The longest you have stayed off the drink..?

Fr.Buzz

So I was just wondering what's the longest you have been off the drink, I am now 3 months with out a drop due to sporting commitments and also trying to save a few yoyo's for going back to college.. Previously I went 6 months without a drink..I dont really miss the drink me and I surely dont miss the hangovers...So whats your reasons for giving it up...??;)

starbelgrade

15 years.

HoggyRS

Since I was 18, probably around 2 months. Certainly spent 7 weeks off it from april to may this year. Tough going to be honest...

Father Damo

10am.

cson

starbelgrade wrote: »

15 years.

Yup about 15 years. It was tough at times, I credit Lego with getting me through the first 10 years of it.

yeppydeppy

I didn't know people still said "yoyos"? Is it because I live in the country side?

Agricola

Drinking for me is a cultural thing, in that I mean Im pretty sure If I wasnt born in Ireland, I probably wouldnt even touch the stuff. I have no massive grá for it, its there so I drink it occasionally. I'd imagine I could live without it indefinitely.
The longest stretch was probably a month / 6 weeks.

admiralofthefleet

between 00:30 and 10:30 am

kfallon

Since I began drinking professionally :pac: I'd say a month to 6 weeks is the longest I've been off the drink!

cson

Fr.Buzz wrote: »

I am now 3 months with out a drop due to sporting commitments

Ah the infamous Championship beer ban. :rolleyes:

martingriff

I went off drink 1 Lent was doing well was even going to pubs drinking minerals and enjoying myself. One evening I was on my way to the pub to watch a soccer match and I was crossing a pedestrian crossing and got hit by a car. Luckly nothing was broken well except my wheelchair which was at an angle and the spokes destroyed. I was sore all over could not transfer from wheelchair to another seat by myself for about 2 months. Well anyway back on topic I went to the hospital by ambulance and when I was discharged and home I had a few for the pain. Lasted 3 weeks. Longest was 2 months not because I did not have money just 2 far to go to the pub and the weather was crap

Rhyme

Made a ****e of myself on my 18th birthday, didn't drink again until my 19th.

IrishAm

Since the age of 12, the longest I went without drinking is two weeks.

Mr. CooL ICE

Went 4 months before. Simply because I completely lost the taste of it. Couldn't have more than 2 pints without getting full.

I'm now off it until at least October 29th (marathon). These days I simply don't enjoy drinking so this is no biggie.

Caveman1

3 months I think, done it for sporting commitments myself but when I went back on it I hit it hard and wasted 3 months good work in about a week

coulagh1986

cson wrote: »

Ah the infamous Championship beer ban. :rolleyes:

7 weeks off it for the olde GAA last summer. Got bate by ten points and spent the next 5 days on a bender.

GAA Managers has an obsession with drink bans.

marshbaboon

I rarely ever drink. Got it all out of my system by the time I was 21.

The odd beer is delicious, but it's a depressant & too much turns you into a raging fat bastard.

kraggy

I fuking hate the term "yoyos" when people are referring to money.

On topic, I'm in the middle of trying for 4 weeks. That will be the longest since I was around 15.

I'm 34 now.

Corvo

6 weeks I went this year. First time I ever made a huge commitment to it.

I was never so bored, angry and generally useless in that time.

Which is a disturbing feeling. It should be the other way around.

Vote 4 Pedro

Used to drink loads like everyone else when i was younger, loved the stuff but i have had maybe 12 pints in the last 20 years or so and most of that was on the one night about 10 years ago, nothing against drink but it just lost it's appeal to me, it's like smoking, once you'd stopped why start again ?

blue note

I'm 26 and since I started college at 17 I once went off it for a month. Other than that I don't know if I'd have gone a whole week ever.

I just gave it up to see if I would find it difficult or notice an improvement in anything. I didn't feel any better and don't even spend that much on drink so there was very little upside.

cgpg5

If I had exams I'd go off it for almost a month. When you go over a 2 weeks off it, I find that it's not that difficult to keep going as time goes on you lose interest. When you go back on it then you can't stay off it

I'll have to drink far less this year as am doing a masters!

Morag

15 months, part of the joys of pregnancy and breastfeeding.

cgpg5

Drink bans for a club GAA team. Pfft. Never paid any heed, very often I'd get drunk two nights before championship and feel zero ill effects it's not a professional game at inter county never mind club so don't know why players give up so much for it

Tomk1

yeppydeppy wrote: »

I didn't know people still said "yoyos"? Is it because I live in the country side?

