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Anyone else 'on the wagon' for new year (for a bit anyway)?

  • 06-01-2014 03:14PM
    #1
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭


    Yep.

    I'm on a no alcohol buzz for a while. Have easter eyed up, but Prob indulge a few over saint Patricks day.

    Have a few bottles of Tyskie, and a bottle of Jim Beam, and a few bottles of red wine going to get evicted to the garden shed this evening.

    Anyone else decided they'll give it up for a bit? I'm told that after a month dry I won't know myself.

    What to do on a Friday / Sat night now though :confused: I'm considering getting out there and getting walking/jogging again.

    I'll Prob update thread on Friday evening after work.........

    Have you decided to kick the booze for a while in 2014? 209 votes

    Yes, giving the liver a break, kick start a healthier me.
    0% 0 votes
    Nope. Can't get enough of it.
    56% 119 votes
    Don't drink anyway.
    22% 46 votes
    Pass me the bottle opener/Cork screw.
    21% 44 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    AerynSun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭AerynSun


    Ah here, I went 'on the wagon' - but that's because I thought it meant I got to be a right package of crips and act an especial kind of eejit? Didn't know it had aught to do with the booze like?


  • #3
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    AerynSun wrote: »
    Ah here, I went 'on the wagon' - but that's because I thought it meant I got to be a right package of crips and act an especial kind of eejit? Didn't know it had aught to do with the booze like?

    I'll take that as a "no" then.


  • #4
    AerynSun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭AerynSun


    Marina Small Salamander wrote: »
    I'll take that as a "no" then.

    Ya smug bastard :p


  • #5
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,536 ✭✭✭brevity


    Definitely need to cut down on the stress drinking, not healthy at all.


  • #6
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Your drinking seems more like a hobbie than a full time commitment


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  • #7
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Try geocaching BS. Great fun and gets you out and about.

    Better to do with someone else though... More fun!

    There's a forum on boards and all dedicated to it. :) (Looks like it could do with some fresh meat too! )
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1573


  • #8
    Daqster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Daqster


    I'm always on the wagon for a bit.


  • #9
    Gongoozler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭Gongoozler


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Yep.

    I'm on a no alcohol buzz for a while. Have easter eyed up, but Prob indulge a few over saint Patricks day.

    Have a few bottles of Tyskie, and a bottle of Jim Beam, and a few bottles of red wine going to get evicted to the garden shed this evening.

    Anyone else decided they'll give it up for a bit? I'm told that after a month dry I won't know myself.

    What to do on a Friday / Sat night now though :confused: I'm considering getting out there and getting walking/jogging again.

    I'll Prob update thread on Friday evening after work.........

    Don't go throwing perfectly good stuff out. Keep it there and test your self control.

    I'm not one for fads so no not doing anything of the sort. I am however generally walking more, doing weights, eating less but better.


  • #10
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Your drinking seems more like a hobbie than a full time commitment

    Ah I dunno.

    Wed evening. Usually a few cans and catch up with boardwalk empire/sopranos/movie (i call it hump day tipple)
    Fri evening. 6 bottles of beer usually.
    Sat, same as above
    Sun, usually something consumed to round up the weekend.

    Basically, more nights with a beer/whisky than without one.


  • #11
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,427 ✭✭✭sporina


    ok - i have been thinking about doing this - was gonna do it for lent but i would like to do it sooner. i have had alcohol almost every night for the last 2 weeks - back to work tomorrow - am i gonna be in a complete hoop?

    So, ok - I am gonna give up alcohol for about a month - starting tomorrow. Maybe we can use this thread as support or something? I know that I will be tempted to get a few beers in after work on Fri.

    Thoughts please?


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  • #12
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Always a sly bang of Lent of all this January abstinence lark that just doubles my desire to crack open a beer and wave it threateningly at a holy picture.


  • #13
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Ah I dunno.

    Wed evening. Usually a few cans and catch up with boardwalk empire/sopranos/movie (i call it hump day tipple)
    Fri evening. 6 bottles of beer usually.
    Sat, same as above
    Sun, usually something consumed to round up the weekend.

    Basically, more nights with a beer/whisky than without one.

    Good man, Monday and Tuesday will come in its own good time


  • #14
    WilyCoyote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    I don't drink normally ....... but when I do, I don't drink normally. Anyone for a liquid lunch then?


  • #15
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,946 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    I didn't drink a whole lot over Christmas so I don't feel the need for an annual liver rescue attempt.


