Try 2 days to start with.
If you can make the second day, you can make day 3 and day 4.
Try 2 days to start with.
If you can make the second day, you can make day 3 and day 4.
Try 2 weeks.
Try 2 weeks.
Seems reasonable but I'm not sure when the last I even went a full week.
Seems reasonable but I'm not sure when the last I even went a full week.
Even more reason to go for 2 weeks. Occupy yourself with something else in the meantime, start going to the gym for example.
Two weeks is nothing, just imagine how quickly a year goes by.
Even more reason to go for 2 weeks. Occupy yourself with something else in the meantime, start going to the gym for example.
Two weeks is nothing, just imagine how quickly a year goes by.
Not a big fan of the gym. I have all that stuff at home anyways.
Not a big fan of the gym. I have all that stuff at home anyways.
Are you asking us to take bets? Should we start a pool?
EDIT: OK. I read the sub rules and now understand the question. Apologies for the snark.
My advice: Set an achievable goal. Even one as short as 48 hours. Improve upon that each time.
~~Are you asking us to take bets? Should we start a pool?~~
**EDIT:** OK. I read the sub rules and now understand the question. Apologies for the snark.
My advice: Set an achievable goal. Even one as short as 48 hours. Improve upon that each time.
lol, your first response was fine imo!
Usually I'll drink too much and feel like shit, then after a day or two or three I feel really good and that is when I want to drink again. I'd like to make a week to start.
lol, your first response was fine imo!
Usually I'll drink too much and feel like shit, then after a day or two or three I feel really good and that is when I want to drink again. I'd like to make a week to start.
The key, for me at least, is not trying to not drink at all, but to have only one or two. I had a glass of wine with dinner on Sunday. I really wanted another but held the line. I find that 'just one more' can devolve into a binge and then feeling like crap the next day.
The key, for me at least, is not trying to *not drink at all,* but to have only one or two. I had a glass of wine with dinner on Sunday. I really wanted another but held the line. I find that 'just one more' can devolve into a binge and then feeling like crap the next day.
Having a drink or two and then forcing myself to eat is the best way I've found to stop myself from binge drinking.
Having a drink or two and then forcing myself to eat is the best way I've found to stop myself from binge drinking.
You'll be back at it tonight or tomorrow night. I used to average going out and getting hammered 4 nights a week in my 20s. When you start passing out or having regular blackouts you'll know you've made it. Puking your guts out at work the next morning is also a milestone.
You'll be back at it tonight or tomorrow night. I used to average going out and getting hammered 4 nights a week in my 20s. When you start passing out or having regular blackouts you'll know you've made it. Puking your guts out at work the next morning is also a milestone.
Luckily I haven't gotten black out drunk for over a decade.
Luckily I haven't gotten black out drunk for over a decade.
I got sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. And often lamented that I wished I had all the money I had spent in bars. Quitting the booze was easy for me, quitting diet cokes later in life was harder.
I got sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. And often lamented that I wished I had all the money I had spent in bars. Quitting the booze was easy for me, quitting diet cokes later in life was harder.
Don't get hung up on numbers. As a former booze hound I would play those games and go weeks sometimes months just trying to hang on. Then I'd break down and "have a few drinks" that somehow turned into a two month bender.
Better to just say you're not drinking today. If the whole sobriety thing turns out not to be for you and you really want to have a drink tomorrow, you always can. But just not today. You'll be surprised at how many todays can pass before a tomorrow comes when you're not focused on some end number.
Don't get hung up on numbers. As a former booze hound I would play those games and go weeks sometimes months just trying to hang on. Then I'd break down and "have a few drinks" that somehow turned into a two month bender.
Better to just say you're not drinking today. If the whole sobriety thing turns out not to be for you and you really want to have a drink tomorrow, you always can. But just not today. You'll be surprised at how many todays can pass before a tomorrow comes when you're not focused on some end number.
Good outlook
Good outlook
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