The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[Andrew_Culture]

Is that the entire contents of your glass cupboard??

We were clearing out unsold jumble sale junk from a village hall and I never like to miss a photo opportunity

 

[Broughtonblue]

so last night, I had a can of cidre that tasted good, my wife gave me a glass of port which I found tasted very bitter. then I opened my bottle of whisky left over from Christmas, previously I loved whisky but I actually didn't like it so was forced to dilute it with coke.
so after a month off the booze my taste seems to have changed, is this possible?
Edit: felt like sh1te this morning as well

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

3 1/2 pints .... I was pissed followed by a hangover.

I appear to have turned into a Girl / Homosexual / Southerner (delete as preferred)

Why is that there bigot?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Had some fine ale and wine last night, I felt a bit rough this morning but the last month has shown me that I always feel cra in the mornings!

 

[david k]

Well I'm still clean!
With the Super League starting next weekend I may crumble, Wigan v Huddlesfield is on Sky sports Friday night, nothing better than watching RL with a beer

 

[Bayerd]

good luck, any plans to keep to this?

I've stopped homebrewing, which should help a lot. I started homebrewing about 4 years ago and it's too easy to give in to temptation, largely because there was nearly always about 10 gallons or so of beer winking at me.

So far I'm enjoying feeling better and getting out on the bike more, which is a good incentive in itself. For instance, yesterday the only chance I had to go cycling was yesterday evening following a family dinner. I wouldn't have normally gone out then as I would have already had a few drinks with them and wouldn't have felt like it. Out I went and found that Sunday evening is a great time to go cycling as the roads are quiet :-)

It remains to be seen how long I keep this up for though. There are two big testers coming up this month where I could easily succumb. One on Saturday at a gala dinner, the second later in the month when the band I play in has a gig with an overnight stop, which is usually a recipe for lots of beer and very little sleep.

We shall see...

 

[BSRU]

Had my first alcoholic drinks of 2014 on Saturday, vodka and cranberry/blackcurrant juice, strange at first because I wasn't really that bothered about drinking.
Turning into a right lightweight, after three I was ready to go for a kebab and to start a fight with a complete stranger. After the fourth I was ready for sleep, in fact I was absolutely shattered.

Paid big time this morning, disturbed sleep last night meant I woke up late this morning and a very short bimble into work, only just warmed up my legs by the time I go there.

As much as I enjoyed the brief time I was drinking I find going for longish early morning rides far more enjoyable/satisfying(even at this time of year), so I'm off it until the next celebration, which is the 8th of March.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I didn't think not drinking had made much difference to me but having just a few drink the last couple of nights seems to have made me feel terrible. Nuts to it!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Had my first alcoholic drinks of 2014 on Saturday, vodka and cranberry/blackcurrant juice, strange at first because I wasn't really that bothered about drinking.
Turning into a right lightweight, after three I was ready to go for a kebab and to start a fight with a complete stranger. After the fourth I was ready for sleep, in fact I was absolutely shattered.

Paid big time this morning, disturbed sleep last night meant I woke up late this morning and a very short bimble into work, only just warmed up my legs by the time I go there.

As much as I enjoyed the brief time I was drinking I find going for longish early morning rides far more enjoyable/satisfying(even at this time of year), so I'm off it until the next celebration, which is the 8th of March.

I had a horrendous night of sleep on Saturday, I hadn't twigged that it might have been the booze!

 

[BSRU]

I had a horrendous night of sleep on Saturday, I hadn't twigged that it might have been the booze!

The last two weeks my sleep has been great and waking up early was no problem not last night/this morning though.
Saturday nights sleep(coma) was alcohol induced and hence I was very tired all Sunday.

 

[Chris Swift]

I had my last beer session at the weekend, im gonna promise myself im only going to have 1 beer a week and that's over the weekend!

 

[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!

So that's it for me till March 1st then!

 

[Fubar]

I was tempted by the beer in the fridge last night, only because I was thirsty after a 100-mile weekend and nothing was killing my thirst - settled for some M&S fizzy apple juice instead, must be the first time in about 20 years I've drunk apple juice!

 

[mattobrien]

I didn't think not drinking had made much difference to me but having just a few drink the last couple of nights seems to have made me feel terrible. Nuts to it!

I had a couple of bottles of beer with dinner last night at a Chinese restaurant, followed by a bottle of black sheep when I got home.

I slept fine, but have had a headache all day. Dehydrated I guess and away from creature comforts in order to be able to drink enough to combat it.

At least I haven't cycled across London and back today and am then going MTB tonight. Oh, hang on...

A nice drink of water when I get home I think. I can see my alcohol intake being greatly reduced on what it was previously, or at least my water intake being greatly increased.

@Andrew_Culture If you have bought a MTB by now, do feel free to join us tonight, if you haven't bought one, hurry up!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I had a couple of bottles of beer with dinner last night at a Chinese restaurant, followed by a bottle of black sheep when I got home.

I slept fine, but have had a headache all day. Dehydrated I guess and away from creature comforts in order to be able to drink enough to combat it.

At least I haven't cycled across London and back today and am then going MTB tonight. Oh, hang on...

A nice drink of water when I get home I think. I can see my alcohol intake being greatly reduced on what it was previously, or at least my water intake being greatly increased.

@Andrew_Culture If you have bought a MTB by now, do feel free to join us tonight, if you haven't bought one, hurry up!

Headache sums up my day. Thank goodness for high5 zero!

I don't have anywhere to store a mountain bike!