Coming up on one month

[Brad Ballinger]

It's almost a month since I last pulled a cork. This hasn't been a conscious hiatus by any means, it's just sort of happened. What's the longest dry spell you've ever had with respect to wine -- not accounting for religious fasting such as lent?

[ctgm]

about 2 days (for the past 15 years) - I tend to get a bit grumpy if more than 24 hours

Edited September 29, 2004 by ctgm (log)

[Jake]

Maybe a week. Likely due to illness. Can't really imagine a month.....hope you can correct that in the near future. :)

[chezcherie]

nine months. times three.

i was really scrupulous when i was pregnant.

but the kids turned out great. (tho' i do consume wayyy more wine now that they are teenagers!)

[Carolyn Tillie]

I'm with Jake -- when bronchitis or flu sets in, I want nothing other than chicken soup and tea (although I will occasionally have other alcoholic beverages like cognac in a hot toddy).

But no wine.

[Really Nice!]

It's almost a month since I last pulled a cork.  This hasn't been a conscious hiatus by any means, it's just sort of happened.

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I think it's time for an intervention.

Mine was eight weeks of no alcohol; lost 15 pounds!

[bbqer]

I think it's time for an intervention. 

Mine was eight weeks of no alcohol; lost 15 pounds!

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Really Nice, you obviously had no woman willing to drive you to drink, whom you could then neglect to thank (apologies to W.C. Fields).

[phaelon56]

Sixteen years and a few months. And counting. It's not religious but I used to drink religiously

[NVNVGirl]

6 Weeks...and I LOVE wine...in fact, it's about the only alcoholic beverage I drink ...I occasionally have a Margarita with Mexican food or rarely a Martini....where I live now, sometimes it's hard to find a decent wine by the glass and I'd rather drink soda water and cranberry than drink crappy wine. The weird thing was, that when I started back drinking wine, it all tasted bad to me . What a huge disappointment! That's ok tho....I kept at it and now it's starting to taste better ...but I'm surprised that after drinking at least one bottle of wine a day for probably the last 20 yrs, that it didnt' just come right back to me. I have significantly cut back because I figured it just isn't that healthy to drink that much every day.....wow....what a concept!

[Craig Camp]

18 years - then I went to college at that was it...

25 Rosso di Montepulciano corks to pull this morning. I am trying to make up for Brad's quota.

[Jean Brislance]

18 years - then I went to college at that was it...

Same here! I never drank in high school.

Jean

[Andre]

A week or so.

Due to an ilness, I had to make do with two buck chucks and Gato Negros untill I could smell again....

They should outlaw the term stated on the bottles like they do Vodka.

[Rebel Rose]

Mine was eight weeks of no alcohol; lost 15 pounds!

Sigh. I need to lose fifteen, but I don't think I can do without wine entirely. I went to Fitday.com and typed in what I consume during a typical day. The purple wedge (wine) is at least 30% of my calories. I know! I'll just cut out the protein and carbs!

[Phil Ward]

10 days and that was due to antibiotics and that was 15 years ago. Since then maybe a day due to flu. With my business, wine distributor, it's a necessity of life. I love my job!

Phil

[melkor]

A few weeks for me, I'm just thankful that my wine hiatuses are by choice rather than necessity.

[Susan in FL]

In my adult life, four days... Twice I didn't drink wine on week nights, to cut back on calories.

[Sam Salmon]

6 months!

I had Hepatitis A and was very ill so followed the doctor's instructions to the letter.

The white I finally had with a fresh fish dinner was beyond ambrosial-ditto the beer I had a few days later.