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Question by meetoo: Alcoholic sober for 12 years, but I really want to drink some good red wine with dinner – Do you think I can?
I got sober 12 years ago when my life was a disaster. Booze, drugs and the wild rock n roll lifestyle nearly killed me.

Since then, I have aquired a great life. Wife, 2 kids, a good job…….But, I really want to drink like a nice red wine with good food.

I feel like I’m missing out on one of life’s great pleasures – good wine.

Any alcoholics out there grow out of it, and found themselves able to just drink some occassional wine?

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Answer by JonnyMac
Why would you want to risk everything you have, just to have a glass of wine? You are a recovering alcoholic, so you should know of the slippery slope that drinking can be. You claim to have a good life with your wife, kids and job. Don’t be a fool.

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Question by ny-gmen2007: i want to have a drink once in a while but i feel like AA has brainwashed me , 2 years sober?
i have 2 years sober and my lifes pretty good and i dont need it or fiene it at all i just could use an outlet , once in a while to relieve stress i wasnt addicticed to alchol before would only drink once in a while but i was addicted to heroin and oxycontin . i strongly beleive that i can just drink once in a while and not go back to my old habits and drug use . all suggestions are really appreciated . thank you in advance……
and i feel like i might not have been an addict all along i was just young and insecure but now im growing up and realize how bad drugs are for my health and that with my life in place i can indeed controll and drink only once in a while which AA says would never work it calls it the dream,and obbsession of every alcholic that some day they can and will controll their drinking

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Answer by Ranger4402
I would not ask people in AA for advice on drinking. The most ardent AA members believe if you get strinking drunk just one time then you are an alcoholic. For many of them they fear alcohol so much they have to take that stance so they don’t slip up.

You may not be addicted to alcohol but you might have a predisposition to it because of your addiction to other drugs. This could be a body chemistry issue or the so called addictive personality paradigm.

If I were you then I would find some other way to relive stress. It’s too risky for you in my opinion.

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Question by Just_gone: If you are going to drink on New Years, will a sober person drive?

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Answer by shiva
Are taxi drivers sober on New Year’s eve ?

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Question by kim: Can a recovering alcoholic ever drink socially again once sober for some years?

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Answer by David S
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Question by Crazy: Is it ok for me to drink? Alcoholism?
Alright, so about two weeks ago I bought a 6 pack for the weekend and killed it. Been doing it than every weekened since but I work two jobs and have very little time to relax and beer helps me do that. Is it alright If I dring 6 beers on the weekend or is that a road to alcoholism?

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Answer by jt
Oh 6 beers really isn’t very much for two nights, I think you need to worry re: alcoholism when you start your day off with your first vodka/aftershave. Really, relax and enjoy.

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Question by Yamster Berry’s Buddy: What are the signs of alcoholism? I drink 3 or 4 drinks a night, 27 out of 30 nights. Alcoholism?
I never have trouble getting to work and my marriage does not seem to suffer. I drink quite a lot. I never drink and drive. I never feel hung-over. I don’t feel like there are short term effects but maybe long term effects?

Opinions?

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Answer by Lacey
Can you go without alcohol without feeling like you’re missing out on something? Do you feel any adverse effects when you don’t drink?

You are definitely taking a toll on your liver and metabolism, though.

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Question by Shannon: Can a recovered alcoholic ever drink again?
My dad used to be a violent alcoholic; I’m talking emotional and verbal abuse, breaking things, being VERY angry and frightening. He went to rehab more than once. He also was a cocaine addict. He finally became clean and sober when I was 12. I am now almost 25. My parents finally divorced a few years ago and my dad remarried. As far as I knew, he had not had a sip for 13 years. Well, his birthday party was yesterday in the early afternoon. He drank STIFF screwdrivers all day and he got absolutely trashed. He was “life of the party” drunk, telling stories, being ridiculous. He slurred his words and often misspoke (he called his mother his grandmother and he called her my great-grandmother and was like “Wait!! Wait… that’s not right! She’s…yeah she’s my grandmother.”) It was the elephant in the room for those of us who knew about his past, but many people (including his new wife) have NO idea. Should I be worried about this? Is he spiraling back into this addiction? Or do recovered alcoholics have the ability to drink again without relapsing?

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Answer by Christopher
I’m certainly no expert but every recovered alcoholic I’ve ever known has done his or her best to never touch another drop. From what I understand once an addict always an addict. It’s either you have it under control or not, you’re never really recovered.

Maybe he is just too embarrassed about his past so he socially drinks around his new wife, but it sounds like he took it a little far in this situation so maybe he is on a slippery slope.

I would look into this further. How did he get past it the first time? Was he or is he still part of a support group of some kind? Try and get in touch with anyone that helped him the first time around. Good luck.

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Question by Lindy C: can a recovered alcoholic or drug addict ever drink or use again?

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Answer by Leona W
some can, but it’s not a wise choice.

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