365 days without booze... join me?
Discussion
Scabutz said:
I had recorded this when it was on in the summer. Watched it last night. Wow, it was like watching myself, all the things he said about using it to deal with anxiety and depression, not understanding why we drink or have to drink, the excuses we use to justify and excuse our drinking. I've never been so impacted by a TV programme in my life. Really made my think about my relationship with alcohol.
Whilst I am here at the min aiming for the year off I wonder now if I need to never drink again. I know I can't moderate. The look on the professors face when Adrian told him how much he had been drinking was shocking. For a while, especially in December, I have been drinking more than he has. I was clocking 140+ units a week.
I actually feel like writing Adrian a letter thanking him for that show.
Brilliant show it really changed my opinion too. I didn’t have a clue how bad it really is for us until recently. Sobering stuff.Whilst I am here at the min aiming for the year off I wonder now if I need to never drink again. I know I can't moderate. The look on the professors face when Adrian told him how much he had been drinking was shocking. For a while, especially in December, I have been drinking more than he has. I was clocking 140+ units a week.
I actually feel like writing Adrian a letter thanking him for that show.
steveT350C said:
Christ that was close!
Never wanted a drink so much as the last hour.
I’m on day 19 and been going well, but since 4pm the desire to get drunk was huge. Ran to shop and bought 4 bottles of Becks Blue. Downed one and feeling better. Got film on and dinner in oven.
Good work!Never wanted a drink so much as the last hour.
I’m on day 19 and been going well, but since 4pm the desire to get drunk was huge. Ran to shop and bought 4 bottles of Becks Blue. Downed one and feeling better. Got film on and dinner in oven.
I find an alco-free beer does take the edge off.
I'm enjoying these Freedamm 0.0% at the moment.
4.5 years off for me now.
I'm doing dry January but have been leaning very heavily on the becks blue etc. Easily done over 30 bottles since Jan 1st. I didn't think much of it until my wife complained I was knocking them back too much. She's never said a word when it's proper beer!
I really like the taste of becks blue and a dash of lemonade.
Does anyone think this is odd? I think it's ok and it feels weird to be questioning my levels of non alco consumption. Not even tempted for a proper beer!
I really like the taste of becks blue and a dash of lemonade.
Does anyone think this is odd? I think it's ok and it feels weird to be questioning my levels of non alco consumption. Not even tempted for a proper beer!
I just passed 2 years without a single drink on NYE 2018 after nearly 20 years of binge drinking (job restraints gave short windows in which to drink) Over that time I only very nearly cracked one time at a house party in November with around 30 toddlers running riot and all the parents were mainlining red wine and spirits in order to cope.
I did have a shot of sake after an epic sushi meal with friends the other day and tbh it was really nice and felt a lot more special than it probably was due to not having a drink for so long, but that was that and straight back to nothing with absolutly no craving for any more.
I did have a shot of sake after an epic sushi meal with friends the other day and tbh it was really nice and felt a lot more special than it probably was due to not having a drink for so long, but that was that and straight back to nothing with absolutly no craving for any more.
Captain Smerc said:
Keep going , your body & mind does a reset & then being alcohol free quickly becomes the new default setting . It's great waking up every day not feeling like s
t ! And stick the booze money in your piggy bank and watch it grow fast . It's all good .
I didn’t have a drink last night and I woke up feeling like st ! And stick the booze money in your piggy bank and watch it grow fast . It's all good .t this morning!
Just back from a week in Lanzarote.
Offered a glass of cava on my arrival, a bottle of wine in my room and a voucher for free cocktails.
Happily declined the cava and won 'friends' with the wine and voucher.
I scoffed the chocolates though.
A great week made all the better for no alcohol. More rejuvenated than I've felt in many years - slept like a log and up with the sunrise.
Left my darn phone there though so don't have my app to count the days, but I think it was 9 September I quit so roughly 134 days.
Offered a glass of cava on my arrival, a bottle of wine in my room and a voucher for free cocktails.
