soberlife123

My drinking creeped up used to be half a bottle of wine then a bottle then two then sometimes three....

Three bottles of wine a day. Jesus. That's insanity.

Let's hope sobriety sticks this time!

Bunny211

It was a slow progession at first then it progressed really rapidly. At the end I was drinking about 16-18 drinks a day. Wine for me too! I started when the liquor store opened and drank around the clock, stopping only when I passed out. I was "that person" at the liquor store shaking violently until I got my first drink. My stomach would reject everything at that point so the first drink would come right back up and I would slowly sip the second, willing it to stay down stay down stay down. Sometimes I could not wait for the store to open and I would resort to drinking listerine. I am gagging just typing that! God, what an awful existence!

Fly N Buy

Like many, I drank progressively more in increased frequency over time. Good to stop before we get on the autobahn of drinking@

Sobriety works if we work it.....glad you're posting, good for you!

soberlife123

That was at my worst between 1-3 bottles of wine a day think of all that poison oi vey

SusanE

Weird for me. Still don't drink that much. I just hate the way I do it. Thanks for letting me stay here.

secretchord

1-2 bottles of wine in a short period of time (usually from about 1:30 to 6:30). Then I'd pass out for the night. I always waited until 1:00. That was my rule.

saoutchik

Half a bottle of scotch most weekdays, more at weekends

CAPTAINZING2000

Not really sure at the end.

I did run into the owners of two different package liquor stores afterwards.
They both asked where I'd been and I told them I'd quit drinking.
They both replied good for you.
That spoke volumes to me. Numerous occasions, I was very inebriated when I went back a second time before closing

soberlife123

Oh god -- and the stories I would make up "So apparently I bought the wrong kid of wine for dinner and my bf wanted me to come back to get a different one"

Or "I accidentally dropped the bottle and it smashed!"

I would always start out just buying one -- because of course I was only going to drink the _one_ and then I would go back for a second or sometimes third.

ubntubnt

approx 2 days off each week. 2-3 days averaging 4 beers and a bottle of wine. 2-3 days of 12+ hours drinking including a 24 hour session. Who knows how much, shots, beers, endless bottles of wine. Probably all averages out at 2-3 bottles of wine per day.

soberlife123

I see your on Day 14, congrats ! Did you have any withdrawal symptoms?

Nonsensical

I hoped for sobriety for 23 years and didn't get very good results.

Once I started working for sobriety things got much better.

Best of Luck on Your Journey!

least

Between one to three bottle of wine a day. So glad those days are over.

Soberwolf

Have you got a plan in place bud to help you

aasharon90

Too Dang much for this lady with
an addiction to alcohol. Im grateful
for family doing for me what I definitely
didn't want to do for myself. To get
me help and placing me into the hands
of those capable of teaching me about
my addiction and supplying me with a
recovery program I could and would
incorporate in all my lifes affairs.

The insanity and powerlessness over
alcohol stopped when I admitted I was
that sick and became willing to be teachable
to accept my addiction and learn a program
of recovery.

25 yrs of many one days at a time without
consuming a poisonous and controlling
substance that affected my mind, body
and soul to achieve the PROMISES within
a program of recovery to live healthy, happy,
honest and humble life today.

Highwind

12-18ish cans per day 24-36 units a day......doubt it's done my system much good.

IronPhoenix

I was a binge drinker, so I wouldn't drink every day. But when social occasions came up or the weekend I would drink. I would easily put away 5 - 6 20oz glasses of beer and then proceed to gin and tonics or more beer. Others would stop or go home, but I had no off button and would keep going. Looking back, it is crazy what I would put down in one session.

soberlife123

Well, I've moved back with my parents temporarily so that there is a safe environment (i.e. alcohol free) , I've got counselling that I go to and I post on here.

Unfortunately AA meetings are not viable for me -- I tried that but too often I was running into clients there and in my line of work that's not something you want going around about you (and unfortunately it was)

dcg

I see today is your first day of sobriety. Good Luck! You should have lots of questions, but how much other people drank probably shouldn't be one of them.

ubntubnt

hi SL, I drank like this for many years. Tried to quit permanently for the first time this time last year. Had endless cravings but not that bad withdrawals and lasted 11 weeks. This time around to be honest it hasn't been bad at all. I think I was just ready for it. I was sick of drinking. Emotional exhausted by it and ready for something new. Regulating my sleep has been tough but lets be honest if thats the worst I can say then things are going great. The toughest part will be to keep the AV at bay as I clock up the weeks. I kind of feel like the AV voluntarily surrendered the first battle but is hiding and waiting for me around the corner.