re: Anyone here ever quit drinking?

I can’t imagine never drinking again, but I really can’t imagine drinking every day for years

I quit drinking when I turned 29. I was so addicted I was drinking 6 beers on the way to work, and taking vodka and drinking orange juice all day.
I would start the buzz, and try to maintain that all day.

I quit cold turkey. I didn't do anything to replace it.
The first day was really hard. The second day I realized that the day before was the first time in almost 10 years I didn't drink anything in a whole day.
My life improved so much, so fast that I didn't really notice any withdrawal

Yall need to get on those Tempter THC drinks. Way better than alcohol

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How sick did you get in the days after?

TIA

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About 6 months ago. Fortunately I never got sick because I never had a physical dependency. It was more of a mental/routine change thing for me.

Never started.

I've had ten drinks a year or less for the last forty-five years. Starting drinking at age 14 but never had a desire to get plastered or hungover. I only f'd up 2x. Once, in h.s. my friend and I were trying to find booze in a small dry Texas town. My grandmother had a stash - with a bottle of Creme de Menthe being the selection we made. We drank too much. It was the most miserable sick I have ever been. Having a round trip meal ticket with the stuff was even worse.

The C de M incident should have cured me,. But, in college I was tending bar at a party and I did too much sampling (whiskey sours made with Southern Comfort, another disgusting mix). I didn't get sick ... I just ended up buck f'in naked in the dorm hallway.