Is it time to give up drinking when...

[Leodis]

Lol what a thread. Hope you both get better soon

 

[colly]

Looking back to when I was a yoof I'm surprised I managed to get to 20.
I didn't deliberately go out to get wrecked but just a couple of pints would see me well on the way. I like having a drink, but I really hate the feeling of being drunk or even anywhere near it. Red wine is what I enjoy most now but even that I've cut back on, mainly because I simply don't drink it as much as I used to.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Buy better quality beer. You have to drink less that way.

Quite, say if I was drinking Rochefort 10 I'd definitely keep below a dozen pints.

 

[Cheddar George]

Looking back to when I was a yoof I'm surprised I managed to get to 20.
I didn't deliberately go out to get wrecked but just a couple of pints would see me well on the way. I like having a drink, but I really hate the feeling of being drunk or even anywhere near it. Red wine is what I enjoy most now but even that I've cut back on, mainly because I simply don't drink it as much as I used to.

Blimey !

So you're actually sober when you're posting ?

 

[Mattonsea]

I know this sounds hippy Sh#t but Karma does bite you on the arse

 

[surfdude]

sounds like my nights out when i was 16 /21 years old . i gave up drinking when i was 21 as i got into lots of trouble and started to wee blood .
just think about the money your night out cost the nhs and the poor really ill people who had to wait that bit longer to be seen because of you .
no don't give up drinking , just know when you have had enough

 

[Hill Wimp]

Have we made you feel bad enough now to be a bit more sensible ?

Next time you may do something to yourself that stops you ever cycling again.

 

[martint235]

So I went to Leeds on the lash with a group of friends, got absolutely trashed and then late on I face-planted the floor and ended up in A&E, where after getting bored of waiting I left without being seen.

So after getting home I find that my wife has taken a turn for the worse and is being admitted to hospital, so off I trot. Whilst there I take a turn for the worse and collapse, next thing I know is that I'm on a trolley and being wheeled into A&E. I get released 9 hours later after a brain scan, luckily I just have a minor concussion.

When the wife gets home no doubt she will have a go at me wondering when I'm going to grow up or at least drink a little more sensibly!

I ended up in a French A&E during the FNRttC so I have some sympathy for you. It all depends how badly you want to give up. I keep trying, sometimes I'll manage months without alcohol but then something crops up (sometimes serious like my mum dying, sometimes less serious like summer arriving) and it always seems a good time to start again.

There's a book by a guy called Allan Carr (not the funny bloke) that I found quite helpful. At least it helps me stop for weeks at a time without too much of a problem.

 

[Sara_H]

So I went to Leeds on the lash with a group of friends, got absolutely trashed and then late on I face-planted the floor and ended up in A&E, where after getting bored of waiting I left without being seen.

So after getting home I find that my wife has taken a turn for the worse and is being admitted to hospital, so off I trot. Whilst there I take a turn for the worse and collapse, next thing I know is that I'm on a trolley and being wheeled into A&E. I get released 9 hours later after a brain scan, luckily I just have a minor concussion.

When the wife gets home no doubt she will have a go at me wondering when I'm going to grow up or at least drink a little more sensibly!

If you're asking the question, you probably know the answer.

I gave up drinking about 19 months ago. I tried cutting down a bit, but to my horror found this quite difficult.

Someone recomended the Alan Carr Easy way to give up Alcohol book to me. Before I'd even finished the book I couldn't stand the smell of alcohol, and haven't been able to ever since.

I don't miss it at all, and can think of quite a few advantages. Plus I reckon I've saved about £1500 that would have been spent on wine in that time.

 

[tyred]

Giving it up was the best thing I ever did. I used to drink stupid amounts when I was super-depressed in my late teens and early 20s (usually alone which makes it even worse). I haven't drank since I was about 24 and have come to realise there really isn't a single situation that can be improved by alcohol.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2643533, member: 1314"]The answer to the OP is no...yeah a time and a place but...

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Lightweight! I'll see your wine and I'll raise you two cans of Ting and a bottle of Wray and Nephews.

 

[Peteaud]

I really dont get the whole going out to get hammered thing.

Each to their own and all that but why drink to oblivion, your just pi**ing money down the toilet / gutter.

 

[ayceejay]

I am not sure is the OP was looking for sympathy but if you need to smack your face on the floor before realising you've had too much to drink you don't need sympathy.

 

[martint235]

I am not sure is the OP was looking for sympathy but if you need to smack your face on the floor before realising you've had too much to drink you don't need sympathy.

I'm not sure it's a "need" as such more an unexpected side effect

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 2643533, member: 1314"]The answer to the OP is no...yeah a time and a place but...

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Nice Colnago!