How Was Your Day?

[Lovejoy]

Managed to secure two second stage interviews for next week. I feel slightly odd as most aspects of my current job I enjoy and I've been doing well, but the two company owners are complete w@nkers and general mood about the place is terrible as a result.

[Col city fan]

Woke up this morning and still can’t quite believe the goalie’s performance last night in the champions league final. What a plonker

Edited 27 May 2018 by Col city fan

[ozleicester]

On 04/05/2018 at 02:33, Countryfox said:

A sign of the  times ...    firstly the log, a group of nearby p1keys are being moved on and entry points to the forest have to be blocked ..   and secondly, and far worse, fly tipping by that even more terrible bunch of social low lifes ..   painters and decorators !! ...   this lot should be rounded up and sent in a big ship to Australia ...   perhaps we ought to do our bit and ban Webbo from this site ...  

Our cruel government no longer accepts anyone coming by boat, theyll be rounded up and shipped to another island then held indefinitely until they all commit suicide.

 

https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2017/10/19/shocking-disturbing-aust-gov-slammed-for-cruelty-to-refugees-at-un-hearing

[Carl the Llama]

Tried to fix a broken stapler earlier and managed to stick a staple all the way into one of my thumbs. 

[Facecloth]

5 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Tried to fix a broken stapler earlier and managed to stick a staple all the way into one of my thumbs. 

At least you know it works now.

[Izzy]

On 25/05/2018 at 12:03, Lovejoy said:

Managed to secure two second stage interviews for next week. I feel slightly odd as most aspects of my current job I enjoy and I've been doing well, but the two company owners are complete w@nkers and general mood about the place is terrible as a result.

“A fish stinks from the head down” as they say

 

Good luck with the second interviews 

[Countryfox]

39 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Tried to fix a broken stapler earlier and managed to stick a staple all the way into one of my thumbs. 

 

...    I hope you were bwave Llama and didn’t cwy and cwy and cwy ....

[Buce]

42 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

“A fish stinks from the head down” as they say

 

Good luck with the second interviews 

 

 

I'm nicking that!

[Carl the Llama]

4 hours ago, Countryfox said:

 

...    I hope you were bwave Llama and didn’t cwy and cwy and cwy ....

I was a very brave boy I only asked for my mummy once.  

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

21 hours ago, Countryfox said:

 

...    I hope you were bwave Llama and didn’t cwy and cwy and cwy ....

Yep, it has happened to me to, in the distant past. 

[Buce]

 

Walking along the canal earlier, I saw this young lad walking toward me:

 

Me: "Morning".

Him: "I've just fell in a load of stingers and it hurts like fvck. Wanna donut?"

 

How fvcking random is that?

[Milo]

19 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Walking along the canal earlier, I saw this young lad walking toward me:

 

Me: "Morning".

Him: "I've just fell in a load of stingers and it hurts like fvck. Wanna donut?"

 

How fvcking random is that?

Q - Do you look anything like your profile pic, by any chance...??

 

 

 

 

 

mmmmmm donuts!!

[StanSP]

30 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Walking along the canal earlier, I saw this young lad walking toward me:

 

Me: "Morning".

Him: "I've just fell in a load of stingers and it hurts like fvck. Wanna donut?"

 

How fvcking random is that?

 

9 minutes ago, Milo said:

Q - Do you look anything like your profile pic, by any chance...??

 

 

 

 

 

mmmmmm donuts!!

[Buce]

2 minutes ago, Milo said:

Q - Do you look anything like your profile pic, by any chance...??

 

 

 

 

 

mmmmmm donuts!!

 

 

We share a hairstyle but nothing else. 

 

It transpired that he was a farmer’s boy who had just been to a car boot sale near Saddington (where he had bought a big bag of donuts). On the journey home his route took him through a field of cows that were (in his words) ‘acting a bit uppity’, so he took another route which led him through a nettle patch. 

[WeDonWantProhibition]

Quite a pleasant day, the sun shines outside the window.
I just got up early, I slept well. I ate an English breakfast for breakfast, I played two hours at EVE Online, I called grandma
Now I found this forum and registered :-)

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

Torrential rain and thunderstorms. I was hoping to sunbathe.

[Buce]

17 minutes ago, DANGEROUS TIGER said:

Torrential rain and thunderstorms. I was hoping to sunbathe.

 

You'll have to put these away for another day, DT...

 

 

[Vince Vega]

On 27/05/2018 at 18:13, Izzy Muzzett said:

“A fish stinks from the head down” as they say

 

 

If that's the case, why do we say that something is 'smellier than a kipper's fanny' then?    

