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How much did he drink each day?


Was it a fifth? A gallon? More? To get the kind of creepy shakes he suffered from, it had to be mass quantities. What do you think?

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Lol, shakes u get for not getting any

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I'm sure he drank different quantities every day. Perhaps some days he focused on guzzling beer and on other days he had a few fifths of vodka. But given his shape it certainly had to be a lot.

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Been a while, but IIRC, he takes two fifths into the shower with him, the second just in case he throws up the first. That was to start the day. After that he just "maintained" ha ha. Maybe only another 3-4 fifths the whole rest of the day,

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I was a Construction Superintendent, came up on my tools, Drank for a long time, Didn't become a drunk till the last 5 years
Had 1 rule, NEVER drank during the day or at work, even for lunch
Something happened, Drank to forget, Booze always worked just took more, and more
I was a Drunk for 5 years,
Drank about a 12 pack a day, and a bottle of scotch, after 5pm, went to work at 7am
In that 5 years, I built 3 building, ONE was 10 stories
There are Functional Drunks

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Thank you for sharing you personal experiences with us.
You said “was,” are you still drinking, just not as much or are you sober, no pressure to answer, cheers either way.

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Haven't had a drink in 15 years

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That’s a hell of a feat, and I know the difficulty of the terrain, I just reached 10 years myself.

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Good on You

Friend Of Bill??

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I’m not, I subscribe to some of his methods but for the most part have figured out what works for me through trial/error, and of course putting in the work.

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Whatever works

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