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

noynoy

26 is great is that 26 alchol free days this month you mean?

1/31 one day of march had a drink today another day only 5 days allowed

Pippilongstocking

hello chappies and chappessessess

Ding dong goes those bells again.

However - ha ha - I have locked my purse in my desk at work - that will sort them out for tonight. (Just a precaution you understand)

Shopped earlier - also a good strategy before the bells were a clanging

Now full of tea and brought some herbal tea home from work - so I should slurp that later on.

Off to sort some more seeds and do some seed trays - then a peruse of a whole sale plant catalogue - its just so rock and roll here........................hope everyone is grand today.

I will be 2/2 later on - that should give any of you who are trekkies a wee smile.

Welcome new folks

All is fine in the far north.

Pippilongstocking

jo1972 wrote: »

Thanks eselt, one friend that knows keeps telling me how proud she is

This virtual one is too - coffee is also going down well.

Ophelia_10

jo1972 wrote: »

Evening (again) all

Thanks to you all, Fay, TRC (jumpy was deffo a during the day caffine'd up jumpy ), Ophelia, Budgie, GC & Miss P for bringing me back to reality

The cravings are so hard during the beer bell hour (or 3) and it's like a the devil and angel scenario, I reckon that devil's got a megaphone!

Anyway, got through it, bloated from 4 AF beers which did help at the time cos I felt so bloated couldn't drink anything else! Had a bath, about to imput my mystery shop and then get stuff ready for tomorrow, nice and organised - something I've got used to over the past week.

Gotta get up early and with it cos my dear ole mum bought me a massive 6.5ltr slow cooker today and I got pork to go into that little baby first thing in the morning, plus DS has decided he wants to go back on to packed lunches again which is a pain in the bum for me, but least I'll be in a fit state to prepare it! Used to hate having to get up and do that hung-over'ed!

I hope everyone's well and having a great 1st of AFM

Thanks again xx

Well done Jo :T Hopefully the pleasure of completing the morning chores minus a hangover will eventually overcome the pain of doing without the alcohol. You are doing great and have been an inspiration for my decision to start my own journey.

Ophelia_10

noynoy wrote: »

can i join was shocked to see i was drinking about 34 units a week £3000 a yer in wine been making steady projress and cutting down since ja now halved it at the most but more like 12 units a week..now dh and i want to get rid of the mortage and just buy a bottle for sundy dinner to share saving 2800 a year! if we put 100 a month towards our morgage extra 1200 ..we would knock 4 years off and 9k as well as having an extra 1600 a year

well done evryone such a positive thing to be aiming for

Hi Noynoy :hello: Pleased to meet you. Am new here myself but found this forum very inspiring and friendly. It is quite shocking when we actually sit down and do the maths isn't it :eek: I've never done that, but I would say I was drinking about 3 bottles of wine a week so that must be around the same 34 units as you. I'd also love to pay off my mortgage earlier so this has really given me something to think about. Thank you :T

Needstochange

fayjmck wrote: »

This virtual one is too

and this one:D :j :j

Did you all see this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7918734.stm

not sure whether any price increases or minimum prices would have changed the way I drank to excess like smoking when the price went up I would have just found extra money to feed the habit. Having said that I guess our governments have to do something to help stem this problem

Hope everyone is doing ok, im on a large vodka and coke now but I decided not to put the vodka in:D

Ophelia_10

Hi All

As promised on an earlier post, here is the quote of the day from the book I talked about:-

"Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing about who that is. It is about coming to realise that you are on a path whether you like it orn not, namely the path this is your life." Jon Kabat-Zinn

From 'Simple Abundance' by Sarah Ban Breathnach

I think it brings it home that life is happening all the time and we should be living it in the best way we can.

This will be 2/31 AF days for me

Hope everyone is having a successful evening tonight

Ophelia_10

Needstochange wrote: »

and this one:D :j :j

Did you all see this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7918734.stm

not sure whether any price increases or minimum prices would have changed the way I drank to excess like smoking when the price went up I would have just found extra money to feed the habit. Having said that I guess our governments have to do something to help stem this problem

Hope everyone is doing ok, im on a large vodka and coke now but I decided not to put the vodka in:D

Think I would agree that I would do the same - find the money for it somehow. Another financial thing I realised just yesterday was that I wouldn't think twice about paying £4 for a bottle of wine, but yesterday I went to the local co-op to try to find suitable alcohol free drinks to replace the wine. I checked out a couple of prices and really couldn't justify paying £1.09 for a small bottle or coke or £1.80 for a fruit juice type drink. How come I didn't feel like that about the £4 wine - bizzare !

Needstochange

Ophelia_10 wrote: »

Think I would agree that I would do the same - find the money for it somehow. Another financial thing I realised just yesterday was that I wouldn't think twice about paying £4 for a bottle of wine, but yesterday I went to the local co-op to try to find suitable alcohol free drinks to replace the wine. I checked out a couple of prices and really couldn't justify paying £1.09 for a small bottle or coke or £1.80 for a fruit juice type drink. How come I didn't feel like that about the £4 wine - bizzare !

Agree and even more annoying is when 4 Becks AF beer is more expensive the 4 bottles of the real stuff as was the case in my local asda today. Wrong:mad:

budget_babe

Hi everyone, :hello:

Welcome Noynoy good luck in the cutting down. xxx

Jo keep that momentum going you are doing so well :T Take care and hugs. xxx
Fedup what can I say? You are having such a rotten time, sorry to hear of your accident. Please take care, hugs xxx
Fay brilliant idea to lock away your purse, you can do this just stay positive. Love n hugs xxx
Ophelia thanks for the quote, I shall look forward to reading a different one everyday. Its a really thoughtful idea so thankyou. Hugs xxx
Miss P sorry to hear your little boy is poorly hope he is better soon and have a fab anniversary. Hugs xxx
Ntc af today so thats 2 outta 2, go to say I am loving this positive target list, you are a little diamond. Lots love xxx
Winebox Hi hope you are well, take care. Hugs xxx
Ra :heartpuls right back to you. Gotta say that link looks fab, did you stay there long? Hope things are good for you at the moment? Btw what kind of volunteer work do you do? Take Care of yourself. Hugs xxx

So everyone hope you are all well and staying positive? Nothing very exciting happening for me at the moment but hey ho, still searching for that something ..........

Sea, Bhb and Wbf (love that user name Wanna be Free) hugs to you and to anyone else that is not here.
Lots love Budgie xxxxxxx