Recurrent Drinking

[hissing fauna]

I've just had a few days off the booze (mainly due to stinking cold/general illness) and had been hoping to reap some sort of benefit. Apart from financially being slightly better off, health-wise I feel no different.
I have friends who have a 'dry' month every year, yet drink like fishes as soon as it finishes and for the remaining eleven months.

So, should I just have a pint, then?

[Guest]

Recurrent Drinking

Yes.

[Guest]

Recurrent Drinking

A few days won't make any difference. For any kind of benefit at all, you need to stop for at least two weeks (though you are likely to get a few spots on your face near the end as your body rinses out the various toxins -- at least that's what happened to me the last time I gave up booze for a while).

I'm going off the beer for August myself. It promises to be a dull month, because there's nothing more pointless than sitting in a pub with friends sipping water while they knock back the liquor.

[hissing fauna]

Recurrent Drinking

Yes.

That's all I needed to hear. Cheers.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Recurrent Drinking

I've been more-or-less dry for about 11 months - I've had one binge, and I think four nights when I've had two or three drinks, in that time.

The most obvious physical effect is that I've managed to ditch the fags without too much trouble.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Recurrent Drinking

Bugger that, the golf's on.

Chink chink. Stewart Cink. Marvellous.