The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 3

jo1972

Annie, congrats on your 6 days, you have every reason to feel smug and we are all very proud of you!

Welcome again Scotsman, as you say, alcohol is not affecting your work or home life and it may never will but once you get so far down the road that you can't turn back, that's when everything is affected. It's a great idea that you've decided to abstain for a little while to see how you feel. I hope you achieve whatever is it you want from the thread, whether it be cutting down or quitting. Keep posting

Welcome to the thread Kellylea and well done for being so honest and facing up to your situation The problem you have is shared by probably half the people on this thread, we just can't stop, however good the intentions where before we started. Scotsman said "Do you smoke? If you didnt smoke and someone offered you a cigarette would you think anything of saying no?", which I think is a great way of looking at it. (Thanks for posting it SM as I think it's something useful to us all on here ). So maybe next time you go out, maybe use the old anti-biotic excuse, or if you drive maybe offer to drive or take the car and say you've got to get back a little bit earlier as you have an early start or just say you're detoxing for 30 days with some friends or something? Good luck and keep posting, don't feel down about what you did and said under the influence of alcohol, it's an evil drug that changes people beyond recognition. Good luck

SleepyJo, how are you feeling this morning x

LD, blimey first it was BHB and his own private pool, now you Hope you find something you love and will be very happy in OH was out last night and kids had already eaten so I also bunged a convenience meal in the oven :eek: I've not bought one of those for ages!!

115K, hope you have a lovely day

Morning 40SM, hope the weather's nice where you are

Woke up unhungovered which is great, but still suffering with this chest infection, I think DD2 has got it now as she's been coughing all night Typical BH weekend :rolleyes:

Definately need to get the supplies of chocolate in tonight as didn't have any rubbish to munch on last night which makes my mind keep wandering to alcohol, my shopping trolley in Mr T's today will not be a healthy one :rotfl:

Hope everyone has a lovely day

xx

mollypolly

Good Morning everyone and welcome to the newbies.

Congratulations to so many of you that have started a bank holiday weekend totally AF.That is brilliant:T

Keep up the good work and have a lovely day.
Off to stuff the chicken now.....DD1 and DD2 coming for lunch today......more cake:rolleyes::eek:

See you later
Love Mollypollyxxxx

jo1972

Morning MP, enjoy the chicken and cake. I bought a pork joint thing from M&S yesterday crusted with breadcrumbs, lemon, garlic and stuff mmmmm, I'll probably get some asparagus and new potatoes to roast as they are right in season at the moment and amazing when crushed and roasted with olive oil and seasoning :drool:

Have a lovely day, the weather is beginning to look very dark and grey here now, but will cheer up later apparently (hopefully )

xx

jo1972

Taken from Wiki:

"Consumer warnings

Recommended daily dose: From age 12 to adult - one tablet daily.

Each Berocca tablet contains 285mg of sodium, which should be taken into account by those on a low sodium diet.

Berocca causes your urine to be deep yellow in colour but it is completely harmless. The colouring is due to the excess vitamin B12 being removed from the body through the urine.

Always dissolve the tablet in water."

Thanks for the warning Eselt :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nelski

Just having a read through and Jo I know you mentioned milk thistle. I have been taking it for a while now after having apparantly done some damage to my liver from a prescription drug I took when I was a kid. Anyway I get mine from Boots as they are usually on 3 for 2

HTH

jo1972

Thanks Nelski, I've just had a look at Tesco online and was wondering if they'll have it at my local branch today. Is this the one you take, or should I get tincture?

annie_d

Morning everyone! The sun has got his hat on so, onwards and upwards xx See you all later. Good luck in your quests.

Nelski

Jo - I usually get either boots own or Cynara but its the tablets for me not the tincture. Have you tried getting some from your GP on perscription? may work out cheaper that way and they could make sure you took enough. Have you had a liver function test? May be worth doing that first then you will be able to tell if its having a good effect.

annie - lucky lucky you. Its windy and cold here standard bank holiday I guess

RecoveringAlcoholic

I bought a pork joint thing from M&S yesterday crusted with breadcrumbs, lemon, garlic and stuff mmmmm, I'll probably get some asparagus and new potatoes to roast as they are right in season at the moment and amazing when crushed and roasted with olive oil and seasoning

Can I come please?

I will bring my own bottle.

Two litres of Tesco cloudy lemonade.

stroppy

Morning everyone.
Im back and better
Tooth infection all cleared up.....though I didnt take the second lot of anti-biotics....did a bit of research into them and the write ups I found on them scared the living daylights:eek: out of me so went to see the pharmacist who told me the amoxicillin should do the trick for both infections I had. So yes I wimped out of taking them :rolleyes: but least im ok now.
Have been thinking about backing out of May challenge as I felt I was getting a little obsessed with every little drink I was having and felt rubbish that I couldnt seem to achieve target but on reflection im pleased i have been cutting down so much on days I have been drinking so im coming in with a new outlook on things.
Im going for a really simple 8 please budgie.
If I can have 2 AFD a week and cut down on the amount I drink on the days I do have one then thats good for me
Stroppy xx