Who has decided to stop drinking.....

chrism · Post by **chrism** » Dec 31, 2010 6:12 PM

This is what PMs are for.

This thread is awesome!

Duke wrote: So lets start a "support" thread. When we are having a hard time with the "challenge/goal", we can post for support.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Dec 31, 2010 6:14 PM

chrism wrote:This thread is awesome!

THANKS!

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 6:22 PM

Duke wrote:So lets start a "support" thread. When we are having a hard time with the "challenge/goal", we can post for support.

Maybe you should consider AA or calling a friend instead?

lmc337 · Post by **lmc337** » Dec 31, 2010 6:27 PM

T_C_D wrote:
Duke wrote:So lets start a "support" thread. When we are having a hard time with the "challenge/goal", we can post for support.
Maybe you should consider AA or calling a friend instead?

Yep, they have a pretty good program for just this type thing...

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Dec 31, 2010 6:29 PM

T_C_D wrote:Maybe you should consider AA or calling a friend instead?

Nope....this will be a E28 friend support group. AA is full of "Higher Power" bullshit.

lmc337 wrote:Yep, they have a pretty good program for just this type thing...

No disrespect intended if you have found them to help.

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 6:33 PM

Duke wrote:AA is full of weak people. "Higher Power" bullshit.

Really? Why do you need support? Unless it's an addiction it should be super easy to quit consuming a favorite food or drink? Do you lack the will power to stop? Dare I imply that you are weak of mind.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Dec 31, 2010 6:35 PM

T_C_D wrote:I am an idiot.

Fuck off Todd.

......................and things have gone so well for so long with you.

Moron.

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 6:46 PM

Duke wrote:
T_C_D wrote:I am an idiot.
Fuck off Todd.

......................and things have gone so well for so long with you.

Moron.

I am not being an asshole. You dismissed AA and implied that everyone who has ever attended were weak minded idiots. If you think that you need group help to quick consuming alcohol than maybe you have a real problem. I could quit consuming my favorite soda (non caffeinated) tomorrow and never look back if it was something I felt necessary.

I am being serious not an asshole.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Dec 31, 2010 6:58 PM

T_C_D wrote:I am not being an asshole. You dismissed AA and implied that everyone who has ever attended were weak minded idiots. If you think that you need group help to quick consuming alcohol than maybe you have a real problem. I could quit consuming my favorite soda (non caffeinated) tomorrow and never look back if it was something I felt necessary.

I am being serious not an asshole.

Then I apologizes for my FO and Moron comments.

AA is great for many and not great for many more. Cold turkey for six months is my method.

lmc337 · Post by **lmc337** » Dec 31, 2010 7:17 PM

Step one: admitted we were powerless over alcohol.

And the higher power concept is really pretty neat when you view it with an unimpaired lens.

lmc337 · Post by **lmc337** » Dec 31, 2010 7:23 PM

And planning the next drink enough to discuss it, and the quitting, and the timeframe and then becoming confrontational when asked about it hits on a number of DSM-IV criteria for abuse and/or dependence.

And so does the overrun of and.....

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Dec 31, 2010 7:48 PM

Duke: I support your idea 110%. If you wanna get a thread going in this regard, I think thats great, I'll be there.. You've already acknowledged that the "higher power" remark was inconsiderate...it was.

TCD: shame on you for overstepping proper decorum regarding this subject matter. If you don't see that, I'll PM you my phone number and explain it to you in no uncertain terms.

Anyone who even remotely wants help reducing their alcohol intake deserves support: in whatever form will yield the desired result....whether thats AA, this site, or a knitting club.

-Happy New Year fellas.

Eta power · Post by **Eta power** » Dec 31, 2010 7:55 PM

I decided to never start.

Karl Grau · Post by **Karl Grau** » Dec 31, 2010 8:04 PM

TSMacNeil wrote:TCD: shame on you for overstepping proper decorum regarding this subject matter.

So YOU decide what is proper decorum now?

TSMacNeil wrote:If you don't see that, I'll PM you my phone number and explain it to you in no uncertain terms.

And TCD will tell you to fuck off in no uncertain terms (i hope).

TSMacNeil wrote:Anyone who even remotely wants help reducing their alcohol intake deserves support: in whatever form will yield the desired result....whether thats AA, this site, or a knitting club.

I agree 100% but we can offer support without making a sticky or forming a lynch mob.

Happy New Year Everyone, see you next year!

oldskool · Post by **oldskool** » Dec 31, 2010 8:07 PM

An interesting thread indeed!!
Everyone is defensive because we are all obsessive compulsive at heart and hence the love affair with old BMWs, fine women, watches, wine and food.
I'd stop imbibing tomorrow if it weren't for the D.T.'S. (They can be nasty). . .

Post by **tsmall07** » Dec 31, 2010 8:16 PM

I don't drink enough for it to matter. Just a beer or two with dinner once or twice a week with the occasional binge( see coldswede above). There is a lot of alcaholism in my family, so I make an effort to not drink too much.

