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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:40 PM
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Oddly and terribly, I've been considering giving up drinking.
Edited on Tue Feb-22-05 07:42 PM by HEyHEY
For a while at least, lately when I'm drinking I seem to go into these weird mini-depressions. And I start thinking about everything that sucks. Next thing I know, I'm in the corner all grouchy with a chip on my shoulder. Then I go to bed and wake up with a headache.

It all is really absurd.

However, I'm a drinker. I like tearing loose and late nights are one of my favourite things, or used to be.

I really suppose I should write a pro/con list.

Anyone ever just stopped? How did it go?
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:42 PM
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1. Change your drink of choice.
Well, actually, if you feel it is part of depression, then you need to quit/see a doc. But I have noticed that whisky makes me violent/depressed, beer makes my lethargic, wine makes me talkative, etc. What do you normally drink?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:43 PM
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4. Whiskey
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:45 PM
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9. Never one to tell someone to NOT stop drinking, however
try finding a different booze. I bet your mood changes. Become a beer connesieur for awhile and drink the expensive stuff. I bet you'll enjoy it.

on edit: ever have a TRIPLE bock? That will mess you up. $$$, tho.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:43 PM
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2. I'm taking two weeks off
'cause I'm doing South Beach. Sucks, because I really miss my nightly vodka and tonic. But I figure it won't hurt me to give something up for a while and, who knows, maybe I'll start again in two weeks, maybe I won't! It's all empty calories anyway.

Ahhhh.... but a nice v&t after work..... sigh.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:43 PM
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3. quitters never win
seriously, the first month to almost six months (depending on level of habituation) are the most difficult.

be ready to find LOTS of activities to distract yourself.
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HeyManThatsCool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:44 PM
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5. I used to be a pretty heavy/regular drinker
I also noticed the grouchy thing.. and the headaches.
Then one night I acted like a real ASS to one of my best friends.
The behavior was embarrasing enough to me personally that I stopped drinking the next day.
That was in 96. Since then I drink maybe twice a year. No biggie.
Now I dont see what the appeal was.

lol
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:44 PM
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6. Go for it, I think that'd be a wise move for you. nt
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:45 PM
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7. I didn't know Canucks
were even ALLOWED to quit drinking.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:45 PM
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8. Drink with me.
That'll cure ya.
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:45 PM
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10. I'm not drinking anymore, but
I'm not drinking any less either... to quote a corny country song... :D

Seriously though, I don't think I could've survived the post-election days without alcohol.
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atxryan Donating Member (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:47 PM
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11. inspiration!
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
- Lyndon B. Johnson

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
- Paul Hornung

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
- Benjamin Franklin
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:25 PM
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12. I always thought, when I was a kid
that I liked beer and drinks so much, I never wanted to like it so much I'd have to give it up forever. (My folks let us have halfs and sips and stuff) I'm glad. When I worked at the hell that was Nordstrom, there was a period of time When I drank a lot. I stopped. now, I hardly ever drink. Saves money and feeling crappy the next day.
It's a good thing to put down for a while, especially if you think you should.
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:31 PM
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13. I can drink, then not drink for months.
I had to stop drinking as much as I did - beer guts and the shits are not that good for me, for some reason.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:36 PM
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14. Dude, can I have your beer?
Seeing as how you're not going to drink it, and all…
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