Life after drink...

pragmatic1

I think I'm going to stop drinking alcohol after this weekend. It's starting to get a bit boring at this stage and hangovers are resembling the comedown from pills.

Any suggestions for alternative pastimes that don't include listening to drunk people while sober and team sports?

Scioch

Get out and reconnect with nature. Go climb a mountain or somethin.

Chuck Stone

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Any suggestions for alternative pastimes that don't include listening to drunk people while sober and team sports?

Do you live near the sea Sir?

NegativeCreep

Smoke weed errday.

girl in the striped socks

I'm in the same boat. There was a time I could be out three or four nights a week & I'd be fine the next day.
One night out, not even a mad session, has me in bits for two days.
I suppose something like the cinema?
I started cooking for friends of a Saturday night if nothing else is going on. Good food, wine & a chat. Still feels like you're out but your pocket & liver will be thankful the next morning.

wilkie2006

Get into Smack instead. I hear it's very moreish.

pragmatic1

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Any suggestions for alternative pastimes that don't include listening to drunk people while sober and team sports?

Everything else...?

The King of Moo

Exercising
Playing sport
Going to the cinema
Entertaining friends with dinner or other activities
Playing a musical instrument
Attending live musical performances
Reading
Writing
Making smartarsed comments on the internet
Bowling
Charity work
Returning to education
Choosing to learn something new in your own time, for your own reasons
Going for walks
Becoming a vigilante

There's not much else to do apart from the pub really.

senorwipesalot

Try snorting hash.

pragmatic1

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Do you live near the sea Sir?

I do indeed.

Pottler

Robbing Banks. A great passtime for sober lads. Tough enough when drunk, so it sounds like an ideal "time filler". You can fill your evenings with reccees and planning. You need a goal to aim for. Go for it.

Wacker The Attacker

F**kin love the gargle

pragmatic1

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Smoke weed errday.

That was ages 17-24.

The King of Moo

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

F**kin love the gargle

You must spend a fortune on Listerine.

John Doe1

Free-running?:D

Elmer Blooker

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I think I'm going to stop drinking alcohol after this weekend. It's starting to get a bit boring at this stage and hangovers are resembling the comedown from pills.

Why don't you just give up the pills and stay on the dhrink.

The Idyll Race

Write shie' on Boards.
Find a point of view that really pisses you off and take the piss out of it.
Break the consensus and stick it to the sheeple.

Alternatively you may well find that a vicious hangover may well be preferable to talking to brick wall intelligences.

pragmatic1

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Why don't you just give up the pills and stay on the dhrink.

Cause I need to do something. Bloody hell I'm not a monk.

WumBuster

Become a narky boring ass

Teyla Emmagan

The King of Moo wrote: »

Exercising
Playing sport
Going to the cinema
Entertaining friends with dinner or other activities
Playing a musical instrument
Attending live musical performances
Reading
Writing
Making smartarsed comments on the internet
Bowling
Charity work
Returning to education
Choosing to learn something new in your own time, for your own reasons
Going for walks
Becoming a vigilante

There's not much else to do apart from the pub really.

I like the vigilante idea. But bowling?!?!?! Dear Lord, no.

Chuck Stone

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I do indeed.

Surfing/body boarding.

Coastal or deep sea fishing.

Photography (birds/waves/cliffs/dolphins)

Scuba diving.

Coasteering.

Mickey H

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Surfing/body boarding.

Coastal or deep sea fishing.

Photography (birds/waves/cliffs/dolphins)

Scuba diving.

Coasteering.

Maybe some naughty stuff in the sand dunes.

Pottler

John Doe1 wrote: »

Free-running?:D

Have you seen the price of a good pair of new runners? free?? Me hole:D

Tom_Cruise

There is alot of things to do,but the problem is that most of these things are activities that you do during the day and with other people.

The problem is Saturday night when you are alone at home trying to keep your mind away from the idea of going out.

Yeah sure you can go cinema some weekends,or maybe stay in and get a takeaway and enjoy a good movie,but this can become stale after a few weeks.

You can try going out like you normally do,and just not drink? I find it boring,especially when people start getting tipsy and talking crap.

Father Damo

"Sorry Homer. I'm a coward now, like all recovering alcoholics!"

Fight_Night

Become a vigilante.

pragmatic1

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Surfing/body boarding.

Coastal or deep sea fishing.

Photography (birds/waves/cliffs/dolphins)

Scuba diving.

Coasteering.

Yeah was thinking that myself. Surfing looks like good craic.

pragmatic1

Pottler wrote: »

Have you seen the price of a good pair of new runners? free?? Me hole:D

Plus running sucks ass.

