Stopping Alcohol

[TOMO 26,814]

I frankly don't know how doormen put up with it, especially some of the nice lads I have met.

It must drive them mad.

Drink and stupidity are a bad combination

I just point them in the direction to the boss or the head doorman,,,,much to there disscust,,,lol

[king 11,984]

 

 

I have the odd beer now, but I gave up for nearly 20 years.

When I moved in with my old woman I decided it was time to put away childish things and get on with business.

I never wanted to be one of those useless c**ts propping up the bar at 40 talking about how my old woman left me and being the joke with the local youngsters.

However, I can't be too self righteous because I have never been able to kick the fags and I have the utmost respect for those that have.

You seen the light Wilf so to speak.

The pub up the road.the same people sitting in the same seats or standing in the same place for yrs and yrs.

It's like that film ground hog day.

A month before giving up I found myself in a different valley pub.strangling feck out of a guy in a packed bar.and throwing stools at the bar head gone.because I thought someone was cracking onto my wife.

No good behaving like that.

Normal night in them valley pubs,,lol

It is in your local tomo.but a bit hairy in a pub I've never been before lol.

[bird 9,984]

You need to stay that way socks,,,cos 4-6 cans of cider every night,,,plus a bottle of wine ,,,is called being an alcoholic

watching that program last night bbc1 about alcoholics , would put you off drink for life, i do drink have 1 can of carling a night, and 6 cans sat/sunday , compared to them on the show they drink dozen plus wine every day. there livers were in real bad way they were all none were going to live long if they dont quit. i went through mad time in my younger days getting pissed and getting in trouble , i was different bloke when i had drink, to sober probably to serious / boring when sober, but pissed life.soul of a party. so i though back then feck it it better to be me the real me and not act false , and since then never had any friends on the program they must be spending £ 150 quid a week on fags and booze , just to kill there selves feck knows where they get the money from , i rather go to nice place and have nice meal and glass of wine or 1 pint, some people are weak mentally that came over in the program to me

[Blackbriar 8,569]

There's a world of difference between the lad having one too many and kicking off with a doorman, and the person who gets through a bottle of spirits at a time, and needs a drink to stop the shaking in the morning.

 

Alcohol is a dangerous mistress, and we are all one tragedy or one bad decision away from falling down a slippery slope.....

[Blackbriar 8,569]

I also watched "Drinking to Oblivion" on Sunday night.

 

The clips of the young lad in A&E were impossibly moving, and my heart went out to him. As I've said before, on threads about drug addiction, homelessness and alcoholism....nobody sets out to f*** their life up !

[riohog 5,751]

the old saying is ,, you can neather run .f.k nor fight after booze you just think you can!!. i dont bother with the booze these days hell ive had my share if i never have another drink of beer , looking back its got me in some bother over the years ,

[nans pat 2,575]

my names pat and ime an alcoholic.

no serious but i cant have 1 and leave it i couldnt go in a pub and have 2 pints or at home 4 or 5 cans i drink till i stuble in to bed.lol

[LurcherLad94 2,582]

i used to drink alot a few times a week then go clubbing friday and sat night up till i was about 20,then i moved house and started getting into the dogs more iv drank about twice sinse then and dont miss it only thing now is i cant stand to be around anyone that's pissed up

[mackem 27,584]

i used to drink alot a few times a week then go clubbing friday and sat night up till i was about 20,then i moved house and started getting into the dogs more iv drank about twice sinse then and dont miss it only thing now is i cant stand to be around anyone that's pissed up

 

Its like they speak in tongues,i always avoid drunks,my mate goes on,and on,and on about SFA when he is pissed,its embarrassing.

[nothernlite 18,089]

Gave up drink and drugs when I was 50 nearly 5 years now wish I'd done it soonerb

[Blackbriar 8,569]

 

You need to stay that way socks,,,cos 4-6 cans of cider every night,,,plus a bottle of wine ,,,is called being an alcoholic

 

watching that program last night bbc1 about alcoholics , would put you off drink for life, i do drink have 1 can of carling a night, and 6 cans sat/sunday , compared to them on the show they drink dozen plus wine every day. there livers were in real bad way they were all none were going to live long if they dont quit. i went through mad time in my younger days getting pissed and getting in trouble , i was different bloke when i had drink, to sober probably to serious / boring when sober, but pissed life.soul of a party. so i though back then feck it it better to be me the real me and not act false , and since then never had any friends on the program they must be spending £ 150 quid a week on fags and booze , just to kill there selves feck knows where they get the money from , i rather go to nice place and have nice meal and glass of wine or 1 pint, some people are weak mentally that came over in the program to me

I think it's unfair to call them' mentally weak', Bird.

