Could you go a month without alchohol?

[jayfx]

I can go without drinking throughout the week but look forward to a few at weekend. I'd struggle like fuck to go a month without.

 

[cptaidan88]

I've done it a few times but noticed no health benefits and towards the end of the month I felt a bit moody. Don't think I'll ever try it again unless a doctor says I should. I think I can go a fortnight without alcohol by accident though.

I only really struggled when I went to the football. I never felt like I needed a pint, but I just associate being at the footie with having a beer with mates before kick off.

 

[asahartford1]

Since theage of 18, have only once been more than a few days without booze. Meningitis when 30. Two weeks without a pint. It was murder, started back on Shandy .Last 30 years drink a little most days.

Enjoy it while you can, if you don't enjoy it don't drink it.

 

[bluealf]

Probably but would struggle I think and be bored.

Try 8 years

 

[bluealf]

ill turn it could i go a month with alcohol

i doubt it these days and i was worlds worst i wouldn't go anyhere unless drink involved

Were you pissed when you posted lol

 

[taleofbluehalves]

Probably but would struggle I think and be bored.

I could if I wanted to. Usually only have a beer Friday to Sunday. Occasionally have one in the week if it’s a holiday or City are on. No big deal for me.

 

[Chippy_boy]

I can manage an hour if I really try.

 

[squirtyflower]

Since theage of 18, have only once been more than a few days without booze. Meningitis when 30. Two weeks without a pint. It was murder, started back on Shandy .Last 30 years drink a little most days.

Enjoy it while you can, if you don't enjoy it don't drink it.

 

[asahartford1]

Always thought I would go through the curtains to " take it to the limit"
maybe a re-think needed.

And I have only been to one City match without ale. Millwall away 1990. Drove and needed to be on my toes that day.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Bump.

A month and counting. Even with the World Cup and all the nice weather, I haven't been interested. It's been easy.

 

[Banshee]

Beer and spirits, yes I could, and have stopped for months at a time. Wine however would be a different story. I enjoy a glass with my tea and when in company. It's a small pleasure that I don't want to deny myself.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Bump.

A month and counting. Even with the World Cup and all the nice weather, I haven't been interested. It's been easy.

You only started two days ago. It just seems like a month!

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

You only started two days ago. It just seems like a month!

Haha. The last 5 weeks with work and such has been a bit of a blur.

No work tomorrow and I'm 230 miles away from the wife and kids......with erm....work.

Maybe it's time to reset the counter.

 

[SilverFox2]

Whilst not completely off topic I wonder how many would drink the non alcohol containing beers that seem to be everywhere now.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Haha. The last 5 weeks with work and such has been a bit of a blur.

No work tomorrow and I'm 230 miles away from the wife and kids......with erm....work.

Maybe it's time to reset the counter.

Up to you, mate. I know from personal experience that once I go back after a period of abstinence I tend to slip straight back into the old routine, but we’re all different.

A month is a good period to give your liver a rest, but I would say two would be even better. I’m 50 next year and I’m increasingly conscious of my own mortality, especially in relation to drinking. I’ve witnessed a lot of lives cut short by boozing in the last 30 years, but also appreciate its huge benefits to many, including myself. I love drinking, and the feeling of being drunk, but if I was told by a doctor (for example) I had to stop tomorrow it doesn’t fill me with dread. There’s worse burdens in this world than not being able to drink ffs.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Whilst not completely off topic I wonder how many would drink the non alcohol containing beers that seem to be everywhere now.

I don’t see the point and would rather go without.

 

[SilverFox2]

I don’t see the point and would rather go without.

I suppose for some they get the taste of the beer without the alcohol.
For others who drink it because of its non alcohol content it is a little bit like tweaking a tigers tail.

Ihave noticed in our supermarkets that about one third of all beer can or bottle space now taken up by 0,0 varieties of the alcohol bearing brands.

 

[kiam06]

I often go month to month without a drink and don't miss the hang overs or money spent not to mention better health.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Up to you, mate. I know from personal experience that once I go back after a period of abstinence I tend to slip straight back into the old routine, but we’re all different.

A month is a good period to give your liver a rest, but I would say two would be even better. I’m 50 next year and I’m increasingly conscious of my own mortality, especially in relation to drinking. I’ve witnessed a lot of lives cut short by boozing in the last 30 years, but also appreciate its huge benefits to many, including myself. I love drinking, and the feeling of being drunk, but if I was told by a doctor (for example) I had to stop tomorrow it doesn’t fill me with dread. There’s worse burdens in this world than not being able to drink ffs.

That's a good post and I agree completely with all of it. I quite fancy a cold beer now thinking about it - not just yet, a bit later on this evening. But if I don't, it will not bother me. A cold beer and a rare opportunity to sit a watch a film in peace is what I have ahead of me this evening.

 

[squirtyflower]

Whilst not completely off topic I wonder how many would drink the non alcohol containing beers that seem to be everywhere now.

What would be the point in that?
Just had a couple of weeks trying to explain to American waitresses that when I wanted a ‘light’ beer I meant light in colour and not in alcohol content.