Could you go a month without alchohol?

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squirtyflower said:
Well done
Do you not find it tough at a social event when others are drinking?
Personally I like a nice glass of wine with steak, or good cheese and a drink at the match, other than that I can leave it.
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Yes the social events are a bit weird at first, I felt like I'd lost my sense of humour and wasn't able to be funny anymore. After a while though it gets easier and you realise you don't need a drink to be funny.
 
BlueMoon Risin' said:
Good programme on BBC2 now on Adrian Chiles drinking habbits. For those who kid themselves on how much they drink in a week,check this programme out on BBC iPlayer.
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Watching it now (20 mins in) - the similarities we share (even the choices of tipple) are amazing ....
.... not sure I want to watch to the conclusion :-/
 
I`ve just gone three weeks without ale and lost 30 lbs over a 3 month period.
I was going to go a full month but the sinner in me wouldn`t allow me to go quite that far.
So near yet so far,but with my two weeks away on holiday next Monday (3rd Sept) I will definitely be downing a few beers or so.
 
trotsky said:
Watching it now (20 mins in) - the similarities we share (even the choices of tipple) are amazing ....
.... not sure I want to watch to the conclusion :-/
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I thought Chiles was honest enough in the programme, but he maybe had a few more weekly units than he admitted on TV.
Thing is those who go out sociable drinking of "just a cheeky couple" are often kidding themselves on how much they are drinking per night/week. I've been there trying to drink my way through past problems whilst suffering depression, never really been a top shelf drinker, just pint after pint till I felt tired enough to sleep, otherwise my mind was whirling thoughts that would have kept me awake most of the night.

But life is a learning curve as they say and I've always tried to be honest with myself and drink(past) demons. Stress is a killer and leaning on the crutches of drink and drugs is not the answer to climb out of a dark pit that one thinks they can battle and win.

I drink nowadays quite regularly but limit how much, maybe 2-4 pints or cans of beer, but that is not everyday as I can quote easily go 3_4 days to a week no problem. When I'm out with friends I sometimes 'go with the flow' if in the right mood and circumstance, otherwise I may have a pint of orange squash with ice. I have a fairly high tolerance of alcohol, but when I am merry verging on getting pissed to not being in control I stop drinking.
I've been with my partner 5 years now and she has never seen me off my face through alcohol. She was regularly drinking a vottlb of wine a night and getting drunk when we went out, but she has recently gone 3 months without alcohol, but she now has the odd glass or two of wine now and again.

I think the hardest thing is become the master of alcohol, not the slave, but for many, it's easier said than done.
 
oakiecokie said:
I`ve just gone three weeks without ale and lost 30 lbs over a 3 month period.
I was going to go a full month but the sinner in me wouldn`t allow me to go quite that far.
So near yet so far,but with my two weeks away on holiday next Monday (3rd Sept) I will definitely be downing a few beers or so.
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30lbs? well done Oakie
Will you fit into those speedos now?
 
My close mate has an alcohol problem. He openly asked us what he should do ? Hard to give him much advise except go to AA ... anything else anyone could advise
 
BlueMoon Risin' said:
I thought Chiles was honest enough in the programme, but he maybe had a few more weekly units than he admitted on TV.
Thing is those who go out sociable drinking of "just a cheeky couple" are often kidding themselves on how much they are drinking per night/week. I've been there trying to drink my way through past problems whilst suffering depression, never really been a top shelf drinker, just pint after pint till I felt tired enough to sleep, otherwise my mind was whirling thoughts that would have kept me awake most of the night.

But life is a learning curve as they say and I've always tried to be honest with myself and drink(past) demons. Stress is a killer and leaning on the crutches of drink and drugs is not the answer to climb out of a dark pit that one thinks they can battle and win.

I drink nowadays quite regularly but limit how much, maybe 2-4 pints or cans of beer, but that is not everyday as I can quote easily go 3_4 days to a week no problem. When I'm out with friends I sometimes 'go with the flow' if in the right mood and circumstance, otherwise I may have a pint of orange squash with ice. I have a fairly high tolerance of alcohol, but when I am merry verging on getting pissed to not being in control I stop drinking.
I've been with my partner 5 years now and she has never seen me off my face through alcohol. She was regularly drinking a vottlb of wine a night and getting drunk when we went out, but she has recently gone 3 months without alcohol, but she now has the odd glass or two of wine now and again.

I think the hardest thing is become the master of alcohol, not the slave, but for many, it's easier said than done.
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I was supposed to do dry Jan, had a disaster on the 2nd. Ended up quiting my job, jumping on a plane and telling my ex wife to deal with the mortgage (long story that last bit). Anyway, I did 4 weeks off the beer in New Zealand whilst visiting my parents, so knew I could do a month, was easy.

Went to visit my sister in North Island NZ and was straight back on it, all the way to coming back to the UK in mid Feb and up to the end of March, I was a nightmare.

A load of abuse sent to my ex girlfriend and ex wife over easter period made me quit again, 12 weeks I did, to the day (I wasn't actually counting), got down to 6.2% body fat as I punished myself in the gym and with my diet.

