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My journey to freedom from alcohol

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Hello,

So I am an alcoholic and want to stop drinking. A few weeks ago I came to the realisation that I had to stop as this just wasn't sustainable. The physical and mental toll is starting to show.

At that point I was on around 16-20 units of whiskey an evening, every evening for around 4 years. I began my taper and the first couple of weeks went well as I made my way down to 8 units. Then the problem began - every Friday evening I end up back on 14-18 units and this carries on until Monday when I get back to the taper. So my taper has more or less stalled as I have become stuck in this cycle. I stay between 10-14 units so am doing well compared to my start but I'm back at still being an alcoholic. 

This last weekend I was away for a long weekend and ended up at 16 units a day throughout and realised I had lost control again.

So here I am about to begin again. Yesterday was a drop to 10 units and my plan now is:

Today: 10 units

Tomorrow: 8 units

Friday: 8 units

Saturday: 6 units

Sunday: 6 units

Following week - reduction down by 0.5-1 unit average

I'm hoping that my previous experience will help a bit this time and also that posting my experiences through this journey here will help me stay on track.

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  • Hummingbird-S
    Hummingbird-S Guest

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    Hey Steve, I have just been catching up on here - I hear ya. It feels so good to feel like you are in control but I can only ever manage a week to ten days (tapering not without) then I just seem to loose it! It takes so much restraint.

    I really liked your idea of a tapering plan.

    Are you doing this alone?

    S x

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