Alcohol … how’s your relationship with it ?

[spectateur]

i drink 2 or 3 times a week, the trouble is when i do i black out after about the 7th or 8th drink which 90% is at home, nothing bad has happened in recent years but now with young family i'm going to make an effort to come off it, trouble is my whole family likes a drink all my mates like a drink its not going to be easy

Do it mate, even if you have to change your pals.
Otherwise it'll kill you.

 

[YoboCopter]

Do it mate, even if you have to change your pals.
Otherwise it'll kill you.

Ive never not drank to blackout

 

[spectateur]

Ive never not drank to blackout

One of these days you won't wake up.

 

[evertonblueser]

Do it mate, even if you have to change your pals.
Otherwise it'll kill you.

thanks you're probably right, theres a fella wrote a famous book about stopping smoking Allen Carr (not the crap comedian) he did a book about stopping drinking which i ordered from amazon i need something to help stop i won't be able to do it on my own, my missus says when i drink i get faster as i go whereas other people slow down

 

[verreauxi]

i drink 2 or 3 times a week, the trouble is when i do i black out after about the 7th or 8th drink which 90% is at home, nothing bad has happened in recent years but now with young family i'm going to make an effort to come off it, trouble is my whole family likes a drink all my mates like a drink its not going to be easy

Yeah, this is tough. Some people can just dial it back, for example having one drink a night and then stop, others have to go cold-turkey as one drink leads to another, to another, to another... The latter happened to my buddy; he was often home making dinner for the kids while his wife worked. He would drink "whisky cloudys" (bourbon and water w/a splash of coke). He realized that by the end of the night he'd have like 4-6 or more. He also realized that he couldn't remember any conversations with his kids the next morning--this latter realization made him stop cold. We still hang out. He drinks non-alcoholic beer if we go out, but also us friends who still drink also don't try to force going out to pubs as much; we are just as happy to hang out and chat at home (we are older BTW). It also helps that in many states in the USA marijuana is now legal, so while I have a beer or two, he smokes.

Non-alcoholic beer is much better these days...maybe you could keep some of that around?? (if beer is your thing). In any case, you'll be much better for it if you make the effort to dial it back.

 

[Goodison87]

I cant walk without pain killers atm due to gout

Don’t you take anything for it? Colchicine Works wonders to keep it at bay.

 

[Goodison87]

Don’t you take anything for it? Colchicine Works wonders to keep it at bay.

Sorry, helps when having the attack! allopurinol to help prevent the attacks !

 

[witchdoc187]

i drink 2 or 3 times a week, the trouble is when i do i black out after about the 7th or 8th drink which 90% is at home, nothing bad has happened in recent years but now with young family i'm going to make an effort to come off it, trouble is my whole family likes a drink all my mates like a drink its not going to be easy

1 day at a time mate. Just say to yourself "i am not going to drink today" i just did over 10 weeks sober and just finished a 3 day bender. Miserable as sin today. So gonna start again on my quest for sobriety, Try to fill your time with more rewarding stuff.

 

[witchdoc187]

thanks you're probably right, theres a fella wrote a famous book about stopping smoking Allen Carr (not the crap comedian) he did a book about stopping drinking which i ordered from amazon i need something to help stop i won't be able to do it on my own, my missus says when i drink i get faster as i go whereas other people slow down

I did that book mate really really helped me

 

[witchdoc187]

thanks you're probably right, theres a fella wrote a famous book about stopping smoking Allen Carr (not the crap comedian) he did a book about stopping drinking which i ordered from amazon i need something to help stop i won't be able to do it on my own, my missus says when i drink i get faster as i go whereas other people slow down

Also anybody who encourages you to have a beer needs booting from your life

 

[YoboCopter]

One of these days you won't wake up.

What makes you say that doctor?

 

[jaybx1878]

Still haven't had a drink since June, the recent trains home from West Ham and Palace were a big test with all the lads getting blitzed but I held firm.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

thanks you're probably right, theres a fella wrote a famous book about stopping smoking Allen Carr (not the crap comedian) he did a book about stopping drinking which i ordered from amazon i need something to help stop i won't be able to do it on my own, my missus says when i drink i get faster as i go whereas other people slow down

Some people do drink like this. I’ve always drank quick then slowed down and usually want to call it a night fairly early. Couple of mates who tend to have blackouts will accelerate as the night goes. It’s a funny thing.
Just got to find something else to keep you busy. Will be hard at first but get easier quickly.

 

[coollino]

I genuinely don't think I've ever blacked out from drink, I guess I'd know if I have. I definitely slow down the longer the drinking goes on

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I genuinely don't think I've ever blacked out from drink, I guess I'd know if I have. I definitely slow down the longer the drinking goes on

I go a bit hyper before tiring myself out and try to sneak home at 1.