Giving up binge drinking for good!

asherbassad · 11-12-2015 05:26AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm finally done with going out on the piss.

I spent most of this year training hard for an event, and as a result I hadn't "gone drinking" in ages.

Last Saturday I went to a funeral and had four pints and was pretty drunk, but then a couple of friends came back and we sat up drinking and falling til 3 or 4 in the morning. I was dying all day the following day. I barely got out of bed. Complete waste of a day. I wasn't knocking shots out of it or anything like that, just beer over an extended period.

Last night I went out for a few after work, ended up in a nightclub I haven't been in in about 10 years. Kip. Now I'm wrecked again today, it's the afternoon and the dog hasn't been walked yet, I haven't eaten anything, and I look like sh*t.

So I'm done. I love wine and Guinness and beer so I'll still have them when I want to but I won't be getting pissed any time soon. I have just as much craic when I don't drink, I save a fortune, I can drive myself home and I'm up by 8am for a run or whatever feeling great.

I know we all say "I'm never drinking again" when in the middle of a bad hangover, but have you ever made a decision not to get drunk again? Do you think the hangovers are worth it for the nights out you've had? Or are you one of those absolute bastards who can still wake up at 8 and go for a run after you've been on the razz the night before?!!

If anyone wants to bring me a bowl of stew and a pint of milk I'll PM you my address

But if you were down the back of the pub with someone's tongue in your mouth and hand clawing at your crotch you'd be locked in the same pub/club at opening time the next day hoping for an encore.

Canis Lupus · 11-12-2015 06:13AM

asherbassad wrote: »

But if you were down the back of the pub with someone's tongue in your mouth and hand clawing at your crotch you'd be locked in the same pub/club at opening time the next day hoping for an encore.

Wowsers.....

11-12-2015 08:09AM

asherbassad wrote: »

But if you were down the back of the pub with someone's tongue in your mouth and hand clawing at your crotch you'd be locked in the same pub/club at opening time the next day hoping for an encore.

You sound quite upset. Have you not had a tongue in your mouth or anyone's hand on your crotch lately?

You don't need to hide down the back of pubs for that to happen dude.

fits · 11-12-2015 08:15AM

Christmas party last night. No hangover today. *win*

11-12-2015 08:18AM

fits wrote: »

Christmas party last night. No hangover today. *win*

I'm on my way to work (not driving obviously)

There were almost tears when my alarm went off but I'm ok now.

Jesus I was drunk. We had wine with dinner, but then we had a cocktail that came in a fish bowl. Why? Why would anyone drink a communal cocktail wots blue?

Menas · 11-12-2015 08:34AM

Faith in humanity is lost.

Hannibal Smith · 11-12-2015 08:47AM

I said that...managed to take it easy for 2 years. Then i started a job where im stressed to the max and drink is the only thing keeping me sane! :pac: Work nights out are a necessity

asteroids over berlin · 11-12-2015 10:12AM

:cool:

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I couldn't have said it better meself man,roll with the punches.

Bollox - If your fortunate enough to have a kid(s) - I would be interested in hearing your opinion then!

Think of the future ( a little), it will be worth it

asteroids over berlin · 11-12-2015 10:14AM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I love drinking beer & smoking weed, I'm a veteran, been doing it a long time...

I don't get hangovers, I brew my own beer au naturale & I don't over indulge, most of the time

I'm true to my word when I say...if it ever starts affecting my everyday functioning, I'd knock it on the head (that or my first cardiac :pac:)

A little taste often...you only got one life, indulge I say & ride the whirlwind...we all gonna die, how healthy you wanna be when you pass this mortal coil?

Sorry my comment above was for you!

Your leaving yourself open for a potential future of worry, slow down a little man. Peace

Ciaran_B · 11-12-2015 10:37AM

I haven't had a pint since the night of the All Ireland Final. Just fancied a break from hangovers.

It was our Christmas party last Friday and there was wine and cocktails flowing from about 16.30 onwards. This was the first big session I've attended since stopping drinking. And it was pretty boring - just loads of noise and no interesting talk. I left aroung 21.30 and was home by 22.00. Pointless anecdote there, sorry.

Hammer89 · 11-12-2015 10:39AM

For one reason or the other, I don't get hangovers. Even if I did, it's not enough of a deterrent for me to get pissed I don't think. Being drunk is fantastic. Nothing beats it. Nothing. I've been known to cry for extended periods of time if I drink vodka, but I've learnt these lessons - eventually. If I stick to cider and the odd Jagerbomb, I'd be fine.

That being said, I do envy people who can still have a laugh whilst being stone-cold sober. It must be very liberating knowing that you're having just as much craic for significantly less money.

wally79 · 11-12-2015 10:49AM

longshanks wrote: »

Seventy nine miles?

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes. In two hours.

Sorry just reading this thread and not sure if I missed the joke?

You run at 40mph?

11-12-2015 10:50AM

wally79 wrote: »

Sorry just reading this thread and not sure if I missed the joke?

You run at 40mph?

Yeh - faster than a toyota yaris I am.

SEPT 23 1989 · 11-12-2015 11:23AM

there is a common theme running through this thread and that is mixing drinks

stick to one type of drink for the night and you wont wake up with the damaged brains

wally79 · 11-12-2015 11:57AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeh - faster than a toyota yaris I am.

Ok so I missed the joke

Maximus Alexander · 11-12-2015 12:07PM

I've been following this plan for the last couple of years Whoops and it's great. Like you say I started to do the numbers in my head and thought the loss of a Saturday / Sunday to a hangover wasn't worth the perceived benefit of getting muckfaced the night before. I still do all the same things, but limit myself to two or three when I do drink and just nurse them. The wallet is heavier and I feel much better generally. Weekends seem about twice as long too.

11-12-2015 12:25PM

wally79 wrote: »

Ok so I missed the joke

It wasn't exactly funny :P

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I've been following this plan for the last couple of years Whoops and it's great. Like you say I started to do the numbers in my head and thought the loss of a Saturday / Sunday to a hangover wasn't worth the perceived benefit of getting muckfaced the night before. I still do all the same things, but limit myself to two or three when I do drink and just nurse them. The wallet is heavier and I feel much better generally. Weekends seem about twice as long too.

Yeh, last night was ok because it was thursday and I have my whole weekend still left and it was mostly funded by work also

Mesrine65 · 12-12-2015 12:53AM

asteroids over berlin wrote: »

Sorry my comment above was for you!

Your leaving yourself open for a potential future of worry, slow down a little man. Peace

I'm good man, appreciate the sentiment

But...

...& my own worst enemy...

I only got one life, nearly lost it a couple of times, my expiry date defaulted a while back, so I'm gonna do what I do because...it's what I do & I'm content

Peace back at ya

:cool:

foggy_lad · 12-12-2015 01:16AM

asherbassad wrote: »

But if you were down the back of the pub with someone's tongue in your mouth and hand clawing at your crotch you'd be locked in the same pub/club at opening time the next day hoping for an encore.

Ah the memories come flooding back:D

gctest50 · 13-12-2015 06:01PM

Time to buy a few of these before the celtic puisín gets going again

http://www.hangoverheaven.com/our-bus/

Giving up binge drinking for good!

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