anyone else quit drinking?

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(reminds me of a joke about the three great lies that Texans tell, two of which were "My truck's paid for", and "I quit drinking", the third lie I'm not going to repeat here.)

I quit drinking about 3 years ago. I just stopped one day and that was it. The reason I stopped was that I liked alcohol a lot and moderation was too stressful. I have never regretted it.

What about you?
 
I have to take medicine for chronic pain, so I rarely drink anymore for fear of liver failure. I have to work and lift all the time, so I need the medication. It sucks having to plan going off meds around having a margarita or a Scotch days in advance.
 
In 1960 I worked in a large auto parts store. If we did $ 7,500 cash sales a day the store would buy a fifth.Good sour mash burbon mixed with Sun-drop worked wonders after 9 hours on cement floor. I'd take a drink & head home. Later it was 2 drinks & then we hoggishly drank even more. During this period the store bought a fridge ,cups & chaser by the case. We'd down a bottle a night & pretty soon I'd be visiting the American Business College on the way home[ A b c store]. Somewhere it became obvious that I had an industrial strength problem . Promised to quit but picked far-off Thanksgiving but it came & I poured my stuff down the sink . Worker friends razzed me & stuck drinks under my nose but I refused them . Got so danged mad I started mixing theirs to show what I was made of. Odd thing though, I developed a better class of friends & was amazed at the growth of my bank account .

Uncle [ been there too ] Alan ;)
 
it's been about 4 months for me. one day i just desided it just wasn't worth the cost. i have more money, to buy toys with, and i feel better too. i can't afford to lose my drivers license. i don't regret it at all.

edit: i also gave up smoking when they went to 1.00 a pack. (been awhile)
 
I never was much of a drinker. If I more than two drinks a month it was alot. In 1999 I decided to stop drinking anything alcholic in nature and have yet to fall off the wagon.

I don't miss it one bit........................
 
After I gave it up & became a family man again I got a break & landed :( my career job as a mfgrs. rep, in the auto & high-preformance field & made so much money I kept it secret.My head rep. & the whole crew [we covered the Southeast ] drank & guess who broke up fights,stopped a mugging & really became disgusted with booze ?
Nothing wrong with drinking but my associates drank like sailors at a free beer picnic.

'Nuff said. Uncle Alan
 
I was never much of a drinker but when I turned diabetic I figured I had to give it all up. Alcohol threw my blood sugar way off. I really miss those few drinks every now and again. :(
 
cognitivefun said:
anyone else quit drinking?
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Yes, but just for tonight. I plan to start back first thing in the morning. :D

Just kidding. When I was in my early twentys, I drank quit a bit. At one point I got to where I would drink 8-12 beers per night during the week and more on the weekends. Then came marriage and other real world stuff, after that kids. I never really quit, I mostly lost interest in drinking. I still toss back a couple with "Da Boys" once in a while or after cutting the grass. But that's about it. My friends still wonder how someone that used to love to drink as much as I did ever lost interest in it. I'm just thankful that I didn't have to go thru AA.
 
I don't drink anymore. I don't drink any less either.
;)

Actually, in college, I was a total drunken loser. I woke up one morning passed out on my front lawn in a pool of my own vomit. Since then I've hardly imbibed at all. In fact, unless it's something special, I detest alcohol flavor.
 
Years ago I used to drink. Maybe a couple a week.

I never could figure out the appeal of drinking for 4 hours, only being able to remember 2 of those hours and only enjoying one of those....followed by eight hours of a hangover you remember vividly. :confused: Just doesn't make sense.
 
I found myself liking alcohol a bit much a few years back and quit for 18 months. Siince then I've had the occasional drink but have been spared the urge to make it a big part of my life. I think of myself as a non-drinker but will have the odd beer or wine in company just avoid being labelled a 'non-drinker'.

Your story is an interesting one Alan because in my non drinking phase I came to realise how, as a society, we use aclohol to bond people together. This can of coourse be a positive thing - like a few beers sitting on the fence with the fire team after training. Or it can be a negative thing when you are trying to improve your life and you are stuck in a peer group that is comfortable being mundane.

Didn't Jesus say once to 'not take wine with fools'?
 
