The answers to this may (or may not) give you succour for the month ahead
Radio presenter James O’Brien had a question for his followers on Twitter.
How long after giving up booze do you start feeling fantastic?
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 3, 2018
Just in case you’re (considering) doing the same thing, here’s a bunch of our favourite responses.
1.
About three pints into restarting.
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) January 3, 2018
2.
5 years so far. Starting to think no fantastic feeling has ever followed the sentence “I’ll have a diet coke please”.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 3, 2018
3.
Soon, I promise. I gave up drinking 19 yrs ago, one of the best things I’ve done
— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) January 3, 2018
4.
I gave up 12 years ago.
I’m still waiting.— Gary (@garyfallsover) January 3, 2018
5.
When you replace it with drugs.
— Paul Sutcliffe Boardman (@Hubblesview) January 3, 2018
6.
I am also dry-January-ing. In my experience of detoxing you start to feel fantastic after about 5 days, then you feel like an old piece of chewed up toast for about 3 days, then you feel normal but with more energy and wonder why you ever drank/ate sugar in the first place.
— Natasha Devon MBE (@_NatashaDevon) January 3, 2018
7.
Sincerely, about 7-10 days. I knocked it on the head in summer, then got really impatient by days three and four that my general malaise was still evident…then after a week I started to just generally be ‘at it’ more.
— Kristian Barford (@kristianbarford) January 3, 2018
8.
When you stop thinking about it…
— Simon Lenagan (@SimonLenagan) January 3, 2018
9.
You don’t, particularly, unless you drank to the point of hangover, then there’s an obvious benefit. But you do get gradual weightloss, better looking skin and better sleep for a while which brings with it more energy. So you feel better, if not fantastic.
— Catherine Phipps (@catlilycooks) January 3, 2018
10.
On the first Saturday morning, when you don’t reach for the pint of water at the side of your bed.
— Flam O’Brien (@GreatJoaks) January 3, 2018
11.
I pretty much gave up 2 years ago – I have odd pint of guinness now is all – What I will say is that I don’t miss it – Cigarettes on other hand..much harder to leave behind – but I am 16 months in. Fatter & definitely more sanctimonious – Obviously it takes a hellova time
— Trish likes tiles and cranes (@patriciaohara) January 3, 2018
12.
Seriously, I find it takes about a week before you start sleeping better.
— Stephen Kinsella (@Kinsellas) January 3, 2018
13.
I’ve been off it two days and I’ve a headache bigger than Brexit.
— David Eckhoff (@theroyalfactor) January 3, 2018
14.
Never. You just wake up one day and realise you have no friends, no social life and nothing in common with anyone, then you start drinking again. 😉
— Dante Banks (@Dante_Banks) January 3, 2018
15.
Best thing I ever did
Good luck
— James Cullis (@Jwscullis11985) January 3, 2018
It’s only a temporary thing on O’Brien’s part, it turns out.
