What's the longest amount of time you've gone without a drink?

reverenddave · 20-09-2010 08:09PM

since i turned 19 (6 1/2 years ago )

on a few occasions i have went for a year or more without even going near a pub
i've lost a lot of ''friends'' that way but fúck it my life is a lot better without these ''friends'' and i dont blow all my money in the pub

Tigger · 20-09-2010 08:19PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Time for some back seat modding

Starbelgrade and lemsiper are both banned from posting in this thread

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i sent a pm but you have not helped my problem

up for anything · 20-09-2010 08:26PM

A couple of glasses of Baileys twice a year. That's about it. Don't miss it and I'm glad I never really got a taste for it because when I'm feeling down and times are hard (all the time lately) I think it would be nice to drown my sorrows in a glass of something but then I remember the three day hangover that follows a glass or a bottle and decide against it.

Dravokivich · 20-09-2010 08:41PM

A few days before going 20 I fúcked myself up big time on a session, wasnt able to eat much for 3 days afterwards. didn't drink again until about a week after I went 21.

NothingMan · 20-09-2010 08:49PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

A few days before going 20 I fúcked myself up big time on a session, wasnt able to eat much for 3 days afterwards. didn't drink again until about a week after I went 21.

That's horrible Drav, I hope you're well on the road to recovery.:D

sam34 · 20-09-2010 08:52PM

i could easily go a few months without drinking alcohol

i tend to drive a lot when going out as i live a bit far out to be getting taxis and plus it means i avoid drunken antics and horrible hangovers!

AckwelFoley · 20-09-2010 09:13PM

I went just short of 2 years.

I was 24 and needed to do a little copping on and life direction and needed to save some money to acomplish some goals.

Gave it up and since then i just drink when i want to, which generally is about twice or 3 times a month

Auldloon · 20-09-2010 09:15PM

I quit for about 6 months on my 18th birthday. My mode of transport to and from the local pub at that time was one of the farm tractors, I put it on its roof that night. Happy birthday to me...
That was 20 years ago have managed not to go very long without since.

AckwelFoley · 20-09-2010 09:17PM

Chuileog wrote: »

I quit for about 6 months on my 18th birthday. My mode of transport to and from the local pub at that time was one of the farm tractors, I put it on its roof that night. Happy birthday to me...
That was 20 years ago have managed not to go very long without since.

Thank god for roll bars

PeterIanStaker · 20-09-2010 09:18PM

15 years.

LimeFruitGum · 20-09-2010 09:23PM

Four months when I was 21, as I was on medication at the time.

starbelgrade · 20-09-2010 10:02PM

Lemsiper wrote: »

You must have misread my question, I didn't mention anything about posting a link to prove you can't understand basic English.

Que?

kelle · 20-09-2010 10:05PM

I made a decision to stop drinking in Feb 2006. So that's 4and a half years I've gone without a drink so far. And I never felt better.

Snowie · 20-09-2010 10:06PM

just over 2 years. I like getting high insted...

minidazzler · 20-09-2010 10:14PM

kelle wrote: »

I made a decision to stop drinking in Feb 2006. So that's 4and a half years I've gone without a drink so far. And I never felt better.

Have a few drinks, bet you will feel better then!

BraziliaNZ · 20-09-2010 10:15PM

4 or 5 nights. Serious state of self-recrimination now after another 4 day binge weekend and it's affecting a relationship with someone very close to me so think i need to stop! Too heavy for AH...

starbelgrade · 20-09-2010 10:30PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

4 or 5 nights. Serious state of self-recrimination now after another 4 day binge weekend and it's affecting a relationship with someone very close to me so think i need to stop! Too heavy for AH...

Ah tell us more. We won't tell anyone.

BraziliaNZ · 20-09-2010 10:31PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah tell us more. We won't tell anyone.

God I'm so depressed...

Skerries · 20-09-2010 10:40PM

how about a nice cup of tea?

starlit · 20-09-2010 10:40PM

The longest I have gone without an alcoholic drink is about 3 months, often be a month or a month and a half. The longest I have gone without going out drinking booze is about 6 months though.