Not Crap. I've lost 30 pounds because I stopped drinking so fucking much and switched to weed. I've never felt better in my life.

dipshit jigaboo wrote:Not Crap. I've lost 30 pounds because I stopped drinking so fucking much and switched to weed. I've never felt better in my life.

you must have been drinking a ton, because usually weed puts weight on people, unless they are skinny multi drug users who dont eat much.

I haven't been drunk or crunk in years, I cant drink more than 6 beers without getting sleepy. I cut way down a few months ago. I haven't bought any beer in at least 2 months. Although Idid have 4 beers at the company holiday party over 4 hours. Man those were delicious.

Basically pre-congrats on your pre-approved 2 year sobriety. Remember if you replace booze w/ meth or coke, thats not really a good trade off. I love when people go to 'rehab for coke" come out and become raging alcoholics, thats the best.

you must have been drinking a ton, because usually weed puts weight on people, unless they are skinny multi drug users who dont eat much.

You would think so, but not in my experience. I pay much more attention to what I eat, and have cut out most of the crap. Less stress, less alcohol, less crappy food = weight loss. Same results with my wife. Another bonus, when you aren't high shitty food tastes like the shit it is and you don't want to eat it, or at least that's the effect it's had on me. Caring about what I ate was low on the list of priorities when I was a miserable drunk.

Example 2:

dipshit jigaboo wrote:

you must have been drinking a ton, because usually weed puts weight on people, unless they are skinny multi drug users who dont eat much.

You would think so, but not in my experience. I pay much more attention to what I eat, and have cut out most of the crap. Less stress, less alcohol, less crappy food = weight loss. Same results with my wife. Another bonus, when you aren't high shitty food tastes like the shit it is and you don't want to eat it, or at least that's the effect it's had on me. Caring about what I ate was low on the list of priorities when I was a miserable drunk.

Example 2:

Snoop's body weight is about 5% fat and about 30% chain.

dipshit jigaboo wrote:

you must have been drinking a ton, because usually weed puts weight on people, unless they are skinny multi drug users who dont eat much.

You would think so, but not in my experience. I pay much more attention to what I eat, and have cut out most of the crap. Less stress, less alcohol, less crappy food = weight loss. Same results with my wife. Another bonus, when you aren't high shitty food tastes like the shit it is and you don't want to eat it, or at least that's the effect it's had on me. Caring about what I ate was low on the list of priorities when I was a miserable drunk.

Example 2:

Well i've never been a drunk, but that sounds reasonable. I did notice that when I hung around w/ my heavy drinking buds, they would all go out to get food and I'd be hitting the futon. A few years ago they decided to make a 2am chinese food run, after getting on my case for not wanting to go, 3 hours later they return. The food was horrible, a few of them puked in the restaurant and everyone was out $50.

cjh wrote:Hiya Adam! it's the thread that should never be revived!

Why do you hate Christmas?

Circumstances have prevented much alcohol consumption of late - the combination of having young children, being required to safely navigate narrow rural lanes in the middle of the night in a huge van (work) and having a new drum kit makes for plenty of excuses to under-indulge.

I shall therefore embark on a month of solid drinking after Christmas.

Boombats wrote:I don't have any alcoholics in the family (at least none that I've ever been around). I've just always felt there was a certain amount of lifetime you could play with your health, and then you have to cut the crap and take shit seriously. Some people think that growing up means you can drink as much as you want, but I think it means you don't need to anymore.

Alcohol nicotine THC opiates amphetamines hallucinogenics entheogens

these are all medicines, not vitamins.

Hmm, yeah. Alcohol has no nutritional value whatsoever and it slowly destroys your ability to maintain or build up muscle (for those who care).

Like Simmo, my family has a history of alcoholism. I often wonder if I am folowing my fathers route to a crap life with a massive beer gut and no real friends.

Lately, I've slipped off the 'responsible' wagon and started to forget things again which happened alot when I lived in London. I really begin to hate myself when that happens. People joke about blacking out and how funny it is not not remember anything but it's that kind of behaviour that deeply worries me.

Thing is, I can't stand being around drunk people. It just makes me realise how much I can't stand them anyway, the only reason I can put up with most of them is to be drunk in their presence.

Yeah, I guess I'm a little unhappy with my immediate social life, that is nothing new believe me.

I like Tommys game "don't drink in my own country", although I may alter that in the beginning to "don't drink in my hometown".

Good luck Boombats! You've done it before so it won't be hard for you and you'll save money too.

I was watching "Make Me A Muslim" the other night and this one woman reckoned she'd saved £400 over 2 weeks by simply not drinking. FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS ON BOOZE? To me that sounds ridiculous but if you really think about it, it's not at all. Where I work, men who come in every day regularly spend around £30, each basic visit. Damn.

NC

lemur68 wrote:Snoop's body weight is about 5% fat and about 40% bling.

FYP

things that made my quitting drinking very difficult:

- drinking partners and friends

- hanging out in places where i used to drink

- owning a bar (big one)

- having to face an every day life i didn't like that much. missing the obnubilation that alchohol used to offer me. forcing myself to try and change that state of things, ie, not sitting on my ass drinking and try to make something out of my life instead.

god, was it hard!

not crap.

Wish I had the will power to even attempt it. Maybe the new year is the time to cut back.

Not sure which new year though.