Quitting alcohol - advice needed
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Step 1 "We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol-"
Why would you try to manage the unmanageable ?? Do you think you are unique .. you can WIN ?
I wish you all the best in your recovery.
Bob
Why would you try to manage the unmanageable ?? Do you think you are unique .. you can WIN ?
I wish you all the best in your recovery.
Bob
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tennessee
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I think you're tapering off slowly enough to avoid nasty withdrawal symptoms, but that's just my opinion, I'm not a doctor, and nobody on here's advice is a good substitute for a doctor (no offence to anyone on here that might be a doctor). So far you seem to be doing good as sticking to the tapering, which is good 
It's still not guaranteed to work though.
I had no luck with tapering off myself, I'd have a drink or two then say 'f*ck it' and get drunk. I could only keep my determination to get sober while I was sober.
It's still not guaranteed to work though.I had no luck with tapering off myself, I'd have a drink or two then say 'f*ck it' and get drunk. I could only keep my determination to get sober while I was sober.
Sober Date: 01-01-2012
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One 750ml bottle of wine contains five servings of alcohol (5 glasses of wine). Two 750ml bottles per night would be equivalent to drinking 10 beers/shots/glasses of wine per night, which is definitely an unsafe drinking level.
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Wow, what an amazingly supportive community. Glad I joined.
For those who are asking, when I say a bottle of wine it is a 750ml bottle (13% alcohol) which equates to 8 standard drinks.
Update:
Night 1 had 1 beer.
Night 2 had 3 beers.
Night 3 (last night) - Get this! After 4 beers I convinced myself that 5 was ok because I had been under the other two nights (obviously it's not but you know how easy it is to talk yourself into it). Now here's the kicker. So I cracked my 5th and took a sip. Put it on the floor and went for another sip a couple of minutes later and as I did felt something foreign in my mouth (like a bit of soggy bread or something). Now this is no word of a lie, I pull it out of my mouth and it is a cockroach!!! Still alive too, legs squirming and everything. If that is not a sign then I don't know what is. Lucky I am not squimish as I told my girlfriend and she almost threw up just from the story. Ha ha, what a trip right? I tipped the rest of the beer out and went to bed with a smile on my face. So 4 beers + 1 sip for night 3.
Night 4 - just finishing off my 3rd beer and am off to bed.
So all good so far
For those who are asking, when I say a bottle of wine it is a 750ml bottle (13% alcohol) which equates to 8 standard drinks.
Update:
Night 1 had 1 beer.
Night 2 had 3 beers.
Night 3 (last night) - Get this! After 4 beers I convinced myself that 5 was ok because I had been under the other two nights (obviously it's not but you know how easy it is to talk yourself into it). Now here's the kicker. So I cracked my 5th and took a sip. Put it on the floor and went for another sip a couple of minutes later and as I did felt something foreign in my mouth (like a bit of soggy bread or something). Now this is no word of a lie, I pull it out of my mouth and it is a cockroach!!! Still alive too, legs squirming and everything. If that is not a sign then I don't know what is. Lucky I am not squimish as I told my girlfriend and she almost threw up just from the story. Ha ha, what a trip right? I tipped the rest of the beer out and went to bed with a smile on my face. So 4 beers + 1 sip for night 3.
Night 4 - just finishing off my 3rd beer and am off to bed.
So all good so far
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