Q&A: Would you date a recovering alcoholic (5 years sober) ?

February 22, 2012 - Posted by admin

Question by S i r i: Would you date a recovering alcoholic (5 years sober) ?

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Answer by Kevin Baker
nope i would not

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13 Comments

  1. Justin D says:

    Yes! I guess in your case, if ge was an alcoholic, and is recovered, that means that he will work at stuff. That will be good for you. Hope that helps! :)

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  2. Grant W says:

    yes, nothing wrong with it. just show’s that they have had a bump road in life and trying to fix it, dont judge them on that, are they a nice person and u want to be with them that counts

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  3. Ali C. says:

    Definitely not. I mean, it’s not good to pass judgement, but there’s always the possibility of a relapse. Then what?

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  4. cmpklm says:

    Yes.. 5 years sober and if he s/he didn’t want to change then they wouldnt be sober but this person seems like they want to stay sober, because 5 years is a long time.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  5. Tina says:

    yes.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  6. Blaze says:

    Yeah!

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  7. Bryn H says:

    It would depend on if he would end up relapsing or not and what he does when he is drunk. If it would affect my well being i would not if there was a chance he would relapse.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  8. susara says:

    HELL YESSSS

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  9. Syanna says:

    I would date a man who is a recovering alcoholic, actually the man I am interested in is a recovering alcoholic.

    Anyway if a man doesn’t like you for who you are then that’s their problem not yours and its their loss! Yeah so you had an addiction but you got help for it and doing what you need to to beat your addiction and that is what is important!

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  10. ☼t*e*r*r*y☼ says:

    yes. because that person made a commitment to quit drinking, and is still going strong. sound like a good person to me.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  11. N says:

    While 5 years sober sounds pretty good, a lot of addicts just transfer their addiction and there’s a HUGE difference between someone who is really working a program to stay sober and honest in all areas of their life: not just physically but emotionally and spiritually and someone who simply hasn’t had any alcohol for 5 years. For example I’ve known “sober” alcoholics who think it’s fine for them to smoke pot or see prostitutes compulsively (while others know that such behaviour is not actually ‘sober’ in the larger sense of the word). Get to know the person really well to find out what their definition of ‘recovering’ and ‘sober’ does and does not include.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  12. Alicia says:

    yes of corse everyone has made mistakes in their past. work with them to stay sober and understand why they were an alcoholic to begin with and make sure you never put them back in that place in life :)

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012
  13. Helen W. says:

    I am a former alcoholic myself.

    I would certainly date a person who had also freed themselves from an addiction. I’ve done it and know that it can be done. I also know that life afterwards can be very peaceful and normal.

    I would never date someone who insists upon referring to themselves as permanently “recovering” or anyone who is an AA member, though. Especially the AA member….way too much gossip and abuse going on there…and they’d try to convince my SI that I wasn’t good for him because I am not “in the program”.

    ... on July February 22nd, 2012