Carthage said:
I don't drink anymore. I don't drink any less either.
;)

Actually, in college, I was a total drunken loser. I woke up one morning passed out on my front lawn in a pool of my own vomit. Since then I've hardly imbibed at all. In fact, unless it's something special, I detest alcohol flavor.
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Hello Port City boy ! You live in my home town . Gosh,have I seen the changes there since the '30's. The big industries there were shipping,ships chandlers,A C L Railroad & Spofford Mill out Wrightsville Avenue.Go occasionally for N H H S reunions but it's outgrown me. Wife wanted to move there in early '90's but when I found property values had risen 67 percent in 5 years,we decided we'd only have enough money to travel to the grocery store.
Boy ,do I have stories about growing up there.

Uncle Alan Baum
 
uncle Alan said:
Hello Port City boy ! You live in my home town . Gosh,have I seen the changes there since the '30's. The big industries there were shipping,ships chandlers,A C L Railroad & Spofford Mill out Wrightsville Avenue.Go occasionally for N H H S reunions but it's outgrown me. Wife wanted to move there in early '90's but when I found property values had risen 67 percent in 5 years,we decided we'd only have enough money to travel to the grocery store.
Boy ,do I have stories about growing up there.

Uncle Alan Baum
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The wife and I love living here. We're originally small town folks from a little further west in NC. We lived in Raleigh after college for a while and just moved down here two years ago.
From what I understand, growth here is out of control. If you ever move back, buy property in northern NHC. That's where the growth is and you can make a bundle.
 
I find I have very occasional craving for a cold beer but nothing much. Most of the time I don't think about it. I have some great liquor at home that I use for cooking or offering guests and I am never tempted.

I am more engaged in my feelings. I don't have alcohol to dull the sensations, especially when I am feeling down. That is a huge benefit for me as it has helped me on the road of self-realization and I would never go back to drinking because of that.
 
Yep, gave it up 20 years ago when I came down with Hepatitis.
Liver function is normal now, and I can drink now, but don't.
Just don't feel the need to feel bad the day after any more.
I've got better things to do.
 
Back in my 20's I drank way too much. This tapered off with parenthood and added responsibilities (I also figured out that I really hated hangovers). So by the time I hit my 50's I would go for months at a time without taking a drink. So at age 52 my virtue caught up with me and I had a heart attack. It turns out that with my family history I should be having one or two drinks a day to reduce inflamation in my coronary arteries. I have tried to start drinking again, but I keep falling back onto the wagon. I just can't seem to get around to drinking more than a couple times a month. This not drinking may just be the death of me.
 
Jeff Clark said:
Back in my 20's I drank way too much. This tapered off with parenthood and added responsibilities (I also figured out that I really hated hangovers). So by the time I hit my 50's I would go for months at a time without taking a drink. So at age 52 my virtue caught up with me and I had a heart attack. It turns out that with my family history I should be having one or two drinks a day to reduce inflamation in my coronary arteries. I have tried to start drinking again, but I keep falling back onto the wagon. I just can't seem to get around to drinking more than a couple times a month. This not drinking may just be the death of me.
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Would it help if I had a couple beers for you? :D
 
I quit three years ago this March. I knew before then that my drinking had become a problem. On the day of the Oscars, which is almost a day-long event here in L.A., I started drinking Cabernet during the arrival interviews on TV. By the time they gave out Best Picture, I had killed three bottles by myself. Shortly after, I stumbled and broke my glasses. The next morning I had to get up at 4:30 A.M. to go to work. As I lay there in bed, I faced the truth, and admitted my alcoholism to my dear wife. The following saturday, we attended an A.A. meeting together (she has been sober for 19 years this May). It's been all good since then.

I'm very lucky that I didn't have to lose my job, wreck my car, or ruin my precious marriage to see the truth. They say in A.A. that I had a "high bottom," meaning I didn't wait until I was lying in my own urine in an alley to stop drinking. I had it easy, many don't. If anyone reading this feels they have a problem with alcohol, or any other substance, please, please, please feel free to e-mail me to talk about it. It can get better. It doesn't have to be this way. There are others who went through it, too. And there's more money to buy knives.
 
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