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The more you run, the less your body will accept it as a fuel source and eventually reject it entirely. Alcohol is served in 1 x nice ale glass on special occasions.
Good luck
I don't mind admitting that I used to love going out and getting drunk and whatever else but the hangovers now are not something I want to continue with any longer.
like I imagine a lot of you though, all my friends are still doing the same thing. I moved away from my home town last year so tend to go out and get pissed on my own now.
I think it might be a smart idea to join my local running club and hopefully make some new/better friends.
I spent many years having lots too many, but stopped drinking completely 2 years ago and took up running. It was after a 'wake up in a skip' type of night out, which could have ended extremely badly. Alcohol had been fuelling cycles of serious depression for several years and was the absolute worst medicine for that.
I am now 2.5 stone lighter, running 25 miles a week and have a new job, only very occasional bouts of much milder depression and actually quite like myself. It saved my marriage too.
So, what is there to lose?
Best wishes to you all.
I'm not abstinent, but I limited the amounts of alcohol and I think It's better and ,,safer'' option.
What I mean is that if you suddenly decide one day TODAY I QUIT DRINKIN' 4 EVER I guess after one month, when you finally break yourself on friend's birthday you will be lying under the table the whole weekend.
I decided firstly to quit strong alcohols. With friends I drink mainly beer and wine. Sometimes I order fancy non- alcoholic drinks.
They are cheaper, they are delicious and what is most important, nobody knows they don't have vodka inside >:) >:) >:) Slice of lime, crushed ice, colorful syrup, fancy glass... And you don't loose your old habits.
All in all the most important is the company, right?
Then, I guess it's worth to tell your friends about your goal. They should understand and support you. I started advising doing sports together, going to the cinema/theater/opera. I limited opportunities to drink alcohol.
I also know, more or less my limits, the amount after I start being drunk. Cause after certain moment I don't care any more and I drink like ***k. And I never drink with my belly empty!
I hope those simple advice will be helpful to anyone.
Waking up on Sunday fresh with a full recollection of the night before beats and anxiety filled blackout Sunday hands down ?
<div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/jamiesmack">jamiesmack</a> said:</div>
<div class="QuoteText">I desperately need to cut down on my drinking. I've become a little dependent on it since I lost my son 2 years ago. I very rarely get drunk, but will have 2-3 drinks pretty much every night. I used it to dull some of the emotions but realise now it is having the opposite effect. Not certain I can cut it out altogether straight away, but am going to try to limit it to weekends and go from there.</div>
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Very sorry to hear that Jamie limit it to weekends and work from there seen it destroy a few people very close to me in the past few years and wouldn't wish it upon anyone, maybe take up a few new hobbies running, 5 a side football, gym? I've kept myself so busy I haven't even thought about having a drink seems to have worked for me
i'd be lost with alcohol, its sort of my comfort blanket.
I gave up smoking in 2006 (i was on 20-30 a day) with the help of an Allen Carr (not the slightly funny bloke with dodgy teeth) free supplement (pictorial version) given out with a broadsheet (my addled brain can't remember which one). He basically separates addiction & habit and makes you understand why you have cravings.
He also wrote a similar book called "Easy Way to Control Alcohol" (available on Amazon, Ebay etc.). I bought it but couldn't face life without the demon drink. That said, I reckon it'd be pretty effective for those that want to knock booze on the head in the new year.