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

Pippilongstocking

fedupandskint wrote: »

I've felt like losing it and crying all day and the feeling won't go away - please go

HUGS FUAS xxx hope you feel a bit better now

orchid-96

Jo Police :rotfl: that must be his line for anyone with high blood pressure!! glad he turned out to be a good un.....is it a full af week for you now!! well done you..xxx

netttie I am a real newbie too (well lurked for a long while) good luck on getting to where you want to be..xxx

fedupandskint wishing you luck on your job applications, great that you did something positive about your negative feelings.xxx

115k think I might pinch your idea about putting some money away...I do tend to put my change into my christmas pot, but think I need to sort myself out a different one for something just for 'me' ...xx

eselt wishing you loads of luck for that job interview, sounds like it would be sooo rewarding...xxx

on the job front, dh is in a dead end job at the moment but has applied for a trainee paramedic position which I really hope he gets..he applied online and the positions closed on 14th May, not heard anything yet though..

I have managed another af day today :j dh went to my neighbours to watch the game (with his beer) so that helped, my twins were in bed nice and early and he too ds with him although he has now bought ds home to go to bed and he has gone back to the neighbours to drown his sorrows..

I am finding that even though I am not going to bed late and am being af, I am still feeling really tired and groggy in the mornings, but it seems like this is quite common.....do any of you take any suppliments to help with energy at all?

BudgetBabe thanks for your hugs, sending some back your way.. hope you had a great weekend with your lovely son, I have a lovely son too (7 yrs) and i hope he grows up as nicely as it sounds yours has hun.....

Hope everyone is doing ok...keep hoping to see a post from SEA (please let us all know how you are doing)

Bismarck

115K wrote: »

I hope you feel better about work FUAS.



Thanks Bismarck. I keep reading good things about people's experiences with AA. I just think that the spiritual aspect might be offputting but then I suppose there is only one way to find out.

never let the spiritual bit get to me at all.

I made my future the higher power and treated it as a path to choose....nothing more nothing less.

was thinking about the word "recovering" on the way home...it usually starts a debate or two...I will never be "recovered" in the logical way that it implies fixed....as I look at myself I'm not broken (broke yes...broken no!)...so the best way of looking at it is that I'm on the right path.

If I'd never touched a drop, I'd still not be "fixed" as it's not the kind of thing that can be fixed....I'm just on the right path for me....

so....signing off for a few days...from the right path...(for me)...Bis.

orchid-96

Sorry for another post, but just wondering, do any of you feel that when you aren't drinking at say a function/party etc. that you are a bit boring? I was at my neighbours barbecue at the weekend and i just felt like I was a bit quiet and that I looked a bit miserable! I tried not to be, but I am thinking maybe it's just because having a few drinks makes me feel more confident? (no brainer) but do you know what I mean? I also kept thinking 'is it time to go home yet'

It might be the reason why the host kept asking me if I wanted a glass of wine and in the end said 'I will put a bottle in the fridge just in case' :rolleyes: think I need to work on my social skills!

budget_babe

orchid-96 wrote: »

Sorry for another post, but just wondering, do any of you feel that when you aren't drinking at say a function/party etc. that you are a bit boring? I was at my neighbours barbecue at the weekend and i just felt like I was a bit quiet and that I looked a bit miserable! I tried not to be, but I am thinking maybe it's just because having a few drinks makes me feel more confident? (no brainer) but do you know what I mean? I also kept thinking 'is it time to go home yet'

It might be the reason why the host kept asking me if I wanted a glass of wine and in the end said 'I will put a bottle in the fridge just in case' :rolleyes: think I need to work on my social skills!

Hi Orchid and please post as much as you like. Re: going out and not drinking? This something that I thought I personally would not have been able to do. I have though and for me personally I would say that it is more enjoyable not drinking as you can remember everything that you have said and done. You are not waking up the next morning and wondering: Just what did I say last night? :eek:

I am sure you are very good company without having a drink, it just takes some getting used to thats all. I hope that has helped a little?

That is just my opinion but it works for me

Hugs and you are doing really well and you seem to be a very caring person and we like those on here so keep posting and I look foward to getting to know you better

Budgie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PRICE_IS_RIGHT_2

Evening everybody :hello:

Another AFD for me please, Dear BB - so 21 now. I could really hear the wine bells clanging tonight, the big match being on TV and so on, but resisted. I'm driving quite a distance tomorrow with my DD's and certainly don't want to feel at all groggy at the wheel.

Hope everybody feeling well and keeping on keeping on ....

Night night .....

jo1972

Haven't got time for personals but thanks for the messages and yes, it's a full week for me tonight :j:j:j:j it's been one of the hardest things I've ever done!

Been in the garden again tonight (another pic posted ), which has helped no end this week with the cravings as have, you lot :A thanks xx

Night all :wave:

xx

Wanna_Bee_Free

Hi Nettttie and welcome to the thread, just in time for June too, yay!

Orchid, I haven't been taking supplements but was thinking about Berocca for no particular reason apart from I feel I ought to help my body redress the balance. Only it's expensive and I am eating healthy food at the mo so not sure I need it. I was told by the doctor to stop taking iron supplements only I wasn't taking any. And he acted like he didn't believe me either.

Fed up and skint, no job is worth your sanity. Good luck with the applications and keeping calm at work tomorrow. Hope things look better after a good night's sleep.

I managed another one tonight so that's 11/12 for me please BB. I was sorely tempted while out this evening but just had tea. That is the most number of days in a month not drinking I've had for 8+ years

I am still feeling very tired but actually better generally for not drinking. Although I am feeling stronger negative emotions without the booze to block it out. My skin looks better. The lack of energy is being blamed on my low cal low carb diet rather than sobriety.

40somethingmum

budget_babe wrote: »

40sm how are you today and I hope your dear little boy is much better now? Take care and lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you my darling budgie. I let little man sleep in my bed last night and sent dad to sleep in the other room . It was so lovely , he was cuddling me all night. ahh so sweet. This morning I woke to discover that he was still poorly and it was now coming out of both ends :eek:.. So hubbie has had to go and purchase a new duvet for our bed ( it was that bad) . Thankfully he is now on the mend and was last seen chashing his 2 brothers trying to breath "germs" on them :rotfl:. What is it about boys ??.

Sorry I have not been posting much but as you can imagine the washing machine has been has been on non-stop. I have been reading all your fantastic posts but have not had time to really reply to any .

Please do not think my absence means that I have forgotten any of you as i do read every day . I look forward to reading all your scores on the doors for next month.

Love as always

40SM

40somethingmum

fedupandskint wrote: »

Thanks everyone, I am filling in job applications online as we speak and it has taken my mind of things and I feel much calmer as a result.

Also had fish and chips for tea to cheer me up

Footie on in the background, a can of Fanta with fish and chips and a cup of tea, no alcohol and another AF for me making it a magical 20 now

Well done.:T You are doing brilliantly . Fish & chips ALWAYS helps.:rotfl:

40SM