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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 15:16:36
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£50 on offer?
in that case i havent drunk at all 
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 15:20:18
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this is a honest question
why do people find drink such an evil that they feel they have to abstain?
Is it self control?
Is it an addiction? If so, what are the positives to the addiction?
I abstain from alcohol as lager tastes like old boots (like when you first tasted it as a kid) and spirits dont rock my boat either. In my later teens (18-21) i was drinking myself pickled but now i am no longer in that frame of mind.
I have had 4 pints this year
with smoking its nicotine, what is the addictive nature of drinking?
I used to think exactly like you do now.
but, to some; me. it gets a grip of you and can't loosen it. There are no positives to any addiction. addictive nature of drinking is being drunk.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:02:12
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Started yesterday Wardy mate but you jump on in now if you like.
All good for me today. No craving whatsoever. Starting to feel "normal" again.
Cheers
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:13:21
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what is the addictive nature of drinking?
Opening that first cold can after a sh*t day at work and feeling the lovely numbness set in has been a highlight for me over the years !
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:13:40
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My father drinks quite a bit too. Has 4 carling premiers every night after work, a lot more on the weekends. I'm dying for a can now tbh.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:25:08
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My father drinks quite a bit too. Has 4 carling premiers every night after work, a lot more on the weekends. I'm dying for a can now tbh.
That my friend is not alot.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:27:34
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PAGAN
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That my friend is not alot.
Hmmmmm now if you didn't see the relevant thread from the other day then thats quite spooky 
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:28:26
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I know, 4 cans minimum weekdays. More or less constantly on the weekends.
I know what alot is trust me.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:39:48
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Started yesterday Wardy mate but you jump on in now if you like.
All good for me today. No craving whatsoever. Starting to feel "normal" again.
Cheers
your joking. I would be in shock by now. going to start friday. got my pills and to let everyone by then know; I've stopped drinking. again  . misses wants to stop too. can't do it without her; she can't do it without me.
going to do a journal
Well done mate. Brilliant news. Good luck to you both!!! I am sure an extension is easily granted as you are coming off for the first time in years (is that right mate?
Nice one
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 16:41:32
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My father drinks quite a bit too. Has 4 carling premiers every night after work, a lot more on the weekends. I'm dying for a can now tbh.
Tough sh8t. 
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That my friend is not alot.
Get back on holiday you c8nt! 4 cans is too much for a person to drink daily!!!!
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 17:14:34
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ORIGINAL: MMA Guy
this is a honest question
why do people find drink such an evil that they feel they have to abstain?
Varies, as we can see from this thread
If a person has a drink problem then they normally wish to stop when when health problems get too bad or when day to day life starts going wrong (find it hard to work etc). Alternatively, like yourself, people may just abstain because they don't like alcohol or maybe because they find it interferes with their training or their competition diets
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Is it self control?
It becomes a self control issue if the person becomes addicted, but also there can be an element of self control if a person has simply been a social drinker all their lives and then decides to stop. It's hard to break the habit of a lifetime, though obviously it can be done without much trouble if you're not an addict
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Is it an addiction?
Sometimes. People with drink problems are usually addicts. Most people who drink don't become addicts though. Same as most people who use cocaine don't become addicts, etc
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If so, what are the positives to the addiction?
Varies very much from person to person. Usually addictions have no positive sides, however the previous drug use which led to the addiction may have had positives
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with smoking its nicotine, what is the addictive nature of drinking?
Ethanol is the chemical in alcoholic drinks which people become addicted to. It is physically addictive and also (as with all addictive substances) there is usually a psychological aspect to addiction
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ORIGINAL: 40 plus
Everybody still in I take it?
No, sorry guys, I am already out
I will keep following the thread and trying though
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 17:18:27
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WHEN DOEs this challenge start? also how can it be proven?
It officially started yesterday mate, though I am already out. I'll re-start my own challenge today!
It can't be proven, but that doesn't matter
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 17:22:42
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Cardifflad.. in answer to your question in my journal... no thanks.
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 17:55:03
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Mate, I have failed and failed again but it the way you recover from these failures that counts.
The only way you fail is by not starting mate. You can do it i am 100% sure. Have a go and use this thread Wardy i am right behind you m8.
I think the 50 squid is out now as for how can we prove it, we cannot but if somebody is silly enough to lie and want to live with that then crack on.
how we all doing??
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 15 2008 20:45:14
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Shall we just start of this week by excluding lager? Then next week cider, then week after top shelf? Would be better i think !!
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 16 2008 8:56:46
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ORIGINAL: drab4
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ORIGINAL: MMA Guy
this is a honest question
why do people find drink such an evil that they feel they have to abstain?
Varies, as we can see from this thread
If a person has a drink problem then they normally wish to stop when when health problems get too bad or when day to day life starts going wrong (find it hard to work etc). Alternatively, like yourself, people may just abstain because they don't like alcohol or maybe because they find it interferes with their training or their competition diets
quote:
Is it self control?
It becomes a self control issue if the person becomes addicted, but also there can be an element of self control if a person has simply been a social drinker all their lives and then decides to stop. It's hard to break the habit of a lifetime, though obviously it can be done without much trouble if you're not an addict
quote:
Is it an addiction?
Sometimes. People with drink problems are usually addicts. Most people who drink don't become addicts though. Same as most people who use cocaine don't become addicts, etc
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If so, what are the positives to the addiction?
Varies very much from person to person. Usually addictions have no positive sides, however the previous drug use which led to the addiction may have had positives
quote:
with smoking its nicotine, what is the addictive nature of drinking?
Ethanol is the chemical in alcoholic drinks which people become addicted to. It is physically addictive and also (as with all addictive substances) there is usually a psychological aspect to addiction
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ORIGINAL: 40 plus
Everybody still in I take it?
No, sorry guys, I am already out
I will keep following the thread and trying though
thank you for your detailed reply 
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 16 2008 13:22:33
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Just a very quick post in work. All is well, internet in the house is broken again. Fixed by the 18th so not long. I WILL BE WATCHING MIND!!
Not sure how but I will be.
Alls well on the western front with my drinking
Cheers
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RE: MT Alcohol abstinance challenge - Apr. 16 2008 15:01:25
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BIG BROTHER is watching you all  , well 5ft 7in brother is lol
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