Giving up alcohol for 3 months
was pretty special for me. I had (unfounded) niggly doubts a few times that I had been drinking too much and was worried I couldn't stop.

Squashed those feelings like a boss.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 11:59, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Any reason for the giving up?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:00, Reply)

It was an diet exercise plan thing
Part for the diet was no alcohol. Very good way to take your mind off it. Plus the 8 pack reward was pretty handy.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:07, Reply)

I call bullshit on the 8 pack!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I read this as "please gaz me topless pics"

(PsychoChomp, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I can show you a picture if you really want?

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Nah, you're ok

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I've considered doing this recently.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:03, Reply)

The payoffs you get are amazing.
Took a week and a bit till I could stay up till 1 and bound out of bed at 7.30 no problem.

My skin was different within days. Very strange.

Downsides - going out/telling people you're not drinking. I ended up telling people I just didn't drink full stop. Much easier.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Going to the pub and not drinking is shit
I'd rather just not go. Everyone is a cunt when drunk and you are sober
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:13, Reply)

House parties were the worst
I ended up drinking Becks Blue just to get people to shut up and stop trying to give me spiked drinks.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Beekers, give Himjim his login back please.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Hahahaha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I've said to a friend that both her and I doing it would be a good idea.
She's my main drinking partner, and has admitted that giving it the boot for a bit would be a good idea.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Well done you.
worth it if only to prove you can.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Not drinking at all is quite hard
It isn't until you stop completely that you notice what you actually did drink. Save a fucking fortune too

Well done
*pats on back in manly way*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:04, Reply)

This was the other thing I noticed
I had so much spare money I didn't know what to do with it! Very nice feeling.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I got to the point where I'd have a couple of cans each night or a bottle of wine
It soon mounts up, both alcohol and cost wise!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Yep!
I just stick to bingeing it all at weekends now.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I'll probably have a bottle of red and a few cans at a weekend but I don't drink during the week
It is doing wonders for my waistline!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I only ever drink at the weekends
so I am a classic binge drinker. I still refuse to believe that it's worse for me than drinking half a bottle of wine every night.
(berk, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:20, Reply)

I like this.

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Pah
Breakfast.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Not drinking makes me more miserable than the happiness I could derive from the weight loss
and extra cash
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:11, Reply)