Anyone stopped drinking for 6 months/a year

[ICTChris]

I haven’t drunk much since my wife got pregnant. She can’t drive so I needed to be available to drive her should the whole thing kick off and now we have a baby to look after. I never really drink in the house anyway so the only times I’ve drunk a lot in the last eighteen months have been on my Christmas night out and my mates stag weekend.

I don’t really miss it to be honest. I’m 37 so I’ve had nearly two decades of socialising through pubs and drinking, doing the same thing gets a bit boring. I like being a father and focusing on my son.

[John Lambies Doos]

Absolutely love perching myself on a stool and getting that first pint in. It feels like my happy place

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[Guest bernardblack]

I’d say I probably drink too much. Tend to not drink Monday-Thursday but Friday is usually drinking in the house with the girlfriend whilst cooking and relaxing. Saturday is off to the football so beer and Sunday is usually chilling watching super Sunday with a few cans. Definitely could cut out the Friday/Sunday stuff and feel better for it

[Richey Edwards]

My Nana bought me one of those two pint bottles of beer for my 28th birthday. It's still in the fridge awaiting a good home.

[hk blues]

2 minutes ago, Edmond Dantès said:

My Nana bought me one of those two pint bottles of beer for my 28th birthday. It's still in the fridge awaiting a good home.

Elderly healthcare truly is fucked these days

[throbber]

To cut a long story short I like to drink too much too often. I won’t just have 2 beers or 1 glass of wine after I’ve had a long day, I’ll want at least 5 beers if I’m going to bother doing it at all and more often than not I’ll have wine as well.

No life changing event has made me feel like cutting down on it like i thought it might. Turning 30 made no difference, having a baby just meant loads of people wanted to come to house or wanted us round for a visit which always resulted in drinking. Having a more demanding and well paid job hasn’t changed anything and I’ve just had to get on with it on days I wasn’t feeling 100%. I’m pretty sure getting married to the same woman I’ve been with for 9 years won’t change my attitudes toward it either.

I have been playing a lot of 5’s recently which has been great for me, but afterwards I like to go out for a beer or to have one when I get back to the flat, there really isn’t a much better feeling than a few beers after a pretty vigorous exercise!

[NJ2]

To cut a long story short I like to drink too much too often. I won’t just have 2 beers or 1 glass of wine after I’ve had a long day, I’ll want at least 5 beers if I’m going to bother doing it at all and more often than not I’ll have wine as well.

No life changing event has made me feel like cutting down on it like i thought it might. Turning 30 made no difference, having a baby just meant loads of people wanted to come to house or wanted us round for a visit which always resulted in drinking. Having a more demanding and well paid job hasn’t changed anything and I’ve just had to get on with it on days I wasn’t feeling 100%. I’m pretty sure getting married to the same woman I’ve been with for 9 years won’t change my attitudes toward it either.

I have been playing a lot of 5’s recently which has been great for me, but afterwards I like to go out for a beer or to have one when I get back to the flat, there really isn’t a much better feeling than a few beers after a pretty vigorous exercise!

Glad you cut the long story short, throbs...

[throbber]

Glad you cut the long story short, throbs...

There is a hell of a lot more than I would have liked to have added but I should keep these things to my AA meetings with Shandon Par.

[RedRob72]

When I know I am going to the pub with my pals I am buzzing. Absolutely love perching myself on a stool and getting that first pint in. It feels like my happy place

Great description, that most pub aficionados will relate to!
Even if the occasions are few and far between these days!

[Raidernation]

About 3 1/2 years now?
Genuinely beginning to forget how long.
Had become a serious issue so I sought help, voluntarily went to rehab and counseling.
Went to AA but wasn’t for me.
Some hard days in the first 6 months but I seem to be much less twitchy now.
Miss the taste of a cold beer occasionally but it’s not worth the risk.

[Dons_1988]

I cut it out for 3 months last year because I was becoming a fat c**t and I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror anymore.

