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

Pinch Flat · 06-01-2014 06:00PM

Makai Icy Sack wrote: »

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.

You do realise alcohol is a depressant:pac:?

I drank way to much over Christmas - night out from work on the 20th December and details are sketchy. Drank almost everyday over the Christmas period - by the time I got to New Years Eve, I was partied out.

I'm off it for January anyway, will see how I get on. Only 6 days in so far....

sporina · 06-01-2014 06:48PM

Suas11 wrote: »

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.

can you list some of the benefits you have had so far?

one thing i am looking forward to it more energy and feeling less ****ty in general..

Wattle · 06-01-2014 06:50PM

Nothing wrong with giving it up for January but going full tilt at it for the remaining eleven months kind of undoes all the good intentions.

sporina · 06-01-2014 06:53PM

well the point for me is to just give my body a break and also i will probably learn something while being off it so no harm in it at all… it will be interesting - and refreshing..

gpat14 · 06-01-2014 07:01PM

Makai Icy Sack wrote: »

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.

Fully agree, today was absolute torture going back, Saturday can't come quick enough. It's usually a thurs night for me (though can often end up doing both thurs and sat) but have a big event this sat.

madma · 06-01-2014 07:07PM

Yep, every January I give it up for the month. 7th year in a row. Nearly a week down.. The weekends are really difficult to be good though. It's worth it in the end though. I use January to do alot of training aswel and on top of the no booze ye can make a lot of gains in a month

McChubbin · 06-01-2014 08:02PM

Going on the wagon for a month at least to give my body a break as I've been drinking heavily since the 21st. Came to a head on New Year's Eve when I drank so much rum I blacked out. Woke up the next morning in bed with no knowledge of how I got there and with outgoing text to random people that I don't remember sending.
Also, I'm on medication and it interacts quite badly with excessive alcohol consumption so I've decided to give it a break for a while.

gpat14 · 06-01-2014 08:04PM

madma wrote: »

Yep, every January I give it up for the month. 7th year in a row. Nearly a week down.. The weekends are really difficult to be good though. It's worth it in the end though. I use January to do alot of training aswel and on top of the no booze ye can make a lot of gains in a month

Surely going out once a week doesn't affect training that much, just use your "hungover" day as your rest day?

Jimoslimos · 06-01-2014 08:29PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

You do realise alcohol is a depressant:pac:?

I don't think it means what you think it means.

It's a Central Nervous System (CNS) depressant and causes a physiological response (breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, etc) which doesn't mean it causes clinical depression.

Cody montana · 06-01-2014 08:39PM

Till St Patrick's day.
That's how sick of the drink I am.
I shall report back in 10 weeks, not that I'm counting.....:mad:

Voodoomelon · 06-01-2014 08:57PM

Makai Icy Sack wrote: »

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.

I've always noticed your posts in drink related threads, you seem to have the same habits as I do.

I always make a deal with myself on the Sunday or Monday that I'll give it a go the coming weekend and stay off the booze. But sure by the end of the week it's torture to say no.

I don't drink at all during the week, but go a bit heavy handed on Saturdays. I've been telling myself sure it's only one day, but it's got to add up long term.

I was out last week in a nightclub in Dundalk not drinking. It was ridiculously crap. Shocking crap. Never again.

suicide_circus · 06-01-2014 09:15PM

The only wagon I'm on is yer ould wan

Pinch Flat · 06-01-2014 09:50PM

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I don't think it means what you think it means.

It's a Central Nervous System (CNS) depressant and causes a physiological response (breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, etc) which doesn't mean it causes clinical depression.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/10/16/what-alcohol-really-does-to-your-brain/

http://www.fredonia.edu/athletics/health/davis/drug_book/chapter7.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212075432.htm

Angry_Mammarys · 06-01-2014 09:58PM

McChubbin wrote: »

Going on the wagon for a month at least to give my body a break as I've been drinking heavily since the 21st. Came to a head on New Year's Eve when I drank so much rum I blacked out. Woke up the next morning in bed with no knowledge of how I got there and with outgoing text to random people that I don't remember sending.
Also, I'm on medication and it interacts quite badly with excessive alcohol consumption so I've decided to give it a break for a while.

