Friday night & the Bar is open . . .

[Blubber]

Almost time for a beer:

Thinking a nice cold IPA will suffice 

[Globalrider]

COL!!! is Helga there? I'll be along shortly! ....mines a pink gin!

Stan

[seth]

It's a week already since @KiwiCol stood his hand
Top bloke indeed

[ARH]

Macallan for me please..... no.... wait..... think I'll have one of those purple drinks Stoli likes 

[Tony Nitrous]

Really well done buddy, and extra cudos for being open and talking about it.

Thanks.   It was a bit of a problem for several years, but it got worse.
At the time I convinced myself it was normal, funny, and just the way life was.
Looking back, I was further in denial than Cleopatra's boat ! (De-Nile! ... LOL)

Once I faced that drinking wasn't for me, things got a lot better.
I'm not anti drink, it's a great thing, it just doesn't suit everyone.
It took me a while to realise that in my case, I'm better off without it.


Edit: As someone who treated drinking as a competitive sport, being stone cold sober on my Wedding Day, 50th birthday, Xmas day and New Years Eve, all within a few weeks of each other was a very strange experience ! 

[grog]

being an old prick now, have only drunk mid strength beer for 20 yrs. i do drink lots, i function perfectly. my mates still do heavy beers, rum etc. they say they never get problems. i disagree. cold turkey tony, your choice and a good one. mid strength has been a good thing for me, reckon id be a mess if id kept on with full and spirits. lots of mates have smoked gunja for around 50 years, most have lived great lives, achieved lots. different strokes they say. one mate, 63 yrs old, first thing in morning is a cone of weed, always been same, hes a class 4 ships engineer, more money than can spend. as i said, different strokes.