alcoholic runner

you all need to seriously switch to weed. It is way better for your health than alcohol...doesnt give you a hangover...just have a bunch of fruit for your munchies so you dont gain weight and watch out for potential drug tests..if thats the case just get a script from a doc for depression... honestly guys think about your health...

I've heard that success rate at AA is quite low...maybe

biometric wrote:

I've heard that success rate at AA is quite low...maybe

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biometric wrote:

biometric wrote:

I've heard that success rate at AA is quite low...maybe

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^To hell with it!

sounds like you are undercarbed to me. running that much requires a lot of sugar. beer is just fermented carbs, your body could easily be craving the sugar not the effects. do you eat low carb by any chance

I started at 1/night in my 30's, slowly progressed to 3-4/night late 50's. Almost never drunk, but buzzed almost every night. Started noticing problems with balance, memory and hangovers. Never gained weight, drank before 6, and trained consistently, so it felt "under control".

Went to lower carb last year (no grains), and that seemed to highlight what was going on. Switched to a little weed at night (about a gram/month, not much), two months later I still have a six-pack and liter of vodka untouched. Feel sharp and amazing all day now. Sister was full-blown alcoholic (in recovery) so I have seen the damage.

Sage Canaday, a professional runner who's sponsored by Hoka One One, drink about every day, and is in great shape and puts out outstanding workouts, races, and training.

I was never an alchoholic, but I would occasionally drink a lot very quickly. But then one day I said to myself, what is the point, drinking doesn't make anyone happy, only happiness makes us happy. I have only drunk alchohol twice since then in just over one year. Sorry for the lecture, but I think the point is worth making.

One other point. I'm confused about the saying, on the wagon. I thought on the wagon meant drinking and off the wagon meant abstaining. So I googled it, and now I'm even more confused.

Lots of money makes me happy.

"On the wagon" means not drinking. Probably some reference to 19th century temperance movement.

Edit: I was correct in my guess. "The Wagon" was the water wagon used to water dusty roads. So I assume it means you drink water at bars, etc..

knew a guy... wrote:

Please try to get your drinking under control now before it starts to interfere with your life. You don't sound like an alcoholic, but if you feel you need a drink or two to function you may be heading down a slippery slope. It's a crutch and you don't need it. I know I sound like Sam Dee from The Olympian, but I've seen too many friends make dumb mistakes due to alcohol.

I second this. My dad was a functioning alcoholic through most of his working years. Once he retired (late 50s), he lost his motivation to be "functioning". His life went downhill shockingly fast and he was dead within a few years. I can't even communicate how sad it was watching my own dad be reduced to a drunken vegetable, which is basically what he was near the end. And he swore up and down that he didn't have a problem.

Get help now before that becomes you.

OP: Ask yourself if you would be comfortable sharing what you described with people who know and respect you, and whose opinion you value.

If doing so would be difficult for you, then you probably have a problem. And that problem will probably get worse over time rather than magically right itself unless you acknowledge it and figure out how to address it.

smd wrote:

OP: Ask yourself if you would be comfortable sharing what you described with people who know and respect you, and whose opinion you value.

If doing so would be difficult for you, then you probably have a problem. And that problem will probably get worse over time rather than magically right itself unless you acknowledge it and figure out how to address it.

^+1. OP, I personally believe you "may" be walking on thin ice. Be careful.

The things is that all of my nearest and dearest know about my lifestyle but they don't see it as a big problem.

I guess, I'm just viewed as a bit eccentric because of my teaching methods plus the fact that I run 90 odd miles per week.

They all just see it as another little quirk in my personality and maybe it isn't that bad. Maybe I just like drinking and as long as it doesn't impact my health then it should be fine.

I know one one hand how it sounds and I hear the advice about thin ice etc. which is why I will continue to monitor myself by check ups especially liver function. I've been drinking since the 70s when I used to seriously binge but now it's less intense but just everyday.

I'm not sure, but I get a slight hint that you're trying hard to convince yourself that what your drinking isn't a problem, even though you might, deep down, think it is. Of course, I don't know that, but I get that vibe from reading your posts.

not an alky, yet wrote:

I'm not sure, but I get a slight hint that you're trying hard to convince yourself that what your drinking isn't a problem, even though you might, deep down, think it is. Of course, I don't know that, but I get that vibe from reading your posts.

I second this opinion, but get the idea that rather than admitting it is a problem, he's recognizing there's potential for it to become a more serious problem.

That's how I have felt for ten years or so for me. I go for months at a time not having any alcohol outside of social gatherings. But then I can go through months where I have some alcohol every night. The only way for me to reliably avoid drinking it is to not have any in the house. If it's there, I will rationalize a way to drink it. If I'm home alone, I'll drink enough to feel drunk. If my wife is home, I'll get buzzed but not drunk.

Mike

Very thoughtful post, thanks. I'm an alcoholic, sober in AA for over 30 years. I have tremendous respect for Al-Anon. I just want to point out you don't have to buy the "higher power" bit. Each person is free to define that concept in whatever way he/she wishes, or reject it completely. I get that some zealous types will come on a bit strong, but no good AA or Al-Anon group will ever try to force it on anyone.

Never on the wagon, what's up today?