Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

[doubletrouble]

yeah, I'm about R1 000 a week , three day sat the rugby tends to gobble the cash.
Especially if you buy a couple rounds for the buddies that do not have...

I am sure the match fees you receive offsets the spending a bit.

 

[hungrymamba]

Good luck man, I quit in 2017 - I do not miss the hangovers I can assure you. And I save about R800 per month and I can stick to my eating and gym schedules. So many positives will come out of your decision.

 

[Big Rat]

I am sure the match fees you receive offsets the spending a bit.

Social league. We do not get money... unfortunately...

 

[thestaggy]

i dont think its the wine that make the ppl go on but its more bout the kind of wine the mense drink like the guy did say he was rude to his friend but maybe its coz he did drink the shots coz i know i also go on when i drink sak but when i drink biere then i only pee alot and dance and chise kinners

I think that can play a role. But not just the type of alcohol, the rate at which it is consumed. And especially when it comes to shooters. My choice of shooter is straight Jagermeister. That's 36% alcohol down at a time and we get them as a group (everyone buys a round), so before you know it, you've had 4/5 shots in the space of 2/3-hours. That hits you hard and your brains go out the window. And if you are not active and just sitting at a table or standing around the bar, I find the alcohol hammers you even harder.

 

[Mortymoose]

Curious to know just how much extra money you have each month without the booze, that stuff adds up after all.

Top of my head, Starting at 2 Grand a month, that's an average month and not one of those where I goto Cape Town or Camping....... I get pretty generous with the folk around me when I start drinking.....

Day 35 and I be as strong as an ox, On a side note, a mate of mine from my hometown passed away in JHB two days ago..... He was 52. His claim to fame was downing a 500ml in Under one second. He was not built like me with a big boep, but rather tall and lanky....... This was the fellow who got me into PC's back in the day by lending me his VIC20 one holiday......

When I heard of his passing, I just wanted to scurry out to the nearest pub and raise a few cold one's in his honour...... sanity prevailed.... and a glass of sparkling water made a most excellent substitute....

Cheers Chris!

 

[Mortymoose]

@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.

Yup! This thought crossed my mind a mere 48 hours ago ..... noshing much more, but the article on Dr.Google said one of the benefits of giving up the juice of the barley and it's ilk be the loss of weight after day 28..... Screw that I feel rounder....

 

[Mortymoose]

@thestaggy at least you would have woken up next to someone you know.

I've been unfortunate enough to wake up in someone's house with only her parents there having to sneak out of the house with nothing but a shirt and shorts having to walk home barefoot about 7k's, no idea where my stuff is, whos house that was or where tf my car went and how I got there, that sucked proper.

Also the shorts I had were not mine so they were very small and thin and I had to walk through a shopping complex with everyone looking at my swinging sausage because that is the only path I knew home.

Amateur..... I got shot at with a shotgun by someones husband at Kei Mouth almost three decades ago.... Drunk and horny....... I think I posted that tale somewhere else on MyBB back in the day....

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Amateur..... I got shot at with a shotgun by someones husband at Kei Mouth almost three decades ago.... Drunk and horny....... I think I posted that tale somewhere else on MyBB back in the day....

Haha did the shotgun have rock salt in it, that stuff hurts, we were stupid enough to shoot each other with it as friends. I'll never forget the domestic helping to pull the bits.

 

[Rouxenator]

I'm off booze this week, my problem is not the drink itself but I tend to overeat when I drink and my weight is up to 92kg which is bothering me. So I need to get down into the 80s first.

Not sure what you folks drink but in my house we drink bokswyn and cheap brandy. Won't set you back more than R500 a week.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I'm off booze this week, my problem is not the drink itself but I tend to overeat when I drink and my weight is up to 92kg which is bothering me. So I need to get down into the 80s first.

Not sure what you folks drink but in my house we drink bokswyn and cheap brandy. Won't set you back more than R500 a week.

Agree with that, tend to buy the Four Cousins Rose, lovely and quite cheap. Remember the 5L papsak one used to get? At school we consumed many a tutti frutti papsak.

 

[Rouxenator]

Only 5L I but is the Drosdy Hof Claret Select. My preference for white is Robertson Chardonnay and when it comes to red it is Polkadraai Merlot Shiraz blend.

Couple of weeks ago I did the Stellenbosch MTB challenge and at the first water point Stellenbosch Hills (makers of Polkadraai wines) had some sparkling wine. I saw it as I rode past and locked the brakes, they all had a good chuckle remarking that this is the way you can tell someone with good taste. While enjoying the sparkling wine I told the they guy there that after having some of their bokswyn I think they have dethroned Namaqua because now it is Stellenbosch Hills that box the best.

 

[Toxxyc]

On cost, man, these days I make my own beer for so cheap it's almost soft drink prices. It helps.

 

[Smokey888]

Agree with that, tend to buy the Four Cousins Rose, lovely and quite cheap. Remember the 5L papsak one used to get? At school we consumed many a tutti frutti papsak.

DJ Cooler was it back in the day. R26 for a 5L Papsak. I will never forget the hiding I got when me and my mates drank it at school....

 

[ArmatageShanks]

DJ Cooler was it back in the day. R26 for a 5L Papsak. I will never forget the hiding I got when me and my mates drank it at school....

Haha we had Montyross in the exam hall, luckily weren't caught, its Montego and Oros, vile actually but we loved it.

