[Shrek]

I think that's impressive. Most people that stop, stop because they have no choice.

We don't usually stop anything that we really enjoy, unless it's causing us problems.

Oh, so booze didn't cause you any problems so you just stopped? 

I suspect your denial is unconscious, but it's there.

Even if it was for weight loss, unless booze was causing some kind of problem, I doubt you would've stopped.

You see Wor Lass, she's a 'normal drinker'; she has no problems with her weight.  She drinks maybe two-or-three times a year.  Booze causes her zero problems so she's never had the thought "I'm going to stop drinking all together!"

I don't murder Russians.  Not murdering Russians causes no problems.  Therefore the thought "I will stop murdering Russians" does not occur to me.

But I might take it up for a hobby.

nope no problem with the booze i made the choice to stop for a reason and not cause of a problem,that i could see it for what its worth,and it was nothing

remember its a drug and ive made the choice not to take the drug end of,and by that its able me to spend my money on other things that i enjoy,ie buy better bikes,ride aboard,enter more running events,spend more money on the house  etc,if i was drinking then i could afford to do these things simple,

it doesnt have to be a problem to have to stop,you may think so,so i agree to disagree,

I stopped smoking for the same reason, I wanted to spend my money on other things...
I realised the problem was , the cigarettes were consuming a lot of my money .
I used to enjoy smoking

[ascjim]

I think that's impressive. Most people that stop, stop because they have no choice.

We don't usually stop anything that we really enjoy, unless it's causing us problems.

Oh, so booze didn't cause you any problems so you just stopped? 

I suspect your denial is unconscious, but it's there.

Even if it was for weight loss, unless booze was causing some kind of problem, I doubt you would've stopped.

You see Wor Lass, she's a 'normal drinker'; she has no problems with her weight.  She drinks maybe two-or-three times a year.  Booze causes her zero problems so she's never had the thought "I'm going to stop drinking all together!"

I don't murder Russians.  Not murdering Russians causes no problems.  Therefore the thought "I will stop murdering Russians" does not occur to me.

But I might take it up for a hobby.

Acohol causes all drinkers problems as it's slowly killing us and shouldn't be in our bodies no matter how little you drink. Same with cigarettes. People that don't smoke doesn't mean they ever had a problem with smoking.

[Tom White]

Acohol causes all drinkers problems as it's slowly killing us and shouldn't be in our bodies no matter how little you drink.

Actually, this shows how little you know about the human body (not that I'm any expert).  But our gut flora does produce small amounts of alcohol all on it's own; so we do have alcohol in our bodies.

There's a French lady too - she was something like 115 years old - and she put her longevity down to her daily dose of red wine.

You're jumping to an extreme; you'll normally find the truth is somewhere in the middle.

[Tom White]

Nobody as self righteous or boring as an ex heavy drinker.

 

I didn't realise you were an ex heavy drinker?

Personally, judging by your posts,  I think you're without the 'ex' bit. 

[Frankybadboy]

well  my resolution  is no more drink   alcohol will be stopping  as of midnight  i will be more organised   and  expand the business
whats yours

Do you have a problem with alcohol? Otherwise why stop?

you dont have to have a problem with it to stop 

True, I guess I can't see why you would give up something that isn't in some way causing you a problem, however small.

i made the choice to stop cause i wasnt enjoying it and that i could save thousand of pound and spend the money on doing things that i really enjoy and get somthing out of that,over 6-7 years with out a drink,
also its a unhealthy drug and it does you no good and i seen it for whats it worth,and the soon i  relied that i didnt need a drink to let me hair down or to distress me or unwind,i found other ways to do it

I like a beer once or twice a week with football and do not think it is any more harmful than owning a motorbike(broken back?) life is about choices and i would never choose to own a motorbike like you choose not to drink. Each to there own eh.

It's not even a motorbike. It's a bloody pushbike! Mad. 

i agree with 8weekly 

[Frankybadboy]

Acohol causes all drinkers problems as it's slowly killing us and shouldn't be in our bodies no matter how little you drink.

