Off the booze for 2 years this week!!

Me again! I decided to give up drinking a couple of years ago and haven't touched a drop since. I found with my drugs (450mg of Venlafaxine per day at the time), I was getting bad memory loss, aggressive at times, 2 day hangovers with another 5-10 days feeling severely depressed...

When I looked at the benefits of getting on the piss and having a great night with my mates vs all of the above...I finally saw the light. Subsequently, my mood has improved (althouh this will also have a lot to do with a combination of factors), I enjoy time with my family a whole lot more, I can still have a good time at social gatherings (MOST of the time ) I'm the sober driver for my mates and I love it - I don't mind getting up with the kids on the weekend and I save heaps of money...well, I would if I could give up my lolly addiction...

I never drunk to get over/through depression - but it certainly played a big part in my mood. I love being a non drinker about 75% of the time - but boy do I miss having a beer after a hot day mowing lawns!

Have a great night everyone - thanks for making me feel so welcome to the site.

You are a mover and a shaker Justin! That is a really big achievement. Well done you! It sounds like you have really turned your life around in so many ways.

Hey Justin you are awesome. What a fantastic role model you are.

Justin you are a hero, as is anyone who can give an addiction the flick.

Well done you and may your two great years become twenty two, without you hardly noticing it.

Strength and honour my friend, strength and honour.

Martinexx

You are a legend Justin, seems to be an enormous stride you have taken in a positive direction. I'm sure your family is appreciating the changes in you as well. You could do a heck of a lot worse than developing a lolly addiction. At present mine is icecream but that may well go back to chocolate at any time.

Oh bluebird since the antid's the lolly addiction is huge and I need to thinik up how I can get addicted to water instead of lollies.

I am getting huger and huger as we speak (well, write).

Any ideas????

Love to you
Martinexx

No, I have the opposite problem. I eat full cream everything including hot chocolate smoothered in cream. I eat chocolate and lollies and lots of icecream and am still losing weight. I have also recently purchased a deep fryer off TM and have been pigging out on deep fried everything but the weight is still coming off as we speak.

I blame that Murphy. His law sabotages everything.