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Life after drink...

  • 15-09-2012 11:23PM
    #1
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭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?


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  • #2
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


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


  • #3
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #4
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Smoke weed errday.


  • #5
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    wilkie2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭wilkie2006


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


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  • #7
    Annalise Obnoxious Climber
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Annalise Obnoxious Climber


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Any suggestions for alternative pastimes that don't include listening to drunk people while sober and team sports?

    Everything else...?


  • #8
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    Try snorting hash.


  • #10
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Do you live near the sea Sir?
    I do indeed.


  • #11
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    F**kin love the gargle


  • #13
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    Smoke weed errday.
    That was ages 17-24.


  • #14
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    F**kin love the gargle

    You must spend a fortune on Listerine.


  • #15
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Free-running?:D


  • #16
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,592 ✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    The Idyll Race
    Closed Accounts Posts: 367 ✭✭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.


  • #18
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭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.


  • #19
    WumBuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭WumBuster


    Become a narky boring ass


  • #20
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    I do indeed.

    Surfing/body boarding.

    Coastal or deep sea fishing.

    Photography (birds/waves/cliffs/dolphins)

    Scuba diving.

    Coasteering.


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  • #22
    Mickey H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Free-running?:D
    Have you seen the price of a good pair of new runners? free?? Me hole:D


  • #24
    Tom_Cruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 734 ✭✭✭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.


  • #25
    Father Damo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Father Damo


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


  • #26
    Fight_Night
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭Fight_Night


    Become a vigilante.


  • #27
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Pottler wrote: »
    Have you seen the price of a good pair of new runners? free?? Me hole:D
    Plus running sucks ass.


  • #29
    OneArt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭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 :(.


  • #30
    MaxSteele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #31
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭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.


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