Anyone here quit drinking completely?
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I quit drinking for a while. My memory returned to normal at around the two month mark and I lost 10lbs. Highly recommended as even a once a year thing.
I end up with alcohol almost completly. Occasional drink is OK.
I did it to not embarrass myself again and eliminate possibility of doing something very stupid, irreversible. I've got away with some major shit on few occasions and will not push my luck anymore.
However I miss being an animal from time to time.
I did it to not embarrass myself again and eliminate possibility of doing something very stupid, irreversible. I've got away with some major shit on few occasions and will not push my luck anymore.
However I miss being an animal from time to time.
Pretty much my exact experience/reasoning.
It's been about 4 years for me, and I can definitely say that stopping drinking has had a streamlining effect on my life in general.
If you're drinking enough to impair your judgement (is there any other way?), you'll probably find that you make fewer regrettable mistakes if you stop drinking, and the mistakes you do make won't be because you were at a disadvantage at the time of the decision.
There's something to be said for removing things that are needlessly complicating, but unless you find something to fill the space in your life that drinking occupies, you might feel slightly empty/agitated, and this will make it difficult to stay the course.
If I stopped drinking I would stop earning badges on Untappd, so it's just not an option for me. Alka-Seltzer before I go to bed and no hangovers in the morning.
My drinking sounds similar to JStover's. I wasn't a daily drinker, but I'd go out a couple of nights a week. Once I started, I wouldn't/couldn't stop until I could barely function. It was a problem, but not one the was affecting my life too negatively.
Then i had a shitty stretch at my (then) job and went on a nearly 3 week bender. I was at the bar every night after work from 5 until they closed. It didn't help that my girlfriend and close friends at the time were all heavy drinkers as well. Getting a crowd together to tie one on was easy enough to do. I won't go into details, but that bender ended with me spending a month in jail, ruining a lucrative career in my field forever, and basically fucking my entire life for the next 2 years. It sucked, and it was all my doing.
I was lucky enough (I can honestly say that now) to have been placed on an alcohol tether for 6 months while I waited for my trial prior to spending a month in clink. That gave me 6 months of absolutely no alcohol. I couldn't even use mouthwash that contained alcohol. It sucked ass and I was miserable.
The day I got out of jail, the only thing I could think was 'christ, I need a cigarette and a drink.' I went out and got hammered. Woke up the next day feeling like shit and wondered what the hell I was thinking.
That was nearly 4 years ago and it was the last time that I had a drop to drink.
I also live in a small shitty town (now, not then). I used to think that there wasn't anything to do here except have a few cold ones with friends, so I sat at home and locked myself away. I got tired of that and ventured out to find things to do other than that. I started playing men's fast pitch softball again, sure it's a beer league, but participating in athletics while drinking has never been my style, so that isn't a big deal for me. I got involved in the local community theater. I started enjoying all the nature that surrounds me. I've filled what would have been time spent drinking with other activites.
One thing that did help was that I also had to go to AA while I was on the tether. Now, I'm a firm believer that most all of the stuff AA programs spew are utter horseshit. But there were a few people in there who had been sober for more than two decades. I found great value in their experiences and 'techniques' for avoiding drinking or overcoming the temptation to drink. I no longer attend AA meetings, but I try to keep other member's stories as clear in my mind as my own experiences are.
As for hangover cures, there are only two that I know of. Limit the number of drinks to a moderate amount, or quit drinking entirely. I'm not against drinking, but I am against me drinking. For whatever reason, I don't have the will power or ability to stop myself once I've started for the night. Ultimately, that turned into a more significant problem and a hangover became the least of my concerns.
As for how it worked out for me. Healthwise, I've never felt better.
Careerwise, my situation forced me to work for myself. That has turned out to be a blessing, though I'm fairly certain I would fuck it up royally if I started drinking again.
Socially, it was difficult at first. But I've reconnected with old interests and hobbies and picked up a few new ones. I'd say on the all, I've met more interesting people since I've been sober than I ever did while I was drunk and the friendships tend to revolve around more than just hanging out at the bar. All in all, stopping drinking was a good thing for my life. YMMV.
Then i had a shitty stretch at my (then) job and went on a nearly 3 week bender. I was at the bar every night after work from 5 until they closed. It didn't help that my girlfriend and close friends at the time were all heavy drinkers as well. Getting a crowd together to tie one on was easy enough to do. I won't go into details, but that bender ended with me spending a month in jail, ruining a lucrative career in my field forever, and basically fucking my entire life for the next 2 years. It sucked, and it was all my doing.
