Teetotalism

[MissTillyFlop]

Has anyone else managed this at all?

I have been "off the pop" since the start of January and I feel so much better for it. However, that's not to say that I don't get hugely tempted still.

How do people manage the cravings and also the social pressures? (A lot of my friends have reacted as if I said "I've decided to become a murderer").

Help!

 

[MickyMickster]

I don't drink at all.I use to have a few back in the day,but started to get banging headaches more and more.(even after a shandy),So gave it up completely and never missed it.

 

[Basil.B]

Not had a drop for nearly 4 years.
Used to love boozing back in the day.
Feel much better now though.

 

[Birchy]

I don't drink at all.I use to have a few back in the day,but started to get banging headaches more and more.(even after a shandy),So gave it up completely and never missed it.

Pretty much the same here. I don't drink at all. Even when I go to pub I prefer to have a glass of coke instead.

 

[EltonFrog]

I have never been a big drinker, and often go months without a glass. I'm not that bothered about to be honest, amd when I do have a dring I tend to like that cheap weak Belgium stuff.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I've been off it since December and most of the time, I don't have any craving. When I do, I just binge on sugary shite, seems to work.

When I did some night rides, some of the pubs looked really tempting, with their open fires and offerings of real ale....I resisted tho - even tho I wanted to get outta the cold.

The cravings will lesson over time, unless your were an alcoholic, then they may never go.

I've too do feel better for not boozing.

 

[coffeejo]

I quit booze, um, errr, 10 years ago. I vaguely started again a few years ago but so rarely that I can't remember the last time I had any. Oh, yes I can. A couple of sips of wine at Christmas lunch 2011.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Haven't touched any for years(for various non publicly admissible reasons)

Don't miss it, yet I don't miss smoking 40 a day either.

 

[Basil.B]

All the money I used to spend on booze, I now spend on cycling!

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I have never been a big drinker, and often go months without a glass. I'm not that bothered about to be honest, amd when I do have a dring I tend to like that cheap weak Belgium stuff.

I am /was a bit of a boozer and love stronger beers and red wine and cognac and ... well most booze if I am honest. I have got past the stage of needing to drink to go out, but I miss the taste of it. And I do miss being drunk a bit too and my friends also think I'm weird.

I mean, I AM weird, but the not drinking makes me decidedly less so!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I have never been a big drinker, and often go months without a glass. I'm not that bothered about to be honest, amd when I do have a dring I tend to like that cheap weak Belgium stuff.

Me too - except I prefer a proper Ale or some nice Red. Weeks and months do go between helpings tho'.

 

[Trembler49]

I still drink too much, but I then started going through a phase of being bored with drinking and contemplated giving it all up.

However, I have recently rediscovered the joy of being half cut for large portions of the day.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I consider myself TT.

I do still occasionally have a drink, but it would generally be exactly that, a drink, and TBH it's so infrequent and so limited that when I do it's not worth even counting.

My first job was in a hotel where I worked for 8 years, and I think seeing all the idiots patrons night after night might have affected me away from alcohol.

Oh yes, that and the fact I never could handle it myself

 

[Maz]

I am Muslim, so don't drink. Doesn't stop me from socialising with friends at the pub from time to time. Can't say I've ever been tempted to try it.

 

[coffeejo]

How do people manage the cravings and also the social pressures? (A lot of my friends have reacted as if I said "I've decided to become a murderer").

Cravings were sorted by becoming the designated driver. Free non-alcoholic drinks all night, petrol paid for and no hangover the next day.

Friends who aren't supportive aren't true friends. You can either dodge the issue (I'm driving / early start tomorrow / training etc) or be upfront, say you've quit and ask for their help to avoid the temptation.