OneArt

What's wrong with going out and not drinking? I get bored of drinking all the time. Sometimes its nice to just sit in cafe/bar places and chatting with friends.

Then again I don't know if you can really do that in Ireland .

MaxSteele

Eh you can do every hobby mentioned above and still go out and get slaughtered or drink moderately after.

At night ? TV and Xbox.

pragmatic1

OneArt wrote: »

What's wrong with going out and not drinking? I get bored of drinking all the time. Sometimes its nice to just sit in cafe/bar places and chatting with friends.

Then again I don't know if you can really do that in Ireland .

Not when I'm sober and they're all drunk. Hell naw.

zenno

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I think I'm going to stop drinking alcohol after this weekend. It's starting to get a bit boring at this stage and hangovers are resembling the comedown from pills.

Any suggestions for alternative pastimes that don't include listening to drunk people while sober and team sports?

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mackg

This:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056749663

or

You could collect as many back issues of magazines like Hello and OK as you can and make scrapbooks devoted to the life and times of all your favourite celebs. Even better use the cuttings to create elaborate comic book style stories of your own creation. Think about it! The unlikely hero Russell Brand trying to save the Damsel in distress Bill Cullen from the dastardly Nazi Prince Harry.

Whichever one you choose let us know how you get on.

a fat guy

I just head out anyway and drink orange juice...

Seriously, it's not that hard!

mattjack

The vigilante option seems popular, all you need is a snooker ball in a sock.How about stalking random people ?

sailing

Save the money you would normally spend on a night out and do things you normally wouldn't with your life.

Seeing the sun rise on the summit of Killiminjaro beats waking up to a mid winter Sunday morning hangover anyday. Just remember in a few years time you will have forgotten all your wasted nights out. Do things you never thought you would and you'll bring the memories of them to your grave.

It dosen't mean you have to live like a monk either. Life dosen't stop just because alcohol has.

The Master.

dont ditch the drink just yet. lately i have become dissilusioned with it also but i have been trying stronger beers now and spirits instead of getting bagged up with low strength lager and not really getting pissed.
Warka is a polish beer with 5.6% and a good way to start your new drinking habits. i wont touch anything less than 5.5% now even for refreshment purposes.

Mr Benevolent

I'm drinking a pina colada right now, on a rainy Sunday in Dublin. But if you feel as though you have a problem OP, stop. I rarely drink to get drunk, I don't enjoy being drunk. But I do like the taste. That reminds me.

Archeron

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ejmaztec

a fat guy wrote: »

I just head out anyway and drink orange juice...

Seriously, it's not that hard!

I do that, as well as slur my speech and act the dick, and no-one knows the difference, people think that I was already drunk when I arrived. It saves me a feckin fortune.

augustus gloop

i guess if ya had a few good mates who thought the same, stay in and dont drink and every 6 weeks or whatever head off somewhere and play golf or something, and get on the lash afterwards with the monday off work.

passatman86

join adverts.ie and post the sh1t out of the free adds section
once you have this done - stay at home and wait patiently for updates

Quorum

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Not when I'm sober and they're all drunk. Hell naw.

Yep, from the nights I've been out and haven't been drinking, I know that all drunk people are insufferable. Repetitive, overly effusive, just plain annoying. And yes, I include drunk me in that assessment.

minidazzler

Don't be weak, you have to drink through the boredom.

celticcrash

Run around your neighbourhood naeked at 4am while slapping your ass.
No one will see you and its most liberating.

beeroclock

minidazzler wrote: »

Don't be weak, you have to drink through the boredom.

What the hell kind of advice is this?

Actually it damn god advice

minidazzler

beeroclock wrote: »

What the hell kind of advice is this?

Actually it damn god advice

Drink has never given up on you because it was bored, and lets be fair, you aren't all that interesting until you are combined with booze.

beeroclock

minidazzler wrote: »

Drink has never given up on you because it was bored, and lets be fair, you aren't all that interesting until you are combined with booze.

words of wisdom sir

irishgirl19

Confab wrote: »

I'm drinking a pina colada right now, on a rainy Sunday in Dublin. But if you feel as though you have a problem OP, stop. I rarely drink to get drunk, I don't enjoy being drunk. But I do like the taste. That reminds me.

Lol,you posted this at 10.33am ya alco

Aidric

Sex. It's free, it's great and it's better without drink.

talla10

Aidric wrote: »

Sex. It's free, it's great and it's better without drink.

Beer is helping ugly people get sex since 1889