I was lucky enough (I can honestly say that now) to have been placed on an alcohol tether for 6 months while I waited for my trial prior to spending a month in clink. That gave me 6 months of absolutely no alcohol. I couldn't even use mouthwash that contained alcohol. It sucked ass and I was miserable.
The day I got out of jail, the only thing I could think was 'christ, I need a cigarette and a drink.' I went out and got hammered. Woke up the next day feeling like shit and wondered what the hell I was thinking.
That was nearly 4 years ago and it was the last time that I had a drop to drink.
I also live in a small shitty town (now, not then). I used to think that there wasn't anything to do here except have a few cold ones with friends, so I sat at home and locked myself away. I got tired of that and ventured out to find things to do other than that. I started playing men's fast pitch softball again, sure it's a beer league, but participating in athletics while drinking has never been my style, so that isn't a big deal for me. I got involved in the local community theater. I started enjoying all the nature that surrounds me. I've filled what would have been time spent drinking with other activites.
One thing that did help was that I also had to go to AA while I was on the tether. Now, I'm a firm believer that most all of the stuff AA programs spew are utter horseshit. But there were a few people in there who had been sober for more than two decades. I found great value in their experiences and 'techniques' for avoiding drinking or overcoming the temptation to drink. I no longer attend AA meetings, but I try to keep other member's stories as clear in my mind as my own experiences are.
As for hangover cures, there are only two that I know of. Limit the number of drinks to a moderate amount, or quit drinking entirely. I'm not against drinking, but I am against me drinking. For whatever reason, I don't have the will power or ability to stop myself once I've started for the night. Ultimately, that turned into a more significant problem and a hangover became the least of my concerns.
As for how it worked out for me. Healthwise, I've never felt better.
Careerwise, my situation forced me to work for myself. That has turned out to be a blessing, though I'm fairly certain I would fuck it up royally if I started drinking again.
Socially, it was difficult at first. But I've reconnected with old interests and hobbies and picked up a few new ones. I'd say on the all, I've met more interesting people since I've been sober than I ever did while I was drunk and the friendships tend to revolve around more than just hanging out at the bar. All in all, stopping drinking was a good thing for my life. YMMV.
This. Water + Potassium (i eat a banana) + b-vitamin = golden. You could also take a milk thistle pill, pretty much does all that by itself.
Works for me, 2 joints and some diner food. Herb settles the stomach and fixes migraines/headache.
NIH articles about it's effects on migraines:
Clinical endocannabinoid defic... [Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2004 Feb-Apr] - PubMed - NCBI
Cannabis for migraine treatment: the once and future pr... [Pain. 1998] - PubMed - NCBI
Cannabinoids block release of serot... [Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. 1985] - PubMed - NCBI
That's me. I would be a fat fuck from all the beer if I didn't gym/distance run. On the other hand, I'd have like 5% BF if I weren't consuming 1k+ calories of beer nearly every night.
I quit in 93'. I quit smoking too. 2 years ago I quit sugar in my coffee and eventually im moving onto milk and not cream. Then ill goto 1%. Im phasing into eating as much organic as I can. I buy from local farms as much as I can as well.
See what you have to look forward to when you start to get old....quitting drinking is the beginning not the end.
See what you have to look forward to when you start to get old....quitting drinking is the beginning not the end.
I quit for 2 years completely because I started to get fucked up anxiety from drinking, and the blackouts + driving scared me.
After those 2 years, for about a year I would go on the occasional 1-2 night binge (after selling my car and never driving) every 3 months or so and then be sick for like a week.
Then about 4 months ago I started travelling and my first night out in a different country I went to the bar, just stuck to beer, and was going out pretty much every night for about 3 months. I just recently cut back to weekends only. I only drink beer and only occassionaly I have a little anxiety in the morning before I have a few beers but nothing serious like before.
My whole opinion on it is this: there's lots of advantages to not drinking. You feel completely clear minded and healthy all the time. You are more organized. You are more productive. And you save a fuck load of money because you're not spending as much and you are getting more work done and staying more on-top of things. Also you don't have to worry about any of the long-term health problems that may or may not come from drinking too much (which bugs me out a little).
However there are huge negatives (in my opinion) to not drinking also. For those 3 years my life was working and watching TV. TV was my source of fun. Sure I was very productive but eventually I got fucking tired of sitting around watching tv. I was no longer having dirty sex with bar sluts like I once used to do. I barely got laid at all. The sex I did get was never with sluts but with some girl who wanted a relationship, which I don't want and don't want to lead the girl on.
