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Originally Posted by GTheVisionary
The title say's it all. I need to know why you guys drink, and how long have you guys been drinking for. My father's almost 50 or possibly older then that, well hes around that age. He's been drinking for a long time, i know deep down he wants to stop but i dont think he knows how to. So i need some input on this, i want to help my father i don't want to have to bury him any time soon. OO by the way thanks.
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i stated drinking when i was 16..i drank excessively for 25 years.
my 3rd DUI was the last straw for me.
i was tired of it costing me so much money, the judges, the court systems, the jails & pleading for my freedom.
when i started it was for "fun" , everyone was doing it back then. worse case scenario a cop would drop you off at home, drunk and you had a lil explaining to do to your parents.
my parents got divorced when i was 16 and things started to get out of hand,though i was never close to my parents..they were still "mom" and "dad' and i expected them to stay together..well they didn't and that sent me over the edge.
like many of the other posters said, it can be done,but you have to want it..i did it. i quit for a year and a half to see if i could, longest i had ever been sober in my life. now i only drink occasionally and nothing like before and almost always at home. i'm not out all hours of the night drinking and driving and inviting trouble anymore.
since i had quit for that year and a half..i find myself drinking less and less. i had a few for this holiday weekend but only on the 4th, nothing yesterday or today. before i would have drank the whole time through.
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