Anyone else struggle with booze?

[blondie]

Well, @89th, I was in a sh*t state of existence at 43, in the early days of tncr. Running (totally new to me) and weight training (also new), helped with clarity, planted better habits. I gotta thank @kluurs for his wisdom, help with this. Now, occasionally, I might feel obliged to order a beer at a pub, but honestly, it’s just to toast with others; it goes unfinished. There’s zippo at home except wine that gets gifted to us. I save, crack that open for visitors. Alcohol sparks zero joy. Wasted calories.

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm fine on workdays, as I don't drink during the week, but the weekend isn't the weekend for me without a couple of beers. And I have that problem where I end up having 3 or 4 instead of just the planned-for one. I know I should pack it in, but....

I do seem to have (mostly) got over the urge to get shit-faced, which was a well-documented aspect of my younger life.

[Mik]

I'm a picture of moderation. never more than 3 glasses of wine, usually 1 or 2.

[blondie]

Truthfully, I gotta get back to some cardio & weight training. Isolation during Covid, menopause, mourning my youth, turned me into a fat lazy hermit. I’m still in this funk.

[LuFins Dad]

I’m close to the @Doctor-Phibes mode, though my weekends aren’t weekends, working retail. My days off are normally in the middle of the week…

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

I'm a picture of moderation. never more than 3 glasses of wine, usually 1 or 2.

Per hour?

[89th]

Haha some good insight here, and good quotes too. I've heard of a similar quote that was something like "One drink isn't enough, two is too many, and three is not enough."

[Mik]

@blondie said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

Truthfully, I gotta get back to some cardio & weight training. Isolation during Covid, menopause, mourning my youth, turned me into a fat lazy hermit. I’m still in this funk.

I hd foot surgery and haven't been able to go the gym in almost three weeks. Driving me nuts.

[jon-nyc]

You can go and do upper body stuff?

When I had my nasty bike accident I would do some dumbbell stuff and this stationary hand pedal thing.

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

and this stationary hand pedal thing.

Is that what the kids are calling it?

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

You can go and do upper body stuff?

When I had my nasty bike accident I would do some dumbbell stuff and this stationary hand pedal thing.

I do the hand pedaling every day, but a lot of the upper body machines still require your feet to brace.

[Mik]

I have a Magnetrainer. Great little piece of equipment. legs or arms.

[blondie]

I’m told a person needs to tackle first the thing causing the most anxiety. Ha, that’s what I preach to my boyz. So, in my case, perhaps strength training & cardio needs to start with housework!

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

I have a Magnetrainer. Great little piece of equipment. legs or arms.

Where do you put the wineglass?

[Renauda]

@Horace said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

"You choose to take the first drink, the first drink chooses the second."

That is a powerful axiom to follow.

[Tom-K]

You (or at least I) can tell when I drink too much I make a-hole posts. I always did...either you guys never noticed or you always just assumed I'm always an a-hole.

[taiwan_girl]

@Tom-K 555

We (at least I) never thought that!!!

[Mik]

@Tom-K said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

You (or at least I) can tell when I drink too much I make a-hole posts. I always did...either you guys never noticed or you always just assumed I'm always an a-hole.

You just kind of blended. There was no shortage of a-hole posts by all of us.

[jon-nyc]

Or drunk posts for that matter.

[jon-nyc]

Though one point of pride for me is I’m just as capable of being an asshole sober as drunk.