Alcohol, hints, tips, advice etc.

gordondaviesmoustache said:
You deployed the words: “seriously trust me life is so much better without the evil stuff in your life”.

How can that be interpreted other than you giving the impression of speaking for everyone. Like that viewpoint on alcohol is universal. Which it is not. Maybe some people think they’ve got more out of alcohol than it’s taken from them. I certainly do.

But I recognise it’s going to foreshorten my life if I don’t hugely cut down.

Not everyone who wants to stop or massively cut down does so because they have fallen out of love with alcohol.

It’s a lot more complicated than four legs good, two legs bad.

Everyone’s experience is unique.
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Mate you are taking what was meant to be a positive and motivational quote and using it to start a arguement , give it a rest.
 
uwerosler28 said:
Mate you are taking what was meant to be a positive and motivational quote and using it to start a arguement , give it a rest.
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I absolutely was not. This thread is for all people who want to control their drinking to some extent or another, not just for those who don’t want it in their lives at all, and who think it has no beneficial qualities at all to anyone, which is what his post (which did not quote any other) said.

I would never suppose to tell anyone who never wanted to touch another drop that their perspective was wrong in any way, because everyone’s perspective is different.

It’s hugely complicated issue and simply stopping isn’t what every contributor to this thread wants or needs.
 
Since lockdown was lifted, I’ve normally gone out every Friday and / or Saturday night. If only to the local pub.

I had a moment recently and have finished doing this. Unsure why but I just don’t want to anymore. I’ve got the boxing on and am perfectly content at home.

There’s untouched fruit cider in the fridge and that will be my first drop of alcohol in a week if I have any.

Incidentally, I feel much better.
 
I'm going to try and read as much of this thread as I can. I'm also a functioning alcoholic. I've just done 7 days sober for the first time in years and felt quite proud of myself but this has been followed by a 7 day binge of on an average day: 1 bottle of wine, a few double vodkas, 4 strongbows, 4 dark fruits then more double vodkas. Each day.

It's hard to stay away from it and the longer I do seems to follow the longer I don't.
 
Jesus2020 said:
I'm going to try and read as much of this thread as I can. I'm also a functioning alcoholic. I've just done 7 days sober for the first time in years and felt quite proud of myself but this has been followed by a 7 day binge of on an average day: 1 bottle of wine, a few double vodkas, 4 strongbows, 4 dark fruits then more double vodkas. Each day.

It's hard to stay away from it and the longer I do seems to follow the longer I don't.
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Welcome to the thread. Enjoy the read.
 
I don't know if i'm struggling or not, I've always tried not to drink on a work night, ie not in work the next day. But if I'm not working I'm drinking, I don't drink to relax, I drink to get drunk. I've always had a drink fri&sat. But for quite a while I've thought fuck it and now include Sunday nights, +Thursday as I only work half day Fri. So I'm pretty much pissed up 4 nights a week + during the week, if city play make that 5. I do every now and then abstain for weekend, more of a recovery, catch up on sleep and let myself recover. I mostly binge on vodka. My oldest daughter who is 9 has severe autism + severe learning difficulties and is incredibly hard work and stressful, which I often think is when we get her to bed I fancy a drink to relax, but as said, I don't drink to relax and end up getting pissed. My Mrs has a drink most nights but for her it is to relax, she is rarely drunk. We are both most likely suffering with stress/depression but both have quite a positive outlook on life and the future which may well have us in denial. I'm obviously drunk as I type this and as I type I'm not sure why I started this post, it isn't a cry for help or advice it's just, I don't know, putting it out there. I don't think alcohol is in control of me, (I maybe wrong) but it is certainly a crutch on which I lean.
Like I've said, I can abstain, I could easily do a month without and sometimes do, at least once a year.
 
Dicko69 said:
I don't know if i'm struggling or not, I've always tried not to drink on a work night, ie not in work the next day. But if I'm not working I'm drinking, I don't drink to relax, I drink to get drunk. I've always had a drink fri&sat. But for quite a while I've thought fuck it and now include Sunday nights, +Thursday as I only work half day Fri. So I'm pretty much pissed up 4 nights a week + during the week, if city play make that 5. I do every now and then abstain for weekend, more of a recovery, catch up on sleep and let myself recover. I mostly binge on vodka. My oldest daughter who is 9 has severe autism + severe learning difficulties and is incredibly hard work and stressful, which I often think is when we get her to bed I fancy a drink to relax, but as said, I don't drink to relax and end up getting pissed. My Mrs has a drink most nights but for her it is to relax, she is rarely drunk. We are both most likely suffering with stress/depression but both have quite a positive outlook on life and the future which may well have us in denial. I'm obviously drunk as I type this and as I type I'm not sure why I started this post, it isn't a cry for help or advice it's just, I don't know, putting it out there. I don't think alcohol is in control of me, (I maybe wrong) but it is certainly a crutch on which I lean.
Like I've said, I can abstain, I could easily do a month without and sometimes do, at least once a year.
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The line between you being in control of your drinking and it controlling you is a very fine one.
It sounds as if you are close to that line and even cross it sometimes. At least you are aware of what you are doing and haven't got to the point where you aren't.
I used to drink to get pissed, see how much I could consume etc.
Now I look at things differently and am much more restrained.
Keep off the hard stuff is my advice.
 
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