Hi QuitorDie,
When I quit, I was used to drinking a US beer or two each evening. The quit made me look forward to those beers a lot more, as they took the edge off the cravings. I admit that they 'went to my head' a lot faster than they had before I quit. For this reason, I decided only 1 beer before dinner and maybe one with, unless I had a glass of wine with dinner instead. I'm a Brit. by the way.
By limiting myself, I did not replace one addiction with another. Now, over 1 year quit, my drinking habits have neither increased or decreased....Well.....we live in France now, so maybe I have an extra glass of wine now and again.
As Sheller said, just watch that you do not NEED that drink....at that point you do need to be careful. I was of the opinion when I quit, that whatever it took I would not smoke a cigarette, and whatever helped me was OK. I may have been lucky, but there is also no need to become paranoid about alcohol either.
Just be aware,that your body cannot tolerate the same amount of caffeine, alcohol and other substances that it could when you were smoking. Equally, it may crave things you did not crave when smoking, such as candy sweet things and, just maybe, alcohol.
Take one day at a time and be careful. Well done for getting this far.
WAHTEVER IT TAKES, JUST DON'T SMOKE!!! Lolly. :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/25/2004
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 413
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 14,477
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �2065
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 57 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 14 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28
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$11,982.00
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Days: 829
Hours: 10
Minutes: 50
Seconds: 12
Life Gained
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5991
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119,820
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