Elmlea's Thread of Not Drinking
  • I've managed to not have a beer over the last couple of days, despite some fairly unpleasant work news.  That said, I think I'll allow myself a couple of quiet ones with Reg on Sunday.
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    Dammit Kow, I've lost my Blair's keyring, am now a little jealous
    "I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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    I have loads of them.
  • fucking hell ds,respect

    reg, thats wellfunny, i lost my virginity to a chick who was on her period,and ginger,pretty traumatic, esp as i was drunk and a complete retard

    which bringsme to what elm was saying about drinking habitually and acting like a twat. if i drink one night a week its goodtimes and all is lovely, when i get into drinking all the time i end up beig a complete twat all the time, and i hate myself for it, but dunno how to fix it until im sober for a while and realise i just had to wind my giraffe neck in

    currently had 3 days off and feel mighty for it, but used having no glasses to excuse another bottle of rum, the fact the rums so shitty i can hardly drink it is prob saving me from the weekend, wheeey

    i always say i can take or leave drink but when i get started it does often feel like the start of a terrible downhill muddle into feeling dirty and acting like a twat constantly for weeks, bah, why's it so hard to learn
  • I'll have wine with dinner sometimes, but that's pretty much the only time I'll drink now and I haven't had a beer for two years. I don't drink on work days at all.
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    Yay a full week sober!

    On the Carlsberg pish tonight and weed, then its another week off.
  • Good shit man, inspiring.

    Pub night last night. Dos mojitos, 2 pints then 3 bottles at home. Going to aim for 3 bottles or less a night next week.
  • I've realised that I actually don't drink at home in an evening. I mean, anything.

    At all.

    Not even water or tea. Could that be a contributing factor to why I am always so shite at getting up?
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    Oh, just weighed myself, lost over a stone. Under fifteen stone for the first time in six years :D
  • @Tempy - Could be, if you're not properly hydrated.

    EDIT: I generally get through a couple of pints or so between 8-12 each evening.
  • Yeah, probably Tempy. You lose a fair amount of fluids when you sleep, too (sweating, etc). Sounds like you're going a long time without hydration every day. 

    @DS - that's good going.
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    I wish I hadn't drank last night...

    We were in a beer garden when somebody spotted a flowerpot workman tied to the top of some scaffolding, somebody else said it's shame we couldn't take him around the pubs with us so I said I'll get him. I climbed over the wall of the beer garden and there was a 15 foot drop the other side so I shimmied along and then jumped to the scaffolding climbed up to the top and liberated the fellow.

    The reasons I wish I hadn't drank though is that in hindsight jumping from a wall to scaffolding over a 15' drop isn't really that bright a thing to do (especially when drunk) and because we then went to a nightclub where I don't even know what drinks I was drinking.

    I've felt like being sick all morning (and I never feel like that) so this isn't helping with the fact that I've got contract negotiations to try and sort out and they're never good at the best of times...

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  • Thinking about knocking the booze on the head for a while after a stupidly heavy Saturday...
    Gamertag: gremill
  • In my defence, I...

    I've got nothing. That, plus the 2nd day of a hangover are good enough reasons to quit.
    Gamertag: gremill
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    Was my 2nd proper blowout in two weeks, after a dry spell of 4 months. I should have been in the roadworks with you. Instead I feel fine, up dressed and we're going for a walk to get breakfast. 

    That'll be 3 full English breakfasts in 3 days. Fuck quitting drinking, that's the least of my worries....
  • Why doesn't someone host a Not-Drinking-Stock to see if it's possible to meet up with people and have fun without getting wrecked?
  • It is, at Elmstock me Chaz and, Elm were all lucid enough to be playing Space Alert into the early hours and enjoyed it immensley. Can't really say the same for everyone else, but they had fun.
  • Had a big weekend in London, drank a lot but it was still less than I would normally drink. Back to the rules this week, minus some adjustments for Swedish House Mafia on Saturday.

    The big big difference is I now feel totally in control of what and when I drink.
  • Haven't had a drop for 5 weeks. Still have 8 Tyskie in fridge.
  • Having a had between 1 and 4 drinks a day (more occasionally) pretty much every day for as long as I can remember, I've decided to try and get it down to 1 or 2 drinks with dinner a few days a week.  Had food poisoning yesterday so didn't have a drop then, or today.

    @Tempy you're supposed to have 2 litres of liquid a day, caffeine included, alcohol not.  We get cheap fizzy water in 2 litre bottles and it is actually quite difficult to get through a whole one in a day!  Although I do manage it on the weekends.  Really helps with sleep, your skin and just generally feeling good.
    Today is the shadow of tomorrow.
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    @Tempy you're supposed to have 2 litres of liquid a day, caffeine included, alcohol not.  We get cheap fizzy water in 2 litre bottles and it is actually quite difficult to get through a whole one in a day!  Although I do manage it on the weekends.  Really helps with sleep, your skin and just generally feeling good.
    Just drink water when you're thirsty.  That old 8 glasses of water a day tosh ignores the water content in food, your climate, activity levels and you and is a myth, if that's what you're referring to.
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    I halfway agree about listening to your body, but things like sweet tea and weak squash you can't really drink too much (except extreme circumstances) but I've known myself and others often not notice thirst and forget to drink. Though also drinking when hungry is a good idea, if you're one that doesn't notice (or dismisses without thinking) thirst
    "I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
  • Well there is certainly a lot of moisture in the climate round here these days :P
    Today is the shadow of tomorrow.
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    Exactly, just stand outside for ten minutes each day.
    Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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    I think I'm bored of alcohol. Didn't enjoy the drink at the weekend.
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    Tried Coor's Light tonight for the first time after months of bombardment from Jean Claud. Wasen't bad. Better than Fosters.
  • I am going to a family BBQ tomorrow and will be having a drink for the first time in like 8 or 9 weeks (I've even stopped counting it's been so long).

    Will only have 2 or 3 cans of Tyskie - don't wanna feel like shite the day after.

    This is the probably the wrong thread for this post, right?
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    I think I'm bored of alcohol. Didn't enjoy the drink at the weekend.
    GOOD
    Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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  • I've managed to quietly continue not drinking, other than a couple of quiet beers with adkm in Aberdeen and a mate in Edinburgh while I was in the UK.  I'm running on no beer so far since coming back to the US.

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