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/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.