Not drinking

[bignok]

After 2 weeks no booze it's boring to be honest. I don't need it daily but no alcohol is boring. Maybe 1 day a week is best.

 

 

[connda]

You're channeling bob smith I see. 

[sidjameson]

3 hours ago, bignok said:

After 2 weeks no booze it's boring to be honest. I don't need it daily but no alcohol is boring. Maybe 1 day a week is best.

 

 

Which would you give up first, booze or forums?

[AndyAndyAndy]

You sound boring. 

[AndyAndyAndy]

It's just 1:56, I bet if you race to nearest shop you still get a bottle of Sang Som.

[scubascuba3]

Once a week works well, otherwise it becomes a habit, many alcoholics in Thailand, most in denial

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Once a week works well, otherwise it becomes a habit, many alcoholics in Thailand, most in denial

 

Iam not in denial.

Drink beers every day.

Weekends not unusual to crack a frothy before sunrise.

Edited December 6, 2023 by Ralf001

[scubascuba3]

13 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Iam not in denial.

Drink beers every day.

Weekends not unusual to crack a frothy before sunrise.

i know some alcoholics in denial, drink every day but don't acknowledge they have a problem, to be fair it's not a big issue until many years later. Actually they have some days off and think that means they're ok, big mood swings

Edited December 6, 2023 by scubascuba3

[SAFETY FIRST]

5 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

frothy before sunrise.

Crickey, I'd be passed out by noon. 

 

Seems like a waste of a day. 

[Doctor Tom]

I stopped drinking alcohol over a year ago.  No particular reason for that decision, bar I really didn't need it anymore.  I don't miss it and hardly think about it any more.  I don't say that I will never drink again, but I see no reason to do so at this time. 

[bignok]

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Once a week works well, otherwise it becomes a habit, many alcoholics in Thailand, most in denial

I think so. Maintain health still enjoy a drink.

[bignok]

8 hours ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

You sound boring. 

You sound exciting. Thrill a minute. You are my hero.

[Chris Daley]

Steve-O - ''Going clean is my hardest stunt yet.''

[steven100]

I'm seriously considering going to 7-11 for a couple of bottles of Chang right now ....   and it's only 11.09am   

[Ralf001]

22 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Crickey, I'd be passed out by noon. 

 

Seems like a waste of a day. 

 

1 an hour... I make it to sunset easily.

[gargamon]

34 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Crickey, I'd be passed out by noon. 

 

Seems like a waste of a day. 

If you time it right, you can get maybe 3 drunks in in a day. Drink, pass out, wake up, repeat... They're out there. You drive by them every morning when they're drinking at 7:00 am. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

There's a 7-Eleven on Soi Buakhao (opposite soi LK), if you go in there a few minutes before 2pm, the fridge shutters are already down and they're hurrying you up.

There's an old Thai woman working there that's yelling at the staff, warning them that 2pm is approaching and it's shut off time for grog. 

They give a dirty look, like I'm some sort of horrible creature drinking beer at 2pm. 

I got angry with them saying I'm not a drunk, just a customer.

Customer is always right. (not in Thailand) 😂

[a3tsw]

I quit drinking when I turned 18 and could legally enter pubs , reckon I have drank more alcohol prior to 18 years old than after , I never could handle it and got drunk far too easy and had terrible hangovers , my mother was the same , had an intolerance to alcohol.

[Freddy42OZ]

13 hours ago, bignok said:

After 2 weeks no booze it's boring to be honest. I don't need it daily but no alcohol is boring. Maybe 1 day a week is best.

 

 

 

I haven't touched alcohol for 3 years.

Still go out to meet friends, sometimes to bars where they will drink and I just have soda water. 

Not drinking doesn't mean you can't go out like you did when you were drinking.

[SAFETY FIRST]

39 minutes ago, gargamon said:

If you time it right, you can get maybe 3 drunks in in a day. Drink, pass out, wake up, repeat... They're out there. You drive by them every morning when they're drinking at 7:00 am. 

There's a few bars on Soi Buakhao that have guys drinking beers at 7am.

 

They are probably doing the same, morning drink, get drunk, have a sleep, wake up and do it again etc. 

 

 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

Still go out to meet friends, sometimes to bars where they will drink and I just have soda water. 

Not drinking doesn't mean you can't go out like you did when you were drinking.

Having a dozen soda waters listing to the guys talking crap must be entertaining. 

 

[stoner]

haven't been drunk in over 15 years. 

[sirineou]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Once a week works well, otherwise it becomes a habit, many alcoholics in Thailand, most in denial

De nile is in Egypt 

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, bignok said:

I think so. Maintain health still enjoy a drink.

Yep i know ex alcoholics who can't drink a drop now, shame, it's fun

[SAFETY FIRST]

Before covid I'd have a few mates (a dozen or so) living here who were also working off shore.

 

If we were in town we'd meet up once a hitch, sit in a bar for 6 or so hours drinking a dozen beers, getting drunk, talking crap.

Sadly, there'd be the occasional fist fight etc.

 

I wasted too many hours over the many years spending half the day in bars, drinking too many beers and talking crap.

 

[steven100]

16 minutes ago, stoner said:

haven't been drunk in over 15 years. 

 

you don't know what you've been missing ......    you'd be a real fun person to talk to the bar. 

[steven100]

I've had  1 1/2 bottles already and another couple are on the way  ....   i'm half cut already.  

[stoner]

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

you don't know what you've been missing ......    you'd be a real fun person to talk to the bar. 

 

i used to drink quite often steven. :)

 

[Lacessit]

6 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

you don't know what you've been missing ......    you'd be a real fun person to talk to the bar. 

I have found most drunks are so incoherent, it's torture trying to make sense of what they are saying. Probably why I have not been in a bar for 7 or 8 years.

[steven100]

3 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

i used to drink quite often steven. :)

 

 

well let me know when you wanna take it up again    !