Giving up binge drinking for good!

harry Bailey esq · 21-11-2015 04:39PM

Binge drinking is regarded as 5 standard drinks,bollix. I was up at 7,rolled a spliff,filled up the hip flask with a splash of whiskey and took my trusty hound out.Sipped the flask dry and smoked my spliff.Its now 3.35,I'm kicking back now, watching the arsenal match(im not a fan,i have a gambling interest on the game)Im on can no.7 and I'm not drunk at all.I might feel a bit groggy after dinner,I'll remedy that however by rolling up a bank note and eh you know yerself...I'll then resume drinking for the evening. I won't feel too bad in the morning,I maybe a little snappy,but when I get my nicotine fix,and my little doggie runs into the room to greet me I'm back to my usual, upbeat self.The adorable little c*nt melts me black heart.

Call Me Jimmy · 21-11-2015 04:46PM

Wibbs wrote: »

I don't get hangovers. Well, more accurately, I never get headaches full stop. If I have a major feed of drink(very rarely these days) my stomach might be bleh the next morning, but that would be about it. So I'm very lucky that way.

I share this glorious gene. I'm thinking I challenge my body so little that when I do give it something to deal with it's grateful for the work

mzungu · 21-11-2015 04:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes. In two hours.

You juicing bro??? :pac::D

kfallon · 21-11-2015 05:28PM

I am in me bollix giving it up!

21-11-2015 05:35PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Quoted so I can link to this post in a few weeks.

Hmmmm must remember to change my password for boards next time I go boozing so I can't drunk post

I'm up and I'm out and going to dun laoghaire to watch the fireworks and I'll bring the mutt to the beach when I get home and there's a stew stewing and I'll watch a movie and wake up at 8am feeling fabulous and go for that run and a swim.

Work night out in town on Friday. Going to drive. Decision has been made!

Medusa22 · 21-11-2015 05:56PM

I don't go on a night out very often, and usually I'm well behaved and I get drunk but sociably drunk. However, about once every six months I just lose the run of myself altogether and I get so drunk that I black out/lose a shoe/my underwear and then I have ''the fear'' the next day. I tell myself never again, and I learn my lesson for a while, but eventually end up getting sh1tfaced again.

MadDog76 · 21-11-2015 06:00PM

I'm the opposite, I spent my late teens, my 20's and my very early 30's drinking pretty much every day ........ most days it would only be 5/6 beers but I was out most Thursday nights, every Friday, Saturday and (usually) Sunday nights which entailed at least a litre of vodka before leaving the house to go to the local, on to a night club then back to a house party.
It got to the point in my late 20's that my family had an "intervention" which resulted in me not drinking a drop for 9 months but that was just to prove a point.

Nowadays, because of kids/wife and work/age etc., I rarely have an opportunity to go for a drink but when I do I intentionally binge drink myself into oblivion ........ the hangovers are a lot worse than I remember them being when I was younger but f*ck it, it only happens 3/4 times a year so I go all out!

Banjo String · 21-11-2015 06:00PM

I decided on Halloween that I wasn't having a beer until our Christmas night out for work, so far I've not had any bother.

My reasons for knocking it on the head, health and fitness, coupled with giving Mr liver a rest.

Neyite · 21-11-2015 06:02PM

I've gotten to the stage where I can go out and not drink just as easily as have a few. I was never a heavyweight but had a few sessions in my time that took days to recover from. The last hangover I had was after a few drinks with a couple of lovely boardsies in Galway.

I'm happiest chilling out with beer or wine in my Jammies with friends chatting.

tomwaterford · 21-11-2015 06:07PM

I go months on end without drinking...maybe go out a handful of times of the year (I'm wicked lightweight so)....but Jesus I don't think the hangovers worth it....being sick and not right until Thursday....even if only like five or six pints...can't even manage that anymore most I'd have is maybe three and then a Jameson or two (don't actually usually enjoy it anyway!)

So no way is being sick for 5 days worth maybe an hour or two's enjoyment between being merry and drunk.....also e50 for a taxi home is a killer

Call Me Jimmy · 21-11-2015 06:11PM

Wierdly I find Im worse off if i just have a couple of pints (fellow lightweight) but if I go through the spirit wall I dont feel as bad. Maybe it's the relative heaviness of pints

intheclouds · 21-11-2015 06:13PM

Had 4 drinks at home last night. Thought I had a hangover when I woke up. Turns out my new eye make up remover makes my eyes sore.

Buona Fortuna · 21-11-2015 06:20PM

Neyite wrote: »

I've gotten to the stage where I can go out and not drink just as easily as have a few. I was never a heavyweight but had a few sessions in my time that took days to recover from. The last hangover I had was after a few drinks with a couple of lovely boardsies in Galway.

I'm happiest chilling out with beer or wine in my Jammies with friends chatting.

Of course I'm just picturing you three in your jammies lashing them back.

I just have that sort of mind

KomradeBishop · 21-11-2015 06:25PM

I get migraines sometimes (which effectively make entire days a wipe-out), and dehydration can set them off - so there's no way in hell I will be drinking large amounts on a regular basis, as a result.

