Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

[jezzad]

There is something to be said for waking up fresh on a Saturday or Sunday morning. No hangover, no need for rehidrat or a greasy breakfast.

 

[Rouxenator]

There is something to be said for waking up fresh on a Saturday or Sunday morning. No hangover, no need for rehidrat or a greasy breakfast.

It's overrated - The odd dry stints I have remind me that I am not really missing much by not drinking.

 

[fruitbat]

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.

 

[Mortymoose]

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.

 

[Rouxenator]

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.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

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.

Sounds about right.

 

[t_girl]

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.

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.

 

[Toxxyc]

Little Wolf brewery makes a hopped virgin cider. You guys should give it a shot. It's brilliant.

 

[fruitbat]

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.

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. ;-)

 

[Kornhub]

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.

 

[Rouxenator]

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.

 

[Mortymoose]

"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......



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.

 

[GlassMirror]

"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......



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.

Dont..... Give....... In to Lady Fate, she's a mean old biatch. Sending goodluck and lots of willpower your way @Mortymoose

 

[TribbleZA]

"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......



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.

Well done. You can be proud of your resolve

 

[Mortymoose]

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....

 

[Willie Trombone]

the rapists also mentioned some interesting insight. He said addiction is a disease that cannot be cured but can be managed. He also spoke about alcohol‐induced dopamine and how it takes 18 months for levels to drop back to normal after quitting. In that time a person is most vulnerable to relapse.

Where does rape fit in?

 

[delta66]

well done Moose!..takes willpower and self discipline leaving the "binge fringe" both of which you have a lot of judging from this thread.

 

[Jings]

Where does rape fit in?

*Therapist

 

[thestaggy]

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.

 

[Toxxyc]

Sorry to hear mate. Hope it comes right in the end, but you gotta expand on it now - what did you do?