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I've often thought about resurrecting this thread over the last 12 months. I did about 6 months alcohol free and loved it, then started drinking again in the evenings. Before I knew it I was back to a bottle of wine a night, and sometimes more. I then switched to 3-4 strong beers, and sometimes...

When I go on my 'breaks' from drinking, I get to about 2-3 weeks in and then don't really care about alcohol at all. I kind of see it as a girlfriend I've split up with, and I remember the good times - but I find it very easy to forget. Then, I have a few pints (equivalent of a casual shag with...

Sad to say that I've been drinking (not stupidly) throughout the whole lockdown. I'm going to have a break very soon as I'm in a habit again. I also need to lose some weight and exercise more once the back injury I suffered last Spring totally clears up (my own stupid fault.. thinking a 50...

This is one of the biggest hurdles. Alcohol can play such a big part in everything you do it's like a death or divorce when you just stop on a sixpence. You end up being a bit lost for what to do with yourself. My 'filler' was Heineken 0,0. I suppose it's the smokers equivalent of picking...

Knowing you're not the only one is a huge boost. Having the balls to admit you're a heavy drinker is a big hurdle. Once you're over that, and have accepted it - you can then start to address it. The more you share it, and talk about it - the more you realise you're not some lone lunatic in a...

Your physical/chemical addiction to alcohol said it was a good (in fact, rather amazing) idea, then your monkey brain went "Yeah Baby.. BRING IT ON !!!" Some time later your rational human brain enters the room and says "what the FECK'S been going on here?!". That's when you kick yourself...

I reckon there are 20 people reading this thread thinking "yeah, that's me" to every one person typing "yeah, that's me"... At no point when I was drinking too much did I ever feel like it was a good thing to be doing. I used to beat myself up inside for being weak, harming my body, ruining my...

That's me. One glass of wine with dinner when i get in, one an hour later sat in the bath amongst the bubbles watching the iPad, one watching TV with the Missus an hour or two later. Boom... bottle of wine gone. Then you're all relaxed, weak willed, and it's a can or two of beer - then the Vodka...

I drank way too much last year (and the 30 years previous to that :glare:), so decided to do "Dry January". I was very, very nervous. In the end it went so well it went into February and March... It wasn't easy, but I did it. Then in early April I went out and had a few one night, then the next...

This... I did dry January, breezed it, so did February - and then March. Early April I went to a social occasion and thought 'Right, let's see if I can just dip in and dip out.. I'll drink tonight, then I'll have another few months off" That, my friends, was my downfall. It's July and I'm...