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How many days are you free from booze?

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  • #92
    pretty boy floyd
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭pretty boy floyd


    1218 here



  • #93
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I'm actively drinking, but I do keep a log of the days when I have had no alcohol.

    7 days so far this year.



  • #94
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    9 months and it’s easy. Watching Andrew Hubermans podcast on what alcohol does to the body really opened my eyes



  • #95
    JackDuckworth89
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭JackDuckworth89


    776 days today off it.



  • #96
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭NSAman


    feb 23 1994.



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  • #97
    AyeGer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭AyeGer


    6475 days for me. I can’t see myself ever drinking again.

    There is a useful calculator online to calculate the number of days since a particular date.



  • #98
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Mearings


    399 months, 17 days .



  • #99
    Shoog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Shoog


    0.1days and counting.



  • #100
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭Worztron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122380238#Comment_122380238

    Over 33 years?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #101
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,040 ✭✭✭jj880


    Had a relation emigrating few months ago and fell off the wagon. Was off it 1 year and 3 months before that. All it did was make me more certain I dont want to drink. So 4 months and 4 days.



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  • #102
    fuzzy dunlop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭fuzzy dunlop


    https://howlongagogo.com/date/1998/december/8

    9351 days



  • #103
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    About 6 weeks. Drinking the non alcoholic stuff since but getting bored of it now to be honest



  • #104
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Mearings


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382135#Comment_122382135

    Yes, with a little help from my friends.



  • #105
    ekkinak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭ekkinak


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382204#Comment_122382204

    Good stuff, keep it up.

    It doesn't matter how many attempts there are.

    You will overtake the last one, sounds like you know you're one of the people who can't drink and it's a win win, I'm glad to say.



  • #106
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,786 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Just wondering for those that are not alcoholics what was the reason made you give up ,

    Iv thought about knocking it on the head for years & can go months without but seem to always give in & have a few on occasion like weddings or Christmas or what not,



  • #107
    AyeGer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭AyeGer


    One of the guys who convinced me to go off the drink back in 2006 was off it 20 years and went back on it. When I heard he was back on it and was struggling to get off it again it shook me. Took him 3 years to get back off it again. Thankfully he is back off it a while now. Stories like that put the fear in me and strengthen my resolve to stay well away from it.



  • #108
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,040 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122386871#Comment_122386871

    Had great times with drink as a teen and into my 20s. Was never an acoholic but would have drank every weekend 2 or 3 nights heavily. When I turned 30 I couldn't really handle it anymore. Always ended up a drunken mess, insulting someone or being hung over and argumentative for days. Slowly got worse until I had enough at age 41. Best thing I ever did. Should have quit when I was 31. Helped in a lot of ways with my parents, wife and son. Everyone a lot happier in general around me. Buying myself nice tech as a reward every 3 / 6 months Im off it helps keep me sober.



  • #109
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    Top ten regrets/mistakes of my life all involved far too much alcohol. I never knew when I'd had enough. Came to a head in May and I haven't touched a drop since nor will I again.



  • #110
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭Worztron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122386871#Comment_122386871

    I found it really brought my mood down - not just the next day or days either. I'd get very dark, gloomy feelings at the end of the night. I nearly always drank too much when out in pubs. The only way I could prevent this was to just quit completely.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #111
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭Worztron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122387148#Comment_122387148

    I remember in my early 20s having great times when drinking in pubs and clubs. That's a distant memory now - haven't really enjoyed booze in a very long time.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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  • #112
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,040 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122391034#Comment_122391034

    Yeah I see lads that can have 3 or 4 pints of stout then go home. Fair play to them because if I have 3 I want 10, a box of smokes, whiskeys and out until 3 / 4 / 5am. No middle ground at all. Only option for me is to stay off it altogether.



