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Off the beer for January?

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  • 05-01-2013 10:35pm
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    irish son
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    Right folks, after a hard Christmas I've decided to try give up drinking for January. Doing it for my health and my bank balance really.
    Just wondering if it's a popular thing to do and if any of ye are doing the same and if you are how are enjoying your first Saturday night? I'm happy out lying on the couch watching Graeme Norton and pricking on the laptop:)

    Giving up drinking for January? 63 votes

    Yes I'm giving it up
    0% 0 votes
    No, not giving it up
    39% 25 votes
    Haven't decided yet
    50% 32 votes
    Don't drink
    9% 6 votes


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    0ph0rce0
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    Pfffft you sir can never call yourself irish again.

    For shame, for shame


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    kfallon
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    I will be back on the 'gas' next Saturday lunchtime I would imagine. Injury has me at home tonight.

    I never give up in January, pointless imo, you only end up going mad in Feb.


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    Ihatecuddles-old
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    I've given it up altogether after realising I'm a really annoying drunk

    Might have a glass tonight, but that's all I'll have!


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    kfallon
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    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    I've given it up altogether after realising I'm a really annoying drunk

    Might have a glass tonight, but that's all I'll have!

    We are all annoying drunks tbh. Go on a night out and remain sober, you will soon see this. By midnight you'll be at home in your bed with your head melted


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    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭emo72


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »

    Might have a glass tonight, but that's all I'll have!

    yeah...thats what you say now!


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    Ava_e
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    Yep giving up wine, gave it up for a few years 3 years ago. It's was the healthiest I ever felt want to get back to that. Good luck :)


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    admiralofthefleet
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    kfallon wrote: »
    I will be back on the 'gas' next Saturday lunchtime I would imagine. Injury has me at home tonight.

    I never give up in January, pointless imo, you only end up going mad in Feb.

    thats a 'binjury' you have


    im not off it, i have cans in the fridge since before new years that i havent touched but ill have one when i feel like it


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    Where To
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    I'm a pioneer.


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    Ihatecuddles-old
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    kfallon wrote: »

    We are all annoying drunks tbh. Go on a night out and remain sober, you will soon see this. By midnight you'll be at home in your bed with your head melted

    Yeah I hate being sober around drunk people. It's so draining...


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    kfallon
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    thats a 'binjury' you have


    im not off it, i have cans in the fridge since before new years that i havent touched but ill have one when i feel like it

    I can barely walk, tweaked my groin (oooo matron) at football the other night. Did think about getting a taxi to the local tho :p


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    kfallon
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    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    Yeah I hate being sober around drunk people. It's so draining...

    I did it about 10 years ago, swore after that night never again! If I'm not drinking then I'm not going out. Have gone to the pub to watch a game and had Lucozade but I'm outta there before things get messy


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    starviewadams
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    No.

    What's so special about January?


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    kfallon
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    starviewadams wrote: »
    No.

    What's so special about January?

    Tbh a lot of people give it up as they are broke after Xmas! Or the 'seasonal' drinker tell you some bullshit that they had so many parties/nights out over the festive period that they need to give their liver a rest.

    Then they'll rest it til Paddy's day and then rest it again til *spits on ground* Arthur's Day


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    Dravokivich
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    Where To wrote: »
    I'm a pioneer.

    Where ya going?


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    orestes
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    These threads always fascinate me, the levels of alcohol abuse in this country are genuinely frightening when you really think about it.


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    #17
    dttq
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    irish son wrote: »
    Right folks, after a hard Christmas I've decided to try give up drinking for January. Doing it for my health and my bank balance really.
    Just wondering if it's a popular thing to do and if any of ye are doing the same and if you are how are enjoying your first Saturday night? I'm happy out lying on the couch watching Graeme Norton and pricking on the laptop:)

    Been there, done that. "I'm giving up beer for x, y and z timeline, often pronounced as a matter of months on end. 2 days later, Im down in the pub, always with a convenient excuse "sure it's my girlfriends mothers birthday, why not."

    If you manage it though, good for you buddy. But just remember, all is easier said than done.


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    Where To
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Where ya going?
    Where no man has gone before.












    Victoria's Secret.


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    Lumbo
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    This is the first year I've decided to give up drink in January. I've been to the pub once, then out for dinner with friends last night and they were all drinking. Still not had a drink.

    I know it's early but if I can do it, anyone can.


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    irish son
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    orestes wrote: »
    These threads always fascinate me, the levels of alcohol abuse in this country are genuinely frightening when you really think about it.

    That's another reason I want to do it, I feel if I can stop for a month then I'll know I don't have a problem and can control my drinking. I'll know I drink because I want to and not because I have to.


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    Tom_Cruise
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    Nothing wrong with giving it up in January.


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    Gummy Panda
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    I'm giving it up for good. Don't even drink much and when I do, I feel so depressed the next day.


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    orestes
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    irish son wrote: »
    That's another reason I want to do it, I feel if I can stop for a month then I'll know I don't have a problem and can control my drinking. I'll know I drink because I want to and not because I have to.

    Sorry about this, but one of the generally agreed signs of a drinking problem (or the beginnings of one) is quitting occasionally for a pre-determined amount of time to prove you don't have a drinking problem. Bit of a catch 22 eh?


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    mackg
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    kfallon wrote: »
    I will be back on the 'gas' next Saturday lunchtime I would imagine. Injury has me at home tonight.

    I like that. I'm going to start saying it.
    kfallon wrote: »
    I never give up in January, pointless imo, you only end up going mad in Feb.

    Or the second week of January.


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    #25
    Jev/N
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    Cutting down, that's about it


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    #26
    Micky Dolenz
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    Quitting is for losers.


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    #27
    kfallon
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    mackg wrote: »
    I like that. I'm going to start saying it.

    Fire away trout, fire away ;)


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    #28
    Sarn
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    I didn't drink much over Christmas, which is probably why I'm drinkng some beers now.


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    #29
    Smidge
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    Jev/N wrote: »
    Cutting down, that's about it

    Reckon that's the best approach.


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    #30
    rain on
    Registered Users Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭rain on


    Yep I'm off it, my conditioning has gone to bits so I'm cleaning up my diet and alcohol comes in under the list of no-nos. I could do with going off it for longer but a month will do for now! It should help with shedding the post-Christmas spare tyre as well.


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