Nights like that are never good:eek:

Holsten · 06-01-2014 10:00PM

I'm on the wagon by cutting down, but not out completely.

I won't be going out on the piss but I won't be giving up a beer or wine with dinner.

06-01-2014 10:05PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I've always noticed your posts in drink related threads, you seem to have the same habits as I do.

I always make a deal with myself on the Sunday or Monday that I'll give it a go the coming weekend and stay off the booze. But sure by the end of the week it's torture to say no.

I don't drink at all during the week, but go a bit heavy handed on Saturdays. I've been telling myself sure it's only one day, but it's got to add up long term.

I was out last week in a nightclub in Dundalk not drinking. It was ridiculously crap. Shocking crap. Never again.

Well in fairness I don't do the whole "I'm going to stay off the drink next weekend". If there is going out to be done I'm on for it and that includes weeknights (Thursdays mostly). I do stay off it or only have a couple of pints some weekends when I've other things to do or nothing is going on but the whole going off the drink for a month etc like is being discussed in this thread doesn't interest me. There will always be some good nights out, some work event or match etc or simply just a few relaxing pints in the local that will be missed out on and I've given up nights out without drink long ago, I'd rather stay at home.

06-01-2014 10:05PM

Angry_Mammarys wrote: »

Nights like that are never good:eek:

Nope - they're not.

I had one recently where I went out for a few quiet pints in the afternoon - I only drank smithwicks - that stuff is really low in alcohol as beer goes - 3.8% like. Ended up going from nicely merry to completely and utterly ossified very quickly. By evening time I couldn't talk to people I had met and walked out of the pub and got a taxi home abruptly. I have almost no recollection of what led me to leave the pub so suddenly

I was very very unwell the next day. I have no desire to ever be that drunk again. It's not a good buzz.

Angry_Mammarys · 06-01-2014 10:09PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Nope - they're not.

I had one recently where I went out for a few quiet pints in the afternoon - I only drank smithwicks - that stuff is really low in alcohol as beer goes - 3.8% like. Ended up going from nicely merry to completely and utterly ossified very quickly. By evening time I couldn't talk to people I had met and walked out of the pub and got a taxi home abruptly. I have almost no recollection of what led me to leave the pub so suddenly I was very very unwell the next day. I have no desire to ever be that drunk again. It's not a good buzz.

It's mad how some drink's have that effect on you! I take it you stay away from Smithwicks now though:pac: I was on a day out one day, started off lovely, drank pints in a lovely seaside town, then had 1 brandy... im usually fine on pints, but the brandy turned me into a banshee, had so much apologizing to do the next day:(

Silverbling · 06-01-2014 10:12PM

Day 2 of no wine and I am bored already, I will keep it up until my birthday..............next Wednesday, with maybe a pre birthday practice run on Saturday

gpat14 · 06-01-2014 11:17PM

Makai Icy Sack wrote: »

Well in fairness I don't do the whole "I'm going to stay off the drink next weekend". If there is going out to be done I'm on for it and that includes weeknights (Thursdays mostly). I do stay off it or only have a couple of pints some weekends when I've other things to do or nothing is going on but the whole going off the drink for a month etc like is being discussed in this thread doesn't interest me. There will always be some good nights out, some work event or match etc or simply just a few relaxing pints in the local that will be missed out on and I've given up nights out without drink long ago, I'd rather stay at home.

Haven't gone out without drinking in about 4 years myself can't stand it, would rather stay at home like yourself.

Voodoomelon · 06-01-2014 11:45PM

Makai Icy Sack wrote: »

Well in fairness I don't do the whole "I'm going to stay off the drink next weekend". If there is going out to be done I'm on for it and that includes weeknights (Thursdays mostly). I do stay off it or only have a couple of pints some weekends when I've other things to do or nothing is going on but the whole going off the drink for a month etc like is being discussed in this thread doesn't interest me. There will always be some good nights out, some work event or match etc or simply just a few relaxing pints in the local that will be missed out on and I've given up nights out without drink long ago, I'd rather stay at home.