  • #113
    ekkinak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭ekkinak


    I'm in my early 50s now

    I started thinking about quitting in my late 20s and I quit a few times in the last twenty years, each time longer than the previous (6 months, then 1 year, then 2.5 years)

    so I suppose I've known for a good while now that it's just not a good idea to artificially alter my mood, it's upsetting, would take days to recover

    What I ended up focussing on was what was the reason that got me back drinking each time and it was the drinking with old friends thing, but I broke that down, analysed it and worked out that my beverage didn't need to be alcoholic for me to be out with friends having a good time. (And you go home at the right time and wake up fine, it's a win win)



  • #114
    Pistachio19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 486 ✭✭Pistachio19


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122386871#Comment_122386871

    While I wasn't an alcoholic, I did give too much thought to alcohol. I love it but didn't like the hangovers and the moods. I'd be hoping my husband would suggest having a drink mid week but I'd rarely suggest it myself. I drank every weekend Fri-Sun and then Thurs became part of that. I would have half a bottle of wine or a few cans, nothing major I suppose, but it was becoming a habit and as there was enough alcoholism in the family it was always at the back of my mind how easy it would be to end up drinking too much.

    In 2016, after drinking 5 nights in a row and failing to be able to get off the couch to bring my 4 year old to the cinema as promised, I knocked it on the head. Haven't touched a drop in 2817 days. I don't miss it now. I often dream I am drinking and am always annoyed with myself in the dream, and relieved when I wake up. I can smell a glass of red wine across a room but the temptation isn't there to drink for now.



  • #115
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭Worztron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122391060#Comment_122391060

    Yes, fair play to them. 3 or 4 would be fine and I'd love to be certain that that's all I'd ever have on a night out — alas it almost never happened, only very seldomly. It's like when I have 2 or 3, a switch goes and I just want more and more pints.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #116
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,418 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122392444#Comment_122392444

    This is me sometimes but what I've found helps is to order a pint of water for every two pints. It not only slows down the beer intake but also dilutes it. It helps me keep a clearer head and keep myself in check. I stopped 'shooting' alcohol about midway through my 20s. I'll sip the hard stuff now and again, or mix it down but I'm not into doing shots.

    Friends will often ask me to do a shot with them and I always say I don't shoot, but if you pour me one I'll sip it. Varied reactions. Some people get upset that I won't join them. So be it.

    Other's see where I'm coming from and will also sip. Either way, I'm not into doing shots, so I don't.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



  • #117
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,731 ✭✭✭Worztron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430788#Comment_122430788

    Good advice but alas, when there's too much booze in, common sense goes out the window.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #118
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I haven't been doing very well, have I.

    The x in the spreadsheet below means that I hadn't bothered to enter how many drinks I had that day, which is most days.

    AFD means alcohol free days, very few of those, but I always record them.

    I'm 51yo; very high blood pressure (153/104), and high liver enzymes (I don't have the figures for that).

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  • #119
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,040 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122438398#Comment_122438398

    You have alcohol free days so you know you can do it. You're also not going on big benders.

    Is your goal to cut down? Quit altogether?



  • #120
    Lavdogg
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Lavdogg


    I found since Covid, I was less likely to go out and have a blast of pints but instead drink 3 or 4 big bottles of peroni every Friday/Sat night, watch a movie or chill out, I put on 12kg in 2023.

    I did dry January and I flipped this to buying only 0.0% beer and I found this helps fill the void, I wake up fresh and dont feel as bloated, started running again and my weekends seem longer.

    Have even managed to go to a few weddings/events without taking a drop, albeit if I am getting a 0.0 pint I always ask for it in a proper glass!

    It was a nice wake call, mid 30's young family, want to make the most of things



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  • #121
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122438521#Comment_122438521

    Just cut down. It's a very bad habit I've got into, especially since the COVID days. I've always been a heavy drinker though.

    I WFH so head to the pub for a couple after work, and another couple at home after.

    The alcohol that I consume is in the form of IPA. Fairly strong 6 or 7%. Doesn't usually make me feel very drunk though. Well, sometimes.

    My blood pressure is really high. I have to tackle this problem :(



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