The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[nickyboy]

I found Breaking Bad went perfectly with a nice Argentinian malbec (5 days in to 31 days alcohol free and starting to dream of a nice glass of red)

Gonna start the Sopranos tonight......with lime & soda

 

[uclown2002]

You'll not be disappointed with The Sopranos; another classic.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Gave up last Jan for the month, then sept to dec, starting today I'm giving up drinking at home (which is 99% of my alcohol consumption) till next christmas hopefully, will poss still have a tipple on the rare occasions I go out

Are you by any chance a member of the Broughton Wheelers?

 

[Easytigers]

Just phoned and ordered a Specialized sl4 as I can now afford one

After stopping drinking the evenings can become a bit of a loose end. I generally potter about or watch boxsets . I can thoroughly recommend Breaking Bad or The Walking Dead to while away a good few evenings

Know what you mean about a loose end...started to got to bed earlier but finding that it now takes an age to get to sleep!!!

 

[The Brewer]

Know what you mean about a loose end...started to got to bed earlier but finding that it now takes an age to get to sleep!!!

It does get easier and the sleep is sooooo much more refreshing, my wife even said I'm a lot less grumpy these days

 

[Easytigers]

It does get easier and the sleep is sooooo much more refreshing, my wife even said I'm a lot less grumpy these days

At the moment, feeling more tired in the morning!!! Hoping that this will change as I was hoping to feel energised!

 

[subaqua]

no alcohol today, and don't feel like having any . am bloody shattered though , forgot how much the commute tires me and makes me sleep without the need for any other assistance

 

[Saluki]

Bearing in mind that I don't really drink anyway but sometimes feel like a fancy a glass of something, I thought that I'd just stop drinking altogether. I chucked half a bottle of white away on New Year's eve and decided to see if not drinking at all, makes any difference to my life.
Normally I have one or 2 bottles of wine a month but don't necessarily drink it all. A bottle can last me 3 days and then I tend to tip out the last glass worth as it's generally getting a bit vinegar-y by then.

 

[subaqua]

Bearing in mind that I don't really drink anyway but sometimes feel like a fancy a glass of something, I thought that I'd just stop drinking altogether. I chucked half a bottle of white away on New Year's eve and decided to see if not drinking at all, makes any difference to my life.
Normally I have one or 2 bottles of wine a month but don't necessarily drink it all. A bottle can last me 3 days and then I tend to tip out the last glass worth as it's generally getting a bit vinegar-y by then.

leave it another day and you don't need to buy white wine vinegar ever again !

 

[Plax]

I went sober for October. Was easy enough but I pretty much instantly got a bad cold and cough which I didn't shake off in its entirety until sometime in November. So I felt shite and tired even without alcohol.
Good luck to those giving it up altogether. I stopped for about 18 months several years ago, but I've decided I like my wine too much to stop altogether again. Gotta have some bad habits in your old age .

 

[Broughtonblue]

Are you by any chance a member of the Broughton Wheelers?

No sorry, never heard of them

 

[Andrew_Culture]

No sorry, never heard of them

Ah, and I think I've asked you this before! I sometimes visit a village pub in a place called Broughton in the Lake District.

 

[Broughtonblue]

Ah, and I think I've asked you this before! I sometimes visit a village pub in a place called Broughton in the Lake District.

My name is a combination of the village I live in in Leicester and the fact that Leicester play in blue!

 

[Broughtonblue]

Just some personal info for all you that are quitting, last year I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and cholesterol. Doc wanted to put me on tablets there and then. I wasn't keen so packed in drinking completely for 3 months as I recently stated on here. Went for results of recheck today after another battery of blood tests and a 24hr blood pressure fitting and all is back to normal, just shows what damage it is doing that can't be seen besides the obvious damage (weight gain) I also lost a stone and dropped a waist size in the process!

 

[david k]

Each time i go the docs they remark on my blood pressure being high but it might be because im at the docs? every time i check it its high, since i'm off the ale for a bit on on the 5 2 diet to get some weight off i'm going to check it again in a couple of months

This machine we have at work which measures weight blood pressure BMI etc and seems quite sophisticated said it was very very high! when i check the symptoms which are rare as its not really associated with known symptoms i do get the blurred vision, palpatations etc. so things are adding up, maybe its not thyroid under/over medication, maybe its blood pressure?

i reduced my alcohol intake a lot last year, maybe its got to come down more