365 days without booze... join me?
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johnwilliams77 said:
Start now!
I notice when I stopped the weight comes off. Helps that I'm exercising too. Not super strict about diet either.
Do you get drunk on a couple of pints after having stopped for a while?!?
Nah, I've done 3 months dry for the last three years and also October. Hectic holidays in Ireland and I'll be damned if I'm giving up Guinness before I return I notice when I stopped the weight comes off. Helps that I'm exercising too. Not super strict about diet either.
Do you get drunk on a couple of pints after having stopped for a while?!?
I don't notice much of a difference but I'm only good for 4-5 before I've had enough on a night out. I've mates who can put away 10, 12, 14 pints, its unbelievable.
Mashedpotatoes said:
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Faaaaaaackinhell Sunshine, that's some going. The silver lining here is that you've hit the bottom and you're on the way back up. Sounds like you know what you need to do and are taking steps to do it (hope you're outside right now enjoying this balmy weather!).Good luck for the date this eve... perhaps don't recount the Interpol story unless you're playing "pissed one-upmanship", in which case save it till the end and then knock her bandy.
Good luck MP
P.s. Well done for drinking squash the other night and not succumbing to your pals. I suspect you need to have another conversation with them at a point in time when they aren't revved up to get on the lash and are looking for a wingman
Edited by Sebo on Tuesday 29th December 10:32
Perhaps see your gp and see if there's some kind of anti-alcohol drug you can take for a while? One that makes you sick if you drink while on it, to stop you starting again. I think George best took them after liver transplant. You don't want to end up like gazza and you do seem to take it to extremes compared with most of us!
Holy moly. How does it make you feel re-reading that? Don't get me wrong, I have ridiculous behaviour stories for days behind me. I don't know how I've not been in more trouble. However, ifs and buts.
How do you, honestly- with yourself and us, the faceless Internet- feel about not boozing again? Not ever? It's a big ask..!
How do you, honestly- with yourself and us, the faceless Internet- feel about not boozing again? Not ever? It's a big ask..!
Mug81, when someone says something is bad for you it's hard for us as humans to believe it until we see physical evidence of it actually causing harm hence why so many of us smoked for so many years and why so many of us continue to eat Big Macs.
Last year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
Last year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
Well done on the three days, that's great work. I can't even begin to imagine how distressing your situ must have been- not only for you but your nearest and dearest. To be completely frank, and slightly self-absorbed, it's this thought (and I suspect this alone) that stops my own lunacy from snowballing further.
Whatever makes it work I guess!
Whatever makes it work I guess!
mug81 said:
Well done on the three days, that's great work. I can't even begin to imagine how distressing your situ must have been- not only for you but your nearest and dearest. To be completely frank, and slightly self-absorbed, it's this thought (and I suspect this alone) that stops my own lunacy from snowballing further.
Whatever makes it work I guess!
Sounds like a good enough reason for now mate.Whatever makes it work I guess!
Mashedpotatoes said:
Mug81, when someone says something is bad for you it's hard for us as humans to believe it until we see physical evidence of it actually causing harm hence why so many of us smoked for so many years and why so many of us continue to eat Big Macs.
Last year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
If I've read your earlier post correctly you've gone from 2-3 bottles of wine a day to stopping cold turkey? If you haven't already, it might be worth having a word with your GP about alcohol withdrawal symptoms which may kick in. In particular the DTsLast year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
Best of luck though. Ive been on the wagon for three years ago and haven't regretted quitting for a second.
funinhounslow said:
Mashedpotatoes said:
Mug81, when someone says something is bad for you it's hard for us as humans to believe it until we see physical evidence of it actually causing harm hence why so many of us smoked for so many years and why so many of us continue to eat Big Macs.
Last year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
If I've read your earlier post correctly you've gone from 2-3 bottles of wine a day to stopping cold turkey? If you haven't already, it might be worth having a word with your GP about alcohol withdrawal symptoms which may kick in. In particular the DTsLast year I gave myself a DVT by drinking so much that I fell asleep on an airplane for too long therefore not moving for a long time resulting in a blood clott. This physical evidence was enough to stop me drinking for six weeks but not enough that it stopped me for good.
Now I know, that if I continue to drink like I was, it will effect my mental health, that is a very big wake up call. I realise now that I am not impervious I'm not superman. with the DVT I was able to get fit and quit smoking. This cut the chance of getting another drastically (that and flying business) but with mental health issues if I carry on drinking then I will end up homeless and shouting at pigeons, not a lifestyle choice I fancy.
Will I give up for good? Time will tell. All I know is I want to.
Three days and feeling good.
Best of luck though. Ive been on the wagon for three years ago and haven't regretted quitting for a second.
2nd day I felt very itchy and didn't get much sleep. 3rd night I only managed 2 hour sleep but the itching had stopped. last night I got a whole 6 hours. So think I've managed to get over the withdrawal ok.
I'm not gagging for a beer but I'm having a little battle of wills with myself about tonight as I'm going out for a meal for New Years Eve. One part of me is saying it's fine to have a couple of glasses of wine. The other more sensible part knows it probably (definitely) won't stop at 2 so don't even start.
Davie_GLA said:
I reckon I'm going to give this a try. Seems I am drinking every night, not to excess but I want to kill it.
Did a dry January two years ago, I actually found it quite easy but as soon as Feb 1st appeared I was back on it. I have had a pretty s
t year this year with my dad dieing on Christmas eve last year and the resultant crap that my evil stepmum has generated as a result, my drinking increased considerably; going from weekends only to pretty much everyday. I got the last of the personal things that were my dads that I wanted, out of his house on Tuesday; stepmum was being awkward over the year, hence why it took so long, she has confirmed that she will be out of the house on the 22nd and I now have absolutely no need to go back there or to communicate with her again so 2016 is looking good and I intend on starting with a dry January and to take it from there.
Inspired by the OP I have just completed my fourth year without a drop. I never thought this would be possible as I used to have at least a couple of glasses of wine every night. I was however 'sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' and fed up with being fat and lethargic.
It's worth doing just to wake up with a clear head every day, never mind the incredible (and almost immediate) weight loss, feelings of well being and masses energy for sport - all in middle age.
If I can do it anyone can so I would urge those thinking about it to give it a go and enjoy the benefits.
It's worth doing just to wake up with a clear head every day, never mind the incredible (and almost immediate) weight loss, feelings of well being and masses energy for sport - all in middle age.
If I can do it anyone can so I would urge those thinking about it to give it a go and enjoy the benefits.
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