Could you give up alcoholic drinks?

[ad_orientem]

I couldn't go teatotal. If I tried I'd slip up at some point.

[Roses]

I couldn't go teatotal. If I tried I'd slip up at some point.

Doesn't that concern you?

[Nearly Sane]

Doesn't that concern you?

Who are we to judge? Has any of us not gone back on giving up on some addictions? 

[Outrider]

Who are we to judge? Has any of us not gone back on giving up on some addictions? 

I'm not sure I've ever had an addiction, to be honest, but it would concern me if I thought I was addicted to something.  If it's not causing you any long-term issues then it's not intrinsically a problem, perhaps, but  I think if you can't stop if you feel you want to then at the very least you need to take a careful look and make sure that's the case.

O.

[Nearly Sane]

I'm not sure I've ever had an addiction, to be honest, but it would concern me if I thought I was addicted to something.  If it's not causing you any long-term issues then it's not intrinsically a problem, perhaps, but  I think if you can't stop if you feel you want to then at the very least you need to take a careful look and make sure that's the case.

O.

You may have missed the point I was making about someone declaring they were stopping something and then not.

[Nearly Sane]

I'm not sure I've ever had an addiction, to be honest, but it would concern me if I thought I was addicted to something.  If it's not causing you any long-term issues then it's not intrinsically a problem, perhaps, but  I think if you can't stop if you feel you want to then at the very least you need to take a careful look and make sure that's the case.

O.

And leaving aside the specific point I was making, there's a whole question here about wanting/not wanting to stop. If people think there is no such thing as free will then all action is equivalent.

[ad_orientem]

Doesn't that concern you?

No.

[Harrowby Hall]

Good point. Never understood why it's illegal.

Apparently, it was banned in 1928 (as a consequence of an international ban on opium).  It is no longer illegal in most parts of the world - but still is in the UK despite the UK being the world's largest exporter of legal cannabis products.

Perhaps "they" think that its use by the masses would distort perceptual processes and make Brexit appear to be a bad decision ...

[Dicky Underpants]

I haven't had an alcoholic drink for about three months, before that I had a very small glass of a single malt whisky once a week. A bottle of the stuff would last me about 3/4 months. When the last one was finished, I realised that I really wasn't that keen on it, and why bother? So I gave it up and haven't missed having it in the slightest. I may still partake of a glass of wine on special occasions like Christmas Day, but not otherwise.

Could other posters give up alcohol?

Like Steve, the most I drink is about 5 pints a week. I enjoy a good pint, and it can on occasion produce a 'warm' sensation. But I'd as soon drink a good cup of strong tea.

[Robbie]

Yeah, I could give up & wouldn't miss it but drink so little and rarely, I doubt going TT would make any difference to my health or to society in general.