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Originally Posted by sugarbear1 
Moderate Drinking - Alcohol Alert No. 16-1992
"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2) define moderate drinking as no more than one drink a day for most women, and no more than two drinks a day for most men. A standard drink is generally considered to be 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits."
5 24 oz = 10 drinks
5 2 shots = about 15 drinks?
I dunno, I'm tired. Is a shot 2 oz or 1.5 oz? I assume you were heavy handed with the shots..
Basically, you are drinking way too much! If it's working... I have a friend who has been having work and family problems, is in out patient rehab due to work, has a situation at work and keeps getting the facts confused, and claims to have stopped drinking, then she was drinking, then it was a couple, then up to 6, I assume she's on her way back to 12 beers a night (although she's had some at work). A very dangerous person, in my opinion....
I drank a 6 pack a night. No work? I drank up to 10-12. Sometimes 18. It would fluctuate depending on how ill I felt the next day. It was still too much.
I dunno, Dan. I just don't know. I hope you give it up. I know I will wake up without a headache tomorrow....
"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2) define moderate drinking as no more than one drink a day for most women, and no more than two drinks a day for most men. A standard drink is generally considered to be 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits."
5 24 oz = 10 drinks
5 2 shots = about 15 drinks?
I dunno, I'm tired. Is a shot 2 oz or 1.5 oz? I assume you were heavy handed with the shots..
Basically, you are drinking way too much! If it's working... I have a friend who has been having work and family problems, is in out patient rehab due to work, has a situation at work and keeps getting the facts confused, and claims to have stopped drinking, then she was drinking, then it was a couple, then up to 6, I assume she's on her way back to 12 beers a night (although she's had some at work). A very dangerous person, in my opinion....
I drank a 6 pack a night. No work? I drank up to 10-12. Sometimes 18. It would fluctuate depending on how ill I felt the next day. It was still too much.
I dunno, Dan. I just don't know. I hope you give it up. I know I will wake up without a headache tomorrow....
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Originally Posted by Dee74
I don't think there's a secret Dan - you just decide to make the leap, then do whatever is required for you not to pick up the glass again, you know?
it's simple...even if it isn't easy
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it's simple...even if it isn't easy
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I love this - it covers pretty much the whole thing for me. The situations are different day to day, and the pressures and the triggers and the chaos and the endless voice that's been circling in my head for thirty-four days...
...but in the end it's simple. I am not going to drink. Difficult, but simple.
Thanks Dee - I may get that tattooed somewhere. (I'm not sayin where...)
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Originally Posted by Dee74
I hope you find your way out of this soon Dan - I know you're keeping your contributions here 'light', but I know you're here for a reason too.
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Originally Posted by stillsleeping
Hey Dan, I'm a sailor! Nice to meetcha
What's the trip going to be - why you hitting the water?
Man, sailing is a drinking sport...I'm nervous about the season already xx
What's the trip going to be - why you hitting the water?
Man, sailing is a drinking sport...I'm nervous about the season already xx
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wait five months and see what happens.
I've spent a lot of time on boats, both when I drank and after I stopped. It's better sober. I feel far more connected to the wind and the water. You should give it a try some time.
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Originally Posted by OCDDan
i was so fatigued that the everything was flashing back and forth from positive to negative at nightime, just like an old time film negative, halucinations if you will, very crazy, so tired that i couldn't sleep.. but a very nice and sunny day once the sun came up... not too many drinks tho..
Yeah, the sleep deprivation is crazy. I've actually comforted myself that that's the one drug I'll still be able to enjoy ha ha. Am looking forward to this bein the first year I wake up on board without a trace of a hangover, do some situps and get moving...19 years drunk. Ready for a change.
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Originally Posted by ReadyAndAble
I can tell you exactly what happens, Dan. Five months of sleeping better, feeling better, being better. Five months of renewed confidence and self-respect. Five months of freedom from having to rely on algebra to convince yourself that you have some level of control over your drinking. Purplecatlover is in it to win it. And it's not a hollow victory—it comes loaded with all kinds of awesome prizes.
