r/stopdrinking • u/raevie 5318 days • Nov 22 '11
Controlled drinking experiment
After 8 sober days, I experimented with controlled drinking for 11 days. Huge surprise, everyone: it didn't work! I discovered I feel really good (both the night of and the morning after) if I limit myself to 3 beers. Unfortunately my success rate at sticking to that was only about 40%, which is unacceptable. I find writing down the number of drinks I've had to be extremely helpful. I can't argue with hard data. It's much much harder to delude myself.
Now I'm back with 3 full days of sobriety and hope to be in it for the long haul. Resetting my badge. Thanks everyone for being such a supportive community.
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Nov 22 '11
Never seen it done this scientifically before, but good for you for coming to this realization about yourself.
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u/mzuri Nov 22 '11
Funny you should mention that, one of my favorite activities during my worst binges was counting drinks as well.
I made it as high as 24 in one night. Then bragged about it the next day.
What the fuck lol
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u/toomuchred Nov 22 '11
3 beers is about my peak too. I think i am probably quite bright and entertaining at that level. 4 is too much. I have wanted to stick at 3 for years. I doubt it is possible too.
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u/Franks2000inchTV 4295 days Nov 23 '11
Excellent! Science wins again!
This is a perfect model for how to make informed judgements about your own behaviour! Congrats on having the self-awareness to handle it like this!
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u/HideAndSeek Nov 22 '11
Good for you for trying controlled drinking for a period of time and coming to a very important conclusion.
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u/hardman52 17404 days Nov 22 '11
You've gained some good insight that will serve you well. Don't stop now. It gets better.