r/stopdrinking • u/stupre1972 468 days • 1d ago

Sobriety - a cautionary tale

460 odd days ago, I stopped drinking.

460 odd days ago, my wife lost her drinking partner.

Directly or indirectly, so did her parents, my sister, brother in law and a number of friends.

Today, we have had a get together of 10 of us and what would have been a very boozy get together (historically double figure bottles of wine plus various other) has been a very gentle affair where the grand total is 2 bottles of wine and a half dozen bottles of beer.

All of that because I stopped and others followed....

So a word of caution - your (and my) sobriety can have positive effects way beyond your own little world.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the sub, I raise a glass (of hot chocolate in my case) and salute you all - Be you on day 1 or day 1000 - and say once more IWNDWYT

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u/LadyTreeRoot 6 days 1d ago

My husband is trying for sobriety, and I had to admit I was having more trouble to be supportive than I would have thought. I took a couple of tests, which confirmed I have a problem as well. I'm on my 6th day, IWNDWYT

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u/SauerkrautHedonists 78 days 1d ago

You can take a test? What kind of test?

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u/BlackPlasticShoes 692 days 1d ago

This is a good one: https://auditscreen.org/check-your-drinking

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u/GWBBQ_ 1d ago

You know what's really telling? When you laugh and don't even click the link because you know your answer to every question is going to indicate the most severe problem. The only way to stop getting the high score is to stop playing.

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u/sodabuttons 2466 days 1d ago

I opened it to fill out my past drinking habits and just exited out after 3 questions. My alcoholism culminated in hospital detox, I think I just like taking online quizzes.

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u/EssayCautious 202 days 1d ago

It says I was/am alcohol dependent. Feels good to confirm thaylt I didn't make that all up in my head. 😂

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u/SauerkrautHedonists 78 days 1d ago

Thank you