Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

In the middle of my sober braai last night down at the club, one of my American Guests came out from the bar to inform me that a man claiming to be my Uncle told him to tell The Moose that his uncle is here...

Moments later my "Uncle" stumbled out to the braai, My facourite Doc, Dr.Doppies, he was three sheets to the wind and then whipped out a penknife and dissected one of the Skilpaadtjies on the grid, before throwing curry wors all over the place...

My four American guests were stunned when he found a packet of large brown mushrooms laying in a nearby trolley that we had decided to turf as they were all riddled with a white fungi on the underside..... "Bogger dit man! , dis ne n bietjie penicillin ",he shouted whilst licking the white mould off them and proceeding to fling them all over the meat on the grid...

It crossed my mimd that I would usually be pretty pissed at this stage and would go along with the antics, however being of sober mind, I found him irritating and crass.
 
Bru... Winners never quit. Quitters never win.

Let that sink in.

I;ll never stop drinking. Might just change the interval at which I do so. :cool:
 
fruitbat said:
I did a paella afternoon on Saturday at friends house. These are the peeps that drink for the first time. I took along 6 of the castle no alcohol beers. Drank all 6. Ate well - but not like a piggy. Was a great afternoon. Also brought along those duchess virgi G&T - all 3 flavours. Wife had 1 of them and said it tasted disgusting. Guess not everything without alcohol is "OK". So she had a glass of wine or 2. Both of us left there in good shape, and no hangover... long may it last.
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I've tried those virgin G&Ts as I was trying to cut down on alcohol consumption - they are great for social events, and I quite liked them - but I found that I just substituted hangovers for stomach cramps. :cautious:
 
Little Wolf brewery makes a hopped virgin cider. You guys should give it a shot. It's brilliant.
 
t_girl said:
I've tried those virgin G&Ts as I was trying to cut down on alcohol consumption - they are great for social events, and I quite liked them - but I found that I just substituted hangovers for stomach cramps. :cautious:
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Good to know. I have 11 of them in the pantry to be used at a later date. At least they were on special at Spar Tops. ;-)
 
Brother tried to cause shyt with me last night while drunk We all do it but like seriously while I am doing jack shyt but sitting. Guess he had shots last night. I drink beer for that reason.
 
Today we had "end of month" drinks at work. I normally leave just before 16h00 but today it was 17h15 and 3 beers later. Did not have a crash., met the wife and kid halfway home at Neelsie and had another beer. Then rode home without incident.

Maybe the smaller bike I am on now is better for this kind of thing? Unlike with a car I could feel I was a bit "not totally in control" with this amount of alcohol in me. Anyway, on red wine now. So nice on these winter nights.
 
"Do It All You want !!!, You Bitch!!!", The Moose hollered out aloud in the empty store as he raised his fist to the heavens....... "I ain't crumbling!", he added........

Lady Fate can shove as many temptations as she so desires in my general direction, I ain't bending....

At work this morning, I was busy marshaling a few of my troops on the floor when a larger than life character appeared before me....... An ex hometown lad that I had grown up with and with whom I had served an apprenticeship with in Kimberley.......

He had decided to show his lad the town he grew up in...... We stood there oblivious to the chaos around us recalling the past..... it ended with him telling me that they were off to a local watering hole with the Argentinian for a few toots and were going to see where the night took them......

:crying::crying::crying::crying:

I recall mumbling something about not suiping anymore, to which he gave me a comforting fatherly pat on the back.....

I have just returned from the badminton courts now, had a shower and feel like a legend...... On the return journey I could feel the steering wheel of the car trying to edge herself across the road to the pub.

:whistling:
 
Mortymoose said:
"Do It All You want !!!, You Bitch!!!", The Moose hollered out aloud in the empty store as he raised his fist to the heavens....... "I ain't crumbling!", he added........

Lady Fate can shove as many temptations as she so desires in my general direction, I ain't bending....

At work this morning, I was busy marshaling a few of my troops on the floor when a larger than life character appeared before me....... An ex hometown lad that I had grown up with and with whom I had served an apprenticeship with in Kimberley.......

