I thinking of going teetotal

[Les Biehn]

Has anyone else on here done this and did they find it hard?

 

[Clothes Peg]

I did, for medical reasons.

It's not difficult, considering I didn't really drink much before anyway. If drinking and alcohol environments are a large part of your social life, then it's probably more difficult. Maybe giving up smoking would be a better one to start with?

 

[The Large One]

You're thinking of going teetotal? :thud:

Are you drunk?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I did it for about 3 months, its not that hard really once you get used to it

 

[tip top]

Brewers droop les

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Les, you fool, teetotalers are the illest of the lot and it is a scientific fact teetotalers live on average 7 years less than moderate drinkers, I am a strong believer that the body functions best with a regular and moderate alcohol intake with the odd benders, also more to the point, its great fun drinking

 

[y2dave]

Tried and failed, longest stint was 3 months. I'm a total binge drinker so it's more my social life I need to change, Sunday to Thursday I don't touch a drop.

And as my friends kept saying, nobody likes a quitter!

 

[Billy the Fish]

I did last year when I was trying to save money, I went to the gym in the week, played poker on friday nights and went out on saturdays but just drank coke. After a month I felt really good, I was never tired and generally in a good mood. It was hard going to the pub at first but once you get used to it it's ok. I lasted 8 weeks, I did have the odd couple of pints in that time but nothing to make me feel bad. I will do it again one day, but at the moment I just like getting wrecked too much. Well worth a go.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Tried and failed, longest stint was 3 months. I'm a total binge drinker so it's more my social life I need to change, Sunday to Thursday I don't touch a drop.

And as my friends kept saying, nobody likes a quitter!

Sounds like me really, I only tend to drink on a sat after football.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Nope.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I am not a great drinker ( wine is my only real vice that I will admit to) but when I was a youngster, I went for a job at gatwick as a ground steward for British Caledonian, I had to lose a shed loads of weight to get down to weight/height ratio, ie from 15st to 11st. It took me abouyt 7 months and in that time I completely stopped drinking alcohol, fruit juices ( because of sugar) , tea and coffee and just stuck to water.

Suffice it to say, i did not get the job and put it all back on in a couple of months!!!

 

[Napper]

Depends on motivation. If its to lose your gut then switch to vodka , soda water and lime......job done

 

[bristolseagull]

i did it for 3 months, pretty easy-

but a bit w@nk when you go out with your mates and they're all pissed though.

 

[Buzzer]

It won't add years to your life...it'll just seem like it.

As Dean Martin said.."I feel sorry for non-drinkers. They wake up in the moening and that's the best they'll feel all day".

 

[severnside gull]

Don't be daft

 

[gullshark]

I didn't drink for about 4 years, and only have the occasional cheeky one now. I don't get drunk quite simply cause I fall asleep rather than become bouncy.

 

[Meade's Ball]

If you give up a habit for your own good, then you replace it with another. Maybe you'll take up baboon impersonation or the Welsh language or Gremlinisation as a hobby instead.
But, in general, it depends if you trust rulemakers and their commands. If you do, then go for it, make the rule and follow it. If not, then just tell yourself you're going to cut down and never see a couple of cheeky shots as a failure.

I gave up regular and comfortable drinking due to cognitive impairment and constant headaches and unalcoholic dizziness and endless questions of the make-up of reality and daily pill-swallowing to deter the unseen.

 

[NMH]

I never thought doing one thing for all your life was all that thrilling, and going down the pub and boozing the night away, even with a load of mates isn't exactly special if you can't have a laugh without alcohol. It's a depressant anyway.

It doesn't help chat decent birds Les Biehn, though if you are sober and they're drunk it might.

 

[Croydonbloke]

I get very sick after drinking so have considered it on more than one occasion. Since Palace have been doing poorly I will live with the drink for now.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Yeah, but only managed a few months. Been three and a half years since my last ciggie, though

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