Alcohol, hints, tips, advice etc.

I've started buying a bit more in for the weekend..do ok in the week. I'm hoping once the football season finishes I'll have a few months off. Saying that when city win the the CL I might be on it for a while
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
Well, Day one again. I've made this post a few times over the last months but don't see a point in my participation here if I won't be honest. Did in the majority of a bottle of brandy watching us against Bayern the other night. Yesterday was terrible.....shaking, vomiting, sweating, couldn't eat until 5pm. I'd woke up at 5am on the couch yesterday and scuttled off to bed, vague memories of making toast but the mrs told me I'd smeared butter all over the counter and bizarrely, set up a step ladder in the middle of the floor and left my socks next to it. No idea what was going on there. Still feeling a bit sick today. I'm frustrated but won't be excessively cruel to myself, I'd been escalating towards this since having "just a few" beers in Spain, the path is clear to see.
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Dont beat yourself up for it.
You obviously want change.
someone once said these things take time.
Its better to try and change anything in life than just go on in a bad habit or addiction.
good luck.
 
To stop, you really have to want to stop. You can't go into abstinence begrudgingly, as a large part of your mind is open to the temptation of lapsing, even for one evening.

If you decide that you really want to, for whatever reason(s), then the decision-making process of whether to have a sneaky pint when no one is around is heavily outweighed by sober logic and resolve.

Talking about it does help. I know.

As always, I'm open to chat when I can.
 
By no means on the same level as a few posters on here, but christ do I fully understand the urges and mentality involved.

I love alcohol, and it’s just so damned easy to get into bad habits with it again.

I posted in Jan in here about finally doing a full dry Jan, and I’ve stayed hardcore on the fitness all the way through and still am now, I’m nearly 10kg lighter than Jan 1st and feel great. I have though integrated an element of beer back into my life but just trying to moderate, however last week was a great example for me of how easy to slip into bad habits - played footy on Monday, not been drinking after it but fancied a pint and that became 3 then home and a few glasses of wine. Tuesday in pub with a few mates, same again. Weds playing footy again, few pints after. Thursday start of Easter, fuck it few beers with the lads. All dayer on Good Friday doing Rammy pub crawl, Sat at City so more beer. Sun thought watch scousers v arse in pub another load of beer.…

Had to give my head a wobble on Monday morning and think don’t waste everything you’ve done for the last 3 and a half months, so bar a couple of beers at City for the Munich game I’ve stayed out of the pub all week.

Hopefully back on track again now.
 
blue44 said:
Dont beat yourself up for it.
You obviously want change.
someone once said these things take time.
Its better to try and change anything in life than just go on in a bad habit or addiction.
good luck.
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And sometimes, we have to spend quite a bit of time unlearning old habits before we can start to learn and adopt new ones.

Once you can figure out how to retrain your mind and step away from whatever your version of "beer with football", or "beer with socialising" or "wine with cooking" is, it's a lot easier.
 
Hangovers. What the actual fuck?

I had my son and his family over the Easter Weekend, two grandkids, one 4 and one 4 months, I was made up. Anyway, we do like a drink, especially an occasion, more that with me now. But, like a trooper with a chest full of medals I went for it. I held my own and called time about 2.am, we started at 4pm.

This was the final nail, hammered on top of those 250 other final nails, that swore to not try and drink as if I was 30. Fuck me, I was in a car crash as a lad and I didn’t feel that bad. The hangovers, the last one in particular are off the charts nowadays.

I will need to stop doing this. I need to convince my self 6 or 7 drinks over the same timeframe is ok. I am a fucking idiot, so my chances of screwing the nut aren’t high. I just need to do it, because all day Saturday Sunday and Monday I wasn’t worth a broken, shattered, button.

Pray for me.
 
Magicpole said:
Hangovers. What the actual fuck?

I had my son and his family over the Easter Weekend, two grandkids, one 4 and one 4 months, I was made up. Anyway, we do like a drink, especially an occasion, more that with me now. But, like a trooper with a chest full of medals I went for it. I held my own and called time about 2.am, we started at 4pm.