[Alf Bentley]

My 3rd anniversary of non-drinking, today.

Yep, 30th May 2015 was the last occasion on which a pint or eight passed my lips.

 

I still don't feel any temptation to start boozing any time soon.....though I do recognise mindsets in which I'd be heading for a session if I was drinking at all. 

It's when life seems dull and pointless, mainly. Not in response to stress or social pressure. I never felt pressurised to "fit in" as an adult and tended to drink to alleviate boredom and inertia, not stress, which I quite like (within reason).

 

Staying off the booze still seems an easy choice at the moment - mainly for reasons of health and responsibility and despite remembering the joys of inebriation (& the frustration of hangovers, failing to get stuff done, annoying people etc.).

The only way it'd be sane or responsible for me to drink in the near future would be if I did it in moderation....and I've never really managed that or even seen the point of drinking in moderation. I see the point of sobriety and can enjoy that. I can absolutely see the point of drunkenness and have an outstanding record at achieving that state. But moderation?! If you're going to drink in moderation, you might as well have soft drinks and feel 100% ready for other activities, not 95%, surely?

 

Teenage daughter + still being young enough to do a few things in life = 2 good reasons to try to stay healthy.

Heart defect that can be exacerbated by boozing + tendency to drink to excess some of the time = 2 good reasons not to take a risk

After all the personal traumas of the last 3-4 years, I'd also be a bit concerned that I'd go completely haywire and cause some outrageous incident.....fireworks in a bad way.

 

Mind you, I'd be very disappointed in myself if I thought I was never going to booze again. I do massively enjoy the swimming thoughts, soaring dreams, social chaos, turbulent emotions, good company, music and laughs that often come with booze. Also, life is ultimately a magnificent joke and not to be taken over-seriously, surely?

When daughter is fully grown and I've no longer any chance of achieving anything else, I'd like to think that the balance of the argument will be different and I'll be justified in sinking into an old-age swamp of moderately immoderate boozing. 

 

Sorry for boring on.....anniversaries are a time for review, I suppose.

[Izzy]

6 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

My 3rd anniversary of non-drinking, today.

Yep, 30th May 2015 was the last occasion on which a pint or eight passed my lips.

 

I still don't feel any temptation to start boozing any time soon.....though I do recognise mindsets in which I'd be heading for a session if I was drinking at all. 

It's when life seems dull and pointless, mainly. Not in response to stress or social pressure. I never felt pressurised to "fit in" as an adult and tended to drink to alleviate boredom and inertia, not stress, which I quite like (within reason).

 

Staying off the booze still seems an easy choice at the moment - mainly for reasons of health and responsibility and despite remembering the joys of inebriation (& the frustration of hangovers, failing to get stuff done, annoying people etc.).

The only way it'd be sane or responsible for me to drink in the near future would be if I did it in moderation....and I've never really managed that or even seen the point of drinking in moderation. I see the point of sobriety and can enjoy that. I can absolutely see the point of drunkenness and have an outstanding record at achieving that state. But moderation?! If you're going to drink in moderation, you might as well have soft drinks and feel 100% ready for other activities, not 95%, surely?

 

Teenage daughter + still being young enough to do a few things in life = 2 good reasons to try to stay healthy.

Heart defect that can be exacerbated by boozing + tendency to drink to excess some of the time = 2 good reasons not to take a risk

After all the personal traumas of the last 3-4 years, I'd also be a bit concerned that I'd go completely haywire and cause some outrageous incident.....fireworks in a bad way.

 

Mind you, I'd be very disappointed in myself if I thought I was never going to booze again. I do massively enjoy the swimming thoughts, soaring dreams, social chaos, turbulent emotions, good company, music and laughs that often come with booze. Also, life is ultimately a magnificent joke and not to be taken over-seriously, surely?

When daughter is fully grown and I've no longer any chance of achieving anything else, I'd like to think that the balance of the argument will be different and I'll be justified in sinking into an old-age swamp of moderately immoderate boozing. 

 

Sorry for boring on.....anniversaries are a time for review, I suppose.

Good on ya Alf and congratulations on the anniversary mate 

 

I can relate quite a bit to your post! I've been off the booze since last October so just the 7 months so far for me  But as it stands, I can't see myself drinking again. I don't miss the hangovers and I'm certainly better off financially, physically and mentally I think. 

 

If I'm tempted again then I know what will happen. Before too long I'll be back on a bottle of wine a night and it will play havoc with my guts. I suppose I'm an 'all or nothing' sort of bloke and I'm happy at the moment not having alcohol as part of my life.