 

I lost 3 stone in 10 weeks, felt brilliant, performed better at work, wife could stand me being around etc etc and although I always planned to drink again I’d promised myself it would always only be once a week and to moderation.

 

Unfortunately a sudden death of a friend made me melt like a chocolate kettle, I went back to my old ways and I’m a fat c**t again. Currently on week 1 of trying to regain my healthy ways and can honestly say even after 6 days I feel much better.

 

 

 

[John Lambies Doos]

I cut it out for 3 months last year because I was becoming a fat c**t and I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror anymore.
 
I lost 3 stone in 10 weeks, felt brilliant, performed better at work, wife could stand me being around etc etc and although I always planned to drink again I’d promised myself it would always only be once a week and to moderation.
 
Unfortunately a sudden death of a friend made me melt like a chocolate kettle, I went back to my old ways and I’m a fat c**t again. Currently on week 1 of trying to regain my healthy ways and can honestly say even after 6 days I feel much better.
 
 
 

Best of luck mate

[Melanius Mullarkey]

15 hours ago, throbber said:

 

There is a hell of a lot more than I would have liked to have added but I should keep these things to my AA meetings with Shandon Par.

 

Arseholes Anonymous?

[mizfit]

I’ve definitely calmed down on my drinking.

I used to go to the pub 2 nights a week and drink in the house one night. I think as you grow up and have other priorities, getting wrecked every weekend stops being as appealing.

Nowadays, I’ll happily sit in the house watching telly and enjoying a few, and maybe Make a trip to the pubs once a month with friends.

I have one friend who I am convinced has a drink problem however, and he won’t listen to anyone about it.

[DA Baracus]

1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said:

I cut it out for 3 months last year because I was becoming a fat c**t and I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror anymore.

 

I lost 3 stone in 10 weeks, felt brilliant, performed better at work, wife could stand me being around etc etc and although I always planned to drink again I’d promised myself it would always only be once a week and to moderation.

 

Unfortunately a sudden death of a friend made me melt like a chocolate kettle, I went back to my old ways and I’m a fat c**t again. Currently on week 1 of trying to regain my healthy ways and can honestly say even after 6 days I feel much better.

 

 

 

You did what?! That sounds..excessive for the time period. Simply cutting out boozing wouldn't have achieved that.

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 minute ago, DA Baracus said:

You did what?! That sounds..excessive for the time period. Simply cutting out boozing wouldn't have achieved that.

Maybe he was about 60 stone to start with. It falls off them when they're that size.

Of course, then they need to worry about the skin. Leave that on and they can hang glide without any equipment.

[Dons_1988]

You did what?! That sounds..excessive for the time period. Simply cutting out boozing wouldn't have achieved that.

 

Cut out booze, gym 5 times a week, cut out eating any shit whatsoever. Was all perfectly healthy. Went from 102.5kg to 83kg in 75 days (so I suppose you could round up to 11 weeks).

 

ETA - also walking the dog twice a day in addition to the gym

 

[DA Baracus]

9 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

 

Cut out booze, gym 5 times a week, cut out eating any shit whatsoever. Was all perfectly healthy. Went from 102.5kg to 83kg in 75 days (so I suppose you could round up to 11 weeks).

 

ETA - also walking the dog twice a day in addition to the gym

 

Impressive effort.

[Shandon Par]

8 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

 

Cut out booze, gym 5 times a week, cut out eating any shit whatsoever. Was all perfectly healthy. Went from 102.5kg to 83kg in 75 days (so I suppose you could round up to 11 weeks).

 

ETA - also walking the dog twice a day in addition to the gym

 

At least you've shown yourself you can do it. If you're in a healthy phase it's maybe a good time to look at your booze & food reliance rather than getting into a cycle of getting fit then something happening and going back to pigging out. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

15 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:

At least you've shown yourself you can do it. If you're in a healthy phase it's maybe a good time to look at your booze & food reliance rather than getting into a cycle of getting fit then something happening and going back to pigging out. 

Oh for fucksake, he's reached the preachy stage already.