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peter07
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject: 9 months with NO booze! |
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I posted a few months ago about going six months with no booze, and my fast has reached nine months.
I told myself that I would drink again if I wanted to, but that urge hasn't surfaced (yet). It's a bit solleung when I go to bars but then again, I've lost weight, saved LOADS of money, realized that booze wasn't good for my life considering my advancing age (I'm in my 40s), and I think more clearly in that I think of solutions instead of being down about problems I have. Chronic pain in my legs and arms has also largely gone away.
I'm not saying you should quit drinking and I might have a drink after my booze fast reaches a year. But I am saying you can challenge yourself.
My next task is to cut out junk food and soft drinks. My quitting booze has given me confidence to stop other bad habits. |
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Yaya
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree, I also quit booze a few months ago and my life has improved. |
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Luciddreamer
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| good for you, dude. |
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FDNY
Joined: 27 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:16 am Post subject: |
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I guess if you feel good about it, then more power to you. As for me, the benefits of boozing greatly outweigh the detriments.
1/ When I drink my wife looks better.
2/ I look forward to drinking moderately at least 3 time a week. It reduces stress.
3/ I get to drink Craftworks new West Coast Pale Ale.
4/ I sleep better.
5/ I feel cool when I drink.
6/ When I drink my mother-in-law looks better.
7/ The alcohol kills germs and viruses in my system.
8/ Korea is getting MUCH better for selection and prices are reasonable.
9/ I kind of like a moderate hangover. Gives me an excuse to pop a Xanie.
10/ Did I mention my wife. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| I'm drinking right now. And enjoying every second of it. Everything in moderation, eh? |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| I agree, I also quit booze a few months ago and my life has improved. |
I started drinking more and my life has improved! go figure.
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beckett
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
Location: Ireland
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:28 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations.
If I last a weekend I pat myself on the back. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| As a person who hates the taste of alcohol, I find it amazing that to a lot of people, quitting takes effort. For me, drinking it takes effort. I don't think my life improves or gets worse in anyway when I do drink though. |
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Chimie
Joined: 05 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| As a person who hates the taste of alcohol, I find it amazing that to a lot of people, quitting takes effort. For me, drinking it takes effort. I don't think my life improves or gets worse in anyway when I do drink though. |
Your username is a little ironic, don'tcha think? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| As a person who hates the taste of alcohol, I find it amazing that to a lot of people, quitting takes effort. For me, drinking it takes effort. I don't think my life improves or gets worse in anyway when I do drink though. |
I'm pretty sure people aren't drinking somek for the taste. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| FDNY wrote: |
I guess if you feel good about it, then more power to you. As for me, the benefits of boozing greatly outweigh the detriments.
1/ When I drink my wife looks better.
2/ I look forward to drinking moderately at least 3 time a week. It reduces stress.
3/ I get to drink Craftworks new West Coast Pale Ale.
4/ I sleep better.
5/ I feel cool when I drink.
6/ When I drink my mother-in-law looks better.
7/ The alcohol kills germs and viruses in my system.
8/ Korea is getting MUCH better for selection and prices are reasonable.
9/ I kind of like a moderate hangover. Gives me an excuse to pop a Xanie.
10/ Did I mention my wife. |
Well, if your mother-in-law looks better after you drink...
I admit the beer selection is getting better. I remember back in the 1990s, when getting a non-Korean beer would make you broke.
Not only that, here's more good news for MODERATE drinkers.
During a five-year period, lifetime alcohol abstainers were 19 percent more likely to die than regular drinkers, defined as having one or two drinks, three or more days a week, say Virginia Tech University researchers.
Those who never touched the bottle were also roughly 56 percent (!) more likely to experience coronary heart disease than regular drinkers, found the scientists, who crunched data from a government survey of nearly half a million Americans.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46880164/ns/health-mens_health/t/cheers-drink-beer-live-longer/#.T3gGSmFOiwA |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't drink much because I don't want to put on a lot of weight, and drinking will do that to you. That said, I like the occasional drink. |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| As a person who hates the taste of alcohol, I find it amazing that to a lot of people, quitting takes effort. For me, drinking it takes effort. I don't think my life improves or gets worse in anyway when I do drink though. |
Then why WOULD you drink?
I hate the taste of alcohol, so I don't drink any. I don't even eat any food with alcohol in it.
If you like the taste, I get it. I don't really understand those who like the effects of not having full functionality of your brain, but since I haven't experienced that I guess I can't comment (it still strikes me as weird, but whatever). But if you hate the taste and still drink, you have me completely baffled.
Anyway, good for you, OP. Good luck with the junk food ban. I imagine that it's the same, where the first part is hardest and then you no longer crave the stuff anymore. |
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thunderbird
Joined: 18 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:09 am Post subject: Re: 9 months with NO booze! |
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| peter07 wrote: |
I posted a few months ago about going six months with no booze, and my fast has reached nine months.
I told myself that I would drink again if I wanted to, but that urge hasn't surfaced (yet). It's a bit solleung when I go to bars but then again, I've lost weight, saved LOADS of money, realized that booze wasn't good for my life considering my advancing age (I'm in my 40s), and I think more clearly in that I think of solutions instead of being down about problems I have. Chronic pain in my legs and arms has also largely gone away.
I'm not saying you should quit drinking and I might have a drink after my booze fast reaches a year. But I am saying you can challenge yourself.
My next task is to cut out junk food and soft drinks. My quitting booze has given me confidence to stop other bad habits. |
junk foods worst |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| I thought this thread was about someone who got knocked up and had to go off the sauce.... |
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