I've spent a lot of time on boats, both when I drank and after I stopped. It's better sober. I feel far more connected to the wind and the water. You should give it a try some time.
I've spent a lot of time on boats, both when I drank and after I stopped. It's better sober. I feel far more connected to the wind and the water. You should give it a try some time.
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Originally Posted by stillsleeping
Yeah, the sleep deprivation is crazy. I've actually comforted myself that that's the one drug I'll still be able to enjoy ha ha. Am looking forward to this bein the first year I wake up on board without a trace of a hangover, do some situps and get moving...19 years drunk. Ready for a change.
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Originally Posted by OCDDan
hey so I live in Brighton, but it in NY USA, you are across the pond i take it?
Then I'm taking my niece and nephew out for the day. They popped over for half an hour last night too. My brother never used to drop by like that - any time after midday and we'd be drinking already. One of the unseen perks!
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Ah, well good, that means you know more than a thing or two about this whole recovery business. You remind me of a friend of mine I was talking to on the phone last night. He's back at it, drinking every night. Lost in a forest and unable to find his way back out, is how he put it. He's full of self doubt. You're keeping it much more light-hearted in tone than he is, but I sense maybe you're at the same place, where you're starting to give up on yourself...
Don't.
I repeat, don't. Because that is utter crap. If you can handle yourself out on the water in the middle of a storm, you can ride through this too. It takes the same mindset—that kind of "F--- you, world, is that all you can throw at me?!!!" attitude. Your addiction is whispering in your ear, telling you to give up, there's no hope. But there is. For you, for anyone, for everyone who's got the desire and the guts to try. You've got both—it comes through in your posts. You. Can. Do. It.
Don't.
I repeat, don't. Because that is utter crap. If you can handle yourself out on the water in the middle of a storm, you can ride through this too. It takes the same mindset—that kind of "F--- you, world, is that all you can throw at me?!!!" attitude. Your addiction is whispering in your ear, telling you to give up, there's no hope. But there is. For you, for anyone, for everyone who's got the desire and the guts to try. You've got both—it comes through in your posts. You. Can. Do. It.
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Originally Posted by ReadyAndAble
Oh, sh!t, you're from Brooklyn? Good lord, you're even tougher than I thought...
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Oh, I thought you meant Brighton Beach! I lived upstate myself for a few years. Of course, "upstate" is relative... I was in the Hudson Valley area. You'd probably consider that downstate. Pretty beautiful country either way.
I've never been diving to any real depth. I know enough about it to know the bends are no joke, though.
So Dan, you thinking about giving the whole quitting thing another try?
I've never been diving to any real depth. I know enough about it to know the bends are no joke, though.
So Dan, you thinking about giving the whole quitting thing another try?
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Originally Posted by ReadyAndAble
Oh, I thought you meant Brighton Beach! I lived upstate myself for a few years. Of course, "upstate" is relative... I was in the Hudson Valley area. You'd probably consider that downstate. Pretty beautiful country either way.
I've never been diving to any real depth. I know enough about it to know the bends are no joke, though.
So Dan, you thinking about giving the whole quitting thing another try?
I've never been diving to any real depth. I know enough about it to know the bends are no joke, though.
So Dan, you thinking about giving the whole quitting thing another try?
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I said quitting. Reduction isn't quitting, Dan. Heck, the way you're doing it, reduction isn't even reduction.
And don't blame work. It's alcoholism. I know because I've been there. God, I do not miss being hungover and hearing that alarm clock....
Oh, well. Tomorrow's another day. Another chance, too. Hope you get some sleep, Dan.
And don't blame work. It's alcoholism. I know because I've been there. God, I do not miss being hungover and hearing that alarm clock....
Oh, well. Tomorrow's another day. Another chance, too. Hope you get some sleep, Dan.
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Originally Posted by ReadyAndAble
God, I do not miss being hungover and hearing that alarm clock....
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