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Old 05-17-2013, 03:12 PM
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An important ? to me about your alls history

Hi, so yes I am doing some research and I came to ask you all 3 questions:

1)how long did you drink for?
2)how often in like a week span?
3)what did you drink mostly?

I would be very grateful if clean or anyone still in the throws of alcohol abuse can answer my questions. Thank You!!!
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NevarCiots View Post

1)how long did you drink for?
2)how often in like a week span?
3)what did you drink mostly?
Problem drinking was probably 9 or 10 years.

Depended. A lot of weeks I would only drink 2 or 3 days (weekends), other times I would drink every day and then reel it in back to just weekends.

Wine. Wine. And more wine.
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:27 PM
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1)how long did you drink for? - 34 years


2)how often in like a week span? - At least every other day, but often everyday


3)what did you drink mostly? - Whiskey and Beer
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:35 PM
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20 years.
since lately at least every third day.
Beer then whiskey.
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:59 PM
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30+ years

Every day in many years, more lately

Wine, Champagne, Beer (sometimes) - I have never seen a Shiraz or USA Cabernet I didn't know intimately or excitedly
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Old 05-17-2013, 04:00 PM
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20+ yrs
1-5 days/wk
Beer, lots of it
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Old 05-17-2013, 04:32 PM
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Wow, that is alot. I made this thread because a co-worker who didn't know aa or alcohol treatment programs existed asked me these same questions and wondered how many other people consume as much as I did.

Me:
I drank for 8 years, drank everyday of the week and drank about a 12 pack of beer a day.

Thanks for the comparisons so far everyone.
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I drank for 20 years, started off a weekend binger, eventually drank all day every day, preferred beer, but particularly in the later years drank whatever was available or I could afford.

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Same as Dee - only add 10 more years - 30 years total drinking. Ugh.
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Old 05-17-2013, 04:45 PM
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1 ) Lets See, I'm 52 now. Started probably around 18, right when I went to college. So 30+ years.

2 ) Binger pretty much since then. 2-3 sometimes 4 a week. Didn't really start getting bad until about 5 or 6 years ago when I started keeping hard liquor in the house. Before that I'd actually stop once I caught a buzz, before I'd pass out or fall asleep

3 ) Beer and whiskey earlier, then beer and vodka. The taste of whiskey wore on me.
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Old 05-17-2013, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by NevarCiots View Post
Hi, so yes I am doing some research and I came to ask you all 3 questions:

1)how long did you drink for?
2)how often in like a week span?
3)what did you drink mostly?
1. 20 years - 2 years sober= 18 years
2. Maintenence of at least 1 bottle of wine a day, but binged every other day or two. Sprinkled with "benders" lasting 3-4 days here and there-drunk full time. Rinse and repeat.
3. You name it, I drank it. Used to be vodka and wine. Then I "scaled back" to tequila, wine, beer. (Normally- but add whatever combo you like)

REAL EYEOPENER to write this out and read it. A first for me...
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Old 05-17-2013, 06:20 PM
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7 years of daily wine consumption (1 bottle) plus the occasional cheap vodka. Lost a lot due to my wine drinking.
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Old 05-17-2013, 06:26 PM
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I'm 34 now, and i would say I've been an alcoholic since I was 21. I started early, mostly binge drinking and with anything I could get my hands on. At my worst I was drinking around a gallon of vodka every day and half to two days. I almost died several times. Ruined careers and a marriage. Went to mental institutions, ER's, and jail. Still struggle but now have a great full time job and stay in contact with AA members and recovery groups.
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Old 05-17-2013, 06:28 PM
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Been drinking probably about 12 years

1-5 times a week - back and forth trying to stay sober to binge drinking

Pretty much beer but liked all kinds of alcohell

The norm would be like a 12 pack of beer
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Old 05-17-2013, 06:43 PM
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20+ years

Every day

Mostly beer (and lots of it) but also shots with the beer if I was at a bar or nightclub.

Some of those years also included drugs (anything I didn't have to shoot up) in addition to the beer/shots.
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Old 05-17-2013, 06:48 PM
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Thirty five years-ouch, it kills me to see how much time I wasted...

Mostly weekend binge drinking when younger, but 3-4 nights a week as I got older and it progressed.

Beer when younger, Captain Morgan after that. Vodka when I was trying to cut back, which never worked well.
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im 35, drank since i was 17.

two bottles of wine, as of late,
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Old 05-17-2013, 11:05 PM
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1)My problems with drinking began about 10 years ago.
2)That last 5 years of it I drank 7 days a week.
3)Champagne or wine (a bottle every night for the last 3 years), or sometimes vodka.
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:05 AM
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Probably 14 years binge drinking last four years 1-2 bottles of wine every night.althobi went through a period of drinking straight vodka cos it was cheaper. Winner. Lol!!!
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Old 05-18-2013, 02:02 AM
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1)how long did you drink for?
25 years, on and off, but mostly on.

2)how often in like a week span?
varied from 5-20 drinks a day, maybe 10/day was pretty average.

3)what did you drink mostly?
mostly beer at first, later vodka
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