On The Wagon... then in 'ere!

Well, spent last night playing rocket league with some friends. One asked if I was drunk, I said I'm always drunk. We laughed but its not funny :( I cant remember going to bed last night, or even the later part of the gaming session. Worst thing is, I feel absolutely fine today in work...

I think about drinking every day, though I only drink once every 3 days or so.

I guess I've got 2 choices. Quit now, or wait until I get a wake up call. Its hard to get my head around saying to myself that I'm never going to drink again when currently I'm not really facing any negative consequences from it, though I'm 100% aware that its just a matter of time before I **** my life up TBH.

Well, I've got a wedding on Thursday, so I guess I'll drink at that, then maybe I'll have a chat to the mrs about how ****ed up I feel :(
 
Hi - one booze free done. Again :rolleyes:

Feel like steamed poop - very little sleep so tired. Head hurts. Feel grumpy and out of sorts with the kids. Urgh. Still - no hallucinations last night, but I expect them probably tomorrow night. Just concentrating at getting through one day/evening at a time. I've said it before, but I hope not again, this time I mean it :rolleyes:

Well done to all who are achieving their desired alcohol consumption goals and to anyone who is thinking about cutting out the booze - do it. You've got my support.

Will update this thread later tonight after I get passed 10pm (that's the time the local shop shuts and I can then not buy booze - it's like my relief time whereby the temptation to go out and buy some is removed).
 
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Yay made day two! There's no alcohol in the house and no means to get any. Now to stay up til the early hours in some vain hope of getting some sleep. gg
 
So so - more grumpy today and twitchy, but just a couple hours to go as it were. Thank you for asking :)

edit: and that's day three essentially done as again it's passed temptation o'clock. Just another restless night ahead :)
 
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Well, I've been off the stuff since easter and said to myself i'll try and trust myself once I hit 13st (down from 14 7 when i quit, 15 when i started losing weight). Today I have now hit that target...and you know what, I think I may try and carry on, at least until my birthday perhaps.

I do want to be able to drink again, but I also want to trust myself that a couple will only mean a couple, not 10-12.

End result though I'm healthier for this, my finances are a ton healthier for this, and after a while I did not miss the drink as much as I thought, but do miss the banter with the locals.
 
new boy said:
Well, spent last night playing rocket league with some friends. One asked if I was drunk, I said I'm always drunk. We laughed but its not funny :( I cant remember going to bed last night, or even the later part of the gaming session. Worst thing is, I feel absolutely fine today in work...

I think about drinking every day, though I only drink once every 3 days or so.

I guess I've got 2 choices. Quit now, or wait until I get a wake up call. Its hard to get my head around saying to myself that I'm never going to drink again when currently I'm not really facing any negative consequences from it, though I'm 100% aware that its just a matter of time before I **** my life up TBH.

Well, I've got a wedding on Thursday, so I guess I'll drink at that, then maybe I'll have a chat to the mrs about how ****ed up I feel :(
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Did you talk to her in the end?
 
Thought I would do the Sobertober thingy...typically October 1st landed on the day of a 30th birthday party, however stayed strong drove the missus and just had diet coke or lime & soda.

3rd day today and all is well. My prize at the end of a new gfx card is spurring me on!
 
Brenn47 said:
Have you read it? Wondering if it's any good, not a great fan of self help books.

What's driving me on no is I watched a Horizon episode about alcohol, scary the damage you can do on the pop! :eek:

The hospital appointment is for having a camera down the throat to look at the ulcerations. :(

Good effort on your 10 months! :D
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How are things going Brenn?

My dad had to have a liver transplant a couple of years ago, like you say woke up one morning with Yellowing eyes, but just kept ignoring the signs, spider veins starting to show on the body and before you know it the skin starting to turn yellow.

Luckily (almost miraculously) a liver became available and ever since he is going strong, just having to try and sort the side affects out now and further operations.

I hope you have caught things early enough, the liver is an amazing organ and by the sounds of things if you can just keep off the juice will repair itself.

All the best and keep us updated!
 
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How are things going Brenn?
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Had a relapse over the weekend, I can't even remember why I got drunk, felt like death the next day. Luckily my liver test came back normal, but when I had an ultrasound scan, the lady doing it said "I wouldn't want a liver like yours!". Luckily I wasn't drinking much for most of my 30s, so I guess my liver hasn't been damaged too badly.

I'm down to my last ulcer ... I had loads a couple of months ago, I could see the monitor, getting a camera down the throat on the 18th for the 5th time!

I sound like that woman in the Youtube clip, I can go weeks without, then relapse. Got to really try hard this time or OCUK is going to have one less member. :(
 
haaammit said:
Hard today - really watching the clock until 10 pm -.-
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That's EXACTLY what I used to do, think to myself, crap nights sleep or run down the village shop at 21:45 and buy a bottle and get a good nights sleep, ignore the fact I'd wake up with a hangover. :rolleyes:

I'd recommend you pop down the chemist and get some Nytol till you're past the worst of the sleepless nights.
 
This might help with the motivation, you may think "Oooh a pregnant lady" ... it's actually a 35 year old man with cirrhosis of the liver. He has 7 litres of fluid pumped from his stomach a week!!! He did a AMA on Reddit.

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From the daily mash but is pretty much my experience

ONCE you are over 35 hangovers become a bleak psychological prison of paranoia and depression, it has been confirmed.

Drinkers who used to bounce back from hangovers with relative ease have been shocked to discover a more malignant age-related version that threatens to crush their soul.

Office worker Tom Logan said: “Instead of my usual hangover, I have a feeling which I can only describe as like being experimented on with CIA mind control drugs while the world comes to an end and demons in your head tell you you’re an arse.

“Eventually I realised it must be one of those terrible hangovers people have in their 30s – the ones that make them say ‘I can’t take the hangovers anymore’ and look wistful.

“I don’t know what was worse, the sense of misery and agitation that persisted all day, or the thought of staying in for the rest of my life watching Coast.”

Hangover specialist Dr Emma Bradford said: “Horrific psychological hangovers are nature’s way of stopping you having fun and making you take an interest in middle-aged pursuits like buying tubes of sealant.

“At present there is no cure, and there will never be a cure.”
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