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Over the past 6 of so months I have stopped drinking and partying like I use too and people think that bodybuilding is the only part of my life as I eat all the time as hit the sack early most days of the week.

Do you have to drink to be social? and have a life?

I still go to town occasionally but it's boring and the last place you want to be when you are sober.

I do my best to balance the lifestyle with old friends (outside of the gym) but all they want to do it drink in the weekend.

Anyone found a way to balance the lifestyle?

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Over the past 6 of so months I have stopped drinking and partying like I use too and people think that bodybuilding is the only part of my life as I eat all the time as hit the sack early most days of the week.

Do you have to drink to be social? and have a life?

I still go to town occasionally but it's boring and the last place you want to be when you are sober.

I do my best to balance the lifestyle with old friends (outside of the gym) but all they want to do it drink in the weekend.

Anyone found a way to balance the lifestyle?

you are awake now, congratulations :)

as a person who has made the conscious decision not to drink from a very young age, I can say this problem has very little to do with bodybuilding (though yes, you can take that too far too but probably another topic).

IMO this is more to do with the typical 'kiwi culture' ... all most people (at least the younger ones anyway) wanna do is drink themselves silly. they drink simply for the sake of getting 'drunk as f***', forget wtf is going on and wake up next day "BEST NIGHT EVAR".

the peer pressure is strong at school, work, most events.. everywhere. keep mind strong and have patience and you will eventually find friends whose company you can enjoy (and will also enjoy your company) without being drunk but once you find 'em, you know you got true mates with whom you can start to share a real social life with rather than some facade of drunkenness

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ZOMG. Why don't you drink? What a boring c*nt.

Just set yourself a limit and try and get there as slow as possible. Like "ok tonight I'm going to drink 6 (max) low carb/low sugar drinks then hit the waters"

Do that once a week and you can still have a life. Unless of course you have no mates and that is the real reason you don't drink.

Good luck

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ZOMG. Why don't you drink? What a boring c*nt.

Just set yourself a limit and try and get there as slow as possible. Like "ok tonight I'm going to drink 6 (max) low carb/low sugar drinks then hit the waters"

Do that once a week and you can still have a life. Unless of course you have no mates and that is the real reason you don't drink.

Good luck

I wasn't drinking cause I was dieting for a show.

But like the idea of setting a limit, then pounding back the waters especially since I get killer hang overs!

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Over the past 6 of so months I have stopped drinking and partying like I use too and people think that bodybuilding is the only part of my life as I eat all the time as hit the sack early most days of the week.

Do you have to drink to be social? and have a life?

I still go to town occasionally but it's boring and the last place you want to be when you are sober.

I do my best to balance the lifestyle with old friends (outside of the gym) but all they want to do it drink in the weekend.

Anyone found a way to balance the lifestyle?

Just take 2 scoops of Jack 3D before going out to town

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Hey Jimmy, good on you.

If you are an alcoholic like me, setting a limit wont work.

I also hit the town sober after 2 months of no drinking, I just felt like opening fire on everyone. Fuckn drunk people- laugh at shit that aint funny unless your drunk. They fuckn move there heads in real close when they are talking to you all salivary spitty muthafuckas.

Only criminal thoughts went through my mind that night, ripping drunks off could be pretty easy.

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Develop/discover interests that aren't boozing.

Pretty easy to meet new people at cafes and stuff.

There are plenty of things to do out there and other people are already doing them.

If all your mates seem to do is get pissed and you're not keen then maybe you need to spend less time with them... just because you know them now doesn't obligate you to know them in the future. Especially if they are getting in the way of them gainz

It's about your goals bro.

Edit: And 'balance' be damned. Who ever accomplished anything Owesome without being focussed and obsessive. Half arsed efforts don't result in achieving half of Owesome - it gets you nowhere at all.

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It's what separates the good from the great.

Who's willing to sacrafise the most.

That's incorrect, I know ppl who dnt drink and live that Arnold bodybuilding lifestyle... They look fucken shit lol

:ditto: Generally people who throw everything at it do end looking good but there is also those poor poor phuckers that get nowhere. Is Phil Heath the BBer who has sacrificed the most? Doubt it, its probably some dude we never heard of.

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Kalidane, just because someone's idea of having a good time involves drinking doesn't mean they are giving a half arsed effort.

Anything in moderation is probably alright, but who's only going to drink halve a dozen especially at my age the drinking culture here is strong.

I use to drink a lot and it definitely influenced my gains haven't changed anything apart from cutting back on the drinking.

Have you seen videos done by Lee Priest, his thoughts on drink are as clear as day!

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It's what separates the good from the great.

Who's willing to sacrafise the most.

That's incorrect, I know ppl who dnt drink and live that Arnold bodybuilding lifestyle... They look fucken shit lol

:ditto: Generally people who throw everything at it do end looking good but there is also those poor poor phuckers that get nowhere. Is Phil Heath the BBer who has sacrificed the most? Doubt it, its probably some dude we never heard of.

I think at the top level on stage you can defiantly tell the ones who do and don't.

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Questioning your current state of affairs is healthy jimmybro and leads to personal growth and change. Change is good in that you get to enjoy life from different perspectives and different states of mind.

If you think the same thoughts as you did 10yrs ago and doing the same things, you're missing alot in life.

But there's no right or wrong way to live your life! (ok kiddie-f*ckers got it wrong...). We're all living different lives and it's not the same ones we were living 5 or 10yrs ago.

Maybe try and go for a drink less often, but go if it's the only time you see your mates. And view them as drinking-mates, like facebook-friends but in a drunken state and without poking them.

Do what ever you want to do but do it well.

--- end of lesson and personal views ---

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Kalidane, just because someone's idea of having a good time involves drinking doesn't mean they are giving a half arsed effort.

Anything in moderation is probably alright, but who's only going to drink halve a dozen especially at my age the drinking culture here is strong.

I use to drink a lot and it definitely influenced my gains haven't changed anything apart from cutting back on the drinking.

Have you seen videos done by Lee Priest, his thoughts on drink are as clear as day!

Not saying that having a few drinks directly equates to being half arsed about it but if you zoom out a level you might notice that the next day you tend to feel pretty rubbish and poorer for the effort. Easy to do it a lot too. It's an activity that's an overall negative.

Easy enough to make new mates with other interests and do stuff that helps you get more out of life. That's a positive. And if the subtext to this whole subject is actually the sluzzas then I can confirm that women can be talked to in a sober state so the whole 'social lubricant' thing is not an issue.

Priest is pretty extreme in his views but I can see where he's coming from.

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