Drink, Can you live without it?? *ALCOHOL*

double GG

I've been off the drink for the past two months and it hasn't be hard!

So can you live without it?

What's the longest you have gone without an alcoholic drink??

I started college on the 8th of September and I haven't touched a drink during it!

The LAst time I drank alcohol was at my debs in September


Also I was thinking that with all this protesting for college fees and how people wont be able to afford them..

The average college student would spend lets say 30 euro on a night out if they are drinking ( Few at home, entrance and a few in the bar or club) Lets say once a week to go out for 35 weeks, its €1000....... and thats only for one night a week...

The main reason I'm doing it is for money!! Well to be honest I was never a 'seasoned' drinker. I drank quite a bit during the summer as I was working in a party crew in Sunny Beach so I've had my quota for a while now

I'm hoping to never drink again. Perhaps on some special occasions..

ItsAWindUp

Yes, surely anybody who answers no is an alcoholic?

Mint Sauce

About 19 years, then I moved to Ireland.

seamus

double GG wrote: »

What's the longest you have gone without an alcoholic drink??

13 years.

Then I started 2nd year.

Kimono-Girl

of course i can live without it. i've been off it for about 2 1/2 years now

Snakeblood

double GG wrote: »

I've been off the drink for the past two months and it hasn't be hard!

So can you live without it?

What's the longest you have gone without an alcoholic drink??

I quit drinking for about a year, 6 years ago because I made a total arse of myself. Started drinking again, moderately and it's all been fine. Ireland is not a good place to not drink. Hard to socialise with drinkers as most things in my twenties seemed to revolve around the pub. Now I'm doing well if I manage a half a can of stella before I slip into a blameless slumber. And that's fantastic.

Biggins

Yes. Was off it for years and to a great extent, still am.

Novella

Yup, can live without it no problem. No idea what the longest I've gone without having a drink is though.

Shenshen

double GG wrote: »

I've been off the drink for the past two months and it hasn't be hard!

So can you live without it?

What's the longest you have gone without an alcoholic drink??

Yes.

I think the last drink I had was half a pint sometime in September.

cedan

I could take it or leave it. Id nearly prefer to drink a coke sometimes.

sollar

Yeah it can be lived without. I'm heading towards 5 years now.
First year was tough, 2nd still pretty tough but after that its nowhere near as bad. In fact i went a week past my 4th yr anniversary without realising i'd passed it.

angel01

Yes, I haven't drunk alcohol in a few years, don't miss it, don't need it.

Motley Crue

I've never really drank my entire life. Started at the usual age, but gave up quickly, citing the fact that I'd spend a lot of money on it and my so called friends didn't want anything to do with me unless I was getting **** faced with them. I remember so many people saying to me that they couldn't imagine how I could stand going on night's out stone cold sober in Ireland....how hard it would be for them....and yet, there I was, without a problem and it never stopped me having a good time.

thebigbiffo

about 4 days...

and i'll let you know at the end of the month

and in the alcohol thread before the flute-head...

brilliant!

Rowley Birkin QC

I often wonder is it a peculiarly Irish thing to be "off the drink"?

It implies that the person who is "off the drink" can't go out and have a social drink and head home without ending up in a nightclub and stuffing themselves full of tequila, sambuca and taco fries!

I've been out a few nights in the last few months where I had 0-2 alcoholic drinks and headed home or moved to non-alcoholic drinks, I think that in an Irish context that would be considered "off the drink". Would it?

Links234

sure, sometimes go months without a drink

double GG

By the way I started college 2 months so ago! So being off it for 2 months ain't bad!!

livinginkorea

I am on my second year off the drink now.

It was hard in the beginning but no problems now. I really don't need to drink to get chatty. Also, married so no need to be chatting up the ladies either (not that I was even good at that even with the drink!).

Seriously, with the amount of money I saved from drink I got this brand new computer (I know that you can't see it so take my word for it!!!)

ballsymchugh

i've never drank, never bugged me at all. but since i moved back to ireland, i've met a serious amount of people who have said that they don't trust a non-drinker, which bugged the crap out of me.

sink

I only go drinking once or twice a month and have gone several months without. I do enjoy drinking but if I could never drink again it wouldn't be a huge problem.

h8scobes

dnt rly need it, but dont think i could go out on a night out without it. im not a big drinker. i go out like every weekend mayb twice a weekend but wouldn't drink 2 much

Princess Peach

I quite often get too drunk. Its always by accident though! So I will often just not drink at all so that I don't make a fool of myself I don't need to drink to have a good time, just a bitta fun sometimes

david75

havent touched a drop in three weeks, more by accident than design. Feels great though, usually would be drinkin 5 nights a week or thereabouts.

ScumLord

I can live without it but what kind of life would it be? Inebriation is delightful.

KungPao

I couldn't live without it tbh. In the same way I couldn't live without coca cola, chips, the odd bit of deep-fried chicken.

I very very rarely get drunk, and I don't like being drunk either. And I rarely drink more than 3 times a week. I do love a beer.

That said, I hate spirits, wine and cider, and if beer didn't exist I wouldn't drink alcohol at all.

postgrad23

I've never heard that moderate/light drinking is bad for you so I don't see any reason to stop. It would be a bit like giving up playing piano "just to prove to myself I could". I could, but it makes life that bit sweeter and has had no bad effects so why would I?

I don't drink every week because I work late and can't always take weekends off, but if I ever get a 9-5 I'll probably start having a few drinks on Friday nights.