dreamr

In my quest to determine if I could drink moderately, on 3 separate occasions I took 2 slips of paper and wrote "quit" on one and "moderation" on the other. I then asked God to cause me to pick the one He wanted me to do and folded them up and shook them in my hands. All 3 times, I picked "quit". Each time, at some point, I convinced myself He didn't really mean it because the Bible allows moderate drinking and only condemns drunkenness. I told myself He wouldn't give me a separate law that wasn't in the Bible. How silly of me!

What's the silliest excuse you ever made to justify drinking?

22NGONE

Mine was that I was fully "functional", successful career, no problems with the law, etc. Since I've gotten sober I've been told that a sewer line is functional... it's also full of crap! Thanks for sharing!

jazzfish

I used to pause after my second drink to "see" if I could moderate and stop there. Convincing myself that I could stop at two, if I really wanted, I told myself it was OK to continue on.

alphaomega

Love this Dreamr ! Thank you.

That I wouldn't be able to cope with my generalized anxiety disorder without my crutch of 2 bottles of wine a night.

Little would I admit to myself that the wine was actually CAUSING the anxiety.

resolute50

When I moved from getting drunk at a local bar to moving it down into my basement room> closet drinking.

"Now, I wont hurt anybody but myself getting drunk"

copperfield

LOL 22NGONE "I've been told that a sewer line is functional... it's also full of crap!" IS AWESOME QUOTE!

GracieLou

Right, LOL !

Nope, nothing to see here because I never got a DUI, been arrested for anything, I have had only one speeding ticket my entire life, raised both of my kids and held the same job for over 17 years.

I was divorced twice and moved over a dozen times but hey, that happens to everyone! right?

I was an alcoholic but I was a functioning alcoholic!

I agree, load of crap!

dreamr

Love these, guys, thanks! Too funny about pausing after the second drink. I drank to cope with anxiety as well, even though I knew it would just be worse the next day.

Sudz No More

When I was still single anyway: "No One Will Miss Me"

dreamr

Aww, that's so sad! I hope you feel differently now.

Deleteda

Because I was bored and lonely! Cos yep hiding out in my bedroom with bottles gave me lots to do and stimulating company!!

Sudz No More

LOL yeah, it was always said tongue in cheek. I was a major lush and didn't care but if somebody I knew saw me drinking that way I would say that.

Another good one I used to use was "Gimme a Reason" and I would say it with malice.

dreamr

Gotcha Depressing thoughts like that were normal for me, especially as a teen.

dreamr

I've spent most of my drinking alone the last few years, then I would cry about how lonely I was. Here we go round the mulberry bush!

JPSkate

"I'll stop tomorrow. For real this time" lol

newman23

I would think I would just a few, and also "set a bed time" for myself since I drank at night, LOL. What a joke. I'd think "okay, I can drink these 2 cans, maybe 3, and then I have to be in bed by midnight so I won't be tired for work in the morning". Always drank to the point where I couldn't even tell what time it was, nor did I care. Thats one thing that kills me about this addiction. Repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome, thinking each time you drink, it will be different.

Tamerua

OMG I'm using that from now on!

I would drink my wine to get rid of a headache, to get sleepy when I couldn't sleep, to not get hungry (only to later binge eat).

BuddinK

To make other people more interesting.

Doug39

I met my wife while drinking in a bar and 2 years later our daughter was born.

I figured all people are born for a reason, so if I never drank my daughter would never have been born.

So I figured I was meant to be a drinker so I continued to drink.

dreamr

Lol, you definitely had to stretch that one!