The post New Year CC 3-month abstinence thread...

[rich p]

I think I will drink less between New Year and the FNRttC season, and then segue effortlessly into the disgusting kind of display I learned from Rich P. The drinking, that is, not the mincing about wearing only twiglets.

I'm definitely going to drink less between now and the New Year - it's the least I can do.

I shall also steer clear of the Elderflower mincing ale that la belle Claud made me drink in Wales.

 

[fossyant]

I never said I won't be having a fair few beers on NYE, but I'll be up before 8am..... two young kids..... ..... so you have to stop somewhere.........

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I never said I won't be having a fair few beers on NYE, but I'll be up before 8am..... two young kids..... ..... so you have to stop somewhere.........

8am!! You jammy swine, that's a lie-in in our house.

 

[dellzeqq]

I think I will drink less between New Year and the FNRttC season, and then segue effortlessly into the disgusting kind of display I learned from Rich P. The drinking, that is, not the mincing about wearing only twiglets.

drink less than how much?

 

[Fiona N]

I usually try to stay dry through January so I could have a go at the three months - if I can stop a bit early as my birthday's a bit before the end of March

The possible fly in the ointment is a two week business trip to Japan at the end of January. I have no problem asking for iced tea (unsweetened proper tea - usually oolong - not that fizzy sweet muck) instead of beer at business dinners but we stay in a hotel which has a sort of happy hour with free drinks from 18.30pm - they dole out some very nice wines and good champagne. My colleagues do tend to try to be up in the lounge for 6.30 on the dot while I go off to the gym and get there later but it's still an effort to drag them out for dinner before the free drinks stop at 8.30pm. Even more unfortunately, the staff know I like a glass of champagne (and we've been staying in the hotel for more than 15 years) and will always come over bearing a tall chilled glass and a bottle when I arrive in the lounge - very very hard to resist

 

[vernon]

It's OK for you, you're young, you can take it. The ability to party all night with no effects doesn't last forever.

Speak for yourself!

 

[vernon]

'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.'

Dean Martin

 

[TVC]

Speak for yourself!

I was.

 

[Fly]

I'm still going from last year =)

 

[theclaud]

drink less than how much?

Less than you and Mrs Dellzeqq combined. Let's not get too carried away with the austerity culture...

 

[theclaud]

I shall also steer clear of the Elderflower mincing ale that la belle Claud made me drink in Wales.

Is it the mincing, or just the drinking, that you're blaming on me?

 

[ComedyPilot]

Like some others, my consumption levels are low enough to negate the need for abstinence.

 

[PBancroft]

I failed miserably last year. Honestly, I'm not sure I could last three months. As a true alcoholic, I'm not sure I could last a week.

Fine. I'm going to go and enjoy New Year's eve, and will apologise profusely when I start drinking again next year. Count the hours days.

 

[Foghat]

'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.'

Dean Martin

This Dean Martin?

 

[Piemaster]

I have a 28 day enforced abstinence every time I join a ship. Doing that 6 times a year is more than adequate.
Not having beer in the airport bar on the way home is an unbearable thought.