Well that's what I mean, I tell myself i'll give the weekend a miss but inevitably end up on the lash. I'm the same, virtually never go out without drinking, the only reason I was the other night was because I was out 4-5 nights over Christmas and thought going out hungover was better than sitting at home. It wasn't!

Still, shocking that I can't really enjoy myself without alcohol. Dunno if that says more about me or the company I'm with.

KungPao · 07-01-2014 12:41AM

Yep, Last beer was about 1am on NYD.

I was away for 3 weeks some place sunny over the Christmas period, and being on holidays I found myself drinking the local brews basically every day. On the couple of days I had no beer, I missed it. That's scary.

So, six days done and done and easy enough so far. Will stay on the wagon for the month and drink less after that.

Hoping to lose a kilo or two and look better in general.

AerynSun · 07-01-2014 11:17AM

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07-01-2014 11:30AM

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.

I went off it "for a bit" some years ago and never really went back. I throw a monthly house party at which you will likely find me with a drink in hand - but often it is the same drink for the whole night - and I do not recall the last time I was in any way "druink" - at most a little tipsy.

Alcohol is great at making people think they want it more than they actually do. Many people (though clearly not all) who go off it for a month or more suddenly lose any desire to go back.

I love beer. I love wine. And I have a list of Whisk(e)ys that I like. But the amount of each I indulge in from one end of the year to the other is - in total - less than some people appear to drink in a three day binge weekend.

OldNotWIse · 07-01-2014 11:43AM

I drank for three weeks straight at Christmas. It culminated on Saturday when I got sh1tfaced on two bottles of red wine and half a litre of vodka. I threw up for three hours and got stuck down the side of my bed and had to be hauled out by my Dad. To top off the spectacular performance, I sent abusive texts to my best friend and my partner, and then toppled over backwards, leaving me with bruises all over my back, a bump on my head and a seriosly bruised coccix - it's time to give it up for good

mustard_igloo · 07-01-2014 11:49AM

I decided to go off it, fell off the wagon last night :mad: So now I've just decided to cut back, waaay back.

I was sick during the summer and with the medication I was on I couldn't drink, would have had a nasty effect and it just didn't seem worth the risk tbh. After that I had no real desire to drink the way I used to.

And this is coming from a girl who was out at least 3 nights a week, and not just for "casual" drinks. Have to agree with some opinions on this thread, once you're off it for a while whether it be medical reasons or just general whatever, you don't really have a desire to go back.

muppetkiller · 07-01-2014 11:53AM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I drank for three weeks straight at Christmas. It culminated on Saturday when I got sh1tfaced on two bottles of red wine and half a litre of vodka. I threw up for three hours and got stuck down the side of my bed and had to be hauled out by my Dad. To top off the spectacular performance, I sent abusive texts to my best friend and my partner, and then toppled over backwards, leaving me with bruises all over my back, a bump on my head and a seriosly bruised coccix - it's time to give it up for good

If there was ever a sign that a person shouldn't drink it's this post...seriously

beertons · 07-01-2014 11:54AM

Staying off it till Valentine's, when we are going to a wedding. Drank more than ever in December, there's probably no repairing the damage done.

Andy-Pandy · 07-01-2014 11:56AM

I gave up the start of December, was meant to drink on St Stephens day but only had 2 cans. If I was not able to give up when I planned on doing so I would have to ask myself some serious questions about my habit. I gave up not because of the booze but because it usually leads onto a two day session every time I drink and I've had enough after 20 years of that carryon. Been pretty boring so far.

muppetkiller · 07-01-2014 11:59AM

I actually have a girlfriend that doesn't drink (Due to alcoholism in her family) but since we started going out I've hardly drank at all. So this year I'm making an effort to drink more as I miss having sessions with my pals.

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

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