# I'm giving up alcohol. What should I expect?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-alcohol-what-should-i-expect/636170>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-alcohol-what-should-i-expect/636170 "2012-09-28T18:43:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-alcohol-what-should-i-expect/636170/36 "2012-10-05T03:50:26Z")

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> [@PlainJain](#):
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> I quit a year ago this month. Without changing anything else about my lifestyle I lost 45 pounds.

I know I have given you hassles in the past but have come to respect you as the quality poster you are. Kudos to you for staying off the alcohol. I myself quit for 2 yrs but that was a couple yrs ago. I know what it took for me to quit that long, wasn’t easy to be consistent.

Good luck to you, PlainJain.

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