Sobriety.

[Adrian]

@ skyman9 - Cobra do a good one over here.
@ Pol, I hear what your saying but if its a long night then I get tired of J20 pretty quickly.
@ Stephanie - thanks for contributing to the discussion.

[Adrian]

Just got back on here after nearly 10 years....surprised I could remember my log in details Just got 24 years sober under my belt, so if anyone's struggling, it can be done. One Day At A Time.
Hope everyone who replied to the OP all those years ago is ok. Must try and get to a gig next year.
Take care X

[Shush]

I don't know why alcoholism is given such a bad name. Yes, it may well lead you to an early grave, but life is like a points system. Exercise all day long, eat healthy food, practise safe sex, calm your empty mind, and live longer. Or, get pissed, **** everything that moves, take your chances, eat food that tastes good, and enjoy yourself – when you are dead, that's it – no one will care 100 years from now about what you did, what you didn't do, how you did it, or who you hurt. - so **** it!!

[ldopas]

I don't know why alcoholism is given such a bad name. Yes, it may well lead you to an early grave, but life is like a points system. Exercise all day long, eat healthy food, practise safe sex, calm your empty mind, and live longer. Or, get pissed, **** everything that moves, take your chances, eat food that tastes good, and enjoy yourself – when you are dead, that's it – no one will care 100 years from now about what you did, what you didn't do, how you did it, or who you hurt. - so **** it!!

Yepp, tend to agree. And Bill Hicks also agrees with you.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8a3W_LbKc4

[Winterwulf]

Bill Hicks was what came to my mind when I read Shush's post, specifically his response to people telling him smoking would take ten years off his life!

[Master Ray]

Nice to see this thread coming back to life, some great and intelligent, heartfelt responses.

For me... I'm still drinking and still enjoying it but as the years go on I can't handle it like I used to.  I remember when me and my best mate Dan The Postman used to have 'the five pint rule'... we'd start drinking and set that benchmark and see how we felt before taking a rational decision to carry on.  Nowadays it's more like the 'three pint rule'... it just like if we drink anymore than that and it goes straight to our heads, bloats the stomach to sometimes painful effect and, once you've 'cracked the seal', means you're pissing like a racehorse every twenty minutes.  Excuse those nasty details.   

I truly miss the days when I could just tip it down my throat for hours on end, regardless of consequence.  But it just ain't happening anymore.  But do I want to give up?  Nope.  As Shush said, life's too short to give up on the fun stuff.  And I do regularly take a break from drinking, two or three weeks when I don't touch a drop and I have little or no comeback from it other than maybe mild sleeplessness.

I'm a drinker and am quite happy with it.  But I respect anyone who decided to give it up and I wish the all the best with their sobriety.