Alcohol-free since 1 Jan 2015

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General public announcement: I have stayed off alcohol since New Years Eve. Never felt better. I recommend it to all those out there who might occasionally consider quitting.

good 4 u dildawg

personally a glass of wine or a beer can really help take the edge off in social situations (maybe 2-3 in really intense social situations lol)

but I definitely should have heeded this advice back when I was in high school cuz I was a train wreck back then o_o

anyways, cheers (with soda water) for your achievement!

Thankyou, thankyou. Similarly I was a train-wreck for extender periods back in the day but seemingly, I have a stout constitution and lived to tell the tale. Having thus tempted fate and won, I pay homage to the universe and stayed my drinking arm, other than for soda and suchlike of course.

That's awesome!

Congratulations!
I know how difficult it can be.

This ain't Jabberwocky-----it's good stuff!

In some ways I'd like to emulate this, but in other ways I wouldn't (and probably couldn't). Have however reduced my weekly intake of wine from about 65 units (ie one bottle per day) a few years ago to just below 45 at present.

Small steps are good. There are many who can just have one or two quietly. Then there are the others ...

Right on!

Keep up the good work!

I envy/congratulate/encourage you very much right now. Alcohol can be a mask for many things, both psychological and physical, and right now I suspect I've mixed them up.
Stay clean. No good ever came of this crap for people like you and me.

Keep it up.

Thankyou CV2 and you are quite right. One mask I have discovered is the notion that I need alcohol to socialise. That is bollocks because I'm finding I can socialise more effectively while sober and I seem to make more sense judging by the fact that people seemed more inclined to pay attention to what I am saying. Having said that, I definitely don't go out of my way to find social occasions. I have a general aversion to social situations, which is the whole aspie thing going on, but I have found that alcohol makes things worse rather than better.

Thanks generally to everyone for the supportive comments.

I agree about not needing alcohol to socialize. While it might be initially helpful to overcome social anxiety, once you've overcome the anxiety the alcohol doesn't really help anything.


Glad to hear things are working out for you.