Haha...first it was four beers (the kind didn't matter) plus two shots of peppermint schnaaps. Then it became four Mike's Hard Lemonades with two beers (again, the kind did not matter.) Then it was three beers on a light day, four on a moderate day, and six to get drunk. My career ended as a wino. Barefoot Merlot, every single day.

Started off with beer, for many years. But as my tolerance increased, it took too much beer and too much time to get me where I thought I needed to be. Something stronger was in order.

Hello, tequila! Loved the stuff for a while and never had that "psychotic" tequila drunk that legends are made from.

Stuck with tequila and some beer for awhile, took a quick dip into the world of scotch (too snooty and $$$ for my tastes) before finding my soulmate...bourbon. Good old, cheap, tasty, 100+ proof bourbon.

I could sip it to maintain a moderate buzz, I could guzzle it if I wanted to get crazy. It was perfect for me...until it wasn't.

Pretty much anything alcohol1 I would switch from beer to wine, back and forth... but what REALLY sent me over the edge was when I would drink "Rumplemenz" it's like 150 proof clear booze.. would do shots straight from the bottle.. that shit kicked my ass! My husbands too.. I tell ya, we used to drink that stuff like crazy and guess what? It made US crazy..Lot's of fights, depression, anxiety and the hangovers were hell.. ugh!

If it fit in a glass I drank it

I drank anything you put in front of me except jagermeister-BLECH!!! That is the ONLY alcoholic beverage I wouldn't drink like water. Primarily it was vodka or white/red wine.

I do have to say if jagermeister was the only alcohol available..I wouldn't be an alcoholic! :) Yuk! yuk! yuk!

oneasixpack, twoasixpack. threeasixpack four.
Ana do the BIG cans por favor

Wine, wine and more wine was my absolute love.

Crown Royal & 7

At first, everything was fine and I drank moderately. It turned into romance and medicine for me and that became my priority instead of enjoying the taste.

It became my best friend and lover. I began to prefer it instead of people and loved ones. It took time, but wine began to change my personally in such a negative way. The more I drank the more I would become irritable, mean and sometimes hateful. It shocked me the next day when I wasn't wasted and remembered what I did or said. I even knew that's NOT how I felt. "That" wasn't me. It became evil and made me evil. Don't freak out but I truly believe it was Satan taking control and speaking through me.

So....... I decided to drop the wine and try a different type of booze thinking it would be different. Honestly, I wasn't as impulsive and out of control emotionally with other brands but it started becoming destructive again for others and me.

I still experienced with other types of booze but I hated the taste and went back to my favorites.

I will tell you that different brands truly did effect me differently. Wine gave me a euphoric feeling, bourbon didn't but it made my heart beat slower and I felt high, Vodka gave me a weird feeling like I could feel a high pitch noise (sounds crazy) it made my heart race and a bit hyper and of course made me high. I drank every friggin day. And on the weekends, look out.

Anyway, it ultimately began to ruin my life and relationships. When I began depending on it physically, and drinking in the morning to control the shakes, I made the decision to quit, got detoxed and made the decision to walk the straight and narrow on the road of sobriety.

I made the choice to live again and return to the woman I knew I was. The lady. I was sick of escaping. When people here say "you need to get sick and tired of being sick and tired" they know what they are talking about.

Sorry for the LONG rambling post! You got me thinking! Shoot, I could have written way more detail but I was trying to shorten it. I hope yall don't think I'm weird now!

Peace

Beer, then wine (good stuff), then wine (big double bottle), then wine every night (often Barefoot too). Vodka and club with lime when out but then when I moved into stealth mode at home, swigging straight vodka got me into some health trouble. At my worst, I cleaned out everything drinkable that we had in the house - even the shit I hated (the browns). By "cleaned out" I mean it went down the gullet.

Jim - you used a glass? Haha.

Of course we don't think you're weird silly..but only cause we're all weird too. :)

Doggirl, I relate to what you said so much. I would wake up at 7:00 AM and drink straight vodka before work...now it makes me cringe to think "HOW IN THE HELL DID I DO THAT?" I now drink coffee like normal people! Blech! What were we thinking???

I'd even pour a glass of white wine if that was all I had to carry with me & drink on the way to work in the mornings. Hell, I even drank red wine in the mornings if that was all that was available! Red wine at 7:30 AM....how gross is that?

Yeah HC, a Merlot in the morning... I would have to be pretty desperate but I was desperate! I would have done the same thing. Yep, icky Blah

Red, red, wine and beer.

Btw what's a glass!

I started with beer, but when I became serious about drinking it was Gin and Tonics.

I was a wino....two bottles on a good night, three on a bad! Depends when blackout occured. Towards the end, would wake up in the night and drink what was left then get my arse to bed.

When glass recycling hit my area, I used to take the bottles on my way to work and stop off at bins to dump them in! Now, my bins are clear and it always makes me smile :)

For me it was JD, then bud, then Red Dog, then the most beer my mone could buy