1096 Days 😳

Funny how it works. If I hadn't stopped the woman I met wouldn't have given me a second look. I wouldn't have gone up to spend some, err, quality time with her and her menagerie. Then I wouldn't have been out in the bush with Ian and Rob. I wouldn't have got the OKA hung up on its pumpkin. I wouldn't have fallen and broken my back. I wouldn't have had a scan a year later, and they wouldn't have found the cancer.
Moral of the story is, don't give up the grog, because who wants cancer??

Just kidding.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Moral of the story is, don't give up the grog, because who wants cancer??

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That's the best laugh I've had in weeks. Nice work!

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Originally Posted by Narangga

Well done and congratulations. It's not usually an easy road once chosen.

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Funny thing, once the decision was made I haven't looked back. I don't miss it, I don't care if others around me drink, I don't look longingly at the grog shelf at the shops. My neighbour has a bottle of top shelf single malt from Tassie, and I wanted a sniff... but not a snifter. The aroma was enough, and a really good malt was my worst weakness.

I just did this. I didn't plan to. In fact, I couldn't imagine life without alcohol. Now I can't imagine life with it. People choose their own paths. I'm not a preacher, I know people enjoy their drink, and I wish them well. But my path would have ended very badly.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

An unusual outlook, particularly for one from your locality. You have more than twice my experience, but I was always a bit of a sook.

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I bore associates to tears when I push the 'no alcohol' beer option. Usually the response is 'it's not real beer'.

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Originally Posted by Tins

... once the decision was made....

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Interesting how decisions sometimes come about. Decades ago, a squatter on our current property, an alcoholic, went on a bender. Woke up next morning and reached our for an already open can. Found he couldn't stomach the taste anymore and was a tea totaler thereon after.

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Originally Posted by workingonit

I bore associates to tears when I push the 'no alcohol' beer option. Usually the response is 'it's not real beer'.

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Personally I don't see the point of zero alcohol beer. Seems to me that it's just another "uniform". I prefer something like lemon, lime and bitters if I'm in a drinking environment. But we're all different.

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Originally Posted by workingonit

Interesting how decisions sometimes come about.

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I used to drink a lot... each day. I was going to the bottle shop to top up my supplies for that night. I had my very last $50 in my hand as I walked in, and I looked at it and said No. I still had some grog at home. Finished that and , well, finished.

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Originally Posted by workingonit

I bore associates to tears when I push the 'no alcohol' beer option. Usually the response is 'it's not real beer'.

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One or two drinks is usually enough for me. I never drink alone and public transport is not an option. I value my licence too much to risk it on alcohol, particularly when coffee is the preferred option.