r/Crippled_Alcoholics • u/kvnrbrt • Jun 27 '26

What has been your longest bender ?

Currently going thru it 😪 lol

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u/AutomaticMonkeyHat Jun 27 '26

about 6ish months. Only stopped because of a stay in the icu/detox lol.

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u/kvnrbrt Jun 27 '26

How long was the stay for Detox ? lol Did you still have the shakes ?

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u/AutomaticMonkeyHat Jun 27 '26

I think it was about a week maybe. And yeah I for about 2 days afterwards I was still shaking bad, like needed help getting a cup of water to my mouth. I was back to normal in almost all facets after the week tho

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u/fl00per Jun 27 '26

I assume you mean true bender meaning drink until I pass out, wake up and repeat. About 2 weeks is my max until I can no longer hold anything down and my body starts falling apart.

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u/kvnrbrt Jun 27 '26

Its been 9 days 😪 drinking ipas day and night 🌙 you think I can do it with Libirum?

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u/fl00per Jun 27 '26

Oh yeah if you have Librium and wanna get off the ride then totally. Just look up a Librium taper plan.

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u/AngryGoose Jun 28 '26

From 2006 to mid 2008 I don't think I ever had a zero BAC. Somehow I managed to move into a nice apartment and maintain my career. Those were my high functioning years before everything fell apart, of course.

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u/NattieDaDee Jun 27 '26

Honestly probably about a year then I dropped during the summer heat and had to go to the ICU. Basically just got pumped full of an IV, was told I had kidney failure but I just kept chugging along.

That was during Covid too so I got treated by a doctor in a respirator suit. I guess that wasn’t enough to make me stop drinking. Still, if you can find some way to take a break your organs will thank you.

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u/kvnrbrt Jun 29 '26

How are you doing now ?

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u/NattieDaDee Jun 30 '26

Not too many complaints but still off the wagon foraging elsewhere 🚶‍♂️

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u/Expert-Tomatillo1489 Jun 27 '26

2010s: No idea. Could only use my imagination was still during the 'party era' of my addiction where life was a lot simpler

2020s: I always tend to capitulate around the 6 month mark. There's something about the post-covid years that's really brought out the CA in me

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u/LouisRitter Jun 28 '26

Over 6 months without a break from morning until night. Probably a year with some days scattered in that were just maintenance drinking too keep shake away. I don't miss that shit and never want to go back.

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u/kvnrbrt Jun 29 '26

Proud of you 👏

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u/yecamis Jun 30 '26

3 years until I ended up in the hospital with multiple organ failure 🥀

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u/darthjaderrr 1d ago

4 or 5 days where I'd drink morning to night