giving up alcohol
2 years without tobacco now and now I only drink a few times a year, if I can stay with only beer I'm fine but anything stronger and I'm gone out of control. I have no problem going to a pub drink 1 or 2 beers then go home no, I turn 47 next month. go back only 10 years just not stop after my first beer or drink before I was too wasted to hold a glass. All meat sounds like a good thing though
I dont get out of control only when i drink fast (then i do ) can drink loads if i eat and drink slowly but its not a good thing , well done for tobacco I'm 14 years now without a cigarette or a spliff ( thanks fook) ive only gone 2 weeks without a drink so far and boy are people trying to get me out to bbqs and shit lolgullum wrote: ↑27 Apr 20192 years without tobacco now and now I only drink a few times a year, if I can stay with only beer I'm fine but anything stronger and I'm gone out of control. I have no problem going to a pub drink 1 or 2 beers then go home no, I turn 47 next month. go back only 10 years just not stop after my first beer or drink before I was too wasted to hold a glass. All meat sounds like a good thing though
Just go to the bbqs man. Eat the meat .sleep1979 wrote: ↑27 Apr 2019I dont get out of control only when i drink fast (then i do ) can drink loads if i eat and drink slowly but its not a good thing , well done for tobacco I'm 14 years now without a cigarette or a spliff ( thanks fook) ive only gone 2 weeks without a drink so far and boy are people trying to get me out to bbqs and shit lolgullum wrote: ↑27 Apr 20192 years without tobacco now and now I only drink a few times a year, if I can stay with only beer I'm fine but anything stronger and I'm gone out of control. I have no problem going to a pub drink 1 or 2 beers then go home no, I turn 47 next month. go back only 10 years just not stop after my first beer or drink before I was too wasted to hold a glass. All meat sounds like a good thing though
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There was a time when I needed a wank, a spliff, a couple coffees and a quarter pounder every few hours, in that order, over and over. Now it's just one or the other and not always in that order.
That is the good thing about the meat diet , i guess its ok if its a Family bbq with kids i could get away with not drinking.MrFigg wrote: ↑27 Apr 2019Just go to the bbqs man. Eat the meat .sleep1979 wrote: ↑27 Apr 2019
I dont get out of control only when i drink fast (then i do ) can drink loads if i eat and drink slowly but its not a good thing , well done for tobacco I'm 14 years now without a cigarette or a spliff ( thanks fook) ive only gone 2 weeks without a drink so far and boy are people trying to get me out to bbqs and shit lol
I've been invited to one in A few weeks apparently a mens night , you know thats gonna be alcohol , so ill try and skip that .
I have been a bit down for the last two weeks since i gave up alcohol and started this diet ( but i think
Ive been drinking way too much diet fiZy drinks ( its not the diet trust me
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giving them up tomorrow as my teeth hurt a bit , yeah nah I'm a bit fed up ive been spending too much time
Sound designing as well i need to get back to playing keys and singing writing songs
and find new places to go that dont involve alcohol on my free weekends , which is hard because there good people i know they just love to get drunk at weekends like a lot of people , and theres nothing wrong with that ive just has enough figs .
I think im in the middle of a mid life crisis , im even looking at my hairline thinking am i starting to go bald? mores gotta change with me lately than just the drink , i normally bum feel sorry for a while then get majorly focused when i feel like this , hopefully its the focused bit soon , i wont drink though ive had enough for now , just its the bbq season bro innit .
Too much info about the monkey spanking mate , we all do it but lets keep it to ourselves
If avoiding situations where there’s alcohol involved helps you not drink then go with that.
I found that just doing the stuff I was doing before but without drinking worked for me. These situations are always going to exist so you can’t avoid them forever.
As I said if you can hold out with people going on at you a couple of times they’ll soon tire of it and accept it. That said it can get irritating when you’re surrounded by folk who are pissed. If they’re good people though and you know them then you’ll manage that too.
You wrote earlier about getting too old to gig. Get that out of your head. Never to ol’ to rock’n’roll man. One of the best feelings in the world.
As far as the hairline...well hair today gone tomorrow. Accept it and move on.
Good idea cutting out the sugar. That’ll screw you up...sucks your energy. .
I found that just doing the stuff I was doing before but without drinking worked for me. These situations are always going to exist so you can’t avoid them forever.
As I said if you can hold out with people going on at you a couple of times they’ll soon tire of it and accept it. That said it can get irritating when you’re surrounded by folk who are pissed. If they’re good people though and you know them then you’ll manage that too.
You wrote earlier about getting too old to gig. Get that out of your head. Never to ol’ to rock’n’roll man. One of the best feelings in the world.
As far as the hairline...well hair today gone tomorrow. Accept it and move on.
Good idea cutting out the sugar. That’ll screw you up...sucks your energy. .
