Good luck pal. It was the best single choice I made in terms of general health and wellbeing. After some time of having no alcohol at all, I now do occasionally partake, but my whole relationship to alcohol has changed. A couple of glasses of good wine on special occasions is my limit.
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Same here I’m on day 5 and I would usually have two or 3 pints in the pub after work and a few beers or glass of wine at home on the weekend. .At home doesn’t bother me but the pint after work is hard lol…
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Best of luck Graeme. I can only echo what others have said on here. Best thing i ever did quitting alcohol completely on Boxing Day 2022 (after just planning on doing dry January). Over four stone down in weight, eating much more healthier,sleeping great and mentally in a much better place. I’ve replaced the after work beers with going swimming for an hour, which has been a massive help. Keep going buddy, it’ll be well worth it.
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You’ll see some quite incredible results! Even catastrophes won’t seem as bad 
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I’ve already treated myself to a solo 4nt trip to Ibiza March 31 and it’s not even been a week…
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Cheers mate. I’ll be ok. It’s a good excuse to get into hustle mode and start the year with something new and different.
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Doing the same with sugary snacks and even after six days feel better for it (chocolate/sweets/cake replaced my 20 a day cigarette habit nearly 20 years ago).
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Same. Chocolate and crisps have been knocked on the head, along with limiting myself to just one flat white per morning (I used to have 4 or 5).
After I’ve cracked all that I’ll probably join a monestry or something.
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Haha 
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Sugar is so difficult especially if I go into the offude and there is so much around it’s almost obscene.
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I’ve found it harder than cigarettes to kick it, it has been an ingrained part of my diet since childhood (my dad literally worked at a chocolate factory)
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Managed to swerve soft drinks since Dec 29 which am pleased about, but not easy. Who am I kidding though… Exercise is the real biggie and I’m someone that only ever goes outdoors for a ‘reason’. My missus likes to go ‘for a walk’ and it bores me shitless (cue: domestic). No space for a dog here alas
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Fizzy Pop is a hard one,My Mrs has them banned from the house since the kids were small and they both even now would rarely have one… I don’t drink coffee and with tea id always put milk and sugar in it, Cutting out bread is very hard and even harder in Spain I’d imagine…
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For those of you trying to give up sugar I would recommend having some dates and nuts knocking about.
The dates seem to have magical properties in that they are packed full of sugar but don’t give you the spikes and crashes that refined sugars do. The other benefits regarding gut health etc are well documented and for the last year i’ve been eating at least three or four dates a day plus a handful of nuts. Walnuts are supposed to be very good and it’s said that the advertised fat content of nuts is overstated as we don’t process all of the fat content (or something) so don’t let that put you off.
I have always been an absolute fiend for sweets, chocolate bars, biscuits and crisps etc but have cut those out entirely. I do have the 100% dark chocolate which also helps with cravings for the sweeter stuff.
Good luck!
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Man: giving up the booze has been a game changer for my mental health.
Boy: but, you were more fun then.
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For anyone struggling with Dryanury! 
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I’ve also been working on improving my diet while managing OCD, which has been a challenge.
For me, adding cannabis-based treatments for OCD to my routine made a big difference. If anyone’s been struggling to manage OCD, there’s this clinic in the UK that specializes in this and has been really helpful. It’s worth looking into if other approaches haven’t worked
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It’s still so prohibitively expensive though average cost of £170 pcm for prescription/ consultation etc
Thought I’d share this here too. 
I appreciate you all.
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