The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Hang on, who else on the list has been drinking?

Sounds like we need an up to date list to me...

 

[Broughtonblue]

Not a drop has touched my lips and with only 5 days to go I'm determined it's not going to.
It's my birthday tomorrow (nearly 50!) and an old song popped into my head.....(slightly altered lyrics)
It's my birthday and I'll drink if I want to!

But I don't want to

 

[Broughtonblue]

Does half a can of cider count as "drinking" if I didn't enjoy it?
Do I have to go back down the snake to square one?

Yes it does, will be a full can next time. Only a matter of time before your slouching on a park bench with a load of teenagers drinking white lightning!
Pull yourself together!!!

 

[mattobrien]

I even found I have got two bottles of ale in the wine fridge, they shall be looked forward to, but remain untouched until February.

 

[midliferider]

We're de-camping to my sister's house for most of the weekend so I'll be having at least beer or two, maybe some wine. Which is normal without me getting drunk. Surely a month off won't have reduced my resistance too much

I have been following this thread with great interest although I have never contributed to it.
Can I ask you, most of you have found that life without alcohol is actually good, so why do you want to drink again?

 

[eck]

Yes it does, will be a full can next time. Only a matter of time before your slouching on a park bench with a load of teenagers drinking white lightning!
Pull yourself together!!!

Oh well, back to normal then.

 

[mattobrien]

I have been following this thread with great interest although I have never contributed to it.
Can I ask you, most of you have found that life without alcohol is actually good, so why do you want to drink again?

I found life with alcohol also good, I plan to have a balanced life.

Also judging by @Andrew_Culture's legs on the bike today, I would suggest that alcohol does him no harm at all and that he starts again quickly

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I have been following this thread with great interest although I have never contributed to it.
Can I ask you, most of you have found that life without alcohol is actually good, so why do you want to drink again?

I find life in general actually good. I have learned over the last month that beer isn't a major contributor to maintaining that good feeling but there's no reason it can't be a part of it.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Oh well, back to normal then.

I stopped drinking Tennants Super fifteen years ago when realised I was starting to enjoy it for the taste

 

[midliferider]

I find life in general actually good. I have learned over the last month that beer isn't a major contributor to maintaining that good feeling but there's no reason it can't be a part of it.

But what if it sometimes contribute to other bad or negative things?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I found life with alcohol also good, I plan to have a balanced life.

Also judging by @Andrew_Culture's legs on the bike today, I would suggest that alcohol does him no harm at all and that he starts again quickly

Lamest ride ever today!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

But what if it sometimes contribute to other bad or negative things?

There are a lot of things in my life that have the potential to lead to bad and negative things. I love recording albums and they've certainly led to some bad and negative things

 

[mattobrien]

Lamest ride ever today!

Nothing lame about riding 50 miles. Hopefully next time it will be a tiny bit easier too.

 

[edindave]

Still going strong here. Four Saturday's in a row with no booze. I haven't done that for about 25 years!

 

[martint235]

I have to admit I'm struggling. This is the point where I always struggle as there is the looming idea of never drinking again. That's too big to get my head around and so my head says "Look, if you're going to accept that one day you'll have a beer, then that day may as well be today"

Couple of trigger days coming up too. Meeting up North with my boss staying in the same hotel as me which would normally get messy and then the week after going to see my dad which usually entails 3 or 4 pints waiting for my train at Euston, free wine in 1st class on the way up, more wine at Preston waiting for a train and then a messy couple of days going out every day.