Happily declined the cava and won 'friends' with the wine and voucher.
I scoffed the chocolates though.
A great week made all the better for no alcohol. More rejuvenated than I've felt in many years - slept like a log and up with the sunrise.
Left my darn phone there though so don't have my app to count the days, but I think it was 9 September I quit so roughly 134 days.
LordGrover said:
Just back from a week in Lanzarote.
Offered a glass of cava on my arrival, a bottle of wine in my room and a voucher for free cocktails.
Happily declined the cava and won 'friends' with the wine and voucher.
I scoffed the chocolates though.
A great week made all the better for no alcohol. More rejuvenated than I've felt in many years - slept like a log and up with the sunrise.
Left my darn phone there though so don't have my app to count the days, but I think it was 9 September I quit so roughly 134 days.
Not the Hesperia perchance?Offered a glass of cava on my arrival, a bottle of wine in my room and a voucher for free cocktails.
Happily declined the cava and won 'friends' with the wine and voucher.
I scoffed the chocolates though.
A great week made all the better for no alcohol. More rejuvenated than I've felt in many years - slept like a log and up with the sunrise.
Left my darn phone there though so don't have my app to count the days, but I think it was 9 September I quit so roughly 134 days.
JamesD74 said:
21 days today. Have surprised myself!
Struggling to see a reason to start again after January at the moment.
Same here, I'm finding it really easy which is odd as I started dry January last year and only made it 10 days, this year I'm not finding it hard at all; I've made meals which need wine and I've not even thought of having a sneaky sip, people have bought me booze, I've just put it away. Struggling to see a reason to start again after January at the moment.
Even the wife said she'd thought I may have a cider after being bought some, I'm just not that bothered.
My weight is still going down, I have more energy, I'm sleeping better, I'm not dropping off at 21:30 in front of the telly, I'm waking up fresh, I'm no longer snoring, why would I start up again!
samsock said:
I 'have' to stop drinking this year. In the past I have found drinking non alcohol beer to be quite chemically and gives me a headache. I've had better luck with low content beers in region of 0.5%. Is this a slipperly slope however?
It was for me, I started back on Alkohol Frei (0.5%) Erdinger and Super Bock 0.5% Stout which kept me going for a few months towards the end of when i last stopped drinking but in the end, I convinced myself that having the 3.6% and then 4% lagers was ok. Wasn't long before I was back drinking premium strength stuff and spirits. You may have more self control than me though (so i now don't have anything, even the Heineken 0.0% for fear that i'll get a taste for beer again)
I'm in!
I did almost 4 months last year and loved it - lost loads of weight, actually could be arsed to do lots of exercise, looked better, more productive etc etc and then fell into the not unusual trap of "I've cracked this, one drink won't hurt". A slow decline then for a few months until I was back drinking what would be considered a lot even for the how much do you drink thread.
I have a problem saying, or even thinking to myself that I'll not drink again but I know really that's the only option for me. Last year my stopping was kind of open ended and I said to those around me that "never" is a long time and I would see what happens....as if I didn't know what would happen! So I'm in for 365 days to start, with a view to not ever again.
I'm currently on day 3 and reading The Alcohol Experiment to give myself some help, though so far it's been fine I know that difficult times will come.
I did almost 4 months last year and loved it - lost loads of weight, actually could be arsed to do lots of exercise, looked better, more productive etc etc and then fell into the not unusual trap of "I've cracked this, one drink won't hurt". A slow decline then for a few months until I was back drinking what would be considered a lot even for the how much do you drink thread.
I have a problem saying, or even thinking to myself that I'll not drink again but I know really that's the only option for me. Last year my stopping was kind of open ended and I said to those around me that "never" is a long time and I would see what happens....as if I didn't know what would happen! So I'm in for 365 days to start, with a view to not ever again.
I'm currently on day 3 and reading The Alcohol Experiment to give myself some help, though so far it's been fine I know that difficult times will come.
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