  • #16
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    On a break myself for January and possibly beyond. Got to the stage just on New Years Eve where I was sick of drink and looking forward to the break. Have a social night or two in Jan to go to but it'll be a couple of glasses of wine methinks as beer and cider (my two staples in my drink diet) have not being kind to my waistline so are being kicked to touch. Feels strange having blood in my alcohol stream.


  • #17
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,475 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    I didn't drink a whole lot over Christmas so I don't feel the need for an annual liver rescue attempt.

    Same.

    Have made a conscious effort over the past few months to cut my drinking levels down a fair bit. Will drink most weeks, but its a healthier, social type drinking, I feel.

    Prefer doing it this way than taking the abstinence route which usually leads to another big session down the line and the inevitable return to heavy drinking.

    At 23, its about time I left the college binge drinking days behind anyway. Having read a few threads on here before, really got me thinking about the repercussions it could have on my health, long term.


  • #18
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    It's not for the new year but I haven't had a drop of alcohol since October. I don't intend to stay off it forever but cutting back on it will definitely have benefits for both my health and finance. It's the longest I've gone without it since mid 2010 and it's been pretty easy so far.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm seriously considering it.

    I went out the Friday after christmas into town [Dublin town] and had a great night, didn't get home til 4am but was able to drive and not spend a fortune.

    Last night I went out and had a great night and drove home after.

    I'm kind of starting to wonder why I'm bothering to drink at all. Although I would hate to actually give up beer and wine because I love it. So I might just keep them for a couple of quiet ones at home and not drink when I'm going out.

    I've holidays next week though so I'll start after that :P


  • #20
    neilthefunkeone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭neilthefunkeone


    Yep started Jan 1st..
    lapsed Jan 4th.
    Started fresh Jan 5th.
    Lapsed Jan 5th!!

    Started fresh this morning.. So far so good!!


  • #21
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    I had thought about it, didn't drink that much over christmas (after the beers that is) and I only had well i can't remember what i had on new years. Then it was Friday and then suddenly its monday morning and all i have left of the weekend is a haze of gaming cans and southern comfort. I blame people fecking off back to Austrailia though.

    Every year I think about giving it up again around Lent but thats when the 6 nations are. after that then you have all the footy, after that its the summer and festivals, after that its the end of summer parties then its the start of the footy/end of the GAA then its into Halloween and sure by that stage its into November and sure at that stage whats the point you might as well wait until the new year again.

    Repeat every year


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  • #22
    Angry_Mammarys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭Angry_Mammarys


    Na, I only drink pint's nowadays, so I rarely have something to wake up with a red face about these days, it's the spirits and wine that kill ya!


  • #23
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    I actually own a wagon.


  • #24
    intellectual dosser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭intellectual dosser


    January 2nd - Got on Wagon
    January 5th - Worst hangover of my life.

    FAIL


  • #25
    Warper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭Warper


    How the hell would you sleep?


  • #26
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    neilthefunkeone wrote: »
    Yep started Jan 1st..
    lapsed Jan 4th.
    Started fresh Jan 5th.
    Lapsed Jan 5th!!

    Started fresh this morning.. So far so good!!

    I believe in you


  • #27
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Anyone else decided they'll give it up for a bit? I'm told that after a month dry I won't know myself.

    Interesting, i'll give it a shot too for the LOL'SS!!


  • #28
    gazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭gazzer


    I got to Saturday night and looked at the bottle of wine in the fridge and just closed the door again. Had my fill of it at that stage. Almost 2 weeks of drinking every night.

    I want to at least avoid alcohol for the month of January and see how I go. My problem is that I have gotten into the habit of sitting in on a Friday night with a bottle of wine, a movie and a tub of Pringles. I am living in the arse end of nowhere so there is nothing to do on a Friday night. Funnily enough I dont drink beer at home at all and I only go out every other Saturday (in Dublin) but even at that I need to knock the amount of beer I drink on a night out. It is usually 8-9 pints. Its not worth the manky feeling I get the next day and the fact I have to wait until almost the evening before I feel safe to drive back home from my parents


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Its depressing enough being back at work, no drink to look forward to at the weekends (or during the week if the urge arises) would be just a step too far.


  • #30
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Larianne wrote: »
    Try geocaching BS. Great fun and gets you out and about.

    Better to do with someone else though... More fun!

    There's a forum on boards and all dedicated to it. :) (Looks like it could do with some fresh meat too! )
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1573

    Can you give me a brief summarization what this is Larianne? Clicked on the link. None the wiser though. :o


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  • #31
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    I could not quit in january. It is a depressing enough month without the escapism found in a bottle of wine.
    But I have quit for the month of feb a few times . A nice short month so more achievable.


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