So I've been off the drink for 2 weeks...

Aoife-FM104

...and it's bloody hard!!

I gave it up for financial, health and "I'm tired of being another drunken zombie" reasons...

All my friends are out tonight (party or Temple Bar Music Centre) so I'm staying at home, away from temptations.

Anyone else off the booze??

What a Saturday night! Pizza and DVD in bed...

Dave!

Just cos you're not drinking doesn't mean you can't be around it! Unless you're an addict...

KdjaCL

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Plug

She would feel like a fool been sober while her friends drunk, i would anyway.

Redrocket

i hate drunk people when im sober, so not necessarily an addict...

Aoife-FM104

Plug wrote:

She would feel like a fool been sober while her friends drunk, i would anyway.

Yeah! I find it very boring to be around drunk people. It just feels wrong!

And I'm still in the "would love a Corona" stage, so best to stay away...

Thank God for the Internet!

Plug

I should become a shrink!

Aoife-FM104

The even more difficult thing is I live in the City Centre (Jervis Street) so it's so easy to just nip outside...

No... Pizza and The Aristocrats it is!

feylya

Why not just reduce how much you drink? Means you can still go out and have fun, you'll have more money due to drinking less and you'll feel better.

Aoife-FM104

I'm kind of an all or nothing sort of gal... I don't do moderation very well!!

What I'd really love is to not drink at all, yet still be able to go out and have a mad time.

Difficult! I know.

How come you guys are at home? No plans, in work ??

TerrorFirmer

No plans. Just browsing boards....for the last about hour now...clicking on stuff I don't even have an interest in....

I don't do moderation that well either. I don't see the point of just having one drink. I yearn for more. Eh...several more. Sad really.

Oh well.

Faith

God, I'd love a Corona...

I'm heading out in a few minutes, but I think I'm going to stay sober. Queueing for an hour, getting squashed on all sides by sweaty people doesn't sound great tonight. The bars in clubs over here are ridiculous. They only have 2 or 3 people working at any one time, at the only bar in the entire venue. The options become: A) Get drunk first; Prepare to queue for hours each time you want a drink, or C) Stay sober.

Agent Smith

KdjaCL wrote:

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kdjac

is that your phone number?

Plug

Your in there KdjaCL:D

Agent Smith

lol

curiosoity got the better of me...


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Aoife-FM104 wrote:

I'm kind of an all or nothing sort of gal... I don't do moderation very well!!

What I'd really love is to not drink at all, yet still be able to go out and have a mad time.

Difficult! I know.

How come you guys are at home? No plans, in work ??

Tried ecstacy or cocaine ?

ARGINITE

Good for you, how about celebrating by having a few drinks

Karl Hungus

Aoife-FM104 wrote:

How come you guys are at home? No plans, in work ??

I never go out on a Saturday when I can avoid it. Piles of drunken gombeens and everywhere is packed beyond bursting point. No thanks.

If you're looking for something to do, how about you rent a movie? Work out? Play an instrument? Read a book? Do some martial arts? Masturbate?

There's loads of things you can do.

KdjaCL

agent smith wrote:

lol

curiosoity got the better of me...


its finches off-licence

They deliver


kdjac

Roen

Aoife-FM104 wrote:

...and it's bloody hard!!

I gave it up for financial, health and "I'm tired of being another drunken zombie" reasons...
All my friends are out tonight (party or Temple Bar Music Centre) so I'm staying at home, away from temptations.
Anyone else off the booze??

What a Saturday night! Pizza and DVD in bed...

Yeah I'm off it three weeks now, I went on a six day bender a while back and the amount I spent, plus how sh*te I felt prompted me to lay off it for a while. Not to mind say THE FEAR that was on me for about three days after

I have far more free time than most (5 days a week free instead of two) so the temptation is that bit greater for me.

I'm not having any problems though. I still go out and have a mineral water or three and then drive home. You can still have a right craic down the pub anyway, drink or not.

Use the money you'll save to join a gym or treat yourself to a holiday. It may be hard but give it a go anyway.
Best o luck!!

ferdi

just drink less, i find you drink x amount and you reach a certain point where alcohol stops increasing your enjoyment level, yet most of us keep getting the pints in so you end up broke and feeling ****ty. pace yourself, drink less and dance/socialise more than trying to liberate another beer from its glass.
i should really follow my own advice.

upthere

Aoife-FM104 wrote:

...and it's bloody hard!!