Thought I'd have 1 Havana 15 at the end of June, all of July and August I've been on it again.

Sent my ex girlfriend another load of abuse, now we had barely spoken for 5 months and she certainly doesn't want to speak (nor initiated any conversation with me in that period, which I'm not arsed about, she's a ****... more so than me). So I rang a shrink up, I'm a nightmare when drunk and it needs to stop... he reckons I don't have a drink problem but I've got ADHD and type 2 bipolar, has referred me to a psychiatrist.

So yeah, I can do a month, but it's not long enough. I don't reckon I have either ADHD or bipolar either, but I'll find soon enough. I reckon I've just fucked my frontal cortex up getting systematically wasted over the last 20 years and my chimp has gone wild over the last 3 as I can't make executive decisions, certainly not whilst inebriated. Will take 24 months to repair, so I'm 5 days in 730 (at least) of being off it.
 
If a full month is a problem without alcohol then the old advice is that in any week there should be 4 consecutive dry days and a maximum of 3 taking alcohol.
Seems that the liver needs the 4 consecutive days to regain its normal body maintenance function.
This means of course that just one day off helps reduce the alcohol intake but has no effect on letting the liver get back to efficiency in doing its usual important job.

Just what I've been told by people who should know.
 
SilverFox2 said:
If a full month is a problem without alcohol then the old advice is that in any week there should be 4 consecutive dry days and a maximum of 3 taking alcohol.
Seems that the liver needs the 4 consecutive days to regain its normal body maintenance function.
This means of course that just one day off helps reduce the alcohol intake but has no effect on letting the liver get back to efficiency in doing its usual important job.

Just what I've been told by people who should know.
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That will do me. I only drink all day Saturday or whenever there a weekend match.
 
Watched that documentary with Adrian Chiles the other night, which definitely struck a bell with me. My boozing is similar to his, although not identical. I think I drink less frequently than him, but binge more. I’m also slightly more realistic about my drinking than he appeared to be at the outset of the programme. I readily accept that I’m (in all probability) a highly functioning alcoholic and if I don’t slow down soon my life expectancy is going to plummet. Like Chiles, however, alcohol has a positive effect on me (which is part of the problem, I guess). It never makes me agggresive, angry, sad, remorseful, unhappy or nasty. If it did, I suspect I’d do it less, because I hardly ever that feel I ’need’ a drink; although that could just be me kidding myself, of course.

Funnily enough, Chiles sometimes drinks in my local before and after Baggies games. Very unassuming and seems to hang around with some very grounded people. Might buy him a pint next time he’s in!
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Watched that documentary with Adrian Chiles the other night, which definitely struck a bell with me. My boozing is similar to his, although not identical. I think I drink less frequently than him, but binge more. I’m also slightly more realistic about my drinking than he appeared to be at the outset of the programme. I readily accept that I’m (in all probability) a highly functioning alcoholic and if I don’t slow down soon my life expectancy is going to plummet. Like Chiles, however, alcohol has a positive effect on me (which is part of the problem, I guess). It never makes me agggresive, angry, sad, remorseful, unhappy or nasty. If it did, I suspect I’d do it less, because I hardly ever that feel I ’need’ a drink; although that could just be me kidding myself, of course.

Funnily enough, Chiles sometimes drinks in my local before and after Baggies games. Very unassuming and seems to hang around with some very grounded people. Might buy him a pint next time he’s in!
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What time are you up In the morning? Do you not sleep? Why not start going Sunday at say 10 until Wednesday night with no alcohol? I have gone dry since Friday and found it hard. I think I have had at least one pint every day for a few years. Cannot wait to have a pint or two Saturday afternoon.

I likes Chiles - normal fella
 
worsleyweb said:
What time are you up In the morning? Do you not sleep? Why not start going Sunday at say 10 until Wednesday night with no alcohol? I have gone dry since Friday and found it hard. I think I have had at least one pint every day for a few years. Cannot wait to have a pint or two Saturday afternoon.

I likes Chiles - normal fella
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I’m up at 5:30, getting a train to London first thing. I can get away with 3 hours sleep and fully function the next day. Worked until midnight tonight and I’m struggling to get to sleep as a consequence, but I’ll be fine tomorrow.

Your suggestion has merit, but I think I’d need some flexibility. Perhaps I could limit myself to two days a week. Problem is, there’s always something going on, but I should be stronger at times.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I’m up at 5:30, getting a train to London first thing. I can get away with 3 hours sleep and fully function the next day. Worked until midnight tonight and I’m struggling to get to sleep as a consequence, but I’ll be fine tomorrow.

Your suggestion has merit, but I think I’d need some flexibility. Perhaps I could limit myself to two days a week. Problem is, there’s always something going on, but I should be stronger at times.
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You need to do it mate. You have a zest for life and as we all get older we have to do all we can - I have no room to talk as my diet and alchohol intake are not good. But I have made small efforts this year and managed to get just a bit fitter and I feel better in myself. I have to admit I am absolutely gagging for a pint. Part of the issue is it is so fucking boring not having a drink. I feel much more relaxed when I have had a pint or two.

I am up at 6.30 and can’t get to sleep!
 
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