 (not that I'm any expert) .

blimey if only i thought you meant that 

[G Griffin]

There's a French lady too - she was something like 115 years old - and she put her longevity down to her daily dose of red wine.

You're jumping to an extreme; you'll normally find the truth is somewhere in the middle.

It doesn't mean she was right though, does it?
There were probably lots of other reasons and she was jumping to an extreme.

[G Griffin]

Reduce stress.

One way to go about that is by concentrating solely on wimdows and not trying to do a thousand things

Good one and something I need to do. But not the windows bit.
I reckon people drink and smoke to reduce stress. Then decide to stop drinking and smoking because they are causing them problems and consuming too much of their money.
But cigarettes and alcohol-or is it my imagination- never consumed anyone's money by themselves. Someone decides that they need them, first of all.
I wonder who that is.

[Tom White]

There's a French lady too - she was something like 115 years old - and she put her longevity down to her daily dose of red wine.

You're jumping to an extreme; you'll normally find the truth is somewhere in the middle.

It doesn't mean she was right though, does it?
There were probably lots of other reasons and she was jumping to an extreme.

Of course, but you've missed the obvious point that alcohol - on a daily basis (albeit in moderation) - did her absolutely no harm.

Unlike Franky's bike riding, which nearly killed him.

[G Griffin]

I couldn't say it did her absolutely no harm.
And there's a difference between something doing her absolutely no harm and something being the reason she lived so long.
I'd say there were lots of reasons she lived so long and we shouldn't just take the daft old bat's word for it anyway.

[Frankybadboy]

There's a French lady too - she was something like 115 years old - and she put her longevity down to her daily dose of red wine.

You're jumping to an extreme; you'll normally find the truth is somewhere in the middle.

It doesn't mean she was right though, does it?
There were probably lots of other reasons and she was jumping to an extreme.

Unlike Franky's bike riding, which nearly killed him.

yep but what a way to go doing somthing you love and not by somthing that kills you from inside 

[ascjim]

We use alcohol on our hands to kill germs. That doesn't change just because we drink it.

Everyone drinks and its sold in shops, so everyone thinks it just a bit of fun, but it's doing all sorts of damage to our bodies.

If heron was sold / used the same way, we would all be defending that instead.

[LT carpet cleaning]

Nobody as self righteous or boring as an ex heavy drinker.

 

I didn't realise you were an ex heavy drinker?

Personally, judging by your posts,  I think you're without the 'ex' bit. 

Nah, not remotely. I would never be so pathetic as to allow drink to dominate my life.

 

[Tom White]

Nobody as self righteous or boring as an ex heavy drinker.

 

I didn't realise you were an ex heavy drinker?

Personally, judging by your posts,  I think you're without the 'ex' bit. 

Nah, not remotely. I would never be so pathetic as to allow drink to dominate my life.

 

Which is why you post a lot of garbage when drunk and then delete it the next morning?

I reckon the denial is strong in you. 

[mikey]

 :oi didnt  mean for  the topic to roll out like this   

[jo5hm4n]

Retire

If you don't break your resolution and have any work going for sale, well i'm sure you can guess the rest! 

[jo5hm4n]

My list of resolutions is too long to even list on here!  In 2016 i hit atleast 50% though, so if i can do the same this year i'll be a happy little smorc.

[8weekly]

Acohol causes all drinkers problems as it's slowly killing us and shouldn't be in our bodies no matter how little you drink.

 (not that I'm any expert) .

blimey if only i thought you meant that 

[LT carpet cleaning]

:oi didnt  mean for  the topic to roll out like this   

It's just tosh and his self loathing. Don't worry too much. 

[LT carpet cleaning]

Nobody as self righteous or boring as an ex heavy drinker.

 

I didn't realise you were an ex heavy drinker?

Personally, judging by your posts,  I think you're without the 'ex' bit. 

Nah, not remotely. I would never be so pathetic as to allow drink to dominate my life.

 

Which is why you post a lot of garbage when drunk and then delete it the next morning?

I reckon the denial is strong in you. 

Dear god. You do talk/post such drivel dont you.