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Adrian Chiles, hic , bbc2 now [9pm]
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thats the intention
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Mon - Fri dry, 3 pints & 3 cans Friday evening. I lasted until 6pm saturday as we were going to a 50th birthday do, yesterday we were out again at a celebration meal, although my 48.8 units for the week was up on recent effforts it's signifacntly lees than it would have been a month ago. SoberOctober is going swimmingly.
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My usual 18 smug units here.
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^ thats over the recommended
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Reduced from 21 to 14 overnight same as women. However I feel 14 is too low and would be very surprised if it had harmful effects...so still smug.
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I have no desire to get anywhere near 14 units a week. I haven't felt any health benefits since I started monitoring/trying to reduce my intake. 1 thing that hit home to me in the documentary that sparked this thread was how many drinks did you actually enjoy? At weekend if was I was in the house, I was drinking from Midday just because that's what I always did. I've managed to stop that but that's a far it will go for me.
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If anyone wants to know how little they drink compared to their neighbours take a walk down your street on bin collection day and have a look, its quite an eye opener in not only the amount but who drinks what.
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The Baron, we have a collection, but also have a couple of bottle banks - its interesting who you see taking them down there so as to avoid the neighbours gaze, on collection day, and as you say in Volume too!
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how bizarre,
staysoberforoctober begins and Do wah' turns up amazing scenes |
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Many say it's harder to cut down on drink than to give it up completely.
So those whose social lives revolve around drinking will find it harder cutting down. Skinner said giving up booze practically wiped out his social life, yet they serve other drinks besides booze in pubs so what was he on about? |
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because eventually you get sick of other people trying to shove drinks down you, just have one,have a few etc,etc
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You should be able to handle that 1tp, it's only the same as giving up smoking.
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completely different people get applauded ,admired for giving up smoking ,people think its either strange, boring or you have a drink problem if you give up drinking
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I'll tell you one thing, I really love a pint now I only drink occasionally.
I sit there supping and think - I used to do this nearly every night. And loved every minute of it. |
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We've got guest stopping over tonight other than that we've no plans to go out this weekend. I'll be home alone for The Arc so im intrigued to see what this weeks total will be. A mate who lives in China called in on Wednesday & I had 3 cans so I'm 5.4 units down already.
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Back into the groove of five days no booze a week.
No pub either this week, tho 18 tinnies across Friday & Saturday makes for a total of 32.4 units for the week. It's p1ssing me off a tad that I haven't made it under 30 units at any point, tho in truth that would just be a one hit wonder anyway - seem to have plateaued out at the low 30s. That's half what I was on on pretty consistently at the start of the fred, so will take that for now. Something I've not tried yet is lower-strength lager. Should try switching to something cheap and vile for the last couple of cans each evening. Skol (which I've never had - need to try it anyway for bucket list's sake) is 1.2 units a can. Four of those out of this week's 18 tinnies would have got me to 30 units exactly. Anyone ever gone extreme and tried a supermarket own-brand lager? That programme with baldie from Masterchef was on last week, and they switched someone's premium bottled lager for own-brand. She seemingly found it drinkable, anyway. |
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I've switched from 5.5-6% beer to an average of about 5%, still prefer the kick you get from the stronger stuff.
Two tips to help drink less: Drink out of a smaller glass. Like eating off a smaller plate it tricks the brain into thinking you are drinking more than you are. Alcohol makes you thirsty so drink water at the same time alternate between alcohol and water. You will have less of an urge to drink. |
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Go the whole hog and go alcohol free when it comes to beer, at least @ home. Of all I've tried I now think Bud Prohibition is best which is good as it comes in cans & I don't have to worry about getting rid of the bottles. Going out tonight with my wife for some grub so might get a taxi or lift, have a couple of lagers and share a bottle of wine.
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A heavy weekend as l suspected. 60.9 units. A lot of those additional units came from Whisky, something I've not drunk at home for months. I managed to keep Sunday down to 8 cans which I was happy with as l started at 1pm. Back on the wagon now until Friday tea time.
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Odds on me finally getting under 30 units have dropped to 1.9. Four pints at the pub last night (10.8) BUT... only had three tinnies (5.4) when we got back home. Like, there's still one left in the fridge from the 4-pack I got.
 13.8 units to play with tonight, 12 if you assume I'll take care of that can in the fridge (I could not trust myself to leave beer undrunk for five days). Might get a medley of craft beers or something - try to turn Saturday into a quality over quantity sort of a night. Could feasibly get Saturdays into the single figures... |
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Dr Crippen 03 Oct 18 11:22
Skinner said giving up booze practically wiped out his social life, yet they serve other drinks besides booze in pubs so what was he on about? Can't think of owt worse than being sober in the company of drinkers. They absolutely get on your tlts after a few. Same with cokeheads tbf. |
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Five tinnies (9.0) and a bottle of Moretti (3.0) last night, bringing my total for the week to 28.2 units.
