Life without alcohol

KS55 said:
You obviously can’t drink given your role in the Secret Services.
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I must be very bad at my job seen as you know what I do already...

The only thing I gather intelligence on is what goes best with tea, As you can tell that's not going well either as I'm on Rich Tea, Bland as fuck.
 
hilts said:
You know biscuits don't provide anything of value nutrition wise, I would knock that on the head. Before you know it you will be choccy digestive bore

:-)
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I have to agree about knocking it on the head (especially Rich Tea) they are like eating cardboard!

You've now but a Choccy Digestive in my head which I haven't had in a while so I might go all out tonight and party hard on the "double choccy digestives" :-)

You're up early you must be fresh and raring to go! Either that or you've work!
 
SWPISHOME said:
Let's get one thing straight, None of my post suggests that what I do applies to everyone else...

I clearly stated "imo"...

I don't understand people that say "ah I need a drink after a long weeks work" I never will understand it but that's just my opinion so don't be putting your own spin on it to make me look like a ****.

You don't like Rich Tea or Netflix that's completely fine, It would be a boring world if we all thought the same.

I also had some great nights years ago on nights out and going on trips away with the lads some unforgettable nights but as years go on circumstances change and people change and I've changed over time.

Funnily enough now I regret all those nights out and all the time and money I've pissed up against a wall as I ruined alot of good things going for me at that time in my life.

I don't think anything good comes from it, Mad anxiety, Hungover, Tiredness, Feeling like shit and mostly forgetting the night anyway. I'll stick to my tea and rich tea and having a fresh head to spend quality time with kids.

I couldn't care less who drinks they can bang away as it doesn't affect my life although I do love reading on another thread people that are staying off drink and feeling better about themselves for it so good on them.
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I’m probably being pedantic but ‘imo’ is different from ‘in my experience’, which is what your subsequent reply is suggesting. I read your original post differently, so apologies for misunderstanding. Certainly not trying to make you look like a ****; simply responding to what you’d posted based on how it read to me.

As to your last paragraph, I have a period of abstinence every year. Managed five weeks this year, from after Cheltenham to late April. Didn’t desperately miss the booze during that time, but didn’t feel remotely bad about lapsing at the end; didn’t feel any better while I was abstaining if I’m being honest, but didn’t feel any worse either. Did it for my health and because I was drinking too much, but glad I did it.

I do drink too much, I’ll readily accept that, but it doesn’t stop me doing the things I want to have a really full life and it doesn’t impact negatively on my relationships; so I guess I’m very lucky in that regard.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I’m probably being pedantic but ‘imo’ is different from ‘in my experience’, which is what your subsequent reply is suggesting. I read your original post differently, so apologies for misunderstanding. Certainly not trying to make you look like a ****; simply responding to what you’d posted based on how it read to me.

As to your last paragraph, I have a period of abstinence every year. Managed five weeks this year, from after Cheltenham to late April. Didn’t desperately miss the booze during that time, but didn’t feel remotely bad about lapsing at the end; didn’t feel any better while I was abstaining if I’m being honest, but didn’t feel any worse either. Did it for my health and because I was drinking too much, but glad I did it.

I do drink too much, I’ll readily accept that, but it doesn’t stop me doing the things I want to have a really full life and it doesn’t impact negatively on my relationships; so I guess I’m very lucky in that regard.
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I'm not one to tell anyone how they should be loving their lives, "imo, in my opinion" is what I meant in my original post.

I'm not here to argue with anyone so we'll push it aside it's not a big deal. Genuinely happy that alcohol doesn't have any negative impact on your relationships as not everyone has the experience.

As you've mentioned you've stopped drinking for mental health reasons I hope you are feeling better now as some people don't come out the other side of it, Hopefully you've found the correct balance for yourself mentally.

If you ever change your mind and want to have a cuppa I'll even let you take one or two biscuits on me :-)
 
SWPISHOME said:
As you've mentioned you've stopped drinking for mental health reasons I hope you are feeling better now as some people don't come out the other side of it, Hopefully you've found the correct balance for yourself mentally.

If you ever change your mind and want to have a cuppa I'll even let you take one or two biscuits on me :-)
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I didn’t stop for mental health reasons. I stopped for health reasons, as in to protect my liver. It doesn’t impact on my mental health negatively, but I know that certainly doesn’t apply to everyone.

