My 2 pence-worth?72 days and still not had a drink. Big test coming as I've agreed to meet my friends at the pub before the match next Saturday. I haven't yet told them I'm not drinking.
This will be the first match I've been sober attending since the early seventies when I was underage and looked it!
that's the spirit! ;}Rough as fuck so gone for a livener. What kills you cures you.
Well done bud ,I enjoy watching people acting like dicks,and think was that me ?72 days and still not had a drink. Big test coming as I've agreed to meet my friends at the pub before the match next Saturday. I haven't yet told them I'm not drinking.
This will be the first match I've been sober attending since the early seventies when I was underage and looked it!
That's a great perspective, bud.Well done bud ,I enjoy watching people acting like dicks,and think was that me ?
The thoughts of £5 a pint oh my god ,for perspective we were due to go to Malta today at £6.80 return :+)
Had some great adventures and experience with alcohol wouldn't tell anyone to give it up but when it starts to take control of you and you need more of it to get back to life's normal setting it's time to stop.
I was genuinely suprised how easy it was to stop from 10 pints a day to nothing ,but you have got to really want it ,I found the idea of losing everything did the trick
That's fucking ace, mate. When I'm with friends that are drinking, I just remind myself how good it is to be sober and not have to face hangovers any more. I image puking when alcohol comes into my mind. Makes you feel averse to it. haha. works for me, anyway.72 days and still not had a drink. Big test coming as I've agreed to meet my friends at the pub before the match next Saturday. I haven't yet told them I'm not drinking.
This will be the first match I've been sober attending since the early seventies when I was underage and looked it!
It's still early for me. I'm annoyed at the fact I can't drink alcohol. I miss it so much. Forty-five years of daily drinking is a big habit to kick. :(That's fucking ace, mate. When I'm with friends that are drinking, I just remind myself how good it is to be sober and not have to face hangovers any more. I image puking when alcohol comes into my mind. Makes you feel averse to it. haha. works for me, anyway.
If you really want to do it, you have to accept that you can never drink again. You've done it. You've been there, done that, and you've drunk as much as you can. You and alcohol are not a thing any more. Some things in life we have to sacrifice, mate. All for the better, too.It's still early for me. I'm annoyed at the fact I can't drink alcohol. I miss it so much. Forty-five years of daily drinking is a big habit to kick. :(
Thanks for the supportive words Mark. After what you've been through, makes me feel i have to persevere. I also can realise that it can be done. Tea, eh? Make mine a large one!If you really want to do it, you have to accept that you can never drink again. You've done it. You've been there, done that, and you've drunk as much as you can. You and alcohol are not a thing any more. Some things in life we have to sacrifice, mate. All for the better, too.
It's a fresh start. You may get doubts and hurdles along the way...jump them. Deal with them when you get to them. Don't fall at the first one!
Of course you can do it if you want to ,my doctor said to me I'm not even going to waste my time telling you to stop ,you no what your doing is wrong ,he said you will hit a tipping point soon where you will either have to sink or swim ,make the right decision .Thanks for the supportive words Mark. After what you've been through, makes me feel i have to persevere. I also can realise that it can be done. Tea, eh? Make mine a large one!
I just drank everyday because I always did. My job meant I couldn't get pissed everyday as I have very strict limits on what can be in my system when at work so I would drink as much as I could get away with each day. When I had days off, it was mayhem.Of course you can do it if you want to ,my doctor said to me I'm not even going to waste my time telling you to stop ,you no what your doing is wrong ,he said you will hit a tipping point soon where you will either have to sink or swim ,make the right decision .
As a recovering alcoholic myself I drank to feel normal and my tolerance just grew and grew so at say 8 pints I was sober ,were you drinking to cope or drinking to get pissed ?
How true!A quote from the Alan Carr book that resonated with me was there are 4 things you can never have too much of; money, love, good health and time. Alcohol is stealing all four from you without you even noticing
Am I being a dick - the comedian?A quote from the Alan Carr book that resonated with me was there are 4 things you can never have too much of; money, love, good health and time. Alcohol is stealing all four from you without you even noticing
Am I being a dick - the comedian?
Very good way of wording it............
It looks like you reached your tipping point and have decided to swim ,I can relate to all that ,I'm at about 9 years now and when we go out the lad says have the odd pint but I don't want the taste in my mouth again as I ain't going back there again ,have thought of trying zero % lager but don't think that's a good idea ,one big advantage is being able to drive 24 /7 didn't realize how much I was restricting myself from .I just drank everyday because I always did. My job meant I couldn't get pissed everyday as I have very strict limits on what can be in my system when at work so I would drink as much as I could get away with each day. When I had days off, it was mayhem.
Tolerance grew, as you know. So the amount in my system never felt over the limit but it must have been on many occasions. I was lucky at work.
Just trying to remember exactly how much I'd consumed the day before was frightening.
This couldn't go on.
It was also wrecking my marriage and health (and bank balance).
Lots of reasons to quit.
this time of the year i really look forward to dry Jan