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Question for all...is there a general timeframe for progression of drinking....I found once I owned a restaurant, mine progressed from weekends to nightly...not always drunk, but having brews nightly...sold biz and away from taps...major difference...but my own progression was over 25 years really...looking back...
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
I'm not sure there's a general progression timetable Little Rhody...everyones different.
I do think that once we start to lose control/spiral down, that progression is a quick one...
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I do think that once we start to lose control/spiral down, that progression is a quick one...
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So thankful that's all over with!
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there is a timetable, actually... it goes something like this;
somewhat-manageable---->>>occasionally-reasonable--->>>Surprisingly-Automatic---->>>>Shockingly-uncontrollable--->>>Totally-beyond-control-of-any-kind--->>>borderline-dead---->>>dead
Until that last step.... it's never too late.
The acceleration rate and total calendar time is different for everyone.
somewhat-manageable---->>>occasionally-reasonable--->>>Surprisingly-Automatic---->>>>Shockingly-uncontrollable--->>>Totally-beyond-control-of-any-kind--->>>borderline-dead---->>>dead
Until that last step.... it's never too late.
The acceleration rate and total calendar time is different for everyone.
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I definitely notice a progression with mine. I started out with just a few times a week to getting drunk every night. It's progressed further with my latest episodes. My latest, I drank for 3 days straight, grabbing and finishing booze I still had left from the day before and getting more in the morning. I can't even remember what I did about work. It's not a fun place to be.....don't wait for your own to get to that point.
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It took me 4 years to go from having a great job, a car, a condo, and good physical health to being unemployed, bankrupt, no drivers license/car, no place to live and 40 pounds overweight. 4 years to lose everything. To be honest, I was deeply unhappy even before full blown alcoholism but it took hitting rock-bottom to make me realize it.
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In the space of 4 years I went from only being able to handle 2 pints of beer to a half bottle of whisky, and that was on a night before work, being then able to without fail make it into work the next day!!
. . . after a few more years, who knows where that would have led!!
. . . after a few more years, who knows where that would have led!!
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Originally Posted by FreeOwl
there is a timetable, actually... it goes something like this;
somewhat-manageable---->>>occasionally-reasonable--->>>Surprisingly-Automatic---->>>>Shockingly-uncontrollable--->>>Totally-beyond-control-of-any-kind--->>>borderline-dead---->>>dead
Until that last step.... it's never too late.
The acceleration rate and total calendar time is different for everyone.
somewhat-manageable---->>>occasionally-reasonable--->>>Surprisingly-Automatic---->>>>Shockingly-uncontrollable--->>>Totally-beyond-control-of-any-kind--->>>borderline-dead---->>>dead
Until that last step.... it's never too late.
The acceleration rate and total calendar time is different for everyone.
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