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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 20:25:12
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First day off yesterday
F8cking brilliant mate. Those two smileys...that is exactly what I look like now. There I am again.
Proud of you mate, keep it up
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 20:41:07
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How much you drinking every day mate?.
I used to drink every night after work up to about 18 months ago.Then i quit drinking during the week.I was still binging at the weekends,doing around 24 beers over Sat/Sun.Now i have managed,over the last month,to cut down to 3 or 4 when i go out,and have stopped drinking at home (so far).
I hope to stick to this.I don't want to stop completely.Gives me something to look forward to. 
Over the past few weeks I have been drinking 30 to 40 units per day mate. I thankfully no longer have the tolerance that I had at my worst. At my worst I would drink in excess of 50 units without fail, but I have seen slow but good improvement since those times
My aim is the same as yours. I'd like to drink one day per week, socially, and indeed I have achieved this many times recently (not this month obviously, this has just been a bad month for me)
Onwards and upwards for all of us eh!
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Well a very bad day today. I didn't drink or even want to drink but have been wrestling all day with the thought that I can never drink again. Strange one. Got the FA Cup Final coming up...booked my coach, guy says "What a p8ss up this is going to be". Spoke to my mate about meeting up for the last game of the season, "Yeah we will have a few celebratory drinks"
Now this has bothered me all day as I love going out with the boys to have a drink but know that the best thing for me to do training wise and life in general wise is to cut the booze out totally.
This is the life of someone with a drink problem, it takes over your life even if you are not drinking. I know what I have got to do (not drink for either occasions) but saying it and doing it is a different matter altogether.
Hopefully this thread will help me closer to the time.
Cheers lads
Good luck mate. Reading about you and the other guys who've posted about this stuff over recent years has been of interest to myself and many others too I am sure
I still remember the great response I got to the thread I posted when I first admitted to myself that I had a drink problem. I have improved a lot since then, and I know you have improved a lot since your worst too
That has to be a positive thing
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 20:41:20
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Well done Drab just keep dodging away, Cardiff itll get to the stage where you dont even notice it albeit may force some small or monumentous changes in your life to stay sober but only you can make those choices.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 20:59:36
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Yeah cheers lads. I know Colin mate and I hope it will get easier. Put it this way at the beginning of this battle the last occasion I thought I would have to contend with was an FA Cup final
So Drab mate. What are we aiming for in terms of length of soberness? You say you eventually want to control it but what is your initial aim as I will be with you for however long it takes mate.
Nice one
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 21:05:34
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I am still in and sober, my mate is in hospital from alcohol and the doc says if he carries on drinking as bad as he does he will be dead in 4 years. Well that helps me stay on the wagon.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 21:32:11
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I am still in and sober, my mate is in hospital from alcohol and the doc says if he carries on drinking as bad as he does he will be dead in 4 years. Well that helps me stay on the wagon.
Nice one mate. Sorry to hear about your mate. Hope he learns from it mate
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 21:53:58
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So Drab mate. What are we aiming for in terms of length of soberness? You say you eventually want to control it but what is your initial aim as I will be with you for however long it takes mate.
Immediate aim is just to stay sober again today mate. So far so good but the day is far from over.....
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 23:09:31
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So Drab mate. What are we aiming for in terms of length of soberness? You say you eventually want to control it but what is your initial aim as I will be with you for however long it takes mate.
Immediate aim is just to stay sober again today mate. So far so good but the day is far from over.....
One day at a time is all you can aim for mate.No point trying to make over ambitious goals.With a problem like yours it won't be easy.I initially just started by cutting down the amount i was drinking each night.Then i started reducing the days during the week until i stopped completely except for weekends.
Best of luck mate.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 23 2008 23:13:40
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Well a very bad day today. I didn't drink or even want to drink but have been wrestling all day with the thought that I can never drink again. Strange one. Got the FA Cup Final coming up...booked my coach, guy says "What a p8ss up this is going to be". Spoke to my mate about meeting up for the last game of the season, "Yeah we will have a few celebratory drinks"
Now this has bothered me all day as I love going out with the boys to have a drink but know that the best thing for me to do training wise and life in general wise is to cut the booze out totally.
This is the life of someone with a drink problem, it takes over your life even if you are not drinking. I know what I have got to do (not drink for either occasions) but saying it and doing it is a different matter altogether.
Hopefully this thread will help me closer to the time.
Cheers lads
Luckily i can control my drinking these days.I just don't enjoy getting slaugtered any more.I enjoy the buzz of a few beers but that's it.
Some people are all or nothing.If you think then having a few beers for the final will set you right back then it's not worth it.If you think you can have a few then get back on track then that's fine.Either way,enjoy the special day mate,and good luck.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 8:53:53
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So Drab mate. What are we aiming for in terms of length of soberness? You say you eventually want to control it but what is your initial aim as I will be with you for however long it takes mate.
Immediate aim is just to stay sober again today mate. So far so good but the day is far from over.....
Yeah getting a bit ahead of myself there mate, sorry. Hope the day went well in the end and that you continue with the same today.
Nice one Galenkia mate. I can't "enjoy a few" sadly
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 20:40:07
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Another day goes by . . I have come to the conclusion at the end of this day that I will never drink again
This has changed ten times during the day. I hope this gets easier as it is f8cking me right off at the moment 
Hope all is well with all other abstainers.
Hope the mods don't mind this thread being bumped every day/every week but it is a big help for a lot of us on here.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:17:35
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For some it's best not to think of it as never having another drink ever, that thought used to scare the hell out of me.
You're just not drinking today.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:20:20
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For some it's best not to think of it as never having another drink ever, that thought used to scare the hell out of me.
You're just not drinking today.
Yeah nice one mate. Is that the way you are getting through it at the moment? I wish I knew your secret
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:26:32
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No Biggie there mate thats the secret like ive told you just get through today without drinking and let tomorrow take care of itself if you start getting into the for life thing youll go mental.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:33:54
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No secret really mate and I won't pretend it's been easy, taking my training and diet more seriously (particularly for the shape up) has been a massive help.
Just like Colin said, think about not drinking today, that's all.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:45:51
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No secret really mate and I won't pretend it's been easy, taking my training and diet more seriously (particularly for the shape up) has been a massive help.
Just like Colin said, think about not drinking today, that's all.
I think the photos for the cutting thread have to be in soon so that will concentrate my mind. Not looking like a pr8ck
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:55:49
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Im from Cardiff..What part are you from?Where do you workout?
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 21:59:26
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im still tea total fag free and climbing the walls lol
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 22:37:51
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No secret really mate and I won't pretend it's been easy, taking my training and diet more seriously (particularly for the shape up) has been a massive help.
Just like Colin said, think about not drinking today, that's all.
I think the photos for the cutting thread have to be in soon so that will concentrate my mind. Not looking like a pr8ck
I was tempted myself, my diet has gone to crap recently, still might do yet we'll see.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 24 2008 22:59:46
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What do you think 40 maybe i should go for it?
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