I gave it up for financial, health and "I'm tired of being another drunken zombie" reasons...

All my friends are out tonight (party or Temple Bar Music Centre) so I'm staying at home, away from temptations.

Anyone else off the booze??

What a Saturday night! Pizza and DVD in bed...

You are doing it for yourself so I hope you do feel benifits of giving it up. Withdrawal is terrible though.

Aoife-FM104

Aoife-FM104 wrote:

...and it's bloody hard!!

I gave it up for financial, health and "I'm tired of being another drunken zombie" reasons...

All my friends are out tonight (party or Temple Bar Music Centre) so I'm staying at home, away from temptations.

Anyone else off the booze??

What a Saturday night! Pizza and DVD in bed...

Congratulations :rolleyes:
I'm convinced more and more every day that most of the people in this country have a drinking problem...

BreadBoard

I'm off the drink too. I'm sick of being sick the day after and the money I spend is a joke.

I went out Thursday night and spent €15 , and that was including buying a round. I drove too so didn't have to get a taxi home and the lads loved me as I drove them home... lol

shane86

DaveMcG wrote:

Just cos you're not drinking doesn't mean you can't be around it! Unless you're an addict...

It always puzzles me how non drinkers casn keep it up. Yesterday afternoon I slaughtered 7 cans in about 90 minutes, then went to sleep for an hour and joined my mate in the pub afterwards. He had only 3 cans in my 7 can time, but I had a few pints of water in the pub while he proceeded to catch up, and jaysus the ****e he talked was unbelieveable to the point I had to get locked again to get on the same level. How non drinkers cope in social situations I dont know, if you arent pissed enough to join in drunks wreck your head.

shane86

shane86 wrote:

It always puzzles me how non drinkers casn keep it up. Yesterday afternoon I slaughtered 7 cans in about 90 minutes, then went to sleep for an hour and joined my mate in the pub afterwards. He had only 3 cans in my 7 can time, but I had a few pints of water in the pub while he proceeded to catch up, and jaysus the ****e he talked was unbelieveable to the point I had to get locked again to get on the same level. How non drinkers cope in social situations I dont know, if you arent pissed enough to join in drunks wreck your head.

Well not hanging around alcoholics tends to help. That and letting go of the whole "I can't be having fun with my friends unless I'm excessively drunk".

Faith

I find now that hangovers are increasingly affecting me emotionally these days. When I've been drunk the night before, particularly with people I don't know too well, I spend the next day in a depression. I can't stop thinking about the stupid things that I said/did, and I really rag on myself. I'm sure I'm probably the only one who cares, but it really gets to me. As a result, I really don't think I'm going to get drunk very often anymore.

I also get paranoid that I was the only one who was really drunk, and therefore everyone else was laughing at me the whole time.

Exar Khun

I know how you feel Faith. Although sometimes my fears are well founded :P

Mushy

You can still have a right craic down the pub anyway, drink or not.

Very true, thats what I do now. Some people just dont need drink to enjoy themselves. Even at gigs, I dont drink at them....still have the same amount of, if not more, fun than people who are drunk. Went into town Friday night, spent more on bus fares than drink(nightlink buses to Ashford are expensive).
Bought three drinks, one which wasnt even for me, and it was a good laugh. Only knew two people who I was out with but still got speaking to most of them when they were drunk and it was fine. There was also another non-drinker with us who is in the same situation as me...doesnt need drink to enjoy herself, so we had a good non-drunk, getting-to-know-each-other talk

How non drinkers cope in social situations I dont know, if you arent pissed enough to join in drunks wreck your head

Its not that difficult. Its just the mindset of the prson varies, some can not drink and be fine in those situations, some always need a drink to feel more socially adept...just doesnt work that way for all people. And also, the non-drunk people know that the people are drunk so will be talking ***** so they dont pay much attention to it

Huggles

I havent drank since January!

BreadBoard

Faith wrote:

I find now that hangovers are increasingly affecting me emotionally these days. When I've been drunk the night before, particularly with people I don't know too well, I spend the next day in a depression. I can't stop thinking about the stupid things that I said/did, and I really rag on myself. I'm sure I'm probably the only one who cares, but it really gets to me. As a result, I really don't think I'm going to get drunk very often anymore.

I also get paranoid that I was the only one who was really drunk, and therefore everyone else was laughing at me the whole time.

