200-375ml and 2-7 beers...

[Big A]

This weekend will be a test for me. I haven't had any alcohol in a few days, which is a feat in its self, but I've got pool league coming up on Sunday.

Living in a bar, playing pool all the damn time is certainly going to have its complications with backing away from the sauce.

I won't give up pool, though. Geometry and physics don't lie. Alcohol certainly lies like crazy bitch who thinks she's sane.

You might actually find that you're a better pool player, without booze clouding your thinking. I don't frequent bars, but I do enjoy a karaoke night on occasion, and attend open bar events for work a few times a year. I'm headed down to Monterey in a couple hours actually, for a leisure weekend prior to the 3-day conference. I've consciously re-programmed myself to realize that just because it's there, doesn't mean that I need to partake, nor will it make the experience any better overall. Usually talking with a few of the other attendees each morning cements my decision, when they're grumbling over thier coffee about how shitty they feel. There's never some amazing story about what went down the night before, the "best" of is that they spent way too much in the titty bar.

I am by no means preaching here, I've certainly enjoyed more than my fair share of the forbidden nectar, and I wouldn't give most of the good times back. My GF enjoys wine when we go out, or even at home after a long day, it's just not for me personally anymore, and quite honestly the best decision I've made in terms of general well being, and enjoyment of life. Those wishing to abstain aren't really giving up anything, in actuality my life has opened up in ways I never thought possible. If you feel like you're losing a really good friend by quitting drinking, then you probably are right on track by doing so.

[Snatch Napkin]

I drink so much water with my alcohol, that I never get a hangover. My rule has always been a bottle of water with every glass of alcohol. The few times I feel short, I could tell I wasn't in the best of shape the next morning.

I will say, though, that these morning headaches from a lack of alcohol suck donkey balls. I just tell myself that it's all those years of drinking so fucking much without getting a hangover that are catching up to me.

[eastsidetorino]

Congrats on the progress! Im starting to get to the point where 2 beers at a bar will have me feeling groggy the next day (and definitely not buzzing the night of). Diabetes has a long history in my family, so Ive been focusing on cutting more simple sugars out of my diet.

[Big A]

I drink so much water with my alcohol, that I never get a hangover. My rule has always been a bottle of water with every glass of alcohol. The few times I feel short, I could tell I wasn't in the best of shape the next morning.

I will say, though, that these morning headaches from a lack of alcohol suck donkey balls. I just tell myself that it's all those years of drinking so fucking much without getting a hangover that are catching up to me.

As I mentioned to Forrest, alcohol absolutely takes it's toll on us from a physiological perspective, when consumed in large amounts, which is magnified when done over a long period of time. Your body WILL heal itself, just not as quickly as it did when we were in our early 20's. Dehydration is truly the tip of the iceberg. The calories are far from "empty." Given the high number of alcoholics in the world, it's safe to say that it attacks us mentally as well.

[line-em-up]

Best wishes, Forrest. Addictions are a bad thing to overcome. Keep trying and be honest with yourself and you will make it through.

[BradM]

Crazy fucking dreams!

[slow99]

Crazy fucking dreams!

Well fuck, I'm not slowing down then.

[Cooter]

Crazy fucking dreams!

that's no lie... last night was the first night I had "good" dreams, and I didn't toss and turn much.

I've got a whoop-ass headache that I've had all day, and while I wasn't "tempted" to annihilate it with whiskey, I did kinda say to myself "man, I know what I would have done to this headache before last week!"

still doing good... zero desire to consume alcohol

[BradM]

It's like you know you're in a dream but it's so vivid and real. Time to fall asleep and fight a bunch of armored midgets.

[dsrtuckteezy]

i had a crazy dream last night. i also drank 16 millers throughout the day.

i woke up at a drag strip. i was looking at a chart on the fence that said talismans method of flirting was tapping on a fence. i then saw him walk up to the fence and he tapped it a couple times. i walked over and pinched his nipple and said "hey big boi" just to mess with him.

then i went looking for my car, and picked something up off the ground, and some black lady started interogating me about what i was doing. i was telling her "nothing" and a tornado touched down in the distance. we ran to a old shed to hide out, and bats started swarming me, so i ran outside to try to get them off and the tornado picked me up. i was being sucked up into the atmosphere, preparing for death, and i woke up with a jolt in my bed.

fuck.

[slow99]

i had a crazy dream last night. i also drank 16 millers throughout the day.

i woke up at a drag strip. i was looking at a chart on the fence that said talismans method of flirting was tapping on a fence. i then saw him walk up to the fence and he tapped it a couple times. i walked over and pinched his nipple and said "hey big boi" just to mess with him.

then i went looking for my car, and picked something up off the ground, and some black lady started interogating me about what i was doing. i was telling her "nothing" and a tornado touched down in the distance. we ran to a old shed to hide out, and bats started swarming me, so i ran outside to try to get them off and the tornado picked me up. i was being sucked up into the atmosphere, preparing for death, and i woke up with a jolt in my bed.

fuck.

So ... you get drunk and dream about Talisman.

[dsrtuckteezy]

last night i did! weird shit

[BradM]

Consult a physician.

[dsrtuckteezy]

dont act like you d-bags havent had any highly weird dreams!

maybe a thread should be started where people can post their dreams.

would be more entertaining than pretty much anything being posted these days.

[Cooter]

I have never had a dream about flirting with a board member... let alone a male one