The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 2

mollypolly

Good Morning everyone.

I have just read this on the 'New organs go to heavy drinkers' thread.(sorry, dont know how to do links):o

quote from a post by Little Tinker...

'Is it not possible that an alcoholic is addicted to the buzz they feel and not the alcohol itself.
They are always chasing the buzz because it helps to blot out the bad.
Of course....if you drink enough its gonna make you feel even more depressed the next day...so low and behold you have created yourself a vicious circle that becomes difficult (but not impossible) to come out of.'

I think this is me.....Its the buzz that I still miss...even now.....
Hmmmmmmm

fedupandskint

Hi everyone, very quiet on here for the last few days as MP and MM noticed too.

I'm still on 11AFD after having a couple of glasses of wine last night to use the bottle up and a glass in the rissotto making.

No more drinking for the rest of the week for me as I really felt the strong effects of 2 glasses of white wine, just some hot choocies to go with my ever expanding waistline!

winebox

AFF CHALLENGE

X/28 = target X = actual

115k 14/28 8
andraste 16/28 2
biscotte 28/28 12
bismarck 28/28 16
budget babe 28/28 16
eselt 28/28 16
esther mcvittie 16/28 3
fayjmck 20/28 12
fedupandskint 19/28 11
glasgowgirl 16/28 9
greypilgrim 28/28 14
happyshopper 16/28 10
imelda 21/28 4
jjef 21/28 5
jo1972 no target 5
louise3965 18/28 4
lurkio 16/28 9
maman 10/28 8
mari 20/28 1
miss piggy 20/28 15
mollypolly 28/28 16
nessa56 15/28 8
needstochange 15/28 9
patchoulli 28/28 12
pauper princess 14/28 2
paybacktime2008 23/28 3
polaroid 23/28 7
sea78 18/28 4
the rugby coach 12/28 6
yellow monkey no target 2

Pippilongstocking

12 for me now WB - ta xx

winebox

budget_babe wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Winebox I am on 16 af days when you do the scores please, how is your little dog? Take care, hugs. xxx

He's good thanks BB - they soon bounce back don't they! Stitches out next Saturday.

JO that takes me back - DD came down with chicken pox soon after breaking her arm, so at least couldn't get at the spots under the plaster, then hubby got shingles! Something that worked for her & seemed very soothing was.....porridge oats in a sock, in the bath - immerse the sock in the water and bathe the skin. Use an old one...you'll never wear that sock again. I didn't make this up it's an old remedy! Hope he soon feels better, I hate it when kids are poorly. It's ALMOST as bad as when the dog is

Miss_Piggy_2

Morning all

15 for me please WB!

Think you're right Mollypolly, its the buzz I miss. That feeling you get after the first glass of wine. Sort of relaxing and warm. You certainly don't get that from a glass of cherryade . However, I normally get past that "buzz" point pretty quickly and end up at the "plastered" point. Now THAT bit I certainly don't miss. No hangovers for over a week now...and I wish I could say I feel great but I don't! I have a heavy cold and little boy is poorly so end up sleeping in his room most nights. Mind you, if I was drinking as well I would probably be feeling horrendous!

Anyway, enough rambling from me. Little boy is getting a bit better, is trying my patience less. Things can only get better !:o

Hope everyone is ok.

Miss P
xx

eselt

Hi all- hope everyone is OK. Hugs to all the poorly people and animals out there. Jo, my DD has just got over chicken pox- shes still scratching like mad at the ones in her hair, everyone thinks shes got a really bad case of nits.

Well done on the reducing and AFD's everyone, now the suns out too down here and I just got back from a constiutional walk along the beach.

Bis, know what you mean about the rows, every relationship I've ever had has been ruined by drinking- either irritable because I wanted a drink, or nasty drunken arguments (and a couple of brawls!), or just put people off because they were so shocked at how much I could put away. I have more patience now, don't go off on some ridiculous tangent and say stupid things I regret, I don't pick arguments with people and get into drunken debates and talk utter rubbish and spend the whole day embarrassed, sorry and regreting my behaviour. I though I drank to relax, but it actually made me more uptight and cantankerous- and sometimes I was simply just a viperous old cow.

All my relationships are better now, kids, family, freinds- the only people who I can't seem to get on with now are all my old drinking buddies, its a shame to say it but I think drinking was the only thing we really had in common.

Good to see some old friends posting again, and welcome and good luck to anyone new.

jo1972

Hi everyone :wave:

Not been doing very well the past few days. I drank last night, bought 2 cans more than I normally would of done, don't know why and when I got up this morning thought I'd throw the one that I had left away with the empties and give it a go tonight, went to get it out and it wasn't there so I must've drunk the lot!! I don't remember it affecting me any more than usual but I drank 2 cans more than usual

Now I'm worried, I want to drink already today and had a minor irritation...alright I'll be honest, a major one, when OH just rung me to say meet him at Tesco on his way home to save him the journey home plus he'll get some shopping in (I'm skint!), which means if he's in the car, I can't stop at the offy....this made me feel extremely agitated. Even if I'd decided not to drink tonight, the fact that the choice had been taken away has brought out the rebellious side of me and now I want to more than ever! God, it's almost childish!

As it stands, DD1 is out shopping with friends and not back yet, he wants picking up in around half hour and I can't go till she gets back as DS has the lurgy and I can't go to Tesco with him like that... I'm secretly hoping that DD1 doesn't get back in time and I can drive down there later when OH gets home so I get my choice back, which choice will I make though... I feel the seed has already been planted.

Help me, someone :undecided

Dunno if any of that post made sense??

mollypolly

Right...come on Jo...you are stronger than this minor irritation.
You drank tonights share last night;) so I hope DD1 gets in on time.
Just think of all the nice alchol free treats you can spend OH's money on.
Go get the choklit girl.:D
Take care
Catch you later
Love Mollypollyxxxx

jo1972

It's a tight running thing here MP, DD1 is due back in the next few minutes and OH will be ringing for me to go get him in the next few minutes!!

MMMmmmmm, could really eat ice cream tonight!

Thanks MP