This was the final nail, hammered on top of those 250 other final nails, that swore to not try and drink as if I was 30. Fuck me, I was in a car crash as a lad and I didn’t feel that bad. The hangovers, the last one in particular are off the charts nowadays.

I will need to stop doing this. I need to convince my self 6 or 7 drinks over the same timeframe is ok. I am a fucking idiot, so my chances of screwing the nut aren’t high. I just need to do it, because all day Saturday Sunday and Monday I wasn’t worth a broken, shattered, button.

Pray for me.
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I try and have around 7 drinks . If I have 9 I will suffer the next day . Bed before midnight and last drink has to be water. I tried the one pint of beer then a pint of water combo once and I was still in shit state the next day . Pissing like a race horse.
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
Well, Day one again. I've made this post a few times over the last months but don't see a point in my participation here if I won't be honest. Did in the majority of a bottle of brandy watching us against Bayern the other night. Yesterday was terrible.....shaking, vomiting, sweating, couldn't eat until 5pm. I'd woke up at 5am on the couch yesterday and scuttled off to bed, vague memories of making toast but the mrs told me I'd smeared butter all over the counter and bizarrely, set up a step ladder in the middle of the floor and left my socks next to it. No idea what was going on there. Still feeling a bit sick today. I'm frustrated but won't be excessively cruel to myself, I'd been escalating towards this since having "just a few" beers in Spain, the path is clear to see.
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Has it taught you any lessons? Those after effects get worse each time. Vomitysickypuke. Fucking horrible. You've got to change the way you think, mate. There can be no excuse for why you should have a drink. don't make any. accept that you can never have a nice, enjoyable drink ever again. It's just no gonna happen without you getting ill. Your reaction to alcohol is extreme. It will always be negative.
 
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
 
Hangover today , wedding yesterday

Missed parkrun
Feel sh*t
Waffled loads of crap to random strangers
And was dancing like a idiot according to the Mrs
 
Day 47 of sobriety for me. Felt the urge to drink a couple of times, not gonna lie. But the urge or trigger as I understand it’s called soon subsides and next thing you know you’re off on a tangent doing something else. One day at a time is the best way of dealing with it in my opinion. I sleep like a baby, bank account is in the black for the first time in years and I’ve lost weight and feel recharged. When you actually put it into context it’s a no brainer for anybody who struggles with alcohol. Those that can take it or leave it are very fortunate they are wired up like that.
 
SK14BLUE said:
Day 47 of sobriety for me. Felt the urge to drink a couple of times, not gonna lie. But the urge or trigger as I understand it’s called soon subsides and next thing you know you’re off on a tangent doing something else. One day at a time is the best way of dealing with it in my opinion. I sleep like a baby, bank account is in the black for the first time in years and I’ve lost weight and feel recharged. When you actually put it into context it’s a no brainer for anybody who struggles with alcohol. Those that can take it or leave it are very fortunate they are wired up like that.
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Great post. Well done Blue. Keep it going.
 
blue44 said:
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
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Drowning your sorrows never helps. Those sorrows are never drowned and you end up feeling bad and still with the sorrows. Find a bar to watch the game but resist the temptation to drink alcohol and your memories of the occasion will be much happier, (unless we fuck up against Leicester.)
 
SK14BLUE said:
Thanks. It’s not for everyone being teetotal but it’s working for me. And my family are so pleased too, so that’s worth it alone.
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my family are pleased for me too,especially my son.
I'm struggling atm,and nothing or nobody can help me,its my choice and its fucking hard not to give in to it.
 
blue44 said:
my family are pleased for me too,especially my son.
I'm struggling atm,and nothing or nobody can help me,its my choice and its fucking hard not to give in to it.
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Hang on in there. Like you say nobody else can help. Only one person can. And you already know who that is. Good luck .
 
blue44 said:
my family are pleased for me too,especially my son.
I'm struggling atm,and nothing or nobody can help me,its my choice and its fucking hard not to give in to it.
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You are right that it is your choice but other people can help. The support you get from your family is helping you. Just by posting the fact they are pleased shows you care about what they think.
 
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