 

I don't go out and socialise much anyway these days. I've been to the odd BBQ recently and watched others getting pissed and it's quite amusing being the only sober one. I've had my time on the piss and drank for England over the years so feel like I've had my fill really.

 

Good luck keeping off it mate and stay healthy 

[Carl the Llama]

Congrats to both of yas, cutting something out completely is never easy, indeed it's something I've not yet achieved with any of my major vices.   For sure I can't write the beer off just yet, there's still too much social awkwardness to suppress in public and it's the only socially acceptable solution I know but absolute fair play on you both.

Edited 30 May 2018 by Carl the Llama

[Buce]

48 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

My 3rd anniversary of non-drinking, today.

Yep, 30th May 2015 was the last occasion on which a pint or eight passed my lips.

 

I still don't feel any temptation to start boozing any time soon.....though I do recognise mindsets in which I'd be heading for a session if I was drinking at all. 

It's when life seems dull and pointless, mainly. Not in response to stress or social pressure. I never felt pressurised to "fit in" as an adult and tended to drink to alleviate boredom and inertia, not stress, which I quite like (within reason).

 

Staying off the booze still seems an easy choice at the moment - mainly for reasons of health and responsibility and despite remembering the joys of inebriation (& the frustration of hangovers, failing to get stuff done, annoying people etc.).

The only way it'd be sane or responsible for me to drink in the near future would be if I did it in moderation....and I've never really managed that or even seen the point of drinking in moderation. I see the point of sobriety and can enjoy that. I can absolutely see the point of drunkenness and have an outstanding record at achieving that state. But moderation?! If you're going to drink in moderation, you might as well have soft drinks and feel 100% ready for other activities, not 95%, surely?

 

Teenage daughter + still being young enough to do a few things in life = 2 good reasons to try to stay healthy.

Heart defect that can be exacerbated by boozing + tendency to drink to excess some of the time = 2 good reasons not to take a risk

After all the personal traumas of the last 3-4 years, I'd also be a bit concerned that I'd go completely haywire and cause some outrageous incident.....fireworks in a bad way.

 

Mind you, I'd be very disappointed in myself if I thought I was never going to booze again. I do massively enjoy the swimming thoughts, soaring dreams, social chaos, turbulent emotions, good company, music and laughs that often come with booze. Also, life is ultimately a magnificent joke and not to be taken over-seriously, surely?

When daughter is fully grown and I've no longer any chance of achieving anything else, I'd like to think that the balance of the argument will be different and I'll be justified in sinking into an old-age swamp of moderately immoderate boozing. 

 

Sorry for boring on.....anniversaries are a time for review, I suppose.

 

That’s quite some achievement, Alf. Very well done. 

[Beliall]

52 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

My 3rd anniversary of non-drinking, today.

Yep, 30th May 2015 was the last occasion on which a pint or eight passed my lips.

 

I still don't feel any temptation to start boozing any time soon.....though I do recognise mindsets in which I'd be heading for a session if I was drinking at all. 

It's when life seems dull and pointless, mainly. Not in response to stress or social pressure. I never felt pressurised to "fit in" as an adult and tended to drink to alleviate boredom and inertia, not stress, which I quite like (within reason).

 

Staying off the booze still seems an easy choice at the moment - mainly for reasons of health and responsibility and despite remembering the joys of inebriation (& the frustration of hangovers, failing to get stuff done, annoying people etc.).

The only way it'd be sane or responsible for me to drink in the near future would be if I did it in moderation....and I've never really managed that or even seen the point of drinking in moderation. I see the point of sobriety and can enjoy that. I can absolutely see the point of drunkenness and have an outstanding record at achieving that state. But moderation?! If you're going to drink in moderation, you might as well have soft drinks and feel 100% ready for other activities, not 95%, surely?

 

Teenage daughter + still being young enough to do a few things in life = 2 good reasons to try to stay healthy.

Heart defect that can be exacerbated by boozing + tendency to drink to excess some of the time = 2 good reasons not to take a risk

After all the personal traumas of the last 3-4 years, I'd also be a bit concerned that I'd go completely haywire and cause some outrageous incident.....fireworks in a bad way.

 

Mind you, I'd be very disappointed in myself if I thought I was never going to booze again. I do massively enjoy the swimming thoughts, soaring dreams, social chaos, turbulent emotions, good company, music and laughs that often come with booze. Also, life is ultimately a magnificent joke and not to be taken over-seriously, surely?

When daughter is fully grown and I've no longer any chance of achieving anything else, I'd like to think that the balance of the argument will be different and I'll be justified in sinking into an old-age swamp of moderately immoderate boozing. 

