Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
same here. What would our younger selves think of it?I don’t think i’ve had an hangover of any merit for at least two years, if i have a couple of beers nowadays i feel rotten
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[Drinking] I’ve gone off Alcohol
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Similar sort of age and similar sort of story. For teens, twenties and most of thirties I was a hedonist getting mashed (booze or whatever was available ) every weekend without fail. Now I’m just a bit bored of it and just don’t feel the need.
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One word, Lightweights
ElectricNaz
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I will say, as an alcoholic (please don't judge) I'm still at the point of falling off the wagon occasionally. It's becoming less and less after a couple of years but it still happens.
What I will say, is that I do have fun when I'm not drinking. But my cravings for booze do come back every now and then. Not sure that will ever change but for now I'm early in the journey and will take each day as it comes. Just do what works for you and if you're truly happy, that's the main thing
What I will say, is that I do have fun when I'm not drinking. But my cravings for booze do come back every now and then. Not sure that will ever change but for now I'm early in the journey and will take each day as it comes. Just do what works for you and if you're truly happy, that's the main thing
I first heard that in the 90’s. If anyone dared to have a lager top or Shandy.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
and a career lasting draft to the crabs!
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Yep. Exactly the same happened to me at the end of 2020. Haven't had a drop of alcohol since I made myself a gin and tonic on new year's eve, had a mouthful and then just left it.
Like you, I completely went off it - and don't miss it at all. Really weird, but maybe that's more to do with how much society is based around alcohol, that we think we 'should' drink...
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Same. I love(d) Guinness, but the zero alcohol one gives me a headache, ironically!
Colonel Mustard
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- Jun 18, 2023
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I did Dry January this year and have just kept going. It’s now 91 days without booze and the way I’m feeling, could quite happily not bother with it ever again. To put this in context, I was drinking far too much, and had been for years. I was drinking the recommended weekly units every day pretty much, and it had been like that for as long as I can remember. So I was anxious about stopping for a month. Weirdly, I’ve barely thought about booze these 3 months. In fact, drinking has started to seem a bit ridiculous. I think I’m done with it. I feel a lot better and have lost nearly 20 lbs without really trying.
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But can you pin it on anything? I went from being a fairly regular drinker to losing interest quite quickly for no apparent reason?
I did Dry January five or six years ago, and never stopped (or never restarted I suppose).
Don't miss the booze or the headaches or the poor quality sleep or the expense or the terrible decision making or the regrets or making apologies for my behaviour or not being able to drive whenever I like.
I haven't stopped drinking alcohol, I just choose not to and can't see me going back.
One other thing I do notice is how rampant product placement has become. The booze industry has been brilliant at connecting everything to drinking alcohol but the level of drinking in the media is astonishing and insidious. Did you watch The Gentlemen!!
The alcoholic stuff tasted bad enough when I was drinking, I definitely wouldn’t drink non alcoholic lager from a tap there.
You wouldn't touch that shit when you did drink booze, why subject yourself to it when you don't?Non alcoholic Fosters…….really?
However, there are some astonishingly passable no-lo beers around these days. And it's getting better.
Exactly, see my post above the one you have quoted
I have only had a few non alcoholic beers but not seen many places selling them on tap.
Cheeky Monkey
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I had a morning-after headache after two bottles of Beck's blue. I guess it was the chemicals. Never again.
Colonel Mustard
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I’ve not tried any no- or low-alcohol beers and don’t feel any desire to do so. If you’ve managed to get rid of the enthusiasm for beer it seems risky to drink anything that resembles its taste. Mind you, the selection of non-alcoholic drinks in pubs and restaurants is absolutely shocking. So much sugary, chemically crap. Would it be too hard to stock a few smoothies or freshly squeezed juices?
pearl
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I wouldn't flush my toilet with Fosters!Non alcoholic Fosters…….really?
Yes similar decline in interest in alcohol for me, not quite zero but I really don't care if I drink or not nowadays. There are still times when a thirst makes me have a (non-craft) branded draught lager and I'll sink that to quench my thirst but anymore than that just really makes me thirsty and isn't enjoyable. If I have a second beer I'll have a Coke Zero alongside with alternate sips (weird and not healthy I know).