off just on weekends during high school.
5 nights a week plus other stuff in college, and binging on weekends big time.
A couple of beers a night after that + binging through my 20's.
Vodka, gin, rum, wine through my 30's.
In the end I was drinking half a fifth of bourbon + a bottle or two of wine + pot every night.
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Ok I have a question about binge drinking...is that like partying on the weekend? then off for the week? Or just getting really drunk one night? Guess I need to define that...
Could be either. Binge drinking, for me, was not drinking everyday, mostly weekends, but drinking excessively when i did. I never recall, in all 27 years, ever knowing when enough was enough, when to stop. For the most part, i drank to passing out, or just really, really drunk.
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Old 04-01-2011, 08:10 AM
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Started when I was 14 weekend parties and stuff and by 15 everyday so 10 yrs.
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I use to drink a pint of Vodka and a 12 pack of beer daily and various drugs. When the money ran out I would turn to rubbing alcohol, cooking sherry and mouthwash. I found it was easier to steal from the local market.
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Old 04-01-2011, 08:14 AM
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Hi GenJen-

About 15ish years (age 18 to 33).

I had drinks before turning 18, don't get me wrong, but it was around age 18 that alcohol did for me what I could not do for myself and my whole world changed and it was great for a while, but...

...at some point, though I don't really know when exactly, alcohol turned on me and I went downhill fast.

So grateful to be recovered and sober.

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5 750ml bottles of wine a night, every night for over 20 years give or take maybe 10 days of "sobriety" waiting for my body to recover so I could rinse and repeat.
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Weekly binge drinker (mostly on the weekends) for 20 years (from age 14-34). Then a daily drinker for nearly 10 years after that for a grand total of nearly 30 years.

More importantly, I've now been totally sober for nearly 2 years
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11 years. Started with a few beers and it progressed to daily drinking
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Old 04-01-2011, 10:04 AM
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On and off for about 20 years. Mostly binging with wine and beer until it reached daily drinking of hard liquor.
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Since I was 17. Thirty-seven years. Every day for over 30 years. Alcohol and illegal drugs in combination for 10 of those 30 years.

It boggles my mind just to see those numbers. I pray those numbers for "years I drank" stay in the past tense.
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Re:How long...

30+ years...Thank God, I don't have those worries anymore -for today.
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About 4 years of 1 to 2 pints of Vodka a day.
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