Things To Do When You Are Sober

[Urban Sports]

I have been given a course of 28 days worth of medication, which means no alcohol.

My fairly hectic social life tends to revolve around going out drinking in one form or another. Now I have actually thought about it at the age of 32, I haven't had a weekend without a drink since I was about 16.

In some ways I'm looking forward to it but don't really know what to do with myself as in it won't be what I'm used to.

I'm not an alcoholic by the way, or at least I don't think I am, mainly because I haven't really been sober enough to think about it

Being serious, apart from seeing my friends / family for nights out what else is there?

(No I'm not going to the pub and having a j20 instead of a beer, that is just crap).

[Jasandjules]

Skydive?
Scuba Dive?

ETA - call the liver transplant people and ask to go on the list as a precaution if you've drunk every weekend since you were 16...

Edited by Jasandjules on Sunday 26th September 22:13

[Urban Sports]

Jasandjules said:

Skydive?
Scuba Dive?

ETA - call the liver transplant people and ask to go on the list as a precaution if you've drunk every weekend since you were 16...

Edited by Jasandjules on Sunday 26th September 22:13

Is that not the norm?

[randlemarcus]

If you can't manage an alcohol free month, with a cast iron excuse to deter the Nick O'Teens, you're nudging the line. Sorry.

There are nicer things than J2O, but if you must go cold turkey, learning (mechanics, guitars, languages etc) or playing (xbox etc) is a good thing.

[Urban Sports]

randlemarcus said:

If you can't manage an alcohol free month, with a cast iron excuse to deter the Nick O'Teens, you're nudging the line. Sorry.

There are nicer things than J2O, but if you must go cold turkey, learning (mechanics, guitars, languages etc) or playing (xbox etc) is a good thing.

Oh don't get me wrong this is not an excuse, it has been enforced, not really a choice.

I can't go back to gaming, I gave that up when I looked old enough to get into the pub

[andyjo1982]

Why not arrange to go to a sporting event or 2? If you follow footy or Rugby, go see your team play, be it home or even better away. Get a few of your mates to go so you got a car full, then they will all owe you a lift somewhere so you can have a beer in a few weeks.

Or, if you got any family you haven't seen go stay with/near them for a few days?

Go to a car show or banger racing or something like that maybe?

Struggling otherwise to think of things where you wont want beer...

[Jasandjules]

Urban Sports said:

Is that not the norm?

For an alchoholic, yes.......

Perhaps I have just a different circle of friends to you....

[ThunderSpook]

Assuming you don't want to go to the pub for a soft drink, I'm assuming you go on your own in general, otherwise you'd be going for the social. Therefore yes, you're an alcoholic.

Try the AA.

[Urban Sports]

andyjo1982 said:

Why not arrange to go to a sporting event or 2? If you follow footy or Rugby, go see your team play, be it home or even better away. Get a few of your mates to go so you got a car full, then they will all owe you a lift somewhere so you can have a beer in a few weeks.

Or, if you got any family you haven't seen go stay with/near them for a few days?

Go to a car show or banger racing or something like that maybe?

Struggling otherwise to think of things where you wont want beer...

I'm actually in the process of (hopefully) buying an Elise, track days maybe??

[Mazda Baiter]

Drive.

[Urban Sports]

ThunderSpook said:

Assuming you don't want to go to the pub for a soft drink, I'm assuming you go on your own in general, otherwise you'd be going for the social. Therefore yes, you're an alcoholic.

Try the AA.

Thanks, but I have never been to the pub on my own.

I also have a few months of BMW assistance left so don't really need the AA.

[Digger]

OP How many units on average are you drinking during the week?

[ThunderSpook]

Urban Sports said:

ThunderSpook said:

Assuming you don't want to go to the pub for a soft drink, I'm assuming you go on your own in general, otherwise you'd be going for the social. Therefore yes, you're an alcoholic.

Try the AA.

Thanks, but I have never been to the pub on my own.

I also have a few months of BMW assistance left so don't really need the AA.

So are your friends only interesting if you consume alcohol?

If that's not the case then stop being such a muppet, get down the pub, buy yourself an orange juice and be sociable.

[Urban Sports]

Digger said:

OP How many units on average are you drinking during the week?

Serious

Not many at all, it's the weekend where it all happens.

[Broccers]

Buy a dog - you can then spend time walking it to the err pub.

Alternatively take up geocaching.

[Digger]

Urban Sports said:

Digger said:

OP How many units on average are you drinking during the week?

Serious

Not many at all, it's the weekend where it all happens.

Cool! Then you can carry on as normal without drinking. Simple (no s).

[Urban Sports]

Digger said:

Urban Sports said:

Digger said:

OP How many units on average are you drinking during the week?

Serious

Not many at all, it's the weekend where it all happens.

Cool! Then you can carry on as normal without drinking. Simple (no s).

No my point is that it's all I do at the weekend, I don't do anything else.

For example during the day I might go to Oulton Park, track day, DIY, shop etc etc, then always go out after.

It's what I do.

[Jasandjules]

Urban Sports said:

No my point is that it's all I do at the weekend, I don't do anything else.

For example during the day I might go to Oulton Park, track day, DIY, shop etc etc, then always go out after.

It's what I do.

Are you single?

Can a few mates not come over for a chinese and watch a DVD or something Saturday night instead? Even if they have a beer or two you don't have to!?!?

[randlemarcus]

Urban Sports said:

It's what I did.

EFA

For clarity's sake, the excuse is for when your mates say "oh go on, just the one", not for you to excuse your own inability to not have a swift one.

If all the weekend if on the pi55, maybe weekends away might help. There are only four.

[Hedders]

Anyone else thinking " I drink more than that..."

It is not the case for me anymore, but between the ages of 19 and 35 i would say i had atleast 4 cans of high power lager just about every day. During the week it was my reward for working all day and at the weekends i rewarded myself for working all week

Infact i used to drink 2-3 tins of Tennents Super at work before I went out door to door canvassing back in the 80's. I could not imagine doing it sober.