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Nah your right fig i wont avoid them forever , and you cant dude your right ,MrFigg wrote: ↑28 Apr 2019If avoiding situations where there’s alcohol involved helps you not drink then go with that.
I found that just doing the stuff I was doing before but without drinking worked for me. These situations are always going to exist so you can’t avoid them forever.
As I said if you can hold out with people going on at you a couple of times they’ll soon tire of it and accept it. That said it can get irritating when you’re surrounded by folk who are pissed. If they’re good people though and you know them then you’ll manage that too.
You wrote earlier about getting too old to gig. Get that out of your head. Never to ol’ to rock’n’roll man. One of the best feelings in the world.
As far as the hairline...well hair today gone tomorrow. Accept it and move on.
Good idea cutting out the sugar. That’ll screw you up...sucks your energy. .
You gotta live innit , and hopefully i will gig just gotta push on again with the practising which I'm gonna start today enough making pads and synth keys for now .
And yeah i dont think my hair will go just yet ,ill be alright for a bit hopefully
Cheers man
Sorry if that embarrassed or offended, but this did seem like a pretty open discussion. My point was that things change and so we should too, if staying the same is causing some sort of an issue or problem with your goals or the folks that are most important to you. Or maybe I should say, the folks that depend on you the most. If there aren't any and everything seems ok, then why change? Otherwise just take care of the problem. Anyone can do it. Getting married helped as well so wank become a a general term after that.
You may be right but im bored with jack .
i went like 6 years without tobacco and have only recently begun to return to that fine pleasure (especially on cold days).gullum wrote: ↑27 Apr 20192 years without tobacco now and now I only drink a few times a year, if I can stay with only beer I'm fine but anything stronger and I'm gone out of control. I have no problem going to a pub drink 1 or 2 beers then go home no, I turn 47 next month. go back only 10 years just not stop after my first beer or drink before I was too wasted to hold a glass. All meat sounds like a good thing though
I have not become addicted to it (man swisher sweets is the way to go!) but I can see how easy it would be to smoke those things every day.
Careful with that though. about 25 years ago I quit and did not smoke for 7 years then got a girlfriend that smokes so I took a cigarette every now and then. Have been addicted again up until 2 years ago, I got now girlfriend that doesn't like smoke so I quit full stopmodecca wrote: ↑30 Apr 2019i went like 6 years without tobacco and have only recently begun to return to that fine pleasure (especially on cold days).gullum wrote: ↑27 Apr 20192 years without tobacco now and now I only drink a few times a year, if I can stay with only beer I'm fine but anything stronger and I'm gone out of control. I have no problem going to a pub drink 1 or 2 beers then go home no, I turn 47 next month. go back only 10 years just not stop after my first beer or drink before I was too wasted to hold a glass. All meat sounds like a good thing though
I have not become addicted to it (man swisher sweets is the way to go!) but I can see how easy it would be to smoke those things every day.
I highly recommend sneaking a smoke behind your gf back and covering it up with gum (good for strong teeth).
Weekend alone with my new dog , cant take the fucker out yet so tempted to get on the Wallop
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You're looking for excuses. Off or on, I'm on and not ashamed. I'll quit with ya (if you want to make that bet)
I used to drink a fair amount, but hardly touch the stuff now. When I really thought about it, I realised I didn't like the way it made me feel. It's a depressant, and it made me depressed. I didn't like the feeling of being drunk, and disliked even more how I felt the following day. These days I'd rather smoke a joint. Feel great instead of depressed, creative instead of sleepy, think outside the box instead of crawl into it, and feel perky the next day. It's an easy choice for me, but I realise it's not so with others. We're all addicted to something, and when you drop one you tend to pick up another. So maybe the key is choosing an addiction which works for you. There are lots of things you can replace it with. Exercise, art, conversation, play, sex, work, exploring your subconscious... the possibilities are endless.
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But not tonight.reggie1979 wrote: ↑05 May 2019You're looking for excuses. Off or on, I'm on and not ashamed. I'll quit with ya (if you want to make that bet)
If I had a good life, good health and a reason to live, I'd quit. But drinking is the only time of the day I look forward to, especially after today. (now who's making excuses )
Splendid advice sir.mashers wrote: ↑06 May 2019I used to drink a fair amount, but hardly touch the stuff now. When I really thought about it, I realised I didn't like the way it made me feel. It's a depressant, and it made me depressed. I didn't like the feeling of being drunk, and disliked even more how I felt the following day. These days I'd rather smoke a joint. Feel great instead of depressed, creative instead of sleepy, think outside the box instead of crawl into it, and feel perky the next day. It's an easy choice for me, but I realise it's not so with others. We're all addicted to something, and when you drop one you tend to pick up another. So maybe the key is choosing an addiction which works for you. There are lots of things you can replace it with. Exercise, art, conversation, play, sex, work, exploring your subconscious... the possibilities are endless.