And thanks for the offer! :-)
 
hilts said:
Yeah because If you like a drink that means you're an alcoholic, and as everyone knows people who drink die whereas teetotal folk are immortal.
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No but you said you couldn't think of one good reason someone would ever give it up.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I didn’t stop for mental health reasons. I stopped for health reasons, as in to protect my liver. It doesn’t impact on my mental health negatively, but I know that certainly doesn’t apply to everyone.

And thanks for the offer! :-)
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Apologies I've read your post wrong!

How often would you drink out of curiosity? I hope you've not done to much damage to the liver.

My uncle who I'd be really close to was am alcoholic, He was a functioning alcoholic as is he'd never miss a day's work but starlight after work he goes the pub, Saturday and Sunday mornings in the pub from 7 or 8am right up until close.

It all eventually caught up with him and he was found in the alleyway outside the pub, We got a phone call to say he's been found in the alleyway all thinking he's dead.

He had wet brain, He didn't know who any of us were when we went to visit him in the hospital, It went on for months, They out him on medication and into a home, Cut a long story short, He now has his own apartment and 10 years alcohol free, He still has to take medication as he's very forgetful sometimes but he's living a good life.

I'm not suggesting for one second that you are an alcoholic by the way as it might come across that way, It's just when you mentioned the liver, He always suffered from liver issues.
 
My RA Consultant says dinner is not civilised without a glass of wine. We were discussing the ban on alcohol that one of my meds requires! He let me off a total ban. “No boozing, but you can have a glass of wine”
 
SWPISHOME said:
Apologies I've read your post wrong!

How often would you drink out of curiosity? I hope you've not done to much damage to the liver.
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Had a blood test two years ago and was told by my GP to cut back my drinking, and I pretty much knocked spirits on the head. Had a scan on my liver at that time and it was fine. Had another test this time last year and the readings were fine, because I’d cut back, although towards the top end of the fine banding tbf. Probably need another blood test around now tbh.

I drink four days a week I’d say. Maybe occasionally five, but am always conscious to have at least two days off. And the volumes I drink have gone down hugely over the last ten years. Don’t binge drink nearly as much as I used to. Only times I’ve really gone for it this year are Cheltenham, the Semi and the Final, both of which were epic days. A typical night in now will be a couple of pints and two thirds of a bottle of wine, with my girlfriend consuming the other third. Or if I go to the pub, maybe five pints, whereas I’d habitually do double that ten years ago.

As to whether I’m an alcoholic, it’s a question I’ve asked myself, and have been asked by my girlfriend in the last year or so and I’ll give the same answer to you as I did to her: fwiw, given it’s just a label, possibly, but if I am it’s at the very bottom of the scale and it doesn’t stop me living my life. If I need to be up at 4am for work then I don’t drink the night before, so I can mange and regulate my drinking. It doesn’t control me like it does others, but equally some times I definitely need a drink, so I’m unquestionably dependent to some extent. If I was going to apply a label I’d say I’m probably a very low-level, highly functioning alcoholic, but like I say it’s just a label and if I drank a bit less so I moved the other side of the line that wouldn’t mean everything was hunky dory, so I don’t tend to get too hung up on it tbh.
 
I used to be an Ovaltiney but still ended ended up having a few days in doc with DTs. I used to shake like billy-ho and couldn't hold a hammer. It's surprising what a few days rest off the beer does. This was in the early seventies. The advice then was, if you've been on a session give yourself a minimum of 3 days rest.
When you get older it's a fine balance as medication puts your liver and kidneys under more stress.
 
remember arthur mann said:
I used to be an Ovaltiney but still ended ended up having a few days in doc with DTs. I used to shake like billy-ho and couldn't hold a hammer. It's surprising what a few days rest off the beer does. This was in the early seventies. The advice then was, if you've been on a session give yourself a minimum of 3 days rest.
When you get older it's a fine balance as medication puts your liver and kidneys under more stress.
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That’s another factor I’m conscious of. I can’t hammer it like I could twenty years ago.
 
I don't drink Monday to Thursday due to work. What's weird is, I don’t miss the drink during the week. I may be tempted on a Thursday especially if it's a nice evening but I avoid temptation and hit the gym or go for a run.

Come the weekend I'm really smashing through the beer. I find lager delicious and goes down so easily, I'm not into spirits or wine.

I'm trying to cut down but a lot of family events involve booze.

Work isn't as stressful so the weekend aren't feeling as much of a relief so I need to stop cracking open a beer on Friday night.
 
Really got the year off in my head now, making no social plans from September.
Before that got Oasis, my 40th and a few other events until then, might aswell go out with a bang.
 
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