Getting a touch bored of counting up and monitoring everything tbh, but will persevere for now. I realised last night that I'm really not too bothered about drinking so long as I have a decent gulp on a Friday, so will have a go at cutting back on Saturday's intake some more, aiming for a weekly total of 25 units or less. |
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they're disposing of them elsewhere
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Id be surprised if any pee head was civil minded enough to sort his rubbish into separate bins.
All my rubbish goes in the wheelie bin, if they want it sorted they can sort it themselves and use the money I pay in council tax. |
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for those who have missed the soberforoctober campaign
don't worry I have just launched the nowtinnovember but bladderedindecember alternative hth |
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50 units last week which included 1 pint on Wednesday & very late night at the casino.
I'm glad I got involved with this thread but monitoring my intake has run it's course. I've said earlier I've no intention of getting to 14, my weekends always involve booze, long may that continue. Good luck to those who are trying to reduce their intake significantly. |
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Cheers chewy11
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A very average and uninspiring 32.4 units for the week (4 pints + 4 tinnies Friday, 8 tinnies last night). I actually considered not drinking last night, for a time. I think I could actually manage it. The biggest barrier would be the mindset of it being a weekend night and so why the hell am I sitting here sipping fukcing tea.
Intake since records began: 70+ 38 30.8 32.4 Unknown (c.70) Unrecorded (c.50) 32.4 28.2 32.4 |
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Tremendously exciting news... for the first time in my life, I have bought (and drunk) Skol.
It was actually pretty serviceable. Had a sort of smell and more of a taste than I thought it would. I gave each can an hour in the freezer to get the temperature right down - would make a very refreshing thirst quencher on a hot summer's day, and probs less sugar than a can of Coke. You have to be ready for the fact there's no kick of alcohol after each mouthful - the sensation is a bit like one you'd get from gargling alcohol-free mouthwash after a lifetime spent using Listerine - however, if you are a "glugger" and drain cans like there's no tomorrow regardless of strength, then these worth a shot imo. Think I'll switch to having some of these later on in the evening instead of 4% or higher, tho I don't think these alone would provide a very satisfactory evening ie. strategy should maybe be to start the evening with something a bit stronger, with the Skol acting simply as the top-up. One can of Skol is 1.2 units so four of these (4.8) plus four pints of Stella at the pub (10.8) = 15.6 units. That's the least I've drunk (units-wise) on a normal Friday for feckin' years. Unlocks the potential for a stretch target of 25 units for the week, tho that would require me being very good tonight.  |
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A bit more experimenting last night. Got two bottles of "Wychwood Fire Catcher" - from the same brewery that does Hobgoblin. At 3.6%, I got 500ml of it for the same number of units as a 440ml tinny, but it tasted very full and flavoursome, and tbh was more satisfying than draining a bland tinny of lager.
Despite the fact it was a cheap as chips at £1.29 a bottle (can seemingly be had for a quid in Asda - https://groceries.asda.com/product/bottled-ale/wychwood-brewery-fire-catcher-dazzling-golden-beer/910002083913) I think there's a little switch in my brain that makes me think bottles (esp. bottles bigger than 440ml) are to be sipped and savoured. And I actually did that last night. Bodes well - not least because I think my love affair with Skol is over after two nights.  Anyway, a bottle of Stella (3.2), two bottles of the Wychwood stuff (3.6) and four Skols (4.8) last night for 11.4 units, bringing my grand total for the week to 27 units.  Going to target pub (10.8) + 8 bottles of 3.6% (14.4) next week, tho annoyingly that would take me just over 25 units. Could maybe just take a big mouthful of Stella and spit it over whoever's being the most w@nkish in the pub to bring me in under 25?  |
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the skol affair was short lived
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I think there's a little switch in my brain that makes me think bottles (esp. bottles bigger than 440ml) are to be sipped and savoured.
I agree with that. Beer in a bottle is treated with respect. |
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how many units in a bottle of Jamesons
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about 32
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Thurs ... 2 bottles of shiraz
fri ... abt 6 pints of guinness..4 double jd and cokes..and a few nips of jamesons when i got home sat was babysitting so just a few beers and a bottle of red today 6 pints of guinness.. just cracked open a bottle of red....i wont have anymore till friday normally... recently anyway.... |
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kick on you are under the recommend limits this week so far |
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beetroot
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