View Poll Results: Can YOU successfully drink in moderation?
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Can YOU successfully drink in moderation?
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Can YOU successfully drink in moderation?
As was just pointed out in http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...drinker-4.html, the question of drinking moderately comes up over and over again. This is a controversial question and I think it might be useful to get some actual data as there's already been much speculation. So, can YOU? This question is for those who are here for THEIR alcoholism, or suspected alcoholism, not others. I think we all know what moderation means. Forget about wishful thinking. Can you, now?
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A better question would be why would you want to?
I drank to get drunk. Isn't that the point?
And no, moderation doesn't make sense to me. That would be like giving the Dracula inside of me a blood transfusion. And given the choice, I'd rather let the son of a b!tch rot in hell.
I drank to get drunk. Isn't that the point?
And no, moderation doesn't make sense to me. That would be like giving the Dracula inside of me a blood transfusion. And given the choice, I'd rather let the son of a b!tch rot in hell.
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"SUCCESSFULLY", to me, means I can do it forever more with no consequences of any kind. Meaning I am not an alcoholic. But I AM and alcoholic, so NO.
*drinking once or 5 times or 37 times or for 4 years and getting away with it before trouble happens is not "successfully", IMO.
*drinking once or 5 times or 37 times or for 4 years and getting away with it before trouble happens is not "successfully", IMO.
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I do like this topic even though it comes up all the time. Its a good idea to keep it in mind that I can't ever moderate. I never learned to drink normally. And once you cross that line how do you go back? It's not possible for me and not worth even trying.
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Yes, I can nurse a fifth for 8 hours and complete everything I want to do in a day--problem is every day becomes "Groundhog day" and 6am doesn't come fast enough (the time of day MO allows alcohol to be sold). The local WalMart moved the liquor to the lawn and garden section for better security 4 months ago and I took it personally cuz some days I did not wait til 6.
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I definitely cannot. People who don't have a problem with alcohol don't obsess over when they can and cannot drink. The more I tried to moderate the more I became obsessed with when I could drink. In fact, I probably drank even more to make up for the lost time when I didn't drink.
With all that being said, this is something I had to discover for myself though. It is something I had to figure out for myself in my own time.
With all that being said, this is something I had to discover for myself though. It is something I had to figure out for myself in my own time.
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Before having that first drink, I was always sure I could moderate. The problem was, once I finished it and started feeling the effects, I no longer cared about moderation. Repeated that insane pattern time after time. So, a big NO for me.
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About as successfully as a pickle turning back into a cucumber.
Nope!
After several unsuccessful attempts, I have accepted the fact that it is not possible and I won't entertain the idea anymore.
Same action= Same result
Nope!
After several unsuccessful attempts, I have accepted the fact that it is not possible and I won't entertain the idea anymore.
Same action= Same result
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I never tried to moderate too hard. It realyl never occured to me. My quit last year was my first and I hope my last, although I did give sobriety a chance for 6 months back in '96.
I could moderate for a day maybe a few days, maybe a few weeks. The problem for me was and is that since the true reason I always drank was for the buzz eventually the booze buzz would not be enough. Then I would need some coke then the true insanity would start then it would be round the clock.
For me moderation is for loosers. If something is worth doing its worth doing 100%. Seeing first hand the true benefits of sobriety and the life I am creating without alcohol its tough to imagine going back to my old active life.
I could moderate for a day maybe a few days, maybe a few weeks. The problem for me was and is that since the true reason I always drank was for the buzz eventually the booze buzz would not be enough. Then I would need some coke then the true insanity would start then it would be round the clock.
For me moderation is for loosers. If something is worth doing its worth doing 100%. Seeing first hand the true benefits of sobriety and the life I am creating without alcohol its tough to imagine going back to my old active life.
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