Teetotalism

[Aperitif]

I only drink when I'm out, I had an unopened crate of beer the the fridge and someone didn't believe that it was the same unopened crate when they came round 3 months later.

Nice big fridge - it must be a least three cubic mcgintys.

 

[Aperitif]

I'm not off the pop, but I've deliberately cut down dramatically - probably halved my consumption overnight. The reasons for this are more financial than anything else, but I if it happens to be better for me then that's not a bad thing. I can't honestly say I feel better for it at all though - the main noticeable effect is that I can't sleep if I go to bed at a sensible time, so if anything I'm more tired in the mornings. I don't want to be in the pub with no beer, so I simply don't go to the pub in the week at all. I find it very difficult to resist going to the off-licence (which is only 500 yards away!) but I've just been toughing it out and banning myself from buying anything with a card - it's very easy to see how much it costs if you are living on the cash in your pocket. Sorry this isn't a more positive post, but I'd kill for a glass of wine or six and I'm counting the days until Agent Hilda's birthday bash, where I intend to get completely langered. Hopefully quite cheaply, as I'll be such a lightweight by then...

This thread is useless without pitchers!
I haven't had a drink for 13 or so hours - progress is slow but sure. I might survive for another 9 hours but it will be 'touch and go'. My lips will touch the glass, and it will be gone.

 

[MacB]

This thread is useless without pitchers!
I haven't had a drink for 13 or so hours - progress is slow but sure. I might survive for another 9 hours but it will be 'touch and go'. My lips will touch the glass, and it will be gone.

what, you're telling me these posts are you sober

 

[GaryA]

Post a piccy of tonights tipple...

Well maybe not 3.....
remember

 

[Aperitif]

what, you're telling me these posts are you sober

Yeah, sorry...it's just like the feeling we get while waiting for you to buy beer. I'll be alright when I've had a phew!
Anyway, 'aperitif' - the ideal soberiquet...

 

[Get In The Van]

20 years and counting

 

[ColinJ]

20 years and counting

I'm not sure that I would ever lose the taste for beer. My longest break from it was about 2 years, but throughout that time, I always knew that I'd start again one day.

I've made a pact with myself - no more alcohol while I am ill. If I recover to the point where I feel fit and strong again, then I'll try seeing if I can stick to a couple of nights of moderate drinking per week, spaced out. If I can, that will do me; if I can't, I will give up until 'the end game', when I will abuse my body as much as I want, secure in the knowledge that damaging my health would no longer be an issue!

 

[rich p]

White port, chilled, as an aperitif is my latest fad. As a pre-prandial snifter it doesn't really count as drink in the alcohol sense
Apéritif, comes pre-chilled but you get a large one.

 

[theclaud]

And also because when Linf cracks, DZ will be doing all the buying.

Ha! I like your thinking, but it's not going to happen. You and I will just have to get used to the fact that Mr P is MORE IMPORTANT TO LINFY THAN WE ARE!

 

[Aperitif]

White port, chilled, as an aperitif is my latest fad. As a pre-prandial snifter it doesn't really count as drink in the alcohol sense
Apéritif, comes pre-chilled but you get a large one.

Any port in a storm, Rich. I have just glugged a glass of Mountgay Extra Old (nothing like a drink with one's demeanour in the title)...it may or may not have been 'on time' but, my goodness, it does the trick. Best that I have another now, just in case I was imagining things.

 

[Night Train]

Thing is, without the assistance of drink, how is it possible to get together with someone ? Tea drinking & arranged marriage ? I shall forever be thankful for bottles of Jura and Auchentoshan and the dutch courage they imbued.

'Tea?' thread?

I never saw alcohol as a way of 'meeting' people, quite the opposite really. I can't see anything worse then being drunk, meeting someone else who is drunk, having a drunken shout at each other, then a drunken wiggle on the dance floor followed by drunken sex that neither can remember the details of, nor if consent was given. And then follows a period of 'going out together' mainly to get drunk as there is nothing else in common.

My 'dates' were nearly always non alcoholic ones until a relationship was established. It was the only way to be sure that there was something in common. Likewise, always no sexual relations when under the influence when the relationship is barely started or still new.
I'm not really into regular pub visits either so I don't miss, or rely, that for social interaction.

I have had periods of abstinence, usually around 3-4 years at a time.
When I was younger I had only a very few occasions when I was very drunk. Since then I am happy with the occasional glass or two of wine, maybe a whisky, sometimes a nice beer. Drinks seems to be months apart.

I am tempted to stop alcohol again for a few years, or more.

 

[NormanD]

I was never a drinker to start with, so avoiding the stuff has always been simple for me .. I have the odd drink at weddings or a sip at a toast to someone .. I still go to pubs when asked with friends and do have a good night out without a drop of alcohol passing my lips.

Alcohol doesn't make for a good fun time

 

[Moon bunny]

'Tea?' thread?

I never saw alcohol as a way of 'meeting' people, quite the opposite really. I can't see anything worse then being drunk, meeting someone else who is drunk, having a drunken shout at each other, then a drunken wiggle on the dance floor followed by drunken sex that neither can remember the details of, nor if consent was given. And then follows a period of 'going out together' mainly to get drunk as there is nothing else in common.

34% of marriages are expected to end in divorce by the 20th wedding anniversary

- Office of National statistics.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

34% of marriages are expected to end in divorce by the 20th wedding anniversary

- Office of National statistics.

Only have 4 more years to go then... don't I get less for a life sentence for murder?

 

[thom]

'Tea?' thread?

I never saw alcohol as a way of 'meeting' people, quite the opposite really. I can't see anything worse then being drunk, meeting someone else who is drunk, having a drunken shout at each other, then a drunken wiggle on the dance floor followed by drunken sex that neither can remember the details of, nor if consent was given. And then follows a period of 'going out together' mainly to get drunk as there is nothing else in common.

My 'dates' were nearly always non alcoholic ones until a relationship was established. It was the only way to be sure that there was something in common. Likewise, always no sexual relations when under the influence when the relationship is barely started or still new.
I'm not really into regular pub visits either so I don't miss, or rely, that for social interaction.

My friend got hitched to an MP who was desperately pursuing her - he tried many things to get her attention to a level beyond friendship, alcohol provided the vehicle whereby the subconscious became real and both are very happy now. Point being, it isn't a cheap way to get together - people just aren't always that good at expressing genuine feelings. I know of similar personally and also it wasn't a remark that was supposed to be taken too seriously ;-)