bros2

[Edited by bros2 - 7/2/2003 3:55:33 PM]

super_si

Ive not touched alcohol in over a year

Id rather big one huge muscley mother flucker then have a beer gut

Get down the gym and chocolate protein shakes

And good luck staying off

Si

[Edited by super_si - 6/2/2003 5:11:36 PM]

zero_to60

well gradually been weening myself off the booze. Just had my first weekend of zero alcohol for as long as I can remember. I feel ****ing great. I sound like a right alchy but got to the 'offy last night and just turned right around and went home again. The £5 note that would have been pissed up the wall is still in the top drawer

I have to say I do feel more 'alive' at the moment since cutting down

I do have these cravings though in the evening...is this normal?

ian_sadler

Just as an idea I gave up the booze completely in Dec 02 for a month. Just decided to give it a go.

Was easy even with all the parties around etc. Just made more friends acting like a bloody taxie LOL

Didn't make a lot of difference - still hated the mornings

MarkO

I hardly ever drink these days. I've probably had no more than 20 pints this year (and 18 of them were in two nights ).

Like smoking, I don't really miss it, and find I feel livelier and more energetic.

zero_to60

I've been a bottle of wine a night man that began to drift towards a can of lager followed by a bottle followed by a short....reckoned I was starting on a slippery slope and action was required and pronto

zero_to60

the thing with booze it seems to creep up on you and before you know it you end up necking loads of the stuff and don't even notice the effects

A few weeks back I could happily have the best part of a wine box and not feel 'pissed' this is what triggered me to give up for a while to

a) see if I could do it
b) see how I felt

I was drinking to stop worrying about stuff but I was finding I needed more and more to stop worrying....the funny thing is drinking less and now none and I am not 'worrying' at all. How weird is that. Makes me wonder how much booze can **** up your brain?

Brun

Leave all my drinking to Saturady mainly.
I never really bother during the week, but on a Sunday i always fancy a couple first thing in the morning It's probably the comedown from the previous night.

red_dog104

I got wrecked on Saturday night for the last time. I have been on the 'slippery slope' for ages. Bottle of wine a night or a few cans. I was off work last week and sat at home drinking most of the day (well, I was on holiday!!) Anyway, I decided to go a day without a drink and it was really quite hard. I feel I may have a problem but I'm going to sort it out starting now (well, yesterday actually!!) No more alcohol for me!!

Hope it's easier to give up than cigarettes were!!

zero_to60

I find I have a craving between 6.00pm and 8.00ish - this is when I went to the offy to get a 4 pack. Funny though it is I remembered 'Fash' saying focus focus on I'm a celeb...etc etc and I just said that to myself and headed home again. I feel better in myself and richer on account of the fact the £5 is still in the top drawer

Now I know why people have trouble giving up ciggies

Half the frigging country is probably addicted to booze and don't even know it

midget1500

zero - yeah, i know what you mean. I did not drink any beer for a week a while back and it was hell! if i sit down infront of the TV i do crave for a beer but i think it is more out of habit than anything else.

zero_to60

I bought some lemon squash and mineral water....I try kidding myself it's a proper drink

fatherpierre

I'm gonna give quitting a go too.

I can't remember the last time I went to bed without booze inside me. It must be a good 4 months or more.

Bad really.

beemerboy

just dont shout this out, when within earshot of a ford dealer, you'll be in allsorts of trouble......

BB

zero_to60

this was the first weekend in years and I mean years when I wasn't on the booze...how bad is that?

I have got the supermarket to go this evening too, a whole two aisles of temptation...

Hopefully I'll have the willpower to ignore it

beemerboy

funnily enough, i rarely drink at home, but was presented a fine bottle of red, for fixing someones email for them last night.

anyway i demoloshed it last night, when i got in, and felt better this morning then i usually do???? WTF.

can anyone explain this one??? i'm not kidding either!!

BB

fatherpierre

Lucky b@stard

Maybe it knocked you out and you slept better than normal?

Crush

on the 17th of last month, I decided enough was enough So I said to myself, I'll quit for a month

So far, I don't feel any better. But my moods are a little better, cause I can be downright awkward & anti social at times Physically, I think the lack of Stella Artois is showing I was never fat or flabby, but there was a spare tyre showing, probably inflated to 12psi or something Nothing noticable (except to me)

My wallet probably is a bit better, but I haven't really noticed

I suppose we will see when the month is up, but I don't expect to feel a great deal better than I am.

fatherpierre

10pm almost and I've not ventured into the fridge for a beer!

I'm sweating

NACRO

I've gone the other way- I spent 7 yrs ish tee-total and have now started enjoying the odd glass of beer and wine. I try to drink only the highest quality wines and beer- no Stella here!

I find a little drink in moderation to be life enhancing. The problem is I suppose that if you drink to much it detracts from your enjoyment of life. Everything in moderation.

red_dog104

Well, no drink yesterday, went to bed and had a cracking nights sleep but woke up this morning with what feels like an almighty hangover WTF?!?!?!

zero_to60

I'm really cross with myself I gave into temptation and necked 4 cans of Stella last night.........compared with how I felt over the weekend and yesterday I feel like ****

This is more difficult than I though but at least I am off the vino

gregh

>> but woke up this morning with what feels like an almighty >>hangover

dehydration, get a couple of litres of water down your neck during the day.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Well I don't drink during the week but I have to Admit I do look forward to having one too many on a Saturday night!

Leslie

Too easy to do-like when I was trying to stop smoking. Stick with it-good luck.

Les

ian_sadler

The other thing I've never really done is drink at home. If i'm in then I don't feel like a beer at all (call me a social drinker hahaha).

Over the weekend some mates may come back after the pub and we'll do a few cans but thats about it.

I think that solves a lot of possible issues.

zero_to60

back on the sauce again..........it's fecking 'ard this giving up

mind you I aint unplugged a bottle of vino in ages just lager and cider at the moment

red_dog104

Not a drop since Saturday night and after a couple of crap days, I feel nice and calm! Usually very stressed all day long but today is the first day in ages that i'm working and chilled out!

I'm going to try to stay off for good!!!

beemerboy

lol at zeroto60, i admire your will power!!! LOL again.

just moderate the booze, as you are doing and enjoy yourself..

BB

ProperCharlie

BB - trouble is that lack of "moderation" is usually what the problem is in the first place. It's been a long time since I accurately counted up waht i drink, but i reckon it's less than it was. However, I would guess that in a typical week I would get through about 1 bottle of scotch, maybe 20 pints and 2-4 bottles of wine depending on dinner parties etc. If i decide to drink less it will be like, maybe nothing on a monday. it's hard to make moderation work in my experience.