I'm drinking more than I should

[walrus]

Just thought I'd drop in and provide a quick update on this shit.

I managed to go 12 days without a drop of alcohol, my mate got in tough with me tonight and I didn't have much of a choice but to go to the pub, I ended up having 5 pints and then coming back home, I managed to get back without stopping off and buying any cans, I'm pretty fucking pleased with myself to be honest, I never intended to go teetotal but just to reign it in bit time and I've managed to do that.

I didn't have much of a choice but to go out tonight, I'm kind of in a weird position still but things are sorting themselves out slowly.

I'm no longer 12 days without a drop of alcohol but my streak of not being drunk continues which is the most important thing at the minute.


Also I'd say that it is probably the first time in at least 15 years (and possibly up to 20 years) that I've gone that long without a drop of alcohol.

That’s cool Batman. Did you notice any withdrawal symptoms after day a couple days. I mean really only you can make the call if you are an alcoholic. Perhaps you can just “cut down” a lot of people it’s all or nothing. I stopped drinking for a number of years. Now I will go out on occasion. I had a Guinness on St Patrick’s day this year. And I’m not purposely trying to not drink anymore I just find I don’t enjoy that much and I can not take those headaches. I think we would put you in the contemplation stage, that is if you were an alcoholic and I am not saying you are. Sometimes people just go through shit and make changes. I’ll be honest though most normal drinkers aren’t proud of themselves when they drink normally. It’s just something they do. But yes it would make sense that you would update the thread since you started it and give a sort of progress report. If you are feeling better about things I see that as a positive period. There are different schools of though like harm reduction and rational recovery so who the hell knows. We aren’t cookie cutters, different things work for different people. I will honestly say though in the past I have read your posts and they made me want to drink a Stella. I remember I had some in Montreal years ago and thought it was quite good. I’ll tell you how lame I am, Budweiser released a new no alcohol beer and allegedly it actually tastes like beer. I am so fucking lame I am looking forward to trying it.

[Batman]

Just thought I'd drop in and provide a quick update on this shit.

I managed to go 12 days without a drop of alcohol, my mate got in tough with me tonight and I didn't have much of a choice but to go to the pub, I ended up having 5 pints and then coming back home, I managed to get back without stopping off and buying any cans, I'm pretty fucking pleased with myself to be honest, I never intended to go teetotal but just to reign it in bit time and I've managed to do that.

I didn't have much of a choice but to go out tonight, I'm kind of in a weird position still but things are sorting themselves out slowly.

I'm no longer 12 days without a drop of alcohol but my streak of not being drunk continues which is the most important thing at the minute.


Also I'd say that it is probably the first time in at least 15 years (and possibly up to 20 years) that I've gone that long without a drop of alcohol.

That’s cool Batman. Did you notice any withdrawal symptoms after day a couple days. I mean really only you can make the call if you are an alcoholic. Perhaps you can just “cut down” a lot of people it’s all or nothing. I stopped drinking for a number of years. Now I will go out on occasion. I had a Guinness on St Patrick’s day this year. And I’m not purposely trying to not drink anymore I just find I don’t enjoy that much and I can not take those headaches. I think we would put you in the contemplation stage, that is if you were an alcoholic and I am not saying you are. Sometimes people just go through shit and make changes. I’ll be honest though most normal drinkers aren’t proud of themselves when they drink normally. It’s just something they do. But yes it would make sense that you would update the thread since you started it and give a sort of progress report. If you are feeling better about things I see that as a positive period. There are different schools of though like harm reduction and rational recovery so who the hell knows. We aren’t cookie cutters, different things work for different people. I will honestly say though in the past I have read your posts and they made me want to drink a Stella. I remember I had some in Montreal years ago and thought it was quite good. I’ll tell you how lame I am, Budweiser released a new no alcohol beer and allegedly it actually tastes like beer. I am so fucking lame I am looking forward to trying it.

Nah man, no withdrawal or anything like that, remember that I only really ever drank on Thursday and Friday, every now and again I'd be on it for 3 or 4 days but I'm not an everyday drinker.

I've always been a binge drinker but it was getting out of control, I've gotta be honest that even tonight, even though things are a bit awkward between me and my mate (on my part, he isn't aware of anything) if he would have suggested it then I would have quite happily stayed out all night, glad that I didn't though.

I've got the solo drinking tamed now, now I've got them first two weeks out of the way I'll be fine, I might even get back to the point where I can have a few beers at home, I still say I fucking love nothing more than having a drink and listening to my music, I just can't keep doing it until 4am and making myself feel shit for 2 days afterwards.

[walrus]

Ah you mentioned binge drinking. I watched a news show here in the US abut the issue of binge drinking in the UK. Believe me it wasn’t attacking your country, we are all screwed up with drugs. It went over the statistics and everything which of course I can’t recall but apparently this binge drinking thing, while not unique to England is quite high in England compared to other countries. We have a large amount of alcoholics in the US and I’m sure a solid number of binge drinkers but apparently the “binge drinking” thing is more of an issue in England. I wonder what that is about. Is it like a cultural celebrate the weekend and people just started going overboard. They probably brought it up in that documentary I watched but it was quite a while ago and I can’t recall the specifics.

[Alpha]

If you feel that amount of drinking is not right for you at this stage of your life then it's a good thing you are making small changes. Good luck and I wish you well.