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    On the wagon

    I got deadlines , so I am on the wagon.

    no beer for a week now, nearly.

    It's playing havoc with my sleep patterns, but I dont mind that, I can grab a kip during the day and work evenings. Whats really worrying is the biological side effects, my head has stopped wobbling, and my wee has changed a funny colour. It's now clear and doesn't steam and smell like White Rhino p1ss

    maybe I'll relent and have a few this weekend


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    ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

    #2
    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    I got deadlines , so I am on the wagon.

    no beer for a week now, nearly.

    It's playing havoc with my sleep patterns, but I dont mind that, I can grab a kip during the day and work evenings. Whats really worrying is the biological side effects, my head has stopped wobbling, and my wee has changed a funny colour. It's now clear and doesn't steam and smell like White Rhino p1ss

    maybe I'll relent and have a few this weekend


    Aye EO

    You might be interested to learn that due to a trauma with Alcohol when I was 14 - I cannot drink since then in the past 35 years I dont know what its like to be drunk - even funnier Im from the West of Scotland were drinking is seen as a virtue.

    You dont miss what you dont know -it never crosses my mind to have a drink.

    Seems like nasty stuff though .

    Hope that Helps !

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      #3
      IMVHO, the symptoms you describe are common from alcohol withdrawal. Generally speaking, it’s best to cut down the booze slowly to allow the body to ‘re-adjust’. Many years ago when I attended the AA I made the mistake of going cold turkey and suffered vivid nightmares, night terrors, extreme hallucinations and the ‘shakes’ making sleep very difficult. Nowadays, I stick to weekend drinking which has many advantages; a more productive, hangover free week and more energy on a weekend.

      Good luck on the wagon.
      one day at a time

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        #4
        Been off the drink since Sunday for one reason or another (just been busy) Tonight I shall be "on the lash" straight from work however....
        Blood in your poo

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          #5
          Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View Post
          Been off the drink since Sunday for one reason or another (just been busy) Tonight I shall be "on the lash" straight from work however....
          Friday night for me. Can’t slip back into old ways. Enjoy
          Last edited by oscarose; 22 March 2012, 14:47.
          one day at a time

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            #6
            Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
            I got deadlines , so I am on the wagon.

            no beer for a week now, nearly.

            It's playing havoc with my sleep patterns, but I dont mind that, I can grab a kip during the day and work evenings. Whats really worrying is the biological side effects, my head has stopped wobbling, and my wee has changed a funny colour. It's now clear and doesn't steam and smell like White Rhino p1ss

            maybe I'll relent and have a few this weekend


            I went for a few beers to the Catholic Club the other week and it took me 5 days to recover! I'm out of practice!

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              #7
              I found a few years ago that drinking was interfering with work

              I don't miss work at all now...

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                #8
                Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                I went for a few beers to the Catholic Club the other week and it took me 5 days to recover! I'm out of practice!
                At £2/pint its no suprise you had a few!

                As discussed last weekend, being almost teetotal does not sit well with being a catholic.

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                  #9
                  Since Feb 2011 I have had only 2 drinks. One when I could not get to bar to get an orange juice. And one to sample a friend's home brew.

                  Of course I am now in training for my iron man.....

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                    #10
                    I gave up drinking cold turkey style once before.






                    Worst 2 hours of my life that was.

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