Basically I think it's fun as hell to go out drinking with a friend looking for sluts to fuck, especially in foreign countries. It's one of the funnest things to do in my opinion and it's very hard to give up. The biggest drive for me to go out and drink is the chase for pussy. It's just not the same doing it without drinking, I've tried that but I just can't get in the zone without drinking. One day I'm going to be fucking old and my dick won't even work anymore. I want to fuck. And I want to fuck a lot while I'm still young. And not one girl but many girls.
As of now I've noticed a severe drop in productivity and organization and I'm spending money a little wrecklessly when I go out. And a couple weekends ago I partied for 2 nights in a row without sleeping. I've never done that before and I was hungover as fuck for a few days. But that was the only time I've been hungover like that in the past 4 months, so I was doing good for awhile just drinking beer. But when you drink beer for 24 hours straight the hangover is the same as getting fucked up on liquor.
So what will I do in the future? I'm not sure. I'm going to try to improve my productivity and slow down my drinking. But I really don't want to stop completely because I really think it's a lot of fun and I like getting laid.
But I don't know. We'll see.
After those 2 years, for about a year I would go on the occasional 1-2 night binge (after selling my car and never driving) every 3 months or so and then be sick for like a week.
Then about 4 months ago I started travelling and my first night out in a different country I went to the bar, just stuck to beer, and was going out pretty much every night for about 3 months. I just recently cut back to weekends only. I only drink beer and only occassionaly I have a little anxiety in the morning before I have a few beers but nothing serious like before.
My whole opinion on it is this: there's lots of advantages to not drinking. You feel completely clear minded and healthy all the time. You are more organized. You are more productive. And you save a fuck load of money because you're not spending as much and you are getting more work done and staying more on-top of things. Also you don't have to worry about any of the long-term health problems that may or may not come from drinking too much (which bugs me out a little).
However there are huge negatives (in my opinion) to not drinking also. For those 3 years my life was working and watching TV. TV was my source of fun. Sure I was very productive but eventually I got fucking tired of sitting around watching tv. I was no longer having dirty sex with bar sluts like I once used to do. I barely got laid at all. The sex I did get was never with sluts but with some girl who wanted a relationship, which I don't want and don't want to lead the girl on.
Basically I think it's fun as hell to go out drinking with a friend looking for sluts to fuck, especially in foreign countries. It's one of the funnest things to do in my opinion and it's very hard to give up. The biggest drive for me to go out and drink is the chase for pussy. It's just not the same doing it without drinking, I've tried that but I just can't get in the zone without drinking. One day I'm going to be fucking old and my dick won't even work anymore. I want to fuck. And I want to fuck a lot while I'm still young. And not one girl but many girls.
As of now I've noticed a severe drop in productivity and organization and I'm spending money a little wrecklessly when I go out. And a couple weekends ago I partied for 2 nights in a row without sleeping. I've never done that before and I was hungover as fuck for a few days. But that was the only time I've been hungover like that in the past 4 months, so I was doing good for awhile just drinking beer. But when you drink beer for 24 hours straight the hangover is the same as getting fucked up on liquor.
So what will I do in the future? I'm not sure. I'm going to try to improve my productivity and slow down my drinking. But I really don't want to stop completely because I really think it's a lot of fun and I like getting laid.
But I don't know. We'll see.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4RSV3BPTIQ]Sugar In My Coffee - YouTube[/ame]
I've listened to Wagenheim's illustrious "Sugar In My Coffee" more than once before, but just did again and noticed lyrics about "going to a party" and "drinking up the profits with Jason Moffatt."
I guess Steven's songwriting is so relatable and sophisticated that one can pick out any of his tunes at random and it will in some way relate to the topic at hand.
I guess Steven's songwriting is so relatable and sophisticated that one can pick out any of his tunes at random and it will in some way relate to the topic at hand.
I know that feel bro. The key, in itself, is moderation. I do not know your "body stats", but I have noticed that the older I get, defiantly the worse the hang overs get.
The only advice I can give you is, find something else that makes you happy. I am but 29 and find that drinking doesn't make me happy like it once did. That does not mean that I stop, because it's still pretty fucking awesome. Rather I have mearly adjusted my consumption to fit inside my life.
I'm that guy that use to look at people cock eyed when they told me they can't drink like the young guys anymore. You are simply becoming one of those guys. You'll be fine.
The only advice I can give you is, find something else that makes you happy. I am but 29 and find that drinking doesn't make me happy like it once did. That does not mean that I stop, because it's still pretty fucking awesome. Rather I have mearly adjusted my consumption to fit inside my life.
I'm that guy that use to look at people cock eyed when they told me they can't drink like the young guys anymore. You are simply becoming one of those guys. You'll be fine.