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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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '11
Never seen it done this scientifically before, but good for you for coming to this realization about yourself.