The booze-quittin' buddy thread!

[BrianEvesham]

It is due to be posted in Spring, 2014 when I am a bit more tanned!

We don't mind the untanned look Colin

 

[ColinJ]

We don't mind the untanned look Colin

I just noticed that I am developing a slight case of 'Patrick Moore eyebrows', so those are going to have to be trimmed back before any new pictures are taken!

 

[skyair]

go for it colin,I have just shaved my chest and stomach ready for Thailand and ready for that tan

 

[subaqua]

good servant , bad master. sadly it seems to be starting to want be the master. Post new year will be a very big reduction in quantity and regularity.

the weight i have put on since hooning it again will drop off.

 

[david k]

it wasn't just health reasons I gave up drinking its the way I behaved I cant drink with any dignity so I just don't want to drink

which is probably why i enjoy drinking in my own company

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I have never been one for just going out for a pint or two, if I was out I was all out. Got to the point where a Friday night out would still have me feeling rough on a Monday and sometimes even a Tuesday. I also did some silly silly things after drinking too much so enough was enough. Stopped going out probably around Sept 2011 so no booze for over two years. Feel better for it, I love the feeling of feeling fresh on a Sunday morning ready for a club run too. Sometimes I do miss the times I've had but I don't want to go back there.

 

[edwardd67]

do you feel any benefit?

Absolutely , not waking up feeling rough . Feel fitter and stronger but still have the odd off day.

 

[fossyant]

Back on tramadol for pain so can't drink at all. It was either pain killers or beer but this stuff is very strong. Booze free NYE again (last 2 yeaes I've driven). At least this saves money and helps with weight loss. Booze is cal-horrific.

 

[vickster]

I have a friend who drinks with tramadol, doesn't seem to have any specific ill effects! That said, she has been taking them for a long time, and is not generally advised. They just make me dozy and they aren't especially effective for me....co-codamol is my dozy making painkiller of choice

 

[skyair]

yes me to mickey I wouldn't stop drinking till I fell down and would be sick for days.hangovers lasted for days and I wouldn't or couldn't eat I feel so embarrassed even writing it now. I was a complete and utter tw-t...I will never go there again

 

[fossyant]

I have a friend who drinks with tramadol, doesn't seem to have any specific ill effects! That said, she has been taking them for a long time, and is not generally advised. They just make me dozy and they aren't especially effective for me....co-codamol is my dozy making painkiller of choice

Been given tramadol as codeine gives me bad tummy rumbles and bungs me up.
Side effect of drinking with tramadol is listed as 'death' so I will give it a miss.

other effect is it does give you a slight high.

 

[david k]

Sorry though I dont think stopping alcohol intake will make lose weight

Less food consumption is the one where you'll lose the weight?

drinking makes me eat more so double wammy for me

 

[david k]

How many days of 2014 will pass before we have a 'booze buddy thread' ?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Sorry though I dont think stopping alcohol intake will make lose weight

Less food consumption is the one where you'll lose the weight?

Alcohol is exceptionally good at increasing your weight.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

I was never much of a drinker anyways, just a few beers when between offshore hitches, but two years ago I realised I had been a couple of months with no alcohol and decided to just carry on like that as more of a small personal challenge. Well two years have past and I dont miss it at all and everyone likes a designated driver to hand too lol