The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Three pints yesterday (on a ride with @Pennine-Paul after a 12 hour night shift), tut tut naughty boy! Very very stressful weeks at work saving lives (literally) left me craving. 3 months tho so not too shabby. This'll work at 12 for 12 months which will do me.

 

[martint235]

Well I managed 16th October to 8th Dec then from 16th Dec through to 31st Jan. Now it's time to give it up again.

 

[ColinJ]

Three pints yesterday (on a ride with @Pennine-Paul after a 12 hour night shift), tut tut naughty boy! Very very stressful weeks at work saving lives (literally) left me craving. 3 months tho so not too shabby. This'll work at 12 for 12 months which will do me.

Well, @bromptonfb, if you are quick, you could win yourself a year's worth of beer - 12 bottles! (A year's worth - huh? )

 

[Pennine-Paul]

I think we earned it after attempting a route on the Leeds Liverpool canal that resembled a battlefield on the somme not a cycle friendly towpath

 

[TeeQue]

I managed to stay dry for September, October and November last year, drank over Christmas and New Year and been on the wagon again since New Years Day.

Feel so much better for it.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Hi,

Is this still ongoing. I am trying to go teetotal for both weight and my perliously fragile mental health

Have been off booze since jan 6th 2013 with a few exceptions: My wedding day in July, My Honeymoon and christmas.

 

[mooseracer]

Still dry here. Local pub jazzed up my lime and soda for me

 

[Glow worm]

Having February off here, so just into my 3rd dry week. It's been a lot easier that I thought it would be. I've lost half a stone so far too. Wish I could feel the full benefit but an old leg muscle problem has cropped up which knocks me out, but at least it means I can rule out any causal links with ale consumption. Looking forward to a nice cold beer next Saturday.

 

[Salty seadog]

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For anyone wanting to stop drinking my advice is, if you have booze left in the house then put it in the bin. If you do that you have gained control. If you still have it in the house and intend to stop once you have drank the booze that is left, then you are only half hearted about stopping and you will not win the battle.

Steve[/quote]
Two thumbs up to this advice....... also the dreams that many will encounter in the first week or so after quitting are quite unsettling at times and also down right scary at others, this phase will last a week at most before settling down, sleeping properly comes around a little later but if you can get out and about and do something to knacker your body out then this helps. in fact you MUST get out and about.


been there done that , unfortunatly more than once.

doing it again at present

 

[Salty seadog]

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At the end of today, I'll have clocked up 4 weeks. History teaches me this is where my problems start as I've now forgotten just how bad the last hangover was.

Bingo.

Ooh I don't know. 2 days of panic attacks and about 5 days to recover in total was pretty bad but when you look back from the safety of 4 weeks you think "Well maybe if I hadn't had quite so much it wouldn't have been so bad" but then if you do start it goes down exactly the same path.

Double Bingo.

sorry to come to the thread so late but I have struggled for many a year,

it's easy to forget how bad it can feel after a couple of weeks of feeling good.

 

[BSRU]

For anyone wanting to stop drinking my advice is, if you have booze left in the house then put it in the bin. If you do that you have gained control. If you still have it in the house and intend to stop once you have drank the booze that is left, then you are only half hearted about stopping and you will not win the battle.

We always have booze in the house but I have no desire to drink it,( well once on the 1st of February for a BBQ).
Far better being able to resist when booze is just a short walk to the kitchen away.

 

[david k]

Had a great party last night, ate loads, drank loads and had a good time.

Ive done nothing today, total waste of a day, I dont mind relaxing when not hungover as it seems more like a relax and unwind but to lay around because you feel you cannot do anything else is a waste of a day.

That said i dont mind now and then for a good night but it did remind me of what i have gained since leaving the beer alone.

I think once a month is fine, do i have the will power to drink only once a month? im normally an all or nothing kind of person

 

[edindave]

February - dry!
Still feeling good.
Here we go then March

 

[Glow worm]

Managed my dry February fine and can't really say I missed the ale that much. It easier than I thought which was good I guess. Last week I had a two day get together with work colleagues in Northumberland. It's usually very boozy and I'd wondered how I could stay off the beers without seeming like a saddo. However, by offering to drive the minibus back from the pub , not only did I stay dry, I was instantly extremely popular too!
So, in about an hour, I'll be enjoying my first beer since January- cheers all!

 

[mooseracer]

February - dry!
Still feeling good.
Here we go then March

Likewise, think I'll keep it up during March as well. 2 months dry and I'm a) not missing it particularly and b) really enjoying the benefits