Are you still sober if....
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Originally Posted by wehav2day 
Moderation is cool for normal folks, but just because a person isn't "legally drunk" it doesn't mean they're sober. Sober means nothing in your system.
I can't moderate, at least not for long. Or not without thinking about the drinking
I can't moderate, at least not for long. Or not without thinking about the drinking
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Day i dont know why your asking this as you know by drinking you are not sober if you have stopped and your bk on the wagon great sr will support you even if your trying to stop sr will support you
I dont know what your trying to get at
Day cmon man like are you seriously trying to justify having drinks in sobriety qualifys as sober
Your AV is rampant listen to what your coming out with sorry man but cmon
I dont know what your trying to get at
Day cmon man like are you seriously trying to justify having drinks in sobriety qualifys as sober
Your AV is rampant listen to what your coming out with sorry man but cmon
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Originally Posted by 1dayaddatime
Say you go "X" amount of days without drinking, then you have a drink or 2, but nowhere near drunk, nor even close to your states "legal limit", then the next day get right back to your quest to not drinking ....... Are you still considered sober?
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Originally Posted by 1dayaddatime
I agree, but according to Merriam-Webster, sober means "not drunk".
I spent years trying to control my drinking, sometimes I wasn't drunk, but many other times I was, the reason being addiction doesn't work in a vacuum, each day doesn't happen in isolation,
Instead each day became a progression to the next, there was a spiral, the flood gates were slowly being eroded away, and before I new it I'd have drank more days than not in a month, feeling pretty pleased with myself that I'd only had 2 beers each day . . . but who was I kidding?
Sobriety is more than a definition, in the same way addiction is more than volume consumed or drunk/not drunk, it's the behaviours that go along with it.
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Originally Posted by 1dayaddatime
Thanks wehave. I understand what you mean about not being legally drunk doesn't mean you're sober and I agree, but according to Merriam-Webster, sober means "not drunk". It says nothing about not having anything in your system
You need to commit yourself to being 100% sober if that's what you want.
Want to drink 1 or 2? Fine, but you're not sober.
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Originally Posted by soberwolf
Day i dont know why your asking this as you know by drinking you are not sober if you have stopped and your bk on the wagon great sr will support you even if your trying to stop sr will support you
I dont know what your trying to get at
Day cmon man like are you seriously trying to justify having drinks in sobriety qualifys as sober
Your AV is rampant listen to what your coming out with sorry man but cmon
I dont know what your trying to get at
Day cmon man like are you seriously trying to justify having drinks in sobriety qualifys as sober
Your AV is rampant listen to what your coming out with sorry man but cmon
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Originally Posted by RushTogether
Quit looking for that excuse to just have 1. I've been in your story before, it doesn't end well.
You need to commit yourself to being 100% sober if that's what you want.
Want to drink 1 or 2? Fine, but you're not sober.
You need to commit yourself to being 100% sober if that's what you want.
Want to drink 1 or 2? Fine, but you're not sober.
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Say you discovered you were allergic to peanuts — that bad things sometimes happened when you ate them, and you could never be sure whether eating any amount of peanuts would be safe for you. Would you congratulate yourself on going two weeks peanut-free? Would you be mulling whether you might be able to indulge in a peanut or two on occasion without triggering an allergic response? Would the question of whether eating one or two peanuts would disqualify you from “peanut sobriety” even occur to you?
No. You just wouldn’t eat peanuts.
No. You just wouldn’t eat peanuts.
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Originally Posted by Andante
Say you discovered you were allergic to peanuts — that bad things sometimes happened when you ate them, and you could never be sure whether eating any amount of peanuts would be safe for you. Would you congratulate yourself on going two weeks peanut-free? Would you be mulling whether you might be able to indulge in a peanut or two on occasion without triggering an allergic response? Would the question of whether eating one or two peanuts would disqualify you from “peanut sobriety” even occur to you?
No. You just wouldn’t eat peanuts.
No. You just wouldn’t eat peanuts.
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