When did you quit Alcohol

Sorry I know that this thread probably doesn’t belong here but I was not allowed to post elsewhere. Hopefully someone will move it where it belongs :)

There was a thread with a young man who can not get an erection after he drinks. I’m sure most of us have had this problem.

But what I have come to realize is that most of the older more mature members at some point reached an age where they quit drinking.

I was wondering when most people quit drinking and what cause them to do it.

Thanks

Ummm…No, actually never had that.

Nope. I don’t drink on a regular basis but why would I want to swear off the option of drinking at special parties,etc?

34 and still going strong! Ok, it’s only maybe a beer a day on average with the ocassional shots of tequila thrown in here and there. I don’t think maturity requires one to quit. Even though only 34, I was married for 15 years and have raised a great son. Maturity to me just means not over-doing it and puking behind the bar at the strip club on your 21st birthday. Guilty.

Oh wait, older AND mature, never mind.

I didn’t ;)

Older? Yes. 53.

Quit drinking? Yes, over eight years ago.

Why? I realized I had a problem.

Mature? Don’t bet on it.

You younger guys, watch out, the shit may creep up on you.

I quit at 50 because I had used up my life time allocation of booze. As a matter of fact, I might have used up a couple of peoples allocation. Alcohol was in control when I was drinking, but now I am in control and life has never been better. Luckily the human body is very forgiving because I really put mine thru hell. Anyway, I’m 52 now.

Never really got started myself. I have had a couple of experiences but I don’t feel that I am missing anything. A lot of family members have been or are slaves to the drink and I don’t wish to put myself in that situation.

Still immature as hell though :)

Oh yeah I guess I don’t count as older. Nevermind

I just sort of lost interest.

I never started either, it just doesn’t agree with me. On the few occasions when I experimented, I went at it hammer and tongs and always seemed to need carrying home. Last time, I was fairly close to home which helped, cuts out the sick in the car bit, but it still involved crossing a field of nettles, from back door to back door, at least that’s the door I think I went through. Next morning, a spotty face, not nice.

I stopped “imbibing” thirty years ago. That’s why I’m still around and here to share at Thunder’s. What caused me to stop? I won’t bore you with the grisly details.

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Horsehung, or….according to Anna, Hunghorse

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Wha t’is it about we Irish and the drink?

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Ah yes the dreaded Whiskey Dick. Its happened to me a couple of times. One of those times I was actually thankful when I woke up the next day to see that the hot chick I brought home the night before had turned back into a pumpkin.

Anyway I quit when I was 28, at that point I had done enough partying to last 2 life times. I was married and raising a couple of kids. My priorities changed dramatically at that point.

Well, I’m 43 and I still drink, albeit a lot different of an approach than my days gone by.

I never really get drunk, maybe at tops 3 or 4 beers, and I’m usually ready to sleep. Boozing hard just doesn’t mix with my lifestyle. I spend a lot of time getting fit, and I find that I feel like shit after a few beers the night before, so I usually just have a couple at a cookout, or if I’m kicking back on a weekend night.

I’m too much of a control freak by nature to enjoy getting buzzed where you speak and walk all funny and shit. I always hated that.

But I drank pretty hard and heavy for quite a few years, all for the wrong reasons.