vanautu

I am going to try alcohol reduction before going to rehab, if that doesnt work. Has that been successful for anyone on here? I have done a bit of research on it and I guess it is a possibility ???

Dee74

Hi and welcome

I'm afraid it never worked for me Vanuatu. I tried for 20 years or so.

How long have you been drinking?
Have you never tried controlling your drinking before?

and the biggie..

if you've hit rock bottom - why do you want to drink some more?
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seahorse661

HI,
I think most people try to reduce their alcohol intake before making the decision to abstain completely and you will find that for many, it doesn't work.

It didnt for me. After 1 drink, I lose the desire to limit my intake

best wishes

Vandermast

some people play around with it for years before they throw in the towel.....if you do it enough you may find that you cant, and then stop.

we are here for you.......

v

KateL

I could never cut down personally. Maybe for a short while but it always crept up on me again. Good luck. xx

IOAA2

When I tried it two days or so was my max. Then I'd celebrate and be off and running till the next time. I finally had to face the music and man up to the strain of the first few weeks. AA has helped ever since.

BE WELL

Skye2

I could get away with moderating once, maybe twice but then it would leap up and bite me on the butt again.
Is it cutting down you're referring to or tapering? Tapering worked for me, but only after i'd got to the point where I was terrified of withdrawals and was of the mindset that I detested alcohol by then. The fear of withdrawals overcame the 'nice' effects of the alcohol. Took me a while to get to that point though.

to the forums by the way

MIRecovery

Is a date set for rehab?

ClearMind

I know it's not what you want to hear, but moderation has never worked for me. When I have that first sip of alcohol, a beast takes over and I lose control completely. I become a different person.

Lifewillgetbet

Didn't work for me. I tried tapering for Years. At my worst I was drinking so much that even drinking 90% or 80% of what I was consuming ( on a regular day) would still get me obliterated.
Medical detox was the only solution for me. Then Treatment.

LadyinBC

Didn't work for me either as the whole point of me drinking was to get drunk and then stay drunk. Moderating was only a tease. Alcoholism is progressive and it only gets worse.

CactusJill

Nope, didn't work for me either. I marked levels, limited the number of drinks, limited how often I drank, you name it. It always crept back up because there was always a "special reason" to start drinking again. You name it - I had a bad day, so I could drink. I had something to celebrate, so I could drink.

The point is, if you are an alcoholic, it will not work.

Take care of yourself. We are here if you need us.

hayley86

Welcome vanautu, i could never moderate my drinking. I tried on a few occasions to taper off with thoughts of quitting completely.Tapering never worked for me because once i have a drink i don't stop. I ended up in hospital at the end of my drinking and i quit the day i went in there. I was under medical supervision though so i was safe. Best wishes.

joshlyman

When I could "moderate" my drinking I did not want to. Even if I stopped after two glasses of wine the remainder of my evening I thought of nothing but when my next drink was going to be. It gave me extreme anxiety to only have one or two and the next time I could drink the way I wanted to I went balls to the wall and blacked out. Every time.

Anna

I think you can see that moderating drinking doesn't work for alcoholics. In fact, I got worse as I was trying to moderate.