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- vespa0
nope, no joke, too much nietzsche possibly but it's something i've been thinking about for a while. i just hate the idea that i COULDN'T do something if i really wanted to.
so what happened then? did you sprout an extra head or start preaching from the rooftops of the world with born again moral superiority? or horror of horrors become hideously boring?
*chews nails anxiously whilst waiting for life-coaching advice from fellow pisshead
- Blofeldt0
You don't have to give up the booze, Vespa just don't drink heavily everyday. It takes its toll eventually.
Physically and mentally but you don't really notice because you're drunk you can start to depend on the bottle and i don't think that's a very good idea.Try and keep out of pubs, becuase i think it's impossible to go into a pub and order a non alcholic drink
- Blofeldt0
Sorry to hear about your hangover moth.
- vespa0
haha MX_OnD that's exactly my point! yesterday i lost most of the day from getting completely shitefaced at some work drinks thing the night before, ended up in a disused-toilet-converted-to-bar under shepherd's bush green, got home at 2 am after a TUESDAY night, it's just getting silly.
anyways i'm sober today. had a great night out last night without drinking a drop and i'm just thinking, maybe i should *experiment" with abstinence?
- Blofeldt0
I was in shepards bush that night but not in the toliet bar or whatever it's called
- paraselene0
that's almost precisely why i did it, vespa. the whole autodetermination kick. i gave up for nine months (along with caffeine, nicotine, refined sugar and dairy).
i'm an 'all-or-nothing' kind of girl.
but at the time i was living on top of a mountain, so there wasn't much temptation.
- paraselene0
i'm thinking of trying it again. that said, it's tricky in an urban environment. grottiness begets grottiness.
sometimes i just wonder if it's a good thing for the universe to have a female bukowski out there roaming the streets.
- vespa0
where were you Blofeldt? before the toilet bar i was in that pub on the corner of wood lane, it's got a weird name but its pretty decent compared to the rest of the bush..?
- Blofeldt0
The idea of going into a pub and not having a pint makes my skin crawl, what'd be the point in going in?
- Blofeldt0
Ha ha, yes, i was in there, it's all swanky these days huh?
If i seen you i probably wouldn't have recognised you but if i had, i'd make sure i said very loudly that we talked in chat room!
- vespa0
haha i'm all or nothing too para
you're right tho, it would be setting myself up for a cruel failure, christ we seem to have drinks at work twice a week, then there's lots of bands that need to be seen and they don't tend to play in alcohol-free venues... dammit maybe i have to learn about that moderation concept. but moderation is fucking boring!
- vespa0
no way how funny Blofeldt
i would have denied all knowledge ;)
- Blofeldt0
I was reeling around very pissed carrying two rums probably and was wearing my coat done up, you would certainly denied all knowledge.
- ********0
haha, yeah the bar under shepheards bush green, between the tube and the cinema. Cool place, a fire disastour waiting to happen if you ask me.
- ********0
btw, i think it's a good idea vespa and good luck. I don't know about 9 months though, i think you've proven what you gotta prove well before then.
- vespa0
hey so para what happened after your stint with sobriety? did your head clear? did you gain an enlightened perspective of life free from human desires and frailties? or did you go on a mentalist overcompensating rampage the next time you were exposed to the joys and trappings of a big city?
- soda0
i stopped drinking for 18 months in my mind twenties. It was great, my piss stopped having a frothy head and I felt really healthy.
I am worried now though as I don't seem to be able to get through a monday with a couple at lunchtime...
Been thinking about giving it up again, especially as it's Lent and my main drinking partner is giving up booze for the month.
- vespa0
hmm well if you lot have all done it before then i'd feel left out if i didn't at least TRY it
*uses peer pressure psychology on self in the way i'd normally incite complete strangers to get drunken
- soda0
problem is beer is sooooo goooooood.....
- paraselene0
um, well, yeah. i came down from my 8500 foot physical and moral perch and...
you're looking at the results!
scary.
plus i find that the more i booze it up, the more i use other drugs. not necessarily a bad thing, but makes me feel a bit unhealthy. (when your weekend is so big that you're still recovering on a thursday, something's got to give.)