What's the longest you've gone without drinking alcohol?

[EverFresh]

At age 50 I've been a lifelong drinker, since age 16. Averaging probably 3 or more drinks a day, sometimes 10 or more on a Saturday night. Longest I've been without a drink since that time was 30 days.

I wanted to see if I could get out from behind the bottle for a longer period of time

I'm at day 133 today, almost 4 1/2 months. It started out as a 100 day test (to see if I could not drink for 100 days) but I felt so good at day 100 I thought I'd aim for another 100.

Pluses: Waking up without a hangover has been wonderful. Less tension and fighting with those around me. Better state of mind, feel and look better. Saving thousands of $$

Negatives: Miss going out and partying, miss gambling drunk, the smell of beer and wine and hearing people laughing and having a good time makes me want to start up again

 

[HarryCaray]

I'm at 285 days right now, this is the longest I've gone since age 14 (I'm 32).

Congrats man, glad you're feeling well.

 

[loomis41973]

13 years







then i turned 14

 

[akphidelt]

13 years







then i turned 14

Thats pretty funny, lol!!

 

[wolfie_cr]

everfresh, have you lost any weight due to this?

 

[silver7]

38 yrs in Aug.! Keep going it gets easier & better.

 

[pocketrockets]

2 weeks

 

[Dude]

It's been 14 years, Don't miss it, had some really fun times while drinking, but the bad ones outweighed the good.

 

[gmrcharity]

15 Years. Dont miss it at all

 

[EverFresh]

Wolfie, yes I have lost weight. Not water weight either, but body fat. After a few weeks of sobriety the world definitely starts to look different

 

[flashmo]

will be 23 years in Nov

 

[PatPatriot]

18 years quit when was 40.When it became way more trouble than its worth. I think that is the age or about where you decide if you want to live or continue down rotting away.I see a lot of people now that either dead or so physically and mentally incapable of doing any thing they are basically a shell of themselves. Now in my late 50's I have taken 9 miles hikes over the white mountains in NH. I sno skied for the first time in my life last year. And have skied all winter. In the summer I play golf 3 or 4 times a week carrying my golf bag 18 holes in 95 degree weather.My last doctors vist a few weeks he commented how good I looked.
In conclusion I wasted 40 years of my life with boozing. Looking back it was like being in jail for for 40 years, because the drinking life limits so much.

 

[Albatross]

18 years quit when was 40.When it became way more trouble than its worth. I think that is the age or about where you decide if you want to live or continue down rotting away.I see a lot of people now that either dead or so physically and mentally incapable of doing any thing they are basically a shell of themselves. Now in my late 50's I have taken 9 miles hikes over the white mountains in NH. I sno skied for the first time in my life last year. And have skied all winter. In the summer I play golf 3 or 4 times a week carrying my golf bag 18 holes in 95 degree weather.My last doctors vist a few weeks he commented how good I looked.
In conclusion I wasted 40 years of my life with boozing. Looking back it was like being in jail for for 40 years, because the drinking life limits so much.

Pretty strong statement. I suppose you drank very heavily. I am healthy and enjoy everything you mentioned above. Never once has drinking affected activities for me personally......unless I am playing a round with some old friends and it usually turns into some heavy drinking.....In which I agree with you....it makes golf tough. But that may be once a year and it's not the golf that is the main focus that day.

 

[EverFresh]

Sobriety clarifies a lot of things

 

[Defying]

congrats everfresh

 

[Defying]

i dont drink often... drunk once in 2014 thus far....

6 pack of beer will last me 2+ months in the house.

if i'm out and there's an interesting looking cocktail, ill get one....

longest without a single drink... probably 3-4 months

 

[CoachCB]

I went 4 months when I was deployed to the desert (in 2006)....then a British ship pulled into port and I got an invite to come on board!!

I have never had a "drinking problem"...sure, I've acted like an idiot when drunk several times in my life, but it's never caused me many problems. I'm 43 years old and I enjoy a cocktail, beer, adult beverage occasionally. Not sure why someone would have to quite cold turkey and never look back unless they have an addictive personality or are an "alcoholic". I run quite a bit, so being hungover isn't very good for me....so that's helped me curb some of the nights when I probably would have had 1 or 2 too many.

 

[NFLTrends]

Drank just 1 time when I was 16 years old.

Hot humid day, middle of summer, friend stole a full bottle of brandy from his fathers.

Trying to outdo each other we were pounding it (between 3 of us) I am positive I drank the most by the time the bottle was polished off. I was feeling great, like nothing was wrong. So we started walking back home, then BAM!! It hit me all at once. I felt dizzy, nauseous, and could barely walk. We were all struggling to make it home. When I got home I was puking up a storm, feeling the cold toilet bowl on the side of my head felt so good. I went to lay in my bed and it was worse. The room was spinning, and when I would close my eyes, it would stop spiing that way, and start spinning faster the other way, which made me puke (dry heave) some more. I prayed to God to make it go away and I would never drink again.... I guess God listen and knocked me out. I woke up about 2am with the worst headache and cramps I have ever had.

I have never drank since that day.

First AND last time ever lol

 

[DogDaze]

30 days on a self challenge a couple of years ago...

 

[Murphy8276]

Have not drank in almost 3 years..

I am a coffee man noww-thumbs!^


-murph