 

[Smokey888]

we where once caught with the DJ, and the second time with a bottle of JD (Jack Daniels) which my mate stole out of his dad's bar. Took it to the "wakkerbly aand" and polished the bottle. Principle saw it on the camera's next monday and called his dad. I recall his dad tossed the empty bottle at him

 

[DoodleBug]

Amateur..... I got shot at with a shotgun by someones husband at Kei Mouth almost three decades ago.... Drunk and horny....... I think I posted that tale somewhere else on MyBB back in the day....

Dad?...

Myself the SO and the outlaws are off to the bush for the next while and the standard instructions came in, Bring Your Own Booze and Meat.
Ahhh I looked at the message, knowing that part of the NW doesn't always have great water or water at all depending how hot and dry. Every time I go there things go from a thirsty to 1, 2, 6, I blame it on the heat and lack of water that I normally forget to pack.

We have avoided this for a long time by going down to GB or Strand, where we are kept in check by family members hiding keys from us and scornful looks not that it helped to much.

In the past its been pretty easy a case of beer, bottle of vodka or rum, something to go with it, ice and some wine.

So now for the tough part... packing for moderation. Help.

 

[fruitbat]

I'm off booze this week, my problem is not the drink itself but I tend to overeat when I drink and my weight is up to 92kg which is bothering me. So I need to get down into the 80s first.

Not sure what you folks drink but in my house we drink bokswyn and cheap brandy. Won't set you back more than R500 a week.

Can’t drink that - haven’t done it for years. Or rather I couldn’t... the wine was usually Diemersdal/Sophie at 69-85/bottle. Or Springfield/Cape Point Vineyards at 110-130/bottle. Coupled with castle lite/Heineken/corona beer. I did get off craft beer due to a bout of gout (this was the first sign the sauce was possibly not the wisest choice for me). O and gin was starting to feature too... and that stuff I drank like cooldrink which didn’t help the wallet either.

 

[Mortymoose]

I awoke with a smile on my face, Sipping on a mug of famous Moose Mega Coffee I watched the Chinese klap The Chinese in a place called 'ong Kong, I then glimpsed out the dusty bedroom window towards the east and noticed how the early morning sky had started to brighten the crisp fresh air....

I felt most excellent, It then dawned apon me...... that on day 37 of no Booze, the feelings of goodness that I had set my mark apon had arrived, today life feels like it should, I feel grand, I feel excited for the day.......

I recall this feeling once before when I had stayed off the bevvy for 3 months.....and it feels great!

What could go wrong.... I see the Bowling Club group are igniting tonight....

 

[Rouxenator]

That's you buddy. I hate waking up with this sober ultra-real feeling. Riding to work and remembering every second of it.

I much prefer easing myself back into contentiousness. Same reason I never warm up before a race. Waking up sober sucks. Although I do appreciate my weight going down and I can hold my hand perfectly still with no shaking.

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

It dawned apon me as I threw yet another McDonald fries chip into the mouth of my Congolese Uber driver late on Saturday night, that I might have a drinking problem.

, Trying to climb out of a moving Uber on Broadway after midnight was the last straw. At the time, it seemed and felt like I was still that idiotic carefree well built youth of 1989........ Partying away long after closing time at the Triggerfish with the owner and the one man band seemed like a glorious reminder of how I rolled on through my twenties, thirties and most of my forties...... Life that evening seemed fantastic, tripping the light fandango......... The Moose was unstoppable....

Reality set in the following morning, when FirstBornMoose and SecondBornMoose gave me a dressing down, "Papa! You'r a feckin idiot when you get drunk!", said the elder of the two...... followed by , " You become reckless and were rude to Jimmy!", From daughter number two.......


I sat around the breakfast table in the Timeless Cafe on beach road as they muttered away and all I kept thinking, "Who the feck was Jimmy?".

Later on in the day, I had to say goodbye to the English Outlaws, Father in law calling me closer for a few words...... As I mentioned before on these forums, He is in the final stages of Stage 4 Lung cancer that has spread to liver and bones, a mere shadow of a man..... He whispered a few personal words, no regrets but humbly more worried for his wife and daughter........ I hugged him farewell.......... and suddenly all I could think was, "What have I done........?"

What had I done, I started to think of my own immortality, knocking on the door of fifty in a few months, my lifestyle would have to change.....

For the past three days since returning to Namibia, I have researched with my mate Google and are more convinced than ever, though I may not be a full blown alcoholic, I am indeed a binge drinker.

My daughters informed me that I went through the entire list of the Triggerfish brew and then went back for another round, They make rum there, I did not even know this, but sources inform me, that when they saw the old man (That's me) , knocking back a few neat shots, they knew that night had come to an end.....

Playing Badminton with the English HO this morning across the road at the courts, My mind kept on racing...... From the age of sixteen I was drinking beer, my life took a dramatic turn at 19, because of alcohol, I have stood over the body of a dying friend in a car wreck in WIndhoek, because of alcohol, I was involved in Bar fights in Lime Acres, Kimberley, Windhoek, Cape Town..... Because of Alcohol.
My massive boep, Because of alcohol......... My Hernia, Because of Alcohol........ My Gout, because of alcohol....... My double Chin, because of alcohol..........It dawned apon me that at almost every major turn in my life, it was not fate, but booze.......

So my friends, I am finished..... my time has come...... and no longer will I be drinking.....(The English HO yawned when I stated this), I feel that by posting this here, I shall be held accountable....

So....... I need a good recipe for space cakes, anyone?

Oh! I found out Jimmy was the Uber driver, but I tipped him very very well.......

Manny a night I’ve spent at Triggerfish, and I’ve promised myself the same thing...

God speed Mighty Moose.