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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 23937" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>I've only know one alcoholic really well, my uncle (my mom's sister's husband).</p><p>My uncle could NOT drink at all, or it would automatically turn into a week long binge. There were certain times (holidays and funerals) that we could pretty much guarentee he wouldn't be around, or if he was, he'd be extremely drunk.</p><p>He wasn't a "nice" drunk, or a violent one, he was a silent, sulking drunk.</p><p>He wrecked every single car they ever owned, but for some bizarre reason, never once did he get a DUI.</p><p>He did go to AA, he tried medication.</p><p>But he was just so dang bull-headed, that the only way he could stay sober was to stay completely away from it. He was also stubborn in other areas of life - he became a diabetic, but still ate whatever he wanted, he had high cholestrol, but hated chicken or fish, and only ate red meat. He had quaduple bipass, and emphasema, but continued to smoke (he had an electric scooter the last few years of his life, he would go outside the retirement home, unhook his oxygen and smoke - I kept waiting to read about him blowing himself up!).</p><p>He was also an extremely intelligent man, who never really amounted to anything. He would gamble away any money he did have. My cousin got out of the house the second she could. My aunt worked all her life, and eventually (and I swear purposely) got senile so she didn't have to deal with him anymore.</p><p></p><p>If your husband can do this, then more power to him. I just know in my uncle's case, ANY alcohol, including swallowing a bit of mouthwash or taking some Niquil would be enough to throw him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 23937, member: 439"] I've only know one alcoholic really well, my uncle (my mom's sister's husband). My uncle could NOT drink at all, or it would automatically turn into a week long binge. There were certain times (holidays and funerals) that we could pretty much guarentee he wouldn't be around, or if he was, he'd be extremely drunk. He wasn't a "nice" drunk, or a violent one, he was a silent, sulking drunk. He wrecked every single car they ever owned, but for some bizarre reason, never once did he get a DUI. He did go to AA, he tried medication. But he was just so dang bull-headed, that the only way he could stay sober was to stay completely away from it. He was also stubborn in other areas of life - he became a diabetic, but still ate whatever he wanted, he had high cholestrol, but hated chicken or fish, and only ate red meat. He had quaduple bipass, and emphasema, but continued to smoke (he had an electric scooter the last few years of his life, he would go outside the retirement home, unhook his oxygen and smoke - I kept waiting to read about him blowing himself up!). He was also an extremely intelligent man, who never really amounted to anything. He would gamble away any money he did have. My cousin got out of the house the second she could. My aunt worked all her life, and eventually (and I swear purposely) got senile so she didn't have to deal with him anymore. If your husband can do this, then more power to him. I just know in my uncle's case, ANY alcohol, including swallowing a bit of mouthwash or taking some Niquil would be enough to throw him. [/QUOTE]
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