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Dec 31, 2010 8:23 PM

Charles Gray wrote:
TSMacNeil wrote:TCD: shame on you for overstepping proper decorum regarding this subject matter.
So YOU decide what is proper decorum now?
TSMacNeil wrote:If you don't see that, I'll PM you my phone number and explain it to you in no uncertain terms.
And TCD will tell you to fuck off in no uncertain terms (i hope).
TSMacNeil wrote:Anyone who even remotely wants help reducing their alcohol intake deserves support: in whatever form will yield the desired result....whether thats AA, this site, or a knitting club.
I agree 100% but we can offer support without making a sticky or forming a lynch mob.

Happy New Year Everyone, see you next year!

Yes, TCD, by calling Duke "weak minded" because he wanted a forum of "friendlies" to help with alcohol, and to suggest that stopping diet soda was equivalent...was dead wrong. He can tell me to fuck off all he wants. He's still wrong, and the offer still stands.

Really? Why do you need support? Unless it's an addiction it should be super easy to quit consuming a favorite food or drink? Do you lack the will power to stop? Dare I imply that you are weak of mind.

uncalled for.

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 8:46 PM

TSMacNeil wrote:
Yes, TCD, by calling Duke "weak minded" because he wanted a forum of "friendlies" to help with alcohol, and to suggest that stopping diet soda was equivalent...was dead wrong.

Please explain how it is different if the alcohol consumption isn't an addiction?

L_N_Love · Post by **L_N_Love** » Dec 31, 2010 8:56 PM

Great idea. I'm in.

Let me know where to follow progress.

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Dec 31, 2010 9:03 PM

T_C_D wrote:
TSMacNeil wrote:
Yes, TCD, by calling Duke "weak minded" because he wanted a forum of "friendlies" to help with alcohol, and to suggest that stopping diet soda was equivalent...was dead wrong.
Please explain how it is different if the alcohol consumption isn't an addiction?

No longer appropriate in a public forum. If you want clarification, leave me a PM, and when I get off my trip with a few minutes I'll explain it to you.

Is your motivation to hang a placard of addiction on somebody, or just offer help to someone? Which is it?

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 9:10 PM

TSMacNeil wrote:No longer appropriate in a public forum.

Whatever dude.

It's only appropriate when you want to write about it.

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 9:13 PM

Duke wrote: Cold turkey for six months is my method.

In all seriousness, good luck. When I gave up caffeine in Oct of 09 I went cold turkey as well. My head only hurt for 4 days and I was only tired for a week.

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Dec 31, 2010 9:15 PM

Your deflection is duly noted. Anyway, I'll participate in this thread should it come to fruition.

lmc337 · Post by **lmc337** » Dec 31, 2010 9:30 PM

L_N_Love wrote:Great idea. I'm in.

Let me know where to follow progress.

http://www.aahistory.com/days.html

719...

L_N_Love · Post by **L_N_Love** » Dec 31, 2010 9:39 PM

lmc337 wrote:
L_N_Love wrote:Great idea. I'm in.

Let me know where to follow progress.
http://www.aahistory.com/days.html

719...

So what is that supposed to mean?

chrism · Post by **chrism** » Dec 31, 2010 10:28 PM

My name is Chris, and I like to drink alcohol.

Not anonymous, and still not an alcoholic.

And just for the record TCD was even more of a bitch when he gave up Coke cold turkey!

lmc337 · Post by **lmc337** » Dec 31, 2010 10:39 PM

L_N_Love wrote:
lmc337 wrote:
L_N_Love wrote:Great idea. I'm in.

Let me know where to follow progress.
http://www.aahistory.com/days.html

719...
So what is that supposed to mean?

It's a simple method to follow progress, one day at a time.
719 days and counting for me.

Stopping any habit is tough, no matter what it is. Breaking an addiction is next to impossible w/o support.

T_C_D · Post by **T_C_D** » Dec 31, 2010 10:50 PM

chrism wrote: And just for the record TCD was even more of a bitch when he gave up Coke cold turkey!

BDK · Post by **BDK** » Dec 31, 2010 11:48 PM

this is an easy one for me,
I barely drink,
maybe 3-4 times a year,
I hate hang overs soooo bad,
they really piss me off....

hhmmm, someone did give me a bottle of Tequila the other day...

I might have to have one watching the ball drop tonight...

1 for 1/1/11!!!

but everyone else should quit

dcollin · Post by **dcollin** » Jan 01, 2011 12:06 AM

I drink 3 cups of coffee, 3 tanqueray and tonics and smoke a pack of smokes a day...been doin the smokes and coffee for 30 years and the tank for 10 years. My liver test fine every year and I'm actually ok on the the basketball/tennis/raquetball court.....whats up with that? Enjoy life as it comes. Additticted to all 3 . Hell yeah! Enjoying life Hell yeah!

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Who has decided to stop drinking.....