Thought it was called 'beer-tokens'

Spent about 8 years without drink, apart from the very rare occasion.

Real Life

2 years, that was because of illness

The longest I can remember in the last few years is 3 weeks once, at the start of this year to detox a bit after a mad Christmas and new years. Might have managed a bit longer when studying for my final University exams but cant remember for sure if there was a night or two thrown in there.

I go on the beer about twice a week on average.

Zebra3

Since I started drinking, about two months after one particular over the top lads fortnight gargling holiday.

RumDrinker

Fr.Buzz wrote: »

the longest you have been off the drink

That must've been when I was having that nightmare about being off the booze...

Wise Old Elf

Gave up for just over a year when I was about 23. Had got my first full time job a couple of years earlier and it was one of those places where you went straight from work to beers on a Thursday or Friday. Ended up getting wasted far too often so decided to go cold turkey. Nights out were great fun up to a certain point when people got incoherent and messy. Usually a sign to go home at that point! 35 now and have been a much more moderate drinker since (i.e. lightweight).;)

DipStick McSwindler

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Knex*

Since I was around 18 and started college probably 10 days to two weeks being the max.

minidazzler

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Im 19 and ive still never had a drink, pride myself on it if im totally honest

It's a little bit sad that you pride yourself on it. It doesn't take much to not drink if you never have.

Longest I've gone was 2 weeks, didn't save any money and felt fcukin sh1t most of the time.

marshbaboon

minidazzler wrote: »

It's a little bit sad that you pride yourself on it. It doesn't take much to not drink if you never have.

Longest I've gone was 2 weeks, didn't save any money and felt fcukin sh1t most of the time.

I'm sorry. Have you ever been a teenager with friends?

Louthdrog

Gave it up for near 7 months this year cause I was tablets for that time. Actually easy enough, altough coming up to 5 months I did miss the taste of a really nice beer. The first pint was amazing.

crazy cabbage

how did anyone go without any drink for any lenght of time. I thought that you would die if you didn't drink for a cuple of days.

longest i have gone without a drink is a 12 hours (which i was asleep for)

minidazzler

marshbaboon wrote: »

I'm sorry. Have you ever been a teenager with friends?

I was and didn't drink til I was 17, and then it was with people I barely knew and had no pressure whatsoever. It's not a mark of pride, it's just something you don't wanna do.

DipStick McSwindler

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seamus

About a month, maybe six weeks, earlier this year. Easy enough after the first two weeks. The first weekend is the hardest, you're gummin for a nice pint on the Friday and Saturday night. The next weekend you'd love one too, but not so bad. After that you kind of forget about it.

Until the next drink, then you're back again.

torrential1

I used to drink socially when I was in my early 20s but never really liked the taste of it ... apart from maybe an occassional bottle of beer or a glass of wine with Christmas dinner I dont drink. Last drink was a glass of wine on Xmas Day....

le la rat

Have gone 26 months without it. Best and worst 26 months of my life

marshbaboon

minidazzler wrote: »

I was and didn't drink til I was 17, and then it was with people I barely knew and had no pressure whatsoever. It's not a mark of pride, it's just something you don't wanna do.

You're very lucky to not have had constant, insanely high peer pressure to do it.

minidazzler

marshbaboon wrote: »

You're very lucky to not have had constant, insanely high peer pressure to do it.

Um, I did. But when I chose to drink I didn't have any pressure on me (part of the reason I chose that time)

marshbaboon

minidazzler wrote: »

Um, I did. But when I chose to drink I didn't have any pressure on me (part of the reason I chose that time)

17 is not a legal drinking age. So officially you gave into peer pressure.

Funglegunk

About three weeks. But then, I am a functioning alcoholic so that's pretty good going.

--Kaiser--

marshbaboon wrote: »

17 is not a legal drinking age. So officially you gave into peer pressure.

That officially makes no sense

minidazzler

marshbaboon wrote: »

17 is not a legal drinking age. So officially you gave into peer pressure.

I was in Paris There was no pressure from my peers.

Scanlas The 2nd

I inadvertently can go 4 or 5 weeks off the drink at a time without even realising it.

Dub XV

6 weeks and counting.................

Damn chemo!

marshbaboon

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

That officially makes no sense

It makes perfect sense. You just don't understand.

MaxSteele

About a month back in June .....

To save up for a ten day bender in Tenerife last July :pac: