Giving up the Booze

artanevilla · 04-01-2008 03:07PM

People say you don't need drink to have fun, but that's only true if everyones not drinking.

One Cold Hand · 04-01-2008 03:14PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

Yeah that Sunday thing is exactly what I'd do lol. Go for a curer and ending up watching a match & getting fcuking gee eyed. Anyway, I want to do it to get fit again & I want to get back playing football. First few weekends should be torture but here it goes!

Best of luck mate. I gave it up for four months once. It's especially tough when you hang around with a load of lads who are always in the pub.
But the best thing is getting something to focus on, like getting fit or playing footie. When you have to get up the next morning to play a match or run 10 miles there's no way your gonna go on the beer!!

eirebhoy · 04-01-2008 03:26PM

I'm giving it up to for a few weeks but I won't be going to the pub in that time. I just couldn't enjoy myself. Maybe going up for an hour or 2 would be alright but I'd rather get a DVD tbh.

I'm doing it to get myself fit too. One weekend of drinking ruins any motivation I have for going to the gym. Generally feel better, healthier. Give the liver a bit of a rest. And save a few quid.

It's probably over a year since I went even 2 weeks without a drink.

04-01-2008 03:31PM

Cheers lads,
Im the same Eirebhoy...but I've decided to give any occasion that pops up a miss drink wise. I was getting into the gym loads last year, built up my arms,chest and legs but the stomach is an utter disgrace! It has to go and I have 6 months to do it! If I do it....I will make sure I get every penny off the lads. Last night 4 out of the 7 of them texted me asking to go out for a pint, ****!!!!

Lola123 · 04-01-2008 03:34PM

Off it myself at the mo, although this is due to the fact that I've stopped smoking and I know I'll wanna smoke as soon as a mouthful of alcohol comes near my lips. :rolleyes: So I'm gonna stay off the booze for a lil while til I'm over the no smoking thing!
I often go to the pub and not drink and this doesn't bother me, although on a friday or satuday night out on the lash, it's pretty tough being sober when all your mates are off their face on vodka and red bull! I'm keepin busy with other activities for the next few wkends..... rifle shooting, cinema, watchin all the lord of the rings back to back and goin out for a few meals. Who says they're nothing to do in ireland without drink?!:p

04-01-2008 03:36PM

Lola123 wrote: »

rifle shooting, cinema, watchin all the lord of the rings back to back and goin out for a few meals. p

Where can you go rifle shooting!!??

Lola123 · 04-01-2008 04:24PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

Where can you go rifle shooting!!??

PM sent!:)

GetOffMyPatch · 08-01-2008 12:34PM

Gave it up since Jan 1....joined the gym....started a new regime

Already feel better ...(except for the soreness in my leg from the training)

On the up and up tho....

Its worth it for at least a month....dusts the cobwebs, god for the head and body, confidence etc etc

ScumLord · 08-01-2008 12:47PM

They say you shouldn't start you new years resolution till February for some reason.

Determined to stay off the drink so I can feel superior to all the drunken idiots who waste their money every weekend. I also want to trade in me C4 van for the C4 by Loeb.

eirebhoy · 08-01-2008 02:45PM

I don't think we're alone in giving it up. I was at Christy Moore in Vicar St on Sunday and drove through town after it. The place was deserted. I've never seen it so empty.

I was told that it's actually worse for your liver if you give it up suddenly for a month or so and then go straight back into my usual drinking habits of about 10 pints Friday and Saturday. Any idea if this is true? I also heard it takes 3 weeks for your liver to get clean of all the alcohol.

Wacker · 08-01-2008 03:55PM

Last year my mate said he was giving the booze up altogether. I knew he wouldn't last a week, which he didn't (he's a professional musician for feck's sake!) but it got me thinking about cutting down.
I used to get hammered about twice a week, and I'd have a few pints/cans about three other times per week. I know that sounds like a lot, but I'm completely certain that I didn't have a problem with booze as I felt no desire to drink when a mate was dying and all my mates dealt with it by drinking gallons. I didn't drink throughout the whole awful time.
So anyway, I decided to expreiment with reducing my boozing to just Saturdays. It worked a charm - I dropped a fair bit of weight and saved loads of money. I still get messed up proper on Saturdays, so it's not a perfect system. I also allow for special occassions. Last year, these were: my cousin's wedding in Spain, a certain music festival, my brother's stag night, his wedding, my birthday, and pretty much the whole Christmas season. I'm back on the straight and narrow now though.

08-01-2008 04:14PM

Still sober anyway lads and the weekend went fine. I've gone to the gym 4 times since the 1st and I am trying to keep it to 3 times a week. Did 50 sit-ups on one of those machines with 20kg on it in the gym on Friday and I felt in as much pain as Ron Jeremy putting his cock in a vice the whole weekend. ALL WORTH IT! Went again today and did the same, so I am going to keep at it.

Lads I used to go completely ****ing nuts from 530pm Friday to 7pm Sunday & I just needed a break. Its great to feel fresh in work lol & I havent been posting on here as much because I've been doing whatever extra work I can. MADNESS!

thebiggestjim · 08-01-2008 04:36PM

Gave up the booze there for three months at the beginning of last year. I had a very specific date in my mind when I was going back on it. I knew myself there could be no special occasions or exceptions. I made it through the 3 months at a trot and was delighted with myself. I felt I gained a lot and sacrificed very very little. So im starting again for the first few months of this year, again im setting a specific date and I am looking forward to the next few months of having a clear head and a few extra quid. Hmmm Makes me wonder why I drink at all :eek:

16-02-2008 06:50PM

OK, the lads let me off the bets so I am going on the piss! 6 weeks, im such a failure hahah ! WOOOHOOOOOOOOO

ejmaztec · 16-02-2008 07:39PM

I gave up years ago when someone mistook me for my old uncle:eek: I find it quite easy to suck up the pub atmosphere and pretend I'm pissed. I must have had a lot of practice to enable me to do the "Switching to Pissed" mode without any hesitation.

17-02-2008 01:02PM

Not well.

That is all

ejmaztec · 17-02-2008 01:11PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

Not well.

That is all

Is this the same KaG1888 who, only yesterday, said "hahah ! WOOOHOOOOOOOOO"?:D

17-02-2008 01:19PM

Yes snuggums

Pythia · 17-02-2008 01:44PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

I've given it up before for 6 weeks and it was hell going out! .

Don't have that attitude. It's not hell, it's just different. I've recently developed a condition where I get stomach problems after a few drinks, so I'm better off not touching it. Yeah, it's crap but you get used to it.
I've learned to just have a small few on a night out if I'm going to drink. Maybe you can allow yourself this.

Toto Wolfcastle · 17-02-2008 04:16PM

KaG1888 wrote: »

Not well.

That is all

Not a hugely great idea to go off drink for 6 weeks and then go absolutely mad with it. (Not a good idea to go absolutely mad with it full stop I suppose!)

But as long as you enjoyed yourself....

I'm not really into drinking but I can imagine if it's something you enjoy it must be hard to give up so congratulations on making it to 6 weeks.

17-02-2008 04:22PM

I did some silly things with a girl I shouldn't of. Briefing on Monday while sober in work

Beanmachine · 17-02-2008 04:28PM

i used to be a heavy drinker when i was in school one summer i think i drank nearly everyday with my friends. Anyway when i got back from my sixth year holiday from Ayia napa i went to the doctor for glandular fever but he discovered that my liver and spleen were swollen from excessive drinking he told me to cut it out for 6 months while he told me this i started laughing but he was dead serious so i drank for about two weeks afterwards then gave it up for 6 months.It was the hardest thing ever at the start i went out a few times on nights out with my mates but it just got unbearable sometimes.I spent most of my time in the gym during the six months and lost loads of weight and got into good shape. The difference you feel whilst off the drink for a prolonged amount of time is unbelievable i'm still only 20yrs old and still drink but not half as much as i used to and i find it much easier to go for long periods of time without drink.

Giving up the Booze

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