 

Sorry for boring on.....anniversaries are a time for review, I suppose.

Nice mate, that deserves a pint

[Alf Bentley]

47 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Congrats to both of yas, cutting something out completely is never easy, indeed it's something I've not yet achieved with any of my major vices.   For sure I can't write the beer off just yet, there's still too much social awkwardness to suppress in public and it's the only socially acceptable solution I know but absolute fair play on you both.

 

 

44 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

That’s quite some achievement, Alf. Very well done. 

 

Funny enough, it has felt quite easy and so hasn't felt like a great achievement, though it is important - and I feel a quiet satisfaction today.

 

What I always found much more difficult was exercising control while drinking to any extent. I never drank every day or had any physical dependency - and could always stay sober if I had some important reason to do so.

But I'd always end up drifting into having too much more often than I wanted - though still less in my 30s-50s than in my teens/20s. If I could have limited it to getting legless occasionally, but being in control most of the time, then I might have continued boozing as it is an activity I enjoy.

 

Maybe @Izzy Muzzett feels the same way, but I've certainly found it easier due to my health issue. It simplifies things. I don't even need to think about any other pros and cons. I know that if I drink to any significant extent, I'd be playing Russian roulette with my health - and I've always drunk to a significant extent when I've drunk at all. Even then, if my daughter was at a less vulnerable age and if I was just gambling with a slight risk of death, I might well gamble - and might do that in a few years time. But the idea of needlessly leaving daughter without the much-appreciated benefits of my wise guidance () - and, on a more selfish level, the idea of having a major stroke and NOT dying are strong arguments against. I had a cousin who had a bad stroke but lived on, severely debilitated, for 10 years in a nursing home and I'd hate to bring that on myself needlessly.

 

Really, the only hard bits were getting my thought processes right in the early weeks and then avoiding complacency a few months in. Constant sobriety then became the new norm, so almost never an issue.

 

I'm going to look very silly if you find me comatose in the gutter next week, after all this pontificating.... 

[Guest MattP]

2 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

My 3rd anniversary of non-drinking, today.

Yep, 30th May 2015 was the last occasion on which a pint or eight passed my lips.

 

I still don't feel any temptation to start boozing any time soon.....though I do recognise mindsets in which I'd be heading for a session if I was drinking at all. 

It's when life seems dull and pointless, mainly. Not in response to stress or social pressure. I never felt pressurised to "fit in" as an adult and tended to drink to alleviate boredom and inertia, not stress, which I quite like (within reason).

 

Staying off the booze still seems an easy choice at the moment - mainly for reasons of health and responsibility and despite remembering the joys of inebriation (& the frustration of hangovers, failing to get stuff done, annoying people etc.).

The only way it'd be sane or responsible for me to drink in the near future would be if I did it in moderation....and I've never really managed that or even seen the point of drinking in moderation. I see the point of sobriety and can enjoy that. I can absolutely see the point of drunkenness and have an outstanding record at achieving that state. But moderation?! If you're going to drink in moderation, you might as well have soft drinks and feel 100% ready for other activities, not 95%, surely?

 

Teenage daughter + still being young enough to do a few things in life = 2 good reasons to try to stay healthy.

Heart defect that can be exacerbated by boozing + tendency to drink to excess some of the time = 2 good reasons not to take a risk

After all the personal traumas of the last 3-4 years, I'd also be a bit concerned that I'd go completely haywire and cause some outrageous incident.....fireworks in a bad way.

 

Mind you, I'd be very disappointed in myself if I thought I was never going to booze again. I do massively enjoy the swimming thoughts, soaring dreams, social chaos, turbulent emotions, good company, music and laughs that often come with booze. Also, life is ultimately a magnificent joke and not to be taken over-seriously, surely?

When daughter is fully grown and I've no longer any chance of achieving anything else, I'd like to think that the balance of the argument will be different and I'll be justified in sinking into an old-age swamp of moderately immoderate boozing. 

 

Sorry for boring on.....anniversaries are a time for review, I suppose.

Well played my friend, I hope you have found good from this and it appears you have. Maybe one day you'll come back and enjoy a pint in moderation but this is something that is clearly working for you at the minute. It's a position one day I know I'll have to take and I do see a lot of inspiration in what you have done. (It wasn't a pint with me in 2015 that put you off for good was it?)

 

I've just gone past a year without online betting, it's quite an achievement for someone who had an addiction to the level I did (losing every payment within hours) - it's still hard, I still look at odds, I still look at money in the bank and want to bet it, I still dream about being on bet fair and the first ten minutes waking up are clearing that out the mind before I can start the day. It's really, really hard though.