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Forest Fire
23-07-2014, 08:02 PM
What are your opinions? One drink? A few? drinking consecutive nights of the week even if its only a small amount?
Do you still have a problem if you get pissed up once a month in a situation ,where normal people are doing the same thing, but don't drink in between that? or is it when you are back to getting pissed every night of the week?
I'm going through alcohol withdrawal at the minute, 10 days, and thinking about how im going to behave in the future.
I'm also quitting smoking as well and in regards to that, if i even had one drag of a fag however many months away, i would see that as failing. But i only smoked through addiction i didn't enjoy it. Whereas with alcohol i didn't really have physical cravings for it i just chose too get messed up too often. I only had physical withdrawals (got took to a n e after one hour at work) after i'd got pissed 18/20 days straight and had a massive session the night before. Being honest i'd been drinking excessively for 5/6 years prior to this but that was 2/3 nights of the week and not week long binges.
Thing is, i do enjoy the feeling of being drunk and would like to think i could do one night every month or so where i do go out and have enough to get me intoxicated. Would that be failing if i don't touch anything in between? i'm talking 5/6 pints drunk not 10+ beers, a few rums, and whatever shots are going around.

havealittlefaith
24-07-2014, 03:09 PM
I think it's a very personal question and I think you have to decide what is the right answer for you as some people it may be never drinking again others it may be as you say occasionally drinking for me personally I wanted to stay in control when I drank I wanted to not feel like I had to get myself into such a state and still want more and not remember what I had done as I drank to block the pain out and all I did was destroy things around me and hurt people , I can say that I haven't done this since march/April I have however had a drink and stopped this is at family occasions and the jokes was horrible and also on a weekend but ultimately you should feel in control of the drink the drink should not control you hope this helps x

Forest Fire
26-07-2014, 03:24 PM
Thanks for your reply. I went out last night with the intention of having a few, got completely ****ed up instead and felt absolutely horrendous at work. Realised now that i have no problem at all avoiding the first drink, but once i've had one then i've got no control. Think i'm just going to abstain completely

raspberry_swirl
07-08-2014, 12:01 PM
It's how you are mentally, I don't think it can be measured.