Yeah that's why I've knocked drink on the head recently. I went to a fancy dress 30th the Saturday before Halloween and I was quite drunk and the next day I was annoyed at myself for being that way.

That was the last time I had a drink.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I was off the drink for 2 years or so, drank a little the last two weekends then drank a lot last night.

I am back off the drink. I hurt.

Heyes

try 800 euro on a month going out.... make anyone turn off drink for a while

joebhoy1916

Heyes wrote:

try 800 euro on a month going out.... make anyone turn off drink for a while

Well how many nights in the month do you go out?

I spend at least €100 anytime I go out on what I dont know.

Guess double vodka and red bull at about €14 a pop sure would put hole in pocket.

joebhoy1916

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Well how many nights in the month do you go out?

I spend at least €100 anytime I go out on what I dont know.

Guess double vodka and red bull at about €14 a pop sure would put hole in pocket.

It's well for some who can afford that...

Huggles

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Guess double vodka and red bull at about €14 a pop sure would put hole in pocket.

Oh my god! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

For those of us with mortgages and no life, how much is a pint of guinness these days?

3-4 euro I think
Got one for my friend last night, birthday

Huggles

bluewolf wrote:

3-4 euro I think
Got one for my friend last night, birthday

Thats not too bad I guess, I have heard five euro bandied about Temple Bar in teh past :eek:

TheGooner

TheGooner wrote:

Thats not too bad I guess, I have heard five euro bandied about Temple Bar in teh past :eek:

If people would just have a couple when they're out it's not too bad I guess

Faith

Heyes wrote:

try 800 euro on a month going out.... make anyone turn off drink for a while

You weren't on Eddie Hobbs' show, were you?

Huggles

Also the Irish have a great knack of getting into rounds and getting shafted by the cute whore that always avoids it!

I remember when I was drinking it will always end up that way, we'd always get a round each bar one person who was 'in the toilets' - its an expensive way to scocialise.

Alter-Ego

I'm off the drink for a while now, i'm gonna take the opportunity to get my tongue pierced.

Drunkeness does nothing for me anymore, i got hammered last night and Immediately proceeded to sober myself up because it felt crap, complete waste of money tbh.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's true what I say, all the best drugs are illegal.

joebhoy1916

TheGooner wrote:

how much is a pint of guinness these days?

3:20 my other drink

Dave!

TheGooner wrote:

Also the Irish have a great knack of getting into rounds and getting shafted by the cute whore that always avoids it!

Sorry about that

Huggles

DaveMcG wrote:

Sorry about that

No worries Dave I'll forgive you this once. I can be happy in the knowledge you got food poisoning

Trinity

I gave up drink for a week once and i looked and felt ****e the whole week.

DOnt like being drunk so can just have a few but my body tells me when i need a break and i can do without it then as i just dont feel like it.

I used to hate those cringy days when you make a show of yourself or just basically act like a prick the night before, and the depression that followed when you couldnt face anyone - god i DO NOT miss those days. My friend specifically goes out to get drunk i actually try to avoid it!!

DId anyone hear of a new website (irish) where you can log the amount you drink and have your own little diary??

Heard it on the radio last week but forget the name its the national drink council or something

JustCoz

Alter-Ego wrote:

I'm off the drink for a while now, i'm gonna take the opportunity to get my tongue pierced.

You don't have to be off the drink to get your tongue pierced. I have it done and drank the next day, they tell you not to but I'm still alive

Pauleeeeeeee

JustCoz wrote:

You don't have to be off the drink to get your tongue pierced. I have it done and drank the next day, they tell you not to but I'm still alive

"A young man died yesterday after drinking a pint of beer the day after getting his tounge pierced. The piercer was quoted as saying 'I told him over and over, do NOT drink for a minimum of two weeks. I don't know what could have made him think what he was doing was a smart idea. My condolences to the parents.' "

Xavi6

I've been off it since August roughly and it's great. Get the craving alright if the rest of the lads are drinking but I'm trying to get back fit after injury so it's making a huge difference. It's crazy how much you save as well.

projectmayhem

Xavi6 wrote:

I've been off it since August roughly and it's great. Get the craving alright if the rest of the lads are drinking but I'm trying to get back fit after injury so it's making a huge difference. It's crazy how much you save as well.

i was off the booze for a while there because i was back on the oul meds, and saved enough money to go get a nice new graphics card

but it is nice to go back out and get very unsober on less money then usual