Alcohol is easy to drink, but very difficult to give up. A pint after work, becomes two or three to relax you. A glass of wine easily becomes the whole bottle, becomes two ("it's a shame to waste it, now it's open"), becomes a whisky chaser with the pint, becomes a drink in the morning, to stop the shakes. Now, you're drinking, not to feel good, but to stop you feeling like 5hit !

 

It's possible to drink every waking moment, but still hold down a job, relationship and so on.

The danger begins when you try to stop.....

[bird 9,984]

 

 

You need to stay that way socks,,,cos 4-6 cans of cider every night,,,plus a bottle of wine ,,,is called being an alcoholic

watching that program last night bbc1 about alcoholics , would put you off drink for life, i do drink have 1 can of carling a night, and 6 cans sat/sunday , compared to them on the show they drink dozen plus wine every day. there livers were in real bad way they were all none were going to live long if they dont quit. i went through mad time in my younger days getting pissed and getting in trouble , i was different bloke when i had drink, to sober probably to serious / boring when sober, but pissed life.soul of a party. so i though back then feck it it better to be me the real me and not act false , and since then never had any friends on the program they must be spending £ 150 quid a week on fags and booze , just to kill there selves feck knows where they get the money from , i rather go to nice place and have nice meal and glass of wine or 1 pint, some people are weak mentally that came over in the program to me

I think it's unfair to call them' mentally weak', Bird.

Alcohol is easy to drink, but very difficult to give up. A pint after work, becomes two or three to relax you. A glass of wine easily becomes the whole bottle, becomes two ("it's a shame to waste it, now it's open"), becomes a whisky chaser with the pint, becomes a drink in the morning, to stop the shakes. Now, you're drinking, not to feel good, but to stop you feeling like 5hit !

 

It's possible to drink every waking moment, but still hold down a job, relationship and so on.

The danger begins when you try to stop.....

 

my ex brother-in law was/ still alcoholic , you right regards working and drinking, he owned 2 brass foundry factory and worth few bob. when in drink he was happy and doing well, but out of drink got violent and started to knock my sister about, i was going to sort him out, but sister didnt want me getting involved with him, encase he called the cops on me .because he had money he get away with lot of things, last i heard he had probs with his health through drink/fags he smoked 40 a day as well plus whisky every day, it caught up with him in the end , his new wife in the same boat with him,the odd drink dont hurt nobody , but like him to much of it will kill you and people round them .

[D Lloyd 2,790]

i drink till i SHIT my self then say thats it for this week

[dytkos 17,821]

 

I was brought up in a typical Welsh mining village where hunting fishing rugby and drinking were normal everyday activities ... I started playing youth rugby at 15 which pretty much meant I could drink in the rugby club 7 days a week if I had the money ... After that my alcohol education moved up a notch when I joined the army which has a massive drinking culture ... The higher up the ranks you go the more functions party's and general piss ups you are expected to attend so by the time I left having a drink every night was pretty much normal and for the last 3 or 4 years I've been putting away 4-6 cans of cider and a bottle or two of wine every night and a bit more on the weekend ... About 4 weeks ago I suddenly stopped ... I don't know why I hadn't planned it I just fancied a cup of tea instead and I've pretty much been the same since ... All I've drunk since then is 3 cans of cider and 2 glasses of wine ... As of writing this I still have no inclination to have a drink ... Who knows tomorrow next week or next year I may decide I want to drink again but at the moment it's the furthest thing from my mind ... Anybody else had one of these strange epiphanies ........

 

Me and the missus both like a drink, its been part of our lifestyle/culture for over 25 years.

If im off shift ill drink between 4 and 8 cans a night, if im on, ususally 2 maybe 3 a night.

Mrs would do a bottle of vodka in two days but about 6 weeks back she suddenly stopped?

So conciously/or subconciously I have cut down as well.

Its no big deal between us but I like to think its improving our lives?

 

Cheers, D.

[CushtyJook 1,097]

I'll go out on the weekend and have 8 to 10 pints but weekdays very rare unless cider in the warm evenings sat by the fire got family history of abusive alcholics

Edited April 26, 2016 by CushtyJook