The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[Andrew_Culture]

About 25 gal here... but it's all mead and for the most part undrinkable without a good deal of age. I don't think any will tempt me till again till Easter at least, most of it won't be ready till getting on Chrimbo.

I find the racking gets worst for tempation the older it gets tho. The racking loses start off as a glass of yeasty gunk, but after the 2nd or 3rd go, it's pretty much a good glass of plonk. Rack 3 or 4 brews in one session and you're half piddled without 'drinking' anything.

We need a homebrew thread

 

[ColinJ]

I actually think at the moment it would be harder to give up chocolate (as @lejogger says) than give up beer.

I have decided to cut right back on the chocolate now! I have been getting through 400-500 g a week, which is way too much. I will try to limit myself to three small bars a week, say 160 g.

Knowing the way that I work, I might find it easier to stop eating chocolate altogether than to cut down. If I struggle with 3 bars, I'll cut them out.

If I find that I can stick to 3 bars a week, then there is a possibility that in the future I might also be able to drink beer again, and stick to no more than 3 nights a week, no more than 3 or 4 pints a night, and not on consecutive nights. I think that level of drinking would be ok.

Moderation is my problem. It is why I do not buy bread or cheese - if I have bread or cheese available then it does not stick around for long!

 

[Bodhbh]

We need a homebrew thread

Agree, although probably not much help to 'booze quitting buddies'!

 

[Alun]

I have decided to cut right back on the chocolate now! I have been getting through 400-500 g a week, which is way too much. I will try to limit myself to three small bars a week, say 160 g.

Knowing the way that I work, I might find it easier to stop eating chocolate altogether than to cut down. If I struggle with 3 bars, I'll cut them out.

If I find that I can stick to 3 bars a week, then there is a possibility that in the future I might also be able to drink beer again, and stick to no more than 3 nights a week, no more than 3 or 4 pints a night, and not on consecutive nights. I think that level of drinking would be ok.

Moderation is my problem. It is why I do not buy bread or cheese - if I have bread or cheese available then it does not stick around for long!

I find it difficult to stop eating chocolate if it has been opened. Freddo bars are useful as they are only 18g each, and easier (slightly) to control their consumption.

 

[mattobrien]

Just seven hours remaining now for our January abstainers. I am out this evening, so will need to resist for one last time.

The real irony for me is that tomorrow will be my first trip to the pub of the year and I will be driving, so no beer for me. Probably for the best.

Have I noticed any difference, probably not massively. Will I do it again next year, I suspect so. I was never a massive drinker anyway, so no massive issue cutting our a few beers a week for a month. That said, a mini key of Earl Soham Victoria will be on my soon to buy list.

I suspect @Andrew_Culture and I ought to arrange to consume it while we fettle with bicycles, less successfully as the evening progresses

 

[Broughtonblue]

Anybody desperate enough to stay up till midnight to welcome the new month in?

I think I have decided my future tactics, working double day shifts on a weekly rotation, I have decided that the first weekend of the month I finish on earlies I will have a tipple, it gives me fri sat sun nights once a month. Enough to get my 'fix' and also to keep temptation at bay!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Just seven hours remaining now for our January abstainers. I am out this evening, so will need to resist for one last time.

The real irony for me is that tomorrow will be my first trip to the pub of the year and I will be driving, so no beer for me. Probably for the best.

Have I noticed any difference, probably not massively. Will I do it again next year, I suspect so. I was never a massive drinker anyway, so no massive issue cutting our a few beers a week for a month. That said, a mini key of Earl Soham Victoria will be on my soon to buy list.

I suspect @Andrew_Culture and I ought to arrange to consume it while we fettle with bicycles, less successfully as the evening progresses

I like the idea of a fettle club. It would be dangerous to use tools around so much beer though, and I reckon we should meet in a pub to reduce the danger of getting oil on any carpets...

 

[mattobrien]

I like the idea of a fettle club. It would be dangerous to use tools around so much beer though, and I reckon we should meet in a pub to reduce the danger of getting oil on any carpets...

I did actually build a beer fridge into my garage work bench. It is currently off, but it does give options...

 

[Kies]

Forgive me - i have folded .... This beer tastes wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eck]

I didn't stop until Jan 4 and, following my half-a-can of cider fueled binge last week, I'll be dry until at least 22 Feb. TBH, I'm not missing it but, like others here, I'm eating a lot more.

 

[Glow worm]

My month off starts in just under 5 hours. Better get a few in before midnight! Well done all the January abstainers- most impressed.

 

[nickyboy]

I've been doing this for about 15 years and, for some reason, this year has been the easiest of the lot. I don't think I've felt like "I could murder a pint" all month. I'm off the wagon as from tomorrow but I think this may be a bit of a watershed.

Dandelion and Burdock tonight

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I wonder how many who have enjoyed the fresh feeling of a Sunday morning throughout January will be cursing this Sunday coming and regret the night before ?........

 

[edindave]

My dry month ends on 4th Feb, but I'm thinking of keeping it going.
Otherwise I suspect I'll just slip back into the habit of a couple of beers most nights. Right now they seem like pointless beers.
I'm also curious to find out what effect abstinence will have on my fitness over a longer timeframe, especially when I start to increase the mileage/efforts in the longer days and (hopefully) better weather.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

DONE!