He had decided to show his lad the town he grew up in...... We stood there oblivious to the chaos around us recalling the past..... it ended with him telling me that they were off to a local watering hole with the Argentinian for a few toots and were going to see where the night took them......

:crying::crying::crying::crying:

I recall mumbling something about not suiping anymore, to which he gave me a comforting fatherly pat on the back.....

I have just returned from the badminton courts now, had a shower and feel like a legend...... On the return journey I could feel the steering wheel of the car trying to edge herself across the road to the pub.

:whistling:
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Dont..... Give....... In to Lady Fate, she's a mean old biatch. Sending goodluck and lots of willpower your way @Mortymoose
 
Mortymoose said:
"Do It All You want !!!, You Bitch!!!", The Moose hollered out aloud in the empty store as he raised his fist to the heavens....... "I ain't crumbling!", he added........

Lady Fate can shove as many temptations as she so desires in my general direction, I ain't bending....

At work this morning, I was busy marshaling a few of my troops on the floor when a larger than life character appeared before me....... An ex hometown lad that I had grown up with and with whom I had served an apprenticeship with in Kimberley.......

He had decided to show his lad the town he grew up in...... We stood there oblivious to the chaos around us recalling the past..... it ended with him telling me that they were off to a local watering hole with the Argentinian for a few toots and were going to see where the night took them......

:crying::crying::crying::crying:

I recall mumbling something about not suiping anymore, to which he gave me a comforting fatherly pat on the back.....

I have just returned from the badminton courts now, had a shower and feel like a legend...... On the return journey I could feel the steering wheel of the car trying to edge herself across the road to the pub.

:whistling:
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Well done. You can be proud of your resolve
 
So Thursday evening found me standing at a bar in Kelvingrove buying Stoney Ginger beer whilst other patrons knocked beer and Gins as the sun disappeared behind the mountain.

The old me would have knocked the beers over like skittles in a bowling alley. Tough it was,but got through it.

Yesterday whilst shopping in a local mall, I bashed into a hometown boy that works on the DeBeers boats, " MOOSE!", he shouted across the expanse of the store, " Ou maat, good to see you..... Are we going for a few beers in the big city tonight?", he enquired...

Starting to realize that 99,9% of all my friends are not tea totallers but hard core suipers from the mining environment...

Anyhow on with my life....

/Moose on his penultimate day in the mother city is off in search of a Bratwurst roll for brekkie....
 
well done Moose!..takes willpower and self discipline leaving the "binge fringe" both of which you have a lot of judging from this thread.
 
And it finally caught up with me.

My lifestyle for I'd say the past four months has involved two - three binge sessions a week. These drinking sessions were often short but heavy.

In a day session I was consuming 5 - 7 500 ml beers and upwards of 4 shooters in ~5 hours. Shorter night sessions usually involved 3 - 5 beers in 3 hours and again a couple of shooters. This from a person that usually consumes two beers in the time it takes a rugby or football game to finish or would occasionally have a big night once a month.

The issue for me is that I started having poor recollections of these sessions and my impulsivity, which I have to suppress when sober, started taking over. Things I would not do or act on when sober started becoming normal drunken behaviour. And this is where things all came crashing down in the aftermath of my last binge session. I crossed the line with a female friend and caused serious damage to our social group. More importantly, I really upset a close friend and that relationship will unfortunately never be the same again. I had to hear from her some of the selfish things I said.

I don't subscribe to the ''alcohol made me do it'' mantra. Alcohol simply lifts the facade and lets out all your deepest and darkest thoughts and secrets and allows you to act on them. Serious introspection required on my part. Committing to going clean for a while and if I am honest, might help to talk to somebody because it is now clear to me that alcohol was a substitute for something.
 
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Sorry to hear mate. Hope it comes right in the end, but you gotta expand on it now - what did you do?
 
Mortymoose said:
So Thursday evening found me standing at a bar in Kelvingrove buying Stoney Ginger beer whilst other patrons knocked beer and Gins as the sun disappeared behind the mountain.

The old me would have knocked the beers over like skittles in a bowling alley. Tough it was,but got through it.

Yesterday whilst shopping in a local mall, I bashed into a hometown boy that works on the DeBeers boats, " MOOSE!", he shouted across the expanse of the store, " Ou maat, good to see you..... Are we going for a few beers in the big city tonight?", he enquired...

Starting to realize that 99,9% of all my friends are not tea totallers but hard core suipers from the mining environment...

Anyhow on with my life....

/Moose on his penultimate day in the mother city is off in search of a Bratwurst roll for brekkie....
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Curious to know just how much extra money you have each month without the booze, that stuff adds up after all.
 
@Mortymoose do you find your self chowing much more if you don't drink? I notice that if I drink I'll only eat one big plate of whatever in the evening, if I don't I pretty much spend the whole weekend chowing on something.
 
Toxxyc said:
Sorry to hear mate. Hope it comes right in the end, but you gotta expand on it now - what did you do?
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Said female friend (call her 'Z') is in a relationship. We were the party animals of the group. Fun times together while out became flirty times as we'd find a way to get to the bar by ourselves and eventually the type of messages you have to hide/delete started being exchanged in the aftermath of these sessions. I initiated the texting in a drunken-moment of impulsivity. Regret the next morning, agreement that its out of order and then on to the next session and back to our tricks. Never time to step back, get a clear mind and think properly. Eventually we acted on this - after yet another binge session - and we were caught mid-embrace. Whilst sober and in the beginning I told myself I had to stop, but with every binge session my behavior just started spiraling and I became increasingly impulsive. Even when sober I could no longer properly process things and control myself. ''Fvck it'' I told myself.

Regarding my close friend, during my last session she asked what was going to happen to 'Z' (her relationship, how she was getting home) and I told her it wasn't my problem, which was a selfish thing to say and something I never thought I'd say. Worst part is I don't even remember that conversation. Complete blank. When we are out I'm the one sending out messages telling everyone to get home safely, so when I heard I said this I was disgusted with myself. Close friend has lost all respect for me and called me a homewrecker. Deserved, but fvck, that stripped me bare. Not the person I thought I could be nor want to be.

There was clearly a lot more to this in terms of what was going on between myself and 'Z', but it was spurred on by a gradual loss of self-control caused by alcohol abuse. First time in my life I've ever done something like this and also the first time in my life I've found myself cycling through these heavy drinking sessions and just going on impulse.
 
thestaggy said:
Said female friend (call her 'Z') is in a relationship. We were the party animals of the group. Fun times together while out became flirty times as we'd find a way to get to the bar by ourselves and eventually the type of messages you have to hide/delete started being exchanged in the aftermath of these sessions. I initiated the texting in a drunken-moment of impulsivity. Regret the next morning, agreement that its out of order and then on to the next session and back to our tricks. Never time to step back, get a clear mind and think properly. Eventually we acted on this - after yet another binge session - and we were caught mid-embrace. Whilst sober and in the beginning I told myself I had to stop, but with every binge session my behavior just started spiraling and I became increasingly impulsive. Even when sober I could no longer properly process things and control myself. ''Fvck it'' I told myself.

Regarding my close friend, during my last session she asked what was going to happen to 'Z' (her relationship, how she was getting home) and I told her it wasn't my problem, which was a selfish thing to say and something I never thought I'd say. Worst part is I don't even remember that conversation. Complete blank. When we are out I'm the one sending out messages telling everyone to get home safely, so when I heard I said this I was disgusted with myself. Close friend has lost all respect for me and called me a homewrecker. Deserved, but fvck, that stripped me bare. Not the person I thought I could be nor want to be.

There was clearly a lot more to this in terms of what was going on between myself and my friend, but it was spurred on by a gradual loss of self-control caused by alcohol abuse. First time in my life I've ever done something like this and also the first time in my life I've found myself cycling through these heavy drinking sessions and just going on impulse.
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