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

jo1972

Typing from the phone so excuse the usual one paragraph post! Wish i could work out how to split it up! Budgie, my doc is away for a month but dont know how long hes been gone, locums parting comment was ' see you next week' so i think hes expecting me back! I was thinking maybe when the results come back ill ask if i can get an appt to see him to go through them? Plus i said to him i didnt ever want to come off the vertigo tablets cos thats whats keeping me sober, so think i want to chat about that too. Orchid, post away! I always feel quite boring at parties and wondering when is it time to go home whether Ive been drinking or not! Night night all, a week, who'd believe it! X

40somethingmum

jo1972 wrote: »

115K, ignore the spiritual thing, your higher power can be anything not necessarily religious, I hold my higher power as my dear ole dad, god rest his soul :A

He's the one that means more to me than alcohol (so do my kids and family but he's the one I pray to )

Jo , I pray to my darling grandad. I was his favourite. He has been dead more than 20 years but I honestly feel he still looking after me . ( I went to a spiritual reading for a laugh- was told exactly where he lived, the name of the hospital he died in etc - this was done is SE England, my grandfather died in Scotland , so not a random guess :eek:) Sorry , probably too much information !! Spooked the heejeebees (sp I have never has to spell this before !) out of me.

40Sm

Pippilongstocking

jo1972 wrote: »

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

Hey lady lady well done - glad you got to a week woo hoo :j

Glad the garden is offering some distractions

Waves to you all night night

Um thinking 27 BB - am I still thinking about alcohol um yup
Is it getting easier - sometimes yeah sometimes no

My path seems a bit wonky most of the time

E good luck with the job interview sounds really rewarding, pink ears - try (carefully) nail polish remover (gently) or baby wipes - they take everything else in the universe off

Hugs to the rest of you

40somethingmum

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orchid-96 wrote: »

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)

Orchid , