Sobriety

TeddyTedson

Anyone put down their drink before the new year and decide to give up?
I'm going to give up till March.

galwayrush

Going to continue enjoying my wine a weekends.
Best of luck OP.:cool:

Krusader

Good luck

BluesBerry

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Anyone put down their drink before the new year and decide to give up?
I'm going to give up till March.

I doubt you will last till 6pm tonight :pac:

fedor.2.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Anyone put down their drink before the new year and decide to give up?
I'm going to give up till March.

Why march?

colm1234

been off it six years dont miss it one bit

Coriolanus

Better to cut down than quit imo.

Eve_Dublin

I´d like to know why you decided to quit....

I´m definitely cutting down on the quantity I drink...I´m not as much fun as I used to be drunk and I get weepy. Think it´s since I quit the smokes...drinking twice as much twice as fast to compensate. And the hangovers get twenty times worse.

nitromaster

fedor.2. wrote: »

Why march?

St patricks day?

alwaysadub

I didn't have a drink last night to put down.
Sure i haven't had a drink all year.

TeddyTedson

nitromaster wrote: »

St patricks day?

Yea I think so.
I thought lots of people would be giving up for the new year.
I do it every year...

Badgermonkey

I gave up booze and cigs when the smoking ban came in in my late 20's.

I'm no health freak but I'm undoubtedly physically, mentally and financially the better for it.

Thanks for that FF, now please call a general election, as my vigorous and energetic self wants you the hell out!

Oranage2

I'm giving up binge drinking fo sho - only few bottles from now on -

KeithM89_old

I had to give up drink for a few months and it sucked!

TeddyTedson

KeithM89 wrote: »

I had to give up drink for a few months and it sucked!

What did you have to give it up for?

KeithM89_old

TeddyTedson wrote: »

What did you have to give it up for?

Medication for being too awesome
Nah i was sick for a while and couldnt take any alcohol

RichieC

It's a curse, every time I say I will give it up for a while my social calendar always gets packed by things..

strobe

Nonsense. You should drink twice as much if anything. Jesus fukking christ Teddy. Snap out of it. You're talking mental. Dear God.... get the drink into you man. Right fukking now. Actually where the fukk do you live? I'll drop a bottle of Jagermeister round. Madness I say.

TeddyTedson

I find it really refreshing to give it up. Great feeling waking up on a Sunday with a clear head.

themandan6611

i'm off it for January more to get weight down and to enjoy my Saturdays & Sundays rather then hanging half the day.

although dinner smells nice and there is a good bottle of wine sitting on the table (must not give in.......)

colm1234

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I´d like to know why you decided to quit....

I´m definitely cutting down on the quantity I drink...I´m not as much fun as I used to be drunk and I get weepy. Think it´s since I quit the smokes...drinking twice as much twice as fast to compensate. And the hangovers get twenty times worse.

2 reasons one was just sick of the same old ****e every weekend and 2 im major health an gym freak

kerryman12

I never started, and I am to stubborn to start now.

It never really bothered me, but what did is the way it bothers others!

a.maze

I never started drinking for various reasons and never intend to. So i am unaware of how hard it is to give up. There is a negative stigma attached to non drinkers in Ireland but does not bother me.
Good luck O.P it might be awkward at social occasions but there are better and cheaper alternatives available.

colm1234

a.maze wrote: »

I never started drinking for various reasons and never intend to. So i am unaware of how hard it is to give up. There is a negative stigma attached to non drinkers in Ireland but does not bother me.
Good luck O.P it might be awkward at social occasions but there are better and cheaper alternatives available.

you are right its like there is somthing wrong with you if you dont drink, bit silly really

syngindub

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I find it really refreshing to give it up. Great feeling waking up on a Sunday with a clear head.

i had 2 cans of beer last night and woke up with a clear head.

Micky Dolenz

That's a major problem in our society, we have an all or nothing approach to drinking. I know many people who would drink frequently but rarely get drunk.

tfitzgerald

I gave up drink last year :)Well ok it was only last Thursday but it was still last year, only joking I gave it up 2 years ago and I don't miss the hangovers one bit I also enjoy watching people make fools of themselves when they get drunk. I gave up because a ****rider (I refuse to call them joyriders) in a stolen car crashed into me I am on medication since

TeddyTedson

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

That's a major problem in our society, we have an all or nothing approach to drinking. I know many people who would drink frequently but rarely get drunk.

Can't really see it ever changing here though.

syngindub

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Can't really see it ever changing here though.

nothing to say we can't try to change it though. starting with boards

Kiera

syngindub wrote: »

nothing to say we can't try to change it though. starting with boards

Viva la revolution

stovelid

Going to cut down for a few months as I will be training again.

starbelgrade

1pm.

Time for a beer.

Micky Dolenz

starbelgrade wrote: »

1pm.

Time for a beer.

*clink*

dr.bollocko

Over-rated.

Wolf Club

As mentioned before, I think the biggest problem I have with drink is binging. I find it very difficult to go to the pub to have a pint and watch a match, or something, without getting absolutely locked, drinking until 6am and then feeling severely guilty about it the next day. All or nothing is right, it's a curse!

Micky Dolenz

Wolf Club wrote: »

As mentioned before, I think the biggest problem I have with drink is binging. I find it very difficult to go to the pub to have a pint and watch a match, or something, without getting absolutely locked, drinking until 6am and then feeling severely guilty about it the next day. All or nothing is right, it's a curse!

Nothing worse than the guilt, i call it the Fear. It's the reason I don't drink until I pass out and wee the bed.