I also just don't really like getting pissed socially - just makes me tired/sleepy (even with just one pint), which isn't conducive to having a good time (especially when socializing can be draining enough already).

Plus, the money...even when I buy alcohol at the shop, I usually am having second thoughts because of the price - how people can manage to piss away so much money in pubs, where the drinks are so much more expensive (and then on taxi's...), I don't understand.

suicide_circus · 21-11-2015 06:33PM

I can't recommend Modern Drunkard magazine highly enough

http://www.drunkard.com

Essential reading for the discerning piss artist.

the evasion_kid · 21-11-2015 06:38PM

Haven't touched it in over a year...this time,going back on it is not an option.....I always think of Alice Cooper who after 4 years sober made the mistake of taking a sip of his wife's wine at dinner and within hours he was hiding bottles around the house and on a year long bender that nearly killed him and ended him up in a sanitarium.

Neyite · 21-11-2015 06:39PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Of course I'm just picturing you three in your jammies lashing them back.

I just have that sort of mind

If I could wear my jammies and slippers to a pub, I would. I'm far too old to freeze my hole off wearing a skimpy dress in a taxi queue, and I wince when I see young wans doing that.

Mesrine65 · 21-11-2015 06:47PM

I love nothing more than kicking back in Mesrines Pit (I have a name for my man-cave ), sucking back a few ales,smoking a doob & listening to Chris Stapleton or some such hillbilly warblings, while getting my hands oily :cool:

If if ever starts affecting me where I'm hungover & can't get my everyday shít together...I'll only do it every second day of the week

GLaDOS · 21-11-2015 07:02PM

I tend not to suffer too much from hangovers, usually just a bad stomach if I really go overboard. These days I rarely drink enough to do that, once I make sure to get a decent dinner and avoid shots I'm usually ok the next morning. Helps that I've gained an appreciation for good beer, these days I'm happy to enjoy 3 or 4 nice beers, rather than skulling as much cheap shíte as I can when I was 18 or so.

harry Bailey esq · 21-11-2015 07:04PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I can't recommend Modern Drunkard magazine highly enough

http://www.drunkard.com

Essential reading for the discerning piss artist.

I particularly like the 'concended cad' segment, wino wisdom segment can be funny sometimes.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 21-11-2015 08:25PM

When is the next boards beers? :P

Bonzo Delaney · 21-11-2015 08:32PM

A lost cause friend of mine reckons he hasn't had a hangover in 15 yrs
Of course the fecker fails to realise he hasn't been sober in 15 yrs !!!
Like most others here used to love copious amounts of the juice any god given evening of the week up for work by six most mornings no problem at all but once I reached my 30s the hang overs were unbearable so rearly drink now more so out of fear of the hangover and what ever about a bad hangover but lord lamp lightning divine sweet suffering mother of the little baby jebus a hangover and kids...... is just a bridge to far for me.

catbear · 21-11-2015 08:34PM

KomradeBishop wrote: »

Plus, the money...even when I buy alcohol at the shop, I usually am having second thoughts because of the price - how people can manage to piss away so much money in pubs, where the drinks are so much more expensive (and then on taxi's...), I don't understand.

I totally agree however I've recently been converted to a locally owned craft brew pub that have a loyalty card which makes draught pints works out at €3.66 for a lovely stout.
Plus it's social drinking so the temptation to drink out of boredom like at home isn't there.
Plus with live music and a fire in winter is getting me back to the pub!

gctest50 · 21-11-2015 08:37PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

........
I'm sick of nights out too.

It's the same thing every time.

I much prefer to stay at home.

that's just daft - or does someone come in randomly and redecorate your house ?

or maybe is it haunted ?

21-11-2015 08:39PM

Clementine White Perfumery wrote: »

When is the next boards beers? :P

I didn't drink at the last one

shakencat · 21-11-2015 08:41PM

i drink like once every 2-3 months...

I'm still as broke as i was when drinking,

il always find something to buy :P

Fleawuss · 21-11-2015 08:46PM

Anyone who recognizes the drink is no longer a friend and walks away...that's called growing up.

TheLastMohican · 21-11-2015 09:08PM

Have just read through this thread and made notes. Quite a few of ye won't have to make a few sandwiches at 2am for me as I won't be calling.
Yerra Woopsie, a Pauline conversion on the road to Godknowswhere?
There still is hope ........ like in the words of Richard Harris:

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/13/af/33/13af330227b737325b4d27c5e54e23de.jpg

osarusan · 21-11-2015 09:17PM

Still enjoy drinking but the hangovers change from temporary inconveniences to day-long suffering.
And with two young kids I don't like leaving it all to my wife (and she certainly doesn't like it).

Titzon Toast · 21-11-2015 09:23PM

I rarely drink at all, but when I do, I usually go Henry Sellars.
I'm off to see U2 next week and I'll be dying for a week after it no doubt.

Giving up binge drinking for good!

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