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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-02 14:48 [#01948032]
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....for a while at least.
I seem to have gotten into a rut with social drinking. I'll go to the pub with my mates after work, have dinner there and a couple of pints, this adds up to about 10 quid, about two or three times a week.
Then, Friday and Saturday nights are spent getting completely hammered on vodka and various cocktail pitchers, these two nights cost about seventy quid between them. So I'm spending nearly a hundred quid a week on the sauce. (Living at home and working full time has it's advantages...)
I haven't drank since Saturday (yeah, not long I know,) and I'm already feeling better. I'm thinking of laying off the booze 'til my birthday sep 3rd, then I can move out again, and cut down the drinking to one night a week.
Anyone in a similar situation?
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Fah
from Netherlands, The on 2006-08-02 14:50 [#01948034]
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i just finished another Guinness, and nope, though i can see your point there. Perhaps i should too, when i have to.
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big
from lsg on 2006-08-02 14:54 [#01948036]
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i want to start drinking more again
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big
from lsg on 2006-08-02 14:55 [#01948037]
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without smoking actually but that doesn't seem to be an option
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-02 14:59 [#01948044]
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Yeah, I often smoke whilst drinking, it makes the hangover twice as bad.
It's all such a shitty way of behaving, a really crap and over-glamourised side of western life.
I don't even really get to go to decent club nights anymore because "the drinks are too expensive" according to my pisshead mates. So we end up going to shitty student/cheese nights with cheap booze, and I end up getting pissed 'cause it's all so depressing.
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obara
from Utrecht on 2006-08-02 15:07 [#01948049]
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i'm finishing a 3rd beer cause i'm celebrating getting a job....but i can understand you. about a week or so ago i drank way too much , was dying the other day and promised myself not to be as stupid in the future - it was too hot to drink too much. sometimes a week off-booze seems very healthy.
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big
from lsg on 2006-08-02 15:09 [#01948052]
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oyea smoking is bad i don't know why i do it, i don't like it that much i do it because im like 'fuck, who cares' the extra hangover however should be a limiter however, maybe smoke less.
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_gvarek_
from next to you (Poland) on 2006-08-02 15:29 [#01948059]
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I never had any serious problem with drinking, but but almost all of my mates enjoy getting drunk once in a while (or often). Personally I hate the feeling of being stoned. But it doesn't change the fact that it's our national sport. Isn't it, Obi?
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obara
from Utrecht on 2006-08-02 15:52 [#01948069]
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it depends. stoned vs drunk - i think the latter is better , in the long run.
i haven't tried shit stoned plus dead drunk* yet, so i'm not an expert.
our national sport is getting dead drunk, going to a disco, getting in a car full of chicks, killing everyone.
*or shit drunk and dead stoned ?
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swift_jams
from big sky on 2006-08-02 15:57 [#01948073]
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I'm proud of you for quitting. Pop Vibes is more important. P.S. Need another submission?
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-02 16:01 [#01948075]
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Sure, but I only want to use one per member. That gives it a bit more diversity.
Anyway, it's nothing to be proud of, it was easy. I feel stupid for not sorting this out earlier. The £400 pounds I save this month will be reward enough.
:£
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swift_jams
from big sky on 2006-08-02 16:02 [#01948077]
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What if, it's guitar, and it was done with me and a friend. (Not a member).
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giginger
from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-02 16:03 [#01948079]
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If you have a car then drive everywhere, give your mates lifts etc. Much easier to not drink that way.
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swift_jams
from big sky on 2006-08-02 16:05 [#01948082]
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In fact, I should have submitted this one first.
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oyvinto
on 2006-08-02 16:10 [#01948084]
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i don't drink to often but when i drink i drink waaay to much. almost always. it's all or nothing. i'm norwegian of course.
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-02 16:29 [#01948095]
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As long as it's not too "rock".
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darkpromenade
from Australia on 2006-08-02 17:31 [#01948112]
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I havn't had a drink for 12 and a half years.........
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2006-08-02 18:01 [#01948117]
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i go to pubs a lot but I only continue the drinking to excess when it feels worth it cause otherwise you end spending 30-40 quid on a shit night. And being the driver occasionally is good way to not drink.
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i_x_ten
from arsemuncher on 2006-08-02 20:34 [#01948139]
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i workin a pub so drinking is way of life for me. usual night is beers and then more beers and pringles back at a mates house. i need to sort it out. right now i'm pretty wasted. drinking is expensive & unhealthy.
