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The benefits of giving up alcohol

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Scorge May 2017 6:31pm, 12 May 2017 351 posts	0 Scorge just for today. happy Friday all
HappyG(rrr) May 2017 6:37pm, 12 May 2017 26,667 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Quite right Scorge. Have a great evening everyone. Tomorrow will be another great day too. G
mrs shanksi May 2017 6:49pm, 12 May 2017 7,895 posts	0 mrs shanksi Hi everyone, happy Friday
Diogenes May 2017 1:21pm, 13 May 2017 23,030 posts	0 Diogenes Drank yesterday (at a wake). Really looking forward to being back on the wagon
HappyG(rrr) May 2017 8:47am, 15 May 2017 26,669 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Ah, sorry I missed you mrs s. Were you at the Cateran at weekend? I really want to start going to these things, but I've been injured. Maybe I should just marshal. Always good fun. Hope you (all) had a great weekend. Sorry for your funeral and loss Dio. Never easy. Having said that, my dad's funeral wasn't any worse without a drink. In fact, might have been worse if I had been the old me and got ratted. G
HappyG(rrr) Jun 2017 12:58pm, 14 Jun 2017 26,770 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Gosh, quiet in here. Hope everyone is doing OK? For some reason, this forum came up on Fetch home page, for me. Don't know if that is some Fetch tailors to each user differently. I can report it just gets easier all the time. We had friends round a couple weekends ago and I didn't even think about what they were drinking vs. what I was drinking. One thing I noticed is that I forgot to offer them top ups of their wine / G&T etc. Which in the old days I'd have been pushing on them. My wife says that far from being inhospitable she prefers it I don't keep filling everyone's glass up. her, obv. G
Fenland (Fenners) Runner Jun 2017 1:28pm, 14 Jun 2017 12,798 posts	0 Fenland (Fenners) Runner I've cutback but not eliminated. Almost a stone lost since Christmas.
mrs shanksi Jun 2017 1:53pm, 14 Jun 2017 7,994 posts	0 mrs shanksi Wow well done Fenners! Hi :-)G, I agree with you, it gets easier. I'm pulling pints at the Midsummer Beer Festival in Stonehaven on Friday and really looking forward to it. It's a great way to see lots of friends and staying sober is preferable to drinking the stuff. So many folk complain of hangovers after it.
Fenland (Fenners) Runner Jun 2017 2:24pm, 14 Jun 2017 12,803 posts	0 Fenland (Fenners) Runner Thanks Mrs S. The weight loss is a combination of less alcohol less rubbish food and increase in time spent exercising. Not really rocket science.
Scorge Jun 2017 2:28pm, 14 Jun 2017 370 posts	0 Scorge lost my running mojo of late but no danger of going near the poison. barely even seen the inside of a pub this year, though set for cuban mocktails next Tuesday when exam results come out JFT

About This Thread

Maintained by HappyG(rrr)

Looks as though this thread has become popular again, here in 2010 (it's now 2024, and it started in 2008, so I think "ever popular" might be more apt! :-)

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Good Luck everyone.

A recent plea for those struggling to "reach out" as they say in US of A!

"Anyone not feeling strong and confident, please shout out. Or fmail. Or any other comms that works. Don't drink alcohol when you don't want to, for lack of someone to talk to. Pick up the phone, not the bottle."

Some acronyms, in case people use them:
JFT - Just for today
ODAAT - One day at a time
KIS - Keep it simple
TBOGUA - The Benefits Of Giving Up Alcohol (the title of this thread!)

New feature: article/blog of the month (period may change randomly!) Swittle's wonderful 14,611 days blog: (see links below)

Linking Joopsy's 17 year blog too, cos it's awesome!

There is a GREAT article summarising some of the benefits, to save you having to trawl through the thread (includes links to helpful apps and other resources).

And a great list of Alternative Drinks started by the lovely LindsD:

Please add to these articles and make them as valuable as possible! Thanks! :-)

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And one from way back when...
Dirt Monkey's brilliant blog on TBOGUA too - go try this...

Rebel has recommended a couple of good books:
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
by Catherine Gray

The Alcohol Experiment: 30 Days to Take Control, Cut Down or Give Up For Good
by Annie Grace

A great response from a health professional in Ireland responding to a question from a Guardian reader about why the warnings on alcoholic drinks that are coming in:

theguardian.com

"Alcohol is responsible for at least 1,000 cancer cases every year in Ireland, with one in eight breast cancer cases arising from alcohol use. Even one to two drinks per day increases the risk of developing cancer, and that risk is the same whether those drinks are wine, spirits or beer. Unfortunately, there is a very low level of public awareness that alcohol has been classed as a Group 1 carcinogen, meaning it is carcinogenic to humans. That is why Ireland has passed legislation that provides for health information labels on alcohol products, including warnings about cancer, liver disease and the danger of drinking in pregnancy. It is unsurprising that the alcohol industry, which promotes its products with carefully crafted myths of good times for all, is objecting to the mandatory provision of facts (Anger brews in Italy over Ireland’s plans for alcohol health warnings, 12 January).
Dr Sheila Gilheany
CEO, Alcohol Action Ireland
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And the all important fabulous services:
Alcoholics Anonymous
National Helpline (FREE) 0800 9177 650
help@aamail.org

Al Anon
020 7403 0888

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We're adding in our own Fetch offer of one to one contact too, for anyone who doesn't want to post in the thread for whatever reason. Please feel free to fmail ANY of the names listed below.

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HappyG(rrr)
( Oscar the grouch RIP )
mrs shanksi
Derby Tup
iaincr
Love Lettuce
DocM
LindsD
GeneHunt59
GregP