Alcohol, hints, tips, advice etc.

[The Northern Baptist]

I had Guinness 0% on draught for the first time in Dublin a couple of weekends ago.

Delicious.

Absolute gamechanger.

Im a big fan of the canned version. Yet to try it on draught

 

[uptheblues]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

Don’t sound like friends worth having mate.

 

[madloaf]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

I raise a glass to you, assuming that's ok with you ;)

 

[heslops barnet]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

Difficult when your friends and social life revolves around the pub/beer
Don’t see a few of my pals now that I’ve stopped drinking…..

 

[dooie68]

I did Dry January and February up to now I've had no more than twenty five units of Alcohol, which is a lot,lot less then I'd normally have. What Spurs me on most,is a close friend, who simply can't give up on booze , often a weekend is at least a dozen can or pints per session (Friday and Saturday)& a bottle of brandy an evening! We are both sixty later this year, he's taken his pension though still working I'm working but not taken a pension Yet.His attitude is he won't see state pension age so why bother cutting down! He has a wife and two girls, watching him potentially drink his life away is sobering enough if not selfish on his part. He's just begun to be a burden on The NHS, because of his lifestyle (now overweight and doesn't exercise), I've been trying all I can for a few years to change his way of life without success. His attitude drive's me not to abuse what I've got and that includes almost cutting out the demon drink. I want to help mate more,but frankly running out of ideas.

 

[Debaser]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

It's not just friends, complete strangers can act like you've just wiped your arse on their children's bed sheets if you refuse a drink. My socialising has dramatically reduced since I got sober because I'm tired of being belittled by insecure gobshites who can't leave a person's choice alone

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It's not just friends, complete strangers can act like you've just wiped your arse on their children's bed sheets if you refuse a drink. My socialising has dramatically reduced since I got sober because I'm tired of being belittled by insecure gobshites who can't leave a person's choice alone

I love a drink, as I’ve posted on here previously, but I absolutely hate when cunts do this, either to me when I’m not drinking, or to others. Actually end up being really abrupt with people if they ask more than once. I think it’s the height of bad manners, selfish, self-absorbed and lacking in empathy. If someone says no to a drink, they will have their reasons, whatever they are, and that should be the end of it.

 

[bluegirl74]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

This has been the hardest thing for me. There are some people who I was close to, who I barely see now. I think sometimes when we decide not to drink, it makes people question their own relationship with alcohol and maybe they don't like what they see. But aren't ready to do anything about it.

 

[1961_vintage]

I’ve just done a month with any booze , feel so much better for it , my sleep pattern is great and enjoying my weekends more , definitely want to keep it up , I wish some friends could be more understanding, some friends seem to take it like a personal insult if you say you don’t want a drink

More and more pubs are doing zero alcohol decent options. Makes it easier.