Alcohol, hints, tips, advice etc.

At-Swim-Two-Birds said:
I've been thinking about quitting alcohol for some time. I just haven't been able to do it. It's so ingrained in my lifestyle both at work and socially. I watched Rain in My Heart on BBC iplayer last weekend. Whilst I am nowhere near that level it did make me to take a long hard look in the mirror. 4 days and counting.
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I had it bad before I quit. I had alcoholic liver disease at 36. People tend to think "well I'm not that bad, so i can carry on" but in reality regular drinking can affect us all in many different ways; heart disease, liver disease, pancreatic disease, cancer, frontal lobe brain damage (my brother has that...he can't balance now)....so many more bad effects.
It's worth quitting for good, mate ;)
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I'm learning to slow it down now and reduce my intake when going out, was out with mates last night and had 3 beers when they all had about 6. just nursing it a bit slower.
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The way to go…..if you can control your intake …..I never could …

881 days sober…..but who’s counting!
 
Pogo Patterson said:
I had it bad before I quit. I had alcoholic liver disease at 36. People tend to think "well I'm not that bad, so i can carry on" but in reality regular drinking can affect us all in many different ways; heart disease, liver disease, pancreatic disease, cancer, frontal lobe brain damage (my brother has that...he can't balance now)....so many more bad effects.
It's worth quitting for good, mate ;)
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It’s the slow gradual debilitating effect it has on your body as you get older…..
 
Pogo Patterson said:
I had it bad before I quit. I had alcoholic liver disease at 36. People tend to think "well I'm not that bad, so i can carry on" but in reality regular drinking can affect us all in many different ways; heart disease, liver disease, pancreatic disease, cancer, frontal lobe brain damage (my brother has that...he can't balance now)....so many more bad effects.
It's worth quitting for good, mate ;)
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Lost a few good mates in their 60’s & 70’s due to drink…….they knew the risks but enjoyed their life….it’s a choice you make

Edit: sometimes it’s not a choice people make, they just can’t help themselves
 
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heslops barnet said:
Lost a few good mates in their 60’s & 70’s due to drink…….they knew the risks but enjoyed their life….it’s a choice you make
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I was a pallbearer for I bloke I used to work with. He was 43 years old and died alone in his flat. He'd been dead for over a week before he was discovered. He pretty much burned all his bridges in the last few years of his life and was beyond help.

Very sad existence.
 
Giovinco said:
Apart from a couple with the football, kind of lost interest in it nowadays
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Yeah I've gone that way in the last couple of years

Tend to opt for a quality beer, locally brewed, and just maybe one or two, as opposed to the six or seven pints of commercial shite

Once you manage to step back from it, it really does open your eyes to the damage it does to your body etc

Just to be clear, I was far from a big drinker, just enjoyed a pint, so I'm not saying it's easy for those that have an unhealthy relationship with it
 
heslops barnet said:
Lost a few good mates in their 60’s & 70’s due to drink…….they knew the risks but enjoyed their life….it’s a choice you make
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I fear for most of mine won't make it to 50 , they really do love a pub sesh once/twice a week and get absolutely hammered, few are fat fuckers that get takeaways all the time.
My diet dawned on me myself after a bit of a health scare - with that in mind i can't help fearing the worst for alot of my mates.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I fear for most of mine won't make it to 50 , they really do love a pub sesh once/twice a week and get absolutely hammered, few are fat fuckers that get takeaways all the time.
My diet dawned on me myself after a bit of a health scare - with that in mind i can't help fearing the worst for alot of my mates.
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It’s a balance isn’t it. A lot of mine are like that. They probably drink 50 units a week easy. Maybe 70/80 some weeks. All still going so far.

My father in law has never smoked, never drank more than 1/2 pints a week and has had Parkinson’s disease since he was 75. It’s an absolutely awful disease as affects memory too so he is now in dementia stage. His lifestyle has deteriorated to nothing in 3 years. It’s so sad to witness.

There is nothing good about getting old. Ill health is everywhere. I see it daily in my job. I would advocate doing all the things you want to do when younger and certainly in the early stage of retirement. Time runs out so quickly for so many people once you get past 75.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
I was a pallbearer for I bloke I used to work with. He was 43 years old and died alone in his flat. He'd been dead for over a week before he was discovered. He pretty much burned all his bridges in the last few years of his life and was beyond help.

Very sad existence.
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Friends & families sometimes don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors, what demons he was facing and having to deal with……please if anyone is struggling with alcohol reach out there’s help out there if you want it……..

43 is no age to be taken by the drink aka the poison…..
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I fear for most of mine won't make it to 50 , they really do love a pub sesh once/twice a week and get absolutely hammered, few are fat fuckers that get takeaways all the time.
My diet dawned on me myself after a bit of a health scare - with that in mind i can't help fearing the worst for alot of my mates.
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Seen it happen all to often unfortunately
 
heslops barnet said:
Friends & families sometimes don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors, what demons he was facing and having to deal with……please if anyone is struggling with alcohol reach out there’s help out there if you want it……..

43 is no age to be taken by the drink aka the poison…..
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Tee total when I met him (in his early 20's). He got in with the wrong social crowd and then had a few bad experiences that accelerated his drinking. The people around him who should have been there to support him let him down, and his problems were simply ignored for far too long.

Bottom line - Not only seek help if you need it but also look out for your mates. It's slippery slope, and there is very little between heavy social drinker and problem drinker, and it is so easy to become a habitual drinker. Once you cross that alcohol dependency line it is incredibly difficult to get out of it.
 
Just nipped to Tesco, spotted a case of 15 Coors for only £9.00 clubcard price.

Bought it as the missus drinks it (i’m more of a San Miguel drinker)

Got home and realised it’s alcohol ABV is now only 3.4% to save money

The worlds gone soft

What a load of shite
 
I really have it in my head when I hit 40 (in September) I will do one year without booze. I’m struggling mentally maintaining all the piss ups I’m doing, more often than not running to a cash point to buy coke, the other night I was in a club by myself and waited in a casino until the morning to go directly to the office - it’s killing me and I need a break.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I really have it in my head when I hit 40 (in September) I will do one year without booze. I’m struggling mentally maintaining all the piss ups I’m doing, more often than not running to a cash point to buy coke, the other night I was in a club by myself and waited in a casino until the morning to go directly to the office - it’s killing me and I need a break.
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Sounds like you need a total lifestyle change rather than a break if I'm being honest?
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Sounds like you need a total lifestyle change rather than a break if I'm being honest?
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Kind off, I feel I have a split personality and life - my work is very demanding to take clients out and it really is part of the job , also I enjoy being with my pals down the pub when I get a chance.
Most of the time I can work from home , take my kids to school and be a good dad and husband - but sometimes mixing both is hard work and takes it toll.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Kind off, I feel I have a split personality and life - my work is very demanding to take clients out and it really is part of the job , also I enjoy being with my pals down the pub when I get a chance.
Most of the time I can work from home , take my kids to school and be a good dad and husband - but sometimes mixing both is hard work and takes it toll.
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Next time you take clients out, try doing it alcohol free. Plenty of alcohol free options these days. The perspective you get on the way alcohol modifies behaviour is an eye opener, and you'll feel so much better the following day.
 
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