I found a beer, what to do?
 

I found a full can of beer yesterday under my basement stairs.
I'm not sure what to do. I thought about pouring it out but I'm afraid if I smell it...
So, I just put it back where I found it.
I know I should just throw it away, why haven't I?
It's a can of Red Dog. I remember my open case falling down the stairs about two and a half years ago. I was pretty sure I lost a few under the stairs when it happened, funny I should find one of them now.

Dump it. Poke a hole in the can and toss it out in the yard. In any sense, get rid of it quickly and then go on about your business.

Tip it out,don't dwell on it,just do it.Do it outdoors,you won't smell it.

Shake it up and then nail it from 20 feet away with a BB gun. This will provide closure. Just kidding, drive someplace with an outdoor trash receptacle and throw it in.

you have almost 2 years you should be teaching us....but, yaaaaa throw it out then, get rid of it, now. my God you have me worried.

Whatever you do to keep sober, whatever program you follow, get busy reading or doing it or whatever until you do the right thing with that beer.

As fellow Minnesotan I am surprised it survived 2.5 years. That has got to be skunky as all get out. I have no desire to drink but if it was in the house my brain would obsess until I either drank it or dumped it. So dump it DAB (unless you live in NE)

Hope you tossed it bud, that would be a scary find for me

The morning after I got home from rehab I opened a cabinet in the laundry room, 3/4 huge bottle of vodka. Called husband to dump it out.

The following week I was putting something away in a guest bathroom under the sink, full bottle of white wine. Called husband to dump it out.

I didn't go with my husband and daughter to the beach this year. I took a bath the night after they left and I looked over at a potted plant by the window and I guess I had stuck a handle of vodka in there before I left for rehab, it was 3/4 full I left it there for 6 days. For some reason, it didn't have any appeal. If it did I think I would have hucked it out the window. My husband got rid of it when he got home.

He was like....Are you kidding me? You were like a packrat with these bottles stashed everywhere. Scary I don't even remember putting them there.

The week I was "home alone" with the bottle I realized, sobriety isn't about what is in the bottle, it's about what's in my head. I wouldn't put myself in situations, and to the best of my knowledge I have found everything. If you need to have my husband come over to get rid of the beer for you...he's getting good at it..:)

Mate, chuck it in the outside bin. Don't open it if you think the smell would be too much.

I am not tempted to drink it. I have just been contemplating keeping it around like the smoker that quits, and keeps that one cigarette in the glass tube.
I almost feel like getting rid of it is being weak.
It doesn't scare me to have it here, but that's how I feel today and I don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Argg what movie was that?

I'm speaking strictly for myself here. But I still have the beer that was next in line from the night I quit,sitting right here by the TV. I look at that beer every single day. I keep it in plain sight so I don't ever forget what I went through trying to quit. The times I was almost gritting my teeth together when I drove in front of a liquor store. Wanting to pull in.
I might have been in danger of drinking it early on,but not that I can remember. Myself,I have always had to really watch out for the things I don't expect. Just like the surprise DAB got when he found that beer. It kind of snuck up on him didn't it. I agree he should pour that sucker out,because he sounds like he wants do drink it.

Ooops He was posting while I was writing. Keep it like I do. It honestly does remind me every day.

Fred

Well, that's a relief. Is there other alcohol in your house, routinely, or occasionally? I honestly would play that in to my decision. If you are used to living in a house that seemingly has no alcohol, this might be a bigger deal than you think....

Step 1. Smack yourself on the head with it twice for asking such a question and throw it out.

Step 2. If confused, refer to step 1.

I just threw it out in the dumpster out back.

To Thine Own Self Be True
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You threw it away??? I'd have put it in the fridge and saved it for when a friend came over.

A 2.5 year old canned beer? I think I would rather give that to someone I didn't like.... :lmao

That beer was gross enough when it was fresh, I can't believe it would be drinkable now.

When I first quit, I found a bottle of Canadian under the house. I don't know why it was there, I never drank that stuff, never mind hid it. I put it out for my drunk friends and it was quickly consumed. I don't feel one way or another about it now. At the time it reminded me why I had quit.