Giving up drinking

It was def a bad idea to go out drinking Saturday night. Wife is mad as hell and should be. We went to hear a band and everything was ok while I was drinking beer but then I switched to liqour and don't remember much after that. I was told I tried to fight 2 football players and wouldnt get in the limo, then I got sick in the limo and at home. Fuk I still feel bad today from it. I've decided to give up drinking anything alcholic. Its just not worth it for me and im going to lose my wife if it happens again.

Never worth it while "on." I may have a beer a few times a year but I haven't really drank in about 10 years.

drinking causes me so many damn problems. when i was young i had fun and didnt get in much trouble i really enjoyed it but the older i got and the more i drank it just seemed to cause more problems. i got to the point where i couldnt control and enjoy my drinking it was one or the other i was either controlling it and not really enjoying it or i was enjoying it and completely out of control. i had to stop all together it was destroying my life and those around me.

good to see you acknowledge it and are talking about it

Yeah im pretty sure that being "on" didn't help the situation. I feel more embarrassed than anything to have done it around my friends and my wife.

nothing really good comes out of drinking all night.......something always happens........been 3 years for me..........school of hard knocks though....learned through MANY mistakes....lucky for me my wife is still by my side....

I do not drink at all. I tried to drink and I mean tried hard when I was in the Army. I never liked it. I hate the taste of beer and just hate the feeling of being buzzed in general.

Alcohol is the most destructive drug there is. You have to ask yourself has Alcohol ever done any good for you? Has it done anything positive in your life? To me I've only seen pain and misery from friends and family from alcohol. Like I said its destructive and a serious waste of money.

I drink occasionally. I enjoy it with Silk. I can honestly say that being as I drink rarely and in moderation, its helped me socially and it lets me blow off steam when I'm really about to pop

The Dude said:

I drink occasionally. I enjoy it with Silk. I can honestly say that being as I drink rarely and in moderation, its helped me socially and it lets me blow off steam when I'm really about to pop

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That's true. It's all in the company you are with. When I have a beer it's with people I am comfortable with and have some good laughs.

Alcohol sucks, plain and simple. If you quit long enough you will realize there is more fun without it, than there ever was with it. You get to experience it and you won't get sick. Not only that but it will save you tons of money for drinks and legal fee's. I can't believe people actually pay for that stuff, I mean 10 dollars now for a drink, what a joke.

ManI am with you guys. Drinking not only almost took my life in a bad car accident but just makes you forget whats important. Havent had a drink since april and going strong. Good choice to give it up. I put my hands together for you man. :thumbsup:

some people cant or shouldnt drink. I grew up with it and was a anamal. My life got so fucked up, relationships, moneywise
ect. I quit for about 3 years. My life got back together quickly and was good. Meet a little cutie and had a little champaign
on new years. That turned into a 5 year run. People kept telling me the booze was going to kill me but I was invinciple. I woke
up in the intensive care unit of the hospatal with two ice pick holes in my back and cardio myopthy, where,
from the booze my heart was surrounded by fluid and failing. I remember them telling the girl by the side of my bed,
was was the cute hunny I was now married too that it didnt look like I would make it. They had me on morphine intraveinasily
and orally and I kept yelling for more saying "this aint shit, give me the good stuff" (100 percent honest story)
I think I was in a bar and wanted to take everyone on. lol
After about 10 days they released me. I walked about 20 blocks home and had to stop about 10 times to rest. The next day
I pulled out a old bike to start getting back into shape. I rode it DOWNHILL for one and a half blocks and almost died. Had
to walk it back home. The doctors told me I could never exercise again but there was one young doctor who told me to do
whatever I wanted but to LISTEN TO MY BODY. That was 19 and a half years ago. Havent had a drink since and am in probably
the best shape of my life, other then when I was probably 19. I dont miss the booze, keep it in the house for company and if
I have a date I still try to get her liquored up. lol For me it was a mental thing realizing that as long as I didnt take the first
one that I was in control. If I drank I was no longer in control. I think it was a good thing for me because I realized I DO want
to live. I have two awsome daughters 18 and 14 and luckly they have never seen me like that. Long story but anything like
this YOU have to make the decision for YOU, not for your wife or anyone else or it wont work. Mabey you need some more
experimenting, or mabey you have had enough. It is funny how the bad shit stops hapening when I quit. lol BUT. only you
can decide for you. Just my story, Luck to you bro.

Thanks guys, im really going to try not to take another drink at all. The last 3 times i've drank, my wife has had to clean up and none of it was good. I have a 2 year old and he doesn't need to see me like that. I never drank until my 2nd year of college but def made up for it, im in my mid 30's now and its just not worth it anymore. My wife and son mean more to me than anything in this world and I know that I need to straighten up. Thanks for the input guys and the support.

two more quick notes. When I quit it was in July and I was trippin on what was I going to do on New Years Eve. (and I was
worried about it in july -lol) The other thing I was really worried about was, what if I had to go to a wedding? How can
you not drink at a wedding. I shared this with my wife and she said "who the hell would want you (the drunk that would
be doing something stupid) at their wedding?" We still laugh at that. Opp's, there was a third thing. If you do quit you
think that everyone should take you at that and forget the past. You have to remember how long a history you have
drinking and realize it is going to take time for people to realize you are not the same person. like I said, whichever way
however you decide to roll, luck to ya bro.

Something else to think about though is how hard it is to really quit. Most people do not make it. Granted you have made the decision to stop. However, staying stopped is a great deal harder than just stopping. It literally took me a long time but I kept trying and now its been 10 years. Good luck and if you fail keep trying. It really depends on how much you like it. If you really like it you will be really hard pressed to stay stopped. I can guarantee you that. I always ask people that want to quit if they really like it and when they say yes I know they will struggle. I mean everyone is different but for me is was hard. I liked it and did it for so long, since I was a kid. In the beginning you will want to drink but can't. Later on you will not want to drink, this is the place to be. You will realize you are not missing out on anything but sickness and acting stupid. Just be sober around some that drink and watch them. After a few they all act like idiots just laughing at the dumbest things. They don't do anything except pee all the time. Drunks really are not having fun.

I can't remember the last time I drank! It's been many many years!