Alcohol, hints, tips, advice etc.

[Shirley]

Life is always teaching us new things or sending messages or signs , I believe so anyway.

Yesterday while out walking early morning,we went in a 7-11 and bought various things,while.at the drinks section,I said to my mrs "do you mind if i get one alcohol free heineken ? " for later,she said no don't buy it but i did regardless,never tried one before.
Last night when i came to have it,i realised i didnt have a bottle.opener,in Thailand where we are,they always have a bottle opener attached to a desk,cupboard etc,but not our room this time.
It was life telling me not to even have an alcohol free drink,I thinks so anyway,so i didn't have it.
Day 44 today.

There are so many ways to remove a bottle top, I learnt them all in my younger piss head days!

Well done and keep it going…

 

[Zubrman]

Life is always teaching us new things or sending messages or signs , I believe so anyway.

Yesterday while out walking early morning,we went in a 7-11 and bought various things,while.at the drinks section,I said to my mrs "do you mind if i get one alcohol free heineken ? " for later,she said no don't buy it but i did regardless,never tried one before.
Last night when i came to have it,i realised i didnt have a bottle.opener,in Thailand where we are,they always have a bottle opener attached to a desk,cupboard etc,but not our room this time.
It was life telling me not to even have an alcohol free drink,I thinks so anyway,so i didn't have it.
Day 44 today.

When I stopped, my wife also tried to dissuade me from buying alcohol-free beers; thinking it would lead to me buying 'just one' real beer, then back to square one.

I don't buy them for drinking at home any more. Not because they could lead to me relapsing but because they are just an expensive soft drink, with lots of calories. Yes, they taste like beer, lager, Guinness etc but, not surprisingly, they do fuckall in the getting you pissed department, I was just drinking them for nothing. For habit. Now, I just drink a coffee, tea or mineral water when I'm thirsty.

I don't have milk or sugar so my calorie intake is vastly reduced these days and my waist size has gone from 38" to less than 32".

I will buy them if I'm in a pub so I don't look out of place but resent paying £5 for a 339ml bottle of AF Heineken.

Keep up the good work though, and keep posting on here. I'm nineteen months and enjoying it immensely.

 

[blue44]

There are so many ways to remove a bottle top, I learnt them all in my younger piss head days!

Well done and keep it going…

I know,my brother in law can open a bottle top with another bottle top,if i tried it,it would crack or explode or go everywhere ,last night,i could have taken the bottle to my wifes dad and he would have opened it, but i knew I shouldn't.

 

[blue44]

When I stopped, my wife also tried to dissuade me from buying alcohol-free beers; thinking it would lead to me buying 'just one' real beer, then back to square one.

I don't buy them for drinking at home any more. Not because they could lead to me relapsing but because they are just an expensive soft drink, with lots of calories. Yes, they taste like beer, lager, Guinness etc but, not surprisingly, they do fuckall in the getting you pissed department, I was just drinking them for nothing. For habit. Now, I just drink a coffee, tea or mineral water when I'm thirsty.

I don't have milk or sugar so my calorie intake is vastly reduced these days and my waist size has gone from 38" to less than 32".

I will buy them if I'm in a pub so I don't look out of place but resent paying £5 for a 339ml bottle of AF Heineken.

Keep up the good work though, and keep posting on here. I'm nineteen months and enjoying it immensely.

Iv started to notice my belt is too slack,I'm on the last tightest hole and need to make a new one because my belt is doing nothing keeping my jeans up,i haven't used sugar in anything for 40 years plus,never had a sweet tooth but got a lot from beer.

 

[Zubrman]

Iv started to notice my belt is too slack,I'm on the last tightest hole and need to make a new one because my belt is doing nothing keeping my jeans up,i haven't used sugar in anything for 40 years plus,never had a sweet tooth but got a lot from beer.

And that's just the effect on your waistline. Think how you are also easing up on your liver and heart, amongst other things.

 

[John Wayne]

And that's just the effect on your waistline. Think how you are also easing up on your liver and heart, amongst other things.

It's everything, isn't it? Brain function, heart, liver, waistline, kidneys, digestive system. I've noticed improvements in so many ways. Some of the phone apps are really good motivational tools for charting your progress. I reckon being teetotal not only extends your life but increases the number of quality years whereby you're able to do the things you want to do for much longer.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Well done pal,some achievement that
and you're obviously happy by doing so !

very happy mate.

I'd recommend it to anyone, even just wanting a break.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

It's everything, isn't it? Brain function, heart, liver, waistline, kidneys, digestive system. I've noticed improvements in so many ways. Some of the phone apps are really good motivational tools for charting your progress. I reckon being teetotal not only extends your life but increases the number of quality years whereby you're able to do the things you want to do for much longer.

the I Am Sober app is a great motivation tool you can track everything from not drinking to buying clothes

 

[MadchesterCity]

We just got to ko chang
an island we have never been to before,i didn't want to come.,it was my wifes idea.
the room is a dump,crummy,paid £74 per night for a shithole,she's so dissapointed and so am I. Its at a time like this I would always just say to myself " fuck it,I'm getting pissed".
I can honestly say I'm at a very very low ebb and I seriously chroniclly need a drink.I wont though

I wish i was at home and going to City

go for a massage

 

[MadchesterCity]

Coffee is my new vice! Can’t get enough of the stuff. Started having tea after dinner time to moderate the coffee intake . I know they both contain caffeine but tea doesn’t put me on the ceiling! I try to stay away from alcohol free beer and Guineas as it’s just too similar to the real thing in taste and appearance. Does the job on occasions that I feel awkward tho.

try yerba mate