Any of you turned your back on alcohol?

[MAXX]

Im only on 2g ew..

only? im no expert but 2 g sound like alot for someone as small as you..

[michael arvilla]

So you were suspended for a semester then?

 yes....................i never went back tho (like an idiot)
finished up my degree at community colleges and night school

[MAXX]

.. nvm

[Rami]

No, but milk, for sure.

[bigdumbbell]

i drank a little a few years ago and enjoyed too much.  graduated from betty ford and have been fine since.  never looked back 

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

I love it. Fuck you haters.

[Earl1972]

To live in Sweden and not drink is basically a social sin

it's the same here

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[Ursus]

I did. I still socialise and my friends drink

It is a curse IMO. So many lifes runined by it.

Prob is most people here are drinking heavily ever weekend from 14 onwards.

[tbombz]

I partied a lot in high school, more to be socially accepted than anything, typical fat kid syndrome wanted to be liked. Led to a lot of drinking, beer mostly, rec drugs on weekends coke, ex, zanex, pain killers. I never considered myself a addict but I was more addicted to getting fucked up, rather than a particular drug. When I found myself at 19 and 240lbs I knew I had to do something. Quitting drinking and partying was actually pretty easy and then I started working out and the rest is history. 4 years later I'm a personal trainer, have competed in a bodybuilding, preparing for another one soon and living the healthy life. But now I'm addicteed to working out 

I drink once in a while, my birthday and special occasions with friends but its very rare and I usually just have a couple drinks (no beers), however I still love to smoke weed just not daily anymore, couple times per week usually suffices (hell its the only way to eat enough food to bulk up  )

what the fuck kind of gimmick is this

[tbombz]

what a douchebag. i would pick a fight with this idiot if i saw him acting like this.

[dutchmanart]

I didn't like getting a belly full of achohol so I did something worse.  I like the feeling of taking 2 vicodin and then going out and feeling fucking great as opposed to drinking a 6pack and other drinks also saved a lot of money.

It only gets to be a problem when you need 4 pills rather than 2 pills and then the 4 pills gets bumped to 8 pills and then the trouble really happens.

You wake up and you're addicted to opiates.

good thing I only stopped after my script ran out cause I have numerous friends who didn't and got strung out.

[Fatpanda]

I'm Scottish - drinking is what we do, but yes its a real problem.

It is impossible to give up alcohol and still have a social life here.

If you did you would always be the only sober one out. To make matters worse, a night out in Glasgow ( the stabbing capital of the civilised world), is hard on the nerves if your sober as there is always some headcase wanting to prove how hard he is.

[tbombz]

It is impossible to give up alcohol and still have a social life here.

people say the same thing everywhere. its just an excuse. you dont have to drink just because thats what everyone else is doing.

[Ursus]

Panda, Belfast is just as bad. So many stabbing s though mnay are not reported as people like to take the law into their own hands and don t like to involve the PSNI

People drink for fun cos they enjoy it. Training for me is just as fun.

[elite_lifter]

I didn't like getting a belly full of achohol so I did something worse.  I like the feeling of taking 2 vicodin and then going out and feeling fucking great as opposed to drinking a 6pack and other drinks also saved a lot of money.

It only gets to be a problem when you need 4 pills rather than 2 pills and then the 4 pills gets bumped to 8 pills and then the trouble really happens.

You wake up and you're addicted to opiates.

good thing I only stopped after my script ran out cause I have numerous friends who didn't and got strung out.

Americas new drug epidemic=Prescription drugs, bad shit.

[wes]

Haven`t drank or drugged in years now!

[Fatpanda]

people say the same thing everywhere. its just an excuse. you dont have to drink just because thats what everyone else is doing.

honestly candy - the drink culture in britain is totally different to america, and even the drink culture in scotland and ireland is different again to england.

in scotland we get drunk at 10-12 years old. I have stayed in canada, over there you do things outside, you play sports, go hiking, camping, hang out, pool/snooker halls. Hell even when you go to a club, its pretty common to not drink there - that would never happen here.

Don't get me wrong you can go out and not drink, its just very very hard. You are a weirdo/freak  if you dont drink here - or american  

Panda, Belfast is just as bad. So many stabbing s though mnay are not reported as people like to take the law into their own hands and don t like to involve the PSNI

People drink for fun cos they enjoy it. Training for me is just as fun.

i used to drink because i enjoy it, i still enjoy it - going out here is no fun if you dont drink, you're always watching your back, have more inhibitions etc

however what i don't enjoy is the hangover and the cost. Every night out here costs a minimum of £100 - around $200, and the hangovers keep me ill for 2 days, then i get a flu by the end of the week every single time.

goudy, i have been to dublin, galway and letterkenny - good pubs there  

oh and trining is just as fun for me too - but to be honest i think its made me antisocial, as i think about the effect the drink will have on my lifting, will i be down for 2 days with a hangover, then the cold etc.

[Jeffro]

Nothing wrong with kicking back a few brewskies every now and then.

[Condor]

I just very recently got in the shape of my life while still binge drinking on the weekends.  Socially it's part of how I grew up and I'll probably never give it up.  Did not seem to hurt my goals whatsoever though.

[rccs]

I get hammered every weekend... Fucking love it... But i admit that is not good for strength gains...

[BayGBM]

Wine with dinner 3-4x a week.  That's it.  But I could give it up at any time and have gone for months without it.

[ManBearPig...]

it's the same here

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yeah, but your sperm addiction is something you should worry about, "Earl".

[leonp1981]

I've found, for the most part, that I am not the one with the problem if I don't drink-it's those around me who want me to drink.

I get that as well.  I managed pubs/clubs/bars for 7 years, and stopped drinking almost straight away.  When you have to deal with a constant stream of drunken dickheads every weekend, having a drink yourself is the last thing you want to do.  Now whenever I go out, I get my mates trying to get me to drink, and it just pisses me off and wrecks the night.

Also, the Scot/Irish guys are right, the drink culture in the UK is completely different to the US.  Brits go out to get drunk, nothing else.  People 'pop out for a quick one' and get completely smashed.  It's like a competition to see who can get the most wasted.

And then by the end of the night, you're mopping up someone's blood.

[Tre]

Fuck it, I'm leaving my Swedish (former) wife here and moving to Sweden! 

[JasonBourne22]

what the fuck kind of gimmick is this

No gimmick my man, true story! I'm one of very few that can say bodybuilding is probably what saved my life. Unlike most of getbig I'm actually pretty involved in the fitness industry. Toney "X-man" Freeman was just at my house on thursday, and Dexter was in town for a guest posing and stopped by. I'm good friends with adipo 8 who happens to know these men personally, so hence I get to know them.

Two years in a row at the Olympia I have gone out and partied with Toney and have run into Ronnie at paris for the BSN party, and in 2007 went with his ronnie's crew to the strip club, along with adipo8 and our crew. I gave up a life that would only lead to death and/or jail to pursue and find my real passion. Fuck off if you think I'm some gimmick.