OT – Alcoholism and Addiction

[carli]

BG, you must be pouring some hefty glasses of wine to only get 2-3 per bottle. Or maybe if scaredy’s wife is sharing that bottle with him, they’d polish it off in one night with 2-3 glasses each.

I can’t seem to curtail my 2 glasses/night habit. And I don’t drink the cheap stuff…I’ve often thought I should review the credit card statements to add up the wine shop total in a year, and then I’d probably be motivated to quit.

It’s a whole ritual thing…I always pour a glass as I’m making dinner and catching up with my husband and kids, then pour another with dinner. The habit of just those two is SO hard to break, which would make it even more gratifying and actually thrilling to be able to do it. I would probably feel like I ran a marathon or climbed Mt Everest!

Thanks for the inspiration, scaredy.

[CA renter]

[quote=walterwhite]Wow. Almost 3 weeks without a drink. Thinking about instituting new rules;

don’t get a drink the minute I get home

wait till dinner

drink wine slowly, not like it’s water

stop after 2 drinks.

Don’t drink every day.

Don’t have more than 3 in a day.

Not sure if these are realistic but, they seem reasonable now.[/quote]

Well done, scaredy! Those goals sound realistic and are perfectly reasonable, BTW. Very balanced and healthy. Best of luck!

[CA renter]

[quote=walterwhite]Wow. Almost 3 weeks without a drink. Thinking about instituting new rules;

don’t get a drink the minute I get home

wait till dinner

drink wine slowly, not like it’s water

stop after 2 drinks.

Don’t drink every day.

Don’t have more than 3 in a day.

Not sure if these are realistic but, they seem reasonable now.[/quote]

Well done, scaredy! Those goals sound realistic and are perfectly reasonable, BTW. Very balanced and healthy. Best of luck!

[CA renter]

[quote=walterwhite]Wow. Almost 3 weeks without a drink. Thinking about instituting new rules;

don’t get a drink the minute I get home

wait till dinner

drink wine slowly, not like it’s water

stop after 2 drinks.

Don’t drink every day.

Don’t have more than 3 in a day.

Not sure if these are realistic but, they seem reasonable now.[/quote]

Well done, scaredy! Those goals sound realistic and are perfectly reasonable, BTW. Very balanced and healthy. Best of luck!

[CA renter]

[quote=walterwhite]Wow. Almost 3 weeks without a drink. Thinking about instituting new rules;

don’t get a drink the minute I get home

wait till dinner

drink wine slowly, not like it’s water

stop after 2 drinks.

Don’t drink every day.

Don’t have more than 3 in a day.

Not sure if these are realistic but, they seem reasonable now.[/quote]

Well done, scaredy! Those goals sound realistic and are perfectly reasonable, BTW. Very balanced and healthy. Best of luck!

[CA renter]

[quote=walterwhite]Wow. Almost 3 weeks without a drink. Thinking about instituting new rules;

don’t get a drink the minute I get home

wait till dinner

drink wine slowly, not like it’s water

stop after 2 drinks.

Don’t drink every day.

Don’t have more than 3 in a day.

Not sure if these are realistic but, they seem reasonable now.[/quote]

Well done, scaredy! Those goals sound realistic and are perfectly reasonable, BTW. Very balanced and healthy. Best of luck!

[scaredyclassic]

My wife believes these will go out the window once I get going again.

But I think I can do it.

[scaredyclassic]

My wife believes these will go out the window once I get going again.

But I think I can do it.

[scaredyclassic]

My wife believes these will go out the window once I get going again.

But I think I can do it.

[scaredyclassic]

My wife believes these will go out the window once I get going again.

But I think I can do it.

[scaredyclassic]

My wife believes these will go out the window once I get going again.

But I think I can do it.

[fredo4]

I had a problem with alcohol on and off for years.
It was a craving, just like craving a piece of chocolate only a bit more intense. When I started taking a drug (buproprion) for panic attacks, it some how eliminated my craving to drink too. I totally believe that some people (and cultures) are predisposed to drinking. While most people drink to a point and then start getting tired or dizzy when they’ve had too much, the alcoholic will just keep going because it feels good. Different brain chemistry. That’s not to say that I believe that alcoholism is a “disease” and you can’t help relapsing. If someone really wants to stop they will, no matter how bad the craving. To me it’s exactly like giving up sweets when you love them. It’s very difficult to go the rest of our life without eating them, but not impossible.

[fredo4]

I had a problem with alcohol on and off for years.
It was a craving, just like craving a piece of chocolate only a bit more intense. When I started taking a drug (buproprion) for panic attacks, it some how eliminated my craving to drink too. I totally believe that some people (and cultures) are predisposed to drinking. While most people drink to a point and then start getting tired or dizzy when they’ve had too much, the alcoholic will just keep going because it feels good. Different brain chemistry. That’s not to say that I believe that alcoholism is a “disease” and you can’t help relapsing. If someone really wants to stop they will, no matter how bad the craving. To me it’s exactly like giving up sweets when you love them. It’s very difficult to go the rest of our life without eating them, but not impossible.

[fredo4]

I had a problem with alcohol on and off for years.
It was a craving, just like craving a piece of chocolate only a bit more intense. When I started taking a drug (buproprion) for panic attacks, it some how eliminated my craving to drink too. I totally believe that some people (and cultures) are predisposed to drinking. While most people drink to a point and then start getting tired or dizzy when they’ve had too much, the alcoholic will just keep going because it feels good. Different brain chemistry. That’s not to say that I believe that alcoholism is a “disease” and you can’t help relapsing. If someone really wants to stop they will, no matter how bad the craving. To me it’s exactly like giving up sweets when you love them. It’s very difficult to go the rest of our life without eating them, but not impossible.

[fredo4]

I had a problem with alcohol on and off for years.
It was a craving, just like craving a piece of chocolate only a bit more intense. When I started taking a drug (buproprion) for panic attacks, it some how eliminated my craving to drink too. I totally believe that some people (and cultures) are predisposed to drinking. While most people drink to a point and then start getting tired or dizzy when they’ve had too much, the alcoholic will just keep going because it feels good. Different brain chemistry. That’s not to say that I believe that alcoholism is a “disease” and you can’t help relapsing. If someone really wants to stop they will, no matter how bad the craving. To me it’s exactly like giving up sweets when you love them. It’s very difficult to go the rest of our life without eating them, but not impossible.

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