Thread: My abstinence from the booze...my progress as of Sat 21st July

^ well go for it mate.

and it does sound like u have a problem. good luck.

5-6 Big bottles an evening is Fuck all you sound like a teenage pop star telling the press shes going into Rehab because shes got a problem with drink ! " I am almost up to four Bicardi Breezers a day " .

The fact that you dont drink untill the evening shows your drinking is under control .

Stop thinking like a Tart . What do you want to die of Boredom .

Might not be the booze.You would say that from symptoms you describe could be a deperessed state.But the main one is you collapsed while having a seizure.Did you go for an MRI.Start having seizues,something is going on in the brain.

That amount of alcohol is a lot for me, so I'm not a tart like you say. I have a problem and want to sort it out.

And I am a bit depressed too, and the drink is not helping me one bit.

After a few beers the thoughts just go round and round my head. Hence the insomnia.

Good for you Pat time to knock it on the head for a while.

That means the rest of us are going to have to take up the slack whilst you are abstaining - averages and all that.

Im quite happy to sink a couple more tonight and Im sure the lads wont mind doing their bit with a little extra nightly indulging to keep the numbers balanced.

Thats what mates are for isnt it ?

I've had about 2 seizures in 18 years of drinking and using dope. Just a little short cut in the brain due to substances used, nothing to really worry about unless it happens frequently.

The best of luck to you. I wish you every bit of the success you want.

I know I couldn't do it so I've never ever had the courage to try.

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

identify with my predicament.

Come on Pat sort yourself out

Otherwise you will end up old, wrinkly, fat and miserable...and guess what type of girl will be the only ones available to you?

AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH THE SHOCK!!! THE HORROR!!!!!

Wrinkly fat and miserable? Not if you work out, and it doesn't sound like he drinks from dusk till dawn.

Originally Posted by reddevil

I have periods

I suspected as much....

Originally Posted by Sparky

5-6 Big bottles an evening is Fuck all you sound like a teenage pop star telling the press shes going into Rehab because shes got a problem with drink !

It's you who sounds like some irate teenager boosting about how much they can take.
If you got nothing positive to say, shove off and post in other threads.
Don't be put off by a bunch of jerks from the peanut gallery, Pat.

Yeah, it does sound like a problem, and it rarely is just the booze, sounds like a depression to me as well.

Don't make the mistake to substitute with other substances, stay with whatever uncomfortableness comes up, you may well feel shite for a while until you regain your balance and feel the positive effects of staying sober. Changes in diet and taking up daily gym practises again may help rebalancing.

Good luck with it.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

Originally Posted by reddevil

I have periods

I suspected as much....

They're not monthly though.

Pat, Depression is a result of booze too, why do you think that so many alkies off themselves, alcohol is a depressant, alcohol with all the water removed is Ether.
Tough to get off by yourself, especially with the feed back that you seem to be getting here from those that will see that they have a problem if you quit and they continue, you never get any positive help from your drinking mates, I know.
I drank for many years and at 48 I quit, and my life is much better today than it was 25 years ago when I quit.
PM me if you wish, I do know how it is done and what you should or can do if it gets tough and you really want a drink again.

How much do you drink in one go? What time do you start drinking? Do you go on drinking binges of two days or more?

Good luck to you, Pat! It won't be easy, but don't give up. When you get the jitters and can't sleep, find something natural to help, like chamomille tea and St. John's Wort tablets. For sure pm Blackgang for more support. Let us know how you get on, and don't beat yourself up for anything. It's wonderful that you can identify your problem and want to make a change for the better.

Yep good luck Pat, even the madness is going to take a month off, starting Monday!

Either you are all hardcore alcoholics or a bunch of pussies. If you read his OP, I don't remember him mentioning drinking 24/7 nor being able to function.

But Ok, if everybody is in this : help me I drink too much mood", well get some professional help then. Even though as from what I read it doesn't seem that you need that.

Anyway, goodluck in whatever you do.

better catch the problem early, because if you start drinking from noon to late night, it will be too late to save yourself or it will take a lot of effort and energy to give it up.

We tend to forget that we drink toxic substances and that our body will fight it as much as possible. It's poison, nothing else, and this is why you feel like shit the next day, like a bad food intoxication.

As you get older, the recovery process is even more painful. This is why I don't mind getting wasted once a while, but not all the time now. How did I manage to do it before almost every night is beyond me.

Originally Posted by reddevil

Either you are all hardcore alcoholics or a bunch of pussies.

What an ignorant comment!
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact."

^ boy that was the wisest post you have made in a long time..

Originally Posted by reddevil

What? IS it because one drinks that he has a problem???

No, this is DJ Pat's thread, read the OP.

I've been through some rehab myself when I was in my twenties and know that it's all up to yourself, no fucking talks from friends. No, just you that has to know, do you want to stop or not!

Yeah man, bit of tough love!

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