The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 13

maman

No drinking planned today so I'm calling in. If it wasn't for my single (fairly mediocre) glass eating out on Tuesday I'd have managed a whole SNC! Life just gets in the way sometimes.


9 AFDs please Shaggy

Honey_Bear

Spiv wrote: »

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2017200,00.html extract:

— abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers.

Unless I'm very much mistaken my risk of dying is 100%, whether I drink or not.

In any event, I chose not to drink alcohol so that my quality of life is improved for the time I've got left, which is obviously relatively short if I'm to believe the Time Magazine article. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: ('We're all doomed', as Private Frazer used to say.)

debjay

And as the saying goes "everything in moderation"

Declaring early with 22/31 and then planning to drink one night per week unless special occasion or away on holiday from February.

Ellsbel

22/31 for today please Shaggy.

satchmo1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Unless I'm very much mistaken my risk of dying is 100%, whether I drink or not.

In any event, I chose not to drink alcohol so that my quality of life is improved for the time I've got left, which is obviously relatively short if I'm to believe the Time Magazine article. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: (We're all doomed, as Private Frazer used to say.)

Death and taxes


I agree HB, each one of us is going to die, the only uncertainty is when this will happen. There's a joke that is rather subversive for this thread, that giving up chocolate and alcohol won't help you live longer... it'll just feel way too long.


Studies are generally innately biased towards the result that the examiners want to prove. If the studies looked at whole of life, i.e. family genetics, lifestyle, medical history, stressors, faith (in something), outlook (optimist/pessimist), familial support, support structures, environment, employment, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, etc etc, they may (just may) get a clearer picture.


And in other news: 22/31 AFDs for me today, and a lovely body-scan meditation session.

mummy2threeboys

satchmo1 wrote: »

21/31 AFDs for me today.


I'm starting an 8 week meditation course tonight, which I am looking forward to. I enjoy meditating, but find I'm not very disciplined about it on my own.

I love Meditation, I found it really helped me focus (pardon the pun) , really helped with depression and calmness, ..enjoy!!

Another 1 af 9/20 please
Bells are ringing but im not going there! Notice this morning how lovely and bright my skin looks, and slowly exhaustion is dissapearing!

I agree re drinking or not drinking, That is part of destiny we can control, weather we die now, tomorrow or when we get to 100, we made the choice and decided to drink or not, so if you don;t drink you can not die from alchol related illnesses , something else to not have to worry about hey. It will change again in a few years, heath advice always does! To old to listen to what is and isn't good for me anymore, so much changes every year!

BHB

22/31 Please. Keep up the good work peeps - I don't think we will die from cutting down or stopping, myself.

Barny1979

16/28 tonight

Honey_Bear

22/31 please, Shaggy, and thank you for my smilies!

Spiv_2

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Unless I'm very much mistaken my risk of dying is 100%, whether I drink or not.

In any event, I chose not to drink alcohol so that my quality of life is improved for the time I've got left, which is obviously relatively short if I'm to believe the Time Magazine article. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: ('We're all doomed', as Private Frazer used to say.)

Laugh all you like......Rofl...Rofl...

Fact is though that people who drink live lomger than those that don't.

Silly Facts!

Truly Honey Bear I wish it was as simple as you make out but sadly the facts are that it just isn't!.