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stilaktive
from a place on 2006-08-02 20:44 [#01948142]
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do mdma and just dance. no booze. fit as a fiddle
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darkpromenade
from Australia on 2006-08-02 20:52 [#01948144]
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untill you reach the point where you feel like blowing your brains out on a tuesday afternoon
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IronLung
from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2006-08-02 21:43 [#01948149]
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getting stoned would always be my choice, its so much nicer than getting drunk. NO HANGOVER.
But I do *heart* the drink alot.
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ambsace
from canaDUH. on 2006-08-02 21:48 [#01948150]
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Quitting the booze....
fool.
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zero-cool
on 2006-08-02 22:05 [#01948154]
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beer sucks punk
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dog_belch
from Netherlands, The on 2006-08-02 22:10 [#01948157]
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Whilst I am duty bound to traipse this frightful mortal plane, I can't see booze, one of the few perks of Earthly existance, being removed from the equation for the forseeable future.
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B123
from The wicked underbelly (Australia) on 2006-08-03 01:15 [#01948180]
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ahh tuesdays blues.. boy did i feel that this week.
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stilaktive
from a place on 2006-08-03 04:16 [#01948204]
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i might quit for a while too. i did earlier this year and went to the gym and ate well and its amazing how fit you feel after say two weeks. i was waking up and zing ta daa i wanted to do stuff straight away.
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2006-08-03 04:35 [#01948210]
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boozy yeah. buying booze from the liquor shop is a lot cheaper. sneak it into the pub. my 'mates' and i usually party at someone's flat then head off to town around midnight. we get stoned too so usually it's a mixture of both. alcohol and thc work well together (for some people, others get what is known as 'greenies') - they seem to strike a lovely a balance. i'm more often just stoned than just drunk. getting drunk makes me want to smoke (ganja). so smoking is inevitable. doing it in excess makes you slow. after a few drinks and copious joints/bongs communication slows and all that is left are unintelligible grunts shouts and manic laughter. good times. i strike a good balance between being fucked and sober. money is not really an issue. alcohol is cheap(ish) and weed is cheaper.
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redrum
from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-08-03 05:36 [#01948222]
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you should enter that in as a wikipedia page, entitled "Drugs".
very informative
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B123
from The wicked underbelly (Australia) on 2006-08-03 06:47 [#01948233]
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lol
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-03 13:19 [#01948461]
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i never drink during the week anymore. but i always make up for it on friday and saturday nights
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 12:16 [#01949658]
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i am going to try it to for a month to see how it feels i think it owns me a bit now
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 12:16 [#01949659]
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only a mather of time it cant be that hard
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2006-08-06 12:20 [#01949661]
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just remember when you do go back out to get hammered after taking a break
you will get hammered QUICK
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 12:33 [#01949670]
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hehe i will yeah i guess keeping the pace i have now will be a drunken mad man night ending up in jail with my teeth rotten down
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-06 12:36 [#01949673]
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Still on the wagon. Notice how I've been posting this weekend.
Stayed in last night, watched all the "Kids in the Hall videos on YouTube and listened to the first four Prince albums. Made myself a nice big plate of chicken, brown rice and runner beans with a dash of soy sauce and coarse black pepper.
The ingreidents cost me three quid, a night out at least thirty.
This is gonna be easier than I thought.
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 12:40 [#01949677]
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good for you : )
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 12:40 [#01949678]
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my last weekend that i drink for a while i guess it have all to do with mindpower
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Raz0rBlade_uk
on 2006-08-06 14:31 [#01949713]
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good to give up booze
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2006-08-06 14:35 [#01949715]
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but it will be boring in the beginning i guess
but mind cleansing
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-06 15:30 [#01949732]
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Drinking is getting boring for me.
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-08-06 16:05 [#01949737]
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i have a friend who will literally die if he quits drinking
same with speedranch of making orange things fame
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DeLtoiD
from Ontario on 2006-08-06 22:48 [#01949872]
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i've decided to be somewhat dry - definately cut it down to one night a week. be responsible and you'll find it works out a little better.
money-wise and addiction wise. its fun to go out with friends now and then. they all drink, sometimes makes it difficult :/
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J198
from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2006-08-07 04:14 [#01949968]
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is drinking 2 beers per day OK?
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-07 04:17 [#01949970]
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drinking is boring? queer !
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swears
from junk sleep on 2006-08-14 15:42 [#01953952]
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Still managing not to drink. Lost half a stone in three weeks.
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lupus yonderboy
from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-14 16:15 [#01953967]
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listen to fucking rik waller=]
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-08-14 16:20 [#01953971]
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you quitting quitter you!
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