# Poll for people with (former) drug and/or alcohol addictions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888 "2005-08-20T16:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/21 "2005-08-22T19:45:54Z")
Ah, I see. I misread your post. So your addicted brain is still rationalizing, eh? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/22 "2005-08-22T20:31:55Z")
Recovering alcohlic here. 1 years and 5 months totally clean and sober. (Itā€™ll be nice to get 2 years so I can drop the month count. I suck with dates šŸ™‚ I did some drugs over the years, LSD, shrooms, coke, etc. But alcohol was my drug of choice. The drugs were done mainly because I was drinking and the drugs were available. I donā€™t consider myself an addict to any particular drug in that I never really had any cravings for anything other than alcohol. At the same time, I wonā€™t use anything except asprin or tylanol unless it is perscribed. My doctor is aware that I am in recovery and knows not to perscribe anything that might cause a problem. I am still nicotines bitch, though I am going to try and quit here in a week. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/23 "2005-08-22T20:47:47Z")
Alcoholic/addict in recovery, 90 days today. My drug of choice is moreā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/24 "2005-08-22T20:55:38Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Alcoholic/addict in recovery, 90 days today. My drug of choice is moreā€¦ Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/25 "2005-08-23T00:47:46Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Alcoholic/addict in recovery, 90 days today. My drug of choice is moreā€¦ Way to go! Early days can be tough. But ODAAT. And my email addyā€™s listed! ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/26 "2005-08-23T01:17:27Z")
I was always too chicken to try ā€œhardā€ drugs, thank goodness. Smoked a pack a day for 19 years. Quit almost 15 months ago. I still have a slight urge every once-in-a-while but nothing that is a big deal. I guess I must still be a recovering addict though, since the urge isnā€™t completely gone. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/27 "2005-08-23T11:29:43Z")
barbituate withdrawls at 16. Havenā€™t had any opiate or barbituates since then - not even when I had my wisdom teeth out. No desire for it. I think it was a lot more teenage angst than real adiction (well, except for the withdrawls part :)) I tend to have a couple beers every day but go months without drinking enough to feel drunk. Havenā€™t had a hangover in years. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/28 "2005-08-23T12:34:42Z")
Iā€™m not sure what label to take. Using addict? Recovering addict? I gave up drinking on a daily basis on January 24, 2004. Now I only drink on special occasions, like when Iā€™m on vacation, but when I do I still drink too much. I guess, since Iā€™m better than I was before, Iā€™ll take the recovering alcoholic label. I donā€™t smoke or drink coffee any more, though, and have absolutely no desire to start those habits again, so I can call my self a former addict for those ones. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888/29 "2005-08-23T13:20:04Z")
Nicotine. Former addict. (It doesnā€™t pull at me any more than Kool-Aid does. I remember craving Kool-Aid as a little kid and I remember needing to smoke, but neither hold any attraction to me now). Except ā€¦ **twickster** : > [@](#): > > tā€™s not that Iā€™ve had a beer in real life ā€“ itā€™s that I dream that Iā€™ve been drinking off and on for years [the dream is never about actually drinking beer] but that it doesnā€™t count because it was ā€œjustā€ beer. I sometimes get those dreams about smoking. In real life I havenā€™t smoked since 1983 but in my dreams I cadge an individual cigarette here or there (but itā€™s not like I"m smoking on an ongoing basis) or I smoke a pipe (doesnā€™t count) or a cigar (doesnā€™t count), etc etc. Before I successfully quit, I had several unsuccessful attempts in which I did do that kind of thing (the cheating and the rationalization) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-people-with-former-drug-and-or-alcohol-addictions/317888.md?page=1)