This is me back in 2006. That said I hope you can take some of mashers advice to help you cut back a little bit cause that stuff will kill ya.reggie1979 wrote: ↑07 May 2019But not tonight.reggie1979 wrote: ↑05 May 2019You're looking for excuses. Off or on, I'm on and not ashamed. I'll quit with ya (if you want to make that bet)
If I had a good life, good health and a reason to live, I'd quit. But drinking is the only time of the day I look forward to, especially after today. (now who's making excuses )
Weed was much worse for me than alcohol ever was , ruined my confidence made me paranoid shy , nervous afraid question myself , all those things that wasnt a part of me before that also arent now i don’t recommend weed to people growing up ive also seen people violent when they dont have it , like anything if you abuse it it becomes a bad thing but alcohol is an every now and then thing but messes my singing voice up my concentration my fitness for like a week afterwards a mad session so it’s probably not worth it anymoremodecca wrote: ↑08 May 2019Splendid advice sir.mashers wrote: ↑06 May 2019I used to drink a fair amount, but hardly touch the stuff now. When I really thought about it, I realised I didn't like the way it made me feel. It's a depressant, and it made me depressed. I didn't like the feeling of being drunk, and disliked even more how I felt the following day. These days I'd rather smoke a joint. Feel great instead of depressed, creative instead of sleepy, think outside the box instead of crawl into it, and feel perky the next day. It's an easy choice for me, but I realise it's not so with others. We're all addicted to something, and when you drop one you tend to pick up another. So maybe the key is choosing an addiction which works for you. There are lots of things you can replace it with. Exercise, art, conversation, play, sex, work, exploring your subconscious... the possibilities are endless.
I can relate 100 percent.sleep1979 wrote: ↑08 May 2019Weed was much worse for me than alcohol ever was , ruined my confidence made me paranoid shy , nervous afraid question myself , all those things that wasn't a part of me before that also arent now i don’t recommend weed to people growing up ive also seen people violent when they don't have it , like anything if you abuse it it becomes a bad thing but alcohol is an every now and then thing but messes my singing voice up my concentration my fitness for like a week afterwards a mad session so it’s probably not worth it anymore
I sometimes wonder how some people can smoke weed all day and remain somewhat functional(I dropped out of college during a heavy weed phase back in the day).
Weed is like a 2 days a week maximum for me and I do it an hour or 2 before bed. It can making watching shows or creative activities very interesting, but can just as easily make me feel everything thing I do is cringey as fuck and the last thing I want to do is talk to anybody on that stuff.
I like that you point out the crankiness of a person who doesn't have weed as that is an underrated observation, that I have personally witnessed many times.
Alcohol like weed for me is best, as before bed type of thing, because when I am done I am not motivated to do anything productive.
Tobacco: This has to be a once every week deal cause those things are insanely addictive. I am constantly throwing away swisher sweets cause if I have them I will smoke them I cant save them for special occasions.
Moderation= these things are good rewards if you can consistently control the frequency of their use so they don't:
affect your health
interfere with a functional lifestyle
Your absolutely right dude if u can moderate like that hats off too you if i ws on a boat id drink the bar dry and swim to shore to find the nearest off licence /liquer store , i stole that quote from russell brand .modecca wrote: ↑08 May 2019I can relate 100 percent.sleep1979 wrote: ↑08 May 2019
Weed was much worse for me than alcohol ever was , ruined my confidence made me paranoid shy , nervous afraid question myself , all those things that wasn't a part of me before that also arent now i don’t recommend weed to people growing up ive also seen people violent when they don't have it , like anything if you abuse it it becomes a bad thing but alcohol is an every now and then thing but messes my singing voice up my concentration my fitness for like a week afterwards a mad session so it’s probably not worth it anymore
I sometimes wonder how some people can smoke weed all day and remain somewhat functional(I dropped out of college during a heavy weed phase back in the day).
Weed is like a 2 days a week maximum for me and I do it an hour or 2 before bed. It can making watching shows or creative activities very interesting, but can just as easily make me feel everything thing I do is cringey as fuck and the last thing I want to do is talk to anybody on that stuff.
I like that you point out the crankiness of a person who doesn't have weed as that is an underrated observation, that I have personally witnessed many times.
Alcohol like weed for me is best, as before bed type of thing, because when I am done I am not motivated to do anything productive.
Tobacco: This has to be a once every week deal cause those things are insanely addictive. I am constantly throwing away swisher sweets cause if I have them I will smoke them I cant save them for special occasions.
Moderation= these things are good rewards if you can consistently control the frequency of their use so they don't:
affect your health
interfere with a functional lifestyle
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