2006-06-06 17:54:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Jen - thanks for joining up today. And no, I'm Not asking for me, but I appreciate your thoughfulness.
2006-06-06 18:11:46 · update #1
yes, but don't tell that to AA, because they don't believe in it.
it really does take a rethinking and commitment, but yes, i've seen it happen. there is still, as in all things, the potential for a renewed problem. the people i know did have to stop completely for a good long period of time in order to restructure the pattern.
2006-06-06 17:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by jezebelring 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did it. I wouldn't suggest trying it as I seem to be an anomoly. I needed a six pack when I was younger before the world seemed right. Everything seemed really sureal on days I had no drugs or booze at that time. My first attempt to stop drinking came after I had to go dry for a couple days and I kept dreaming about the taste of a beer and feeling cravings. It concerned me greatly. I was drinking to the point of blackouts almost every day up until then. That was mixed with drugs. The big wakeup call was the 2nd and third to Docs telling me to quit or die. I was showing liver enlargement. Still early enough for the damage to be reversed but if I kept drinking I would clearly die. So I quit for a few years completely and drank only occasionally after that. I also limited my intake of asperin/tylonal products and removed as many sources of iron from my blood as I could. 5 years later my liver was no longer enlarged. Or at least noticably enlarged. Since then I have a beer here or there. On a really special occasion every few years I'll do a shot or two or have more than a six pack in a night. It's worked for me. I have limits. Often at gigs the only thing to drink is a beer so I limit myself to 1 or 2 before a show both to make sure I play at my best and because it's so easy to slip back into drinking. I also limit total beers per month and almost never have a shot any more. If exceed my total beers in a month I don't drink them any more.
Again few people are able to do this apparently. Every other one I know of who has tried it wound drinking heavy again. I relapsed twice before settling down into the pace I now do. However I don't enjoy being drunk any more and I think that's what makes the difference for me. It's not fun anymore and the hangovers are brutal nowdays. I know if I relapse I'll quickly be back to a damaged liver and it's damn expensive today. So I have one here and there. The object not to get a buzz, in fact that is undesirable. The object is to enjoy the taste of the beer and be social. (I'm real picky about brands now. Back in my drinking days if it had alcohol that was good enough. Today it has to be one of a few brands or I'm trying a promising brand. Taste is the crucial part.)
2006-06-06 18:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by draciron 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a good idea but it could happen. Alcoholism is not a disease even though people like to call it that. Studies have shown that nothing causes people to drink the link between having a parent abuse alcohol and then abusing yourself is more emotional then a chemical link. It is all about will power. That is it.
2006-06-06 18:05:57 · answer #3 · answered by Educated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To drink alcohol, NO. As far as being in a social situation where others are drinking, that all depends on the recovering alcoholic. Some can deal with it, some can't.
2006-06-06 18:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by spookykid313 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, No ,NO!!! the best thing for recovery is to stay away from what got you there in the first place.You will only pick-up where they left off at, and it will be worse than before. Sobriety is the best choice. Alcohol is a drug, take a good look around.
2006-06-06 18:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by KM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have known several to drink socially and never relapse, but they order virgin drinks. I have never known one to drink again and not relapse. Not saying it can't happen, just saying that the people I have known wouldnt risk going through it all again. It's an everyday struggle for them, but the starting days were much worse for them.
2006-06-06 17:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by x_lil_redangel_x 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is HIGHLY unlikely. Addiction is a mental as well as genetically affected trait. You either have the tendency to become addicted or you don't. If you do have it, you have it forever. If you were asking for you, my suggestion is better safe than sorry-don't start drinking again, it's not worth it!
2006-06-06 17:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is absolutely no such think as a "recovered" alcoholic or addict. To think that they are capable of being around the very thing they are trying to abstain from is tempting death.
2006-06-06 17:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Alcoholism creeps up on you, without you realizing it is happening. Nothing to experiment with.
2006-06-06 17:58:42 · answer #9 · answered by gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sort of.You have to have a different mindset and remember to stop when you're a little loaded.And don't freakin' drive!
Besides, its boring.
2006-06-06 17:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by changeling 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