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

Wanna_Bee_Free

Well, feeling a bit hungover this morning, definitely too much wine last night. Doh. So Monday 6th April at the latest for getting off the starting block. Will see how the weekend goes too. I'm feeling a bit sad about the shutdown here as I am likely to be at home alone for some or all of the weekend. Will have to organise stuff.

Glasgow girl, that made me laugh and wince too, I've had exactly that dilemma and was too embarrassed to actually do it. Plus the idea of chugging a second one straight away as was feeling a bit full too! Although my Mum will often offer me her almost full glass of wine or champagne if we're out for a special occasion family meal. And I never refuse. Unless I'm driving. Unlike the rest of us she doesn't like to overindulge because it gives her heartburn. Although some types of wine are much less likely too than others.

fluffyb

I never leave a glass of wine either if I am eating out. I can easily do it at home as I just put it in the fridge :rotfl: :rotfl: :rolleyes: but if you pay good money for a bottle of wine in a restaurant you don't want to waste it really

My dilemma on Sunday is that the first place we are staying at has a bottle of champagne in the room on arrival. It is a good bottle of champagne and I am not leaving any of that then in the evening we are eating in their restaurant where the wine list is like a Bible. I wonder if we can order it by the glass there? Something tells me it isn't the sort of place where they like you to order by the glass We shall see :rolleyes:

Have a lovely day everyone xx

winebox

still on zero

wbf it'll be Monday for me too now. Don't usually go out on a Friday but off into Swindon (the excitement!!) for a curry, so......
But we MUST make a start on Monday mate! No pressure.

fluffy & maman have great holidays next week!

happy - don't apologise for posting late....I used to miss a day or two quite often & nobody shouted.

Hi to everyone this morning!

winebox

happyshopper wrote: »

And I've eaten 5 flapjacks this morning.

I know this is a bit late but I didn't have time when it was posted.....it's still making me laugh!

115K

AF day for me today so only 1 day so far Happyshopper.

Hope you are all okay.:A

**Upsy_Daisy**

Hello All

Sorry I haven't been around for the best part of a week

I'm afraid I missed my tartget anfd after my last post only had 2 more AF days so my result for March was 9/13 - not bad considering I only started on 15th March but it would have been so nice to have hit target. It is also more AF days then the whole of 2008 so I fel pretty good about that
NTC - if possible can you amend your final posting - don't worry if you can't, and mega thanks from me for keeping the scores and your very nice final comment.

Lillibet - it's not easy and don't beat yourself up if you have a slip - the important thing is that you recognise you have a problem and are here trying to deal with it.

GC - thanks for your words of wisdom, I'm with you on the booze in the house, if it is there I will drink it. Having said that, I have lots of spirits in the house for cooking - Brandy, Pernod but I wouldn't dream of drinking them. I'm strictly a red wine or champagne girl

HappyShopper - thanks for keeping the scores for April - could I have a target of 15 for this month please?

40something - welcome and well done on your achievements so far

Parisgirl - hello as well

Eselt - thank you for sharing your story:eek: - wow, you have come back so well, you must be a really strong person. Sorry you lost so much in your journey.
I remember about 2 years ago I had a member of staff who was drinking too much, she was a receptionist and so had a very public role. She used to buy a bottle of vodka on her way into work and drink it through the day. It was pretty obvious to everyone what was going on. I tried to help her, support her etc, took her to the Doctors, drove her home but in the end I had to go down the dsciplinary route. I really couldn't understand why she just couldn't hang on until 5.00 and then drink whatever she wanted. I was advised by her Doctor and our Occ Health that I wasn't helping her and that I had to let her hit her personal rock bottom and deal with the problems herself. By this stage she had lost her husband, house and daughter
Fortunately she saw the writing on the wall jobwise and resigned before we dismissed her. I do wonder what happened to her and hope she got herself back on track.

Budgetbabe - thank you for your posts and for thinking about me. I wasn't around last weekend and didn't like to post here from my friends computer. I was on a residential course this week for 3 days staying in a very nice hotel, unlimited wine with and after dinner.
I am sorry to say I made the most of it and did I suffer.
I only drank 4 glasses of wine on both evenings but I felt so rough the next days - I would have normally been able to drink at least double that without any effects so the tolerance must be diminishing rapidly.
I did plan to log on here once I got to the hotel but internet access was £7 connection and £15 per day - WOW

I am pleased to say I took some Kudzu yesterday on the way home and had an AF day yesterday, I have also taken some today as bell ringing starts around now - the bells must have the mufflers on as I can't hear anything. That stuff really works well for me, it's just the Holland and Barrat stuff for me. However the day isn't over yet so I am currently 1/15 (Note HappyShopper) for this month and hoping by tomorrow I will be 2/15 - but will report back tomorrow

Jo1972 - glad to see you're back with us, falling off is awful and it can be difficult to get back on - I admire your target

Quick Hiyas to Lurkio, EstherMcV, Glasgowgirl, Ms London, Stroppy, Maman, MollyPolly, RA in fact, hello to everyone.

UD XX

GT60

Whats Kudzu and is it easy to get or do you need a presciption?
just After ideas for OH
Thanks Niall

**Upsy_Daisy**

Kudzu is a herby thing you can get from various places, easiest place for me is H and B.
It's about £7.50 for 60 which is about 30 days supply, the ones I got were 500mg
Take it about half an hour before the bells start ringing.

It seems to work for some people, I am just fortunate that it works for me, there is still some temptation but it's not there constantly on AF days as it was before I started taking the stuff.
I only drink in the evening - my habit is to buy a bottle after work and then polish it off over the course of the evening, I also buy 2 bottles at weekends and have one on Sat evening and one on Sunday evenings - sometimes at weekends I start too early and end up having 2 bottles - that was my trigger for getting on here and trying to sort myself out.

Others on here know far more than me, I think Fayjmck ( :hello: Hiya gal - left you off my list - sorry) is a Botanist and on one of her earlier posts she went into what it was about, for a brief period we thought it contained cannabis but she soon set us straight - you may find her info if you trawl through her old posts

Talk to Mrs Niall and see if she's willing to give it a try

UD XX

happyshopper

April Fools Day 2

See you all on Monday, have a nice weekend.

Name Target Actual
115k 15 1
40somethingmum 27 2
ad1jnl 30 ?
budget babe 30 2
eselt 30 2
fayjmck 20 ?
fedupandskint 19 2
fluffybishop 10 2
glasgowgirl 12 1
happyshopper 20 0
jo1972 30 ?
lillibet dripping 10 0
lurkio 18 ?
maman 10 1
miss piggy 25 ?
needstochange 16 1
noynoy 13 0
pariskate 15 1
stroppy 10 0
**upsy daisy** 15 1
wanna bee free 10 0
winebox 10 0

Oh and Winebox, it was 8 flapjacks by the end of the day. :eek:

pariskate

Evenin' all,

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy weekend before the forums go down.

So far no alcohol for me today but I haven't eaten yet and DH may yet come home with a bottle of wine (he should have a pizza!). I'm planning on having at least one Alcohol Free day, and hopefully two.

Have a good W/E, see you all Monday....

LATE update: DH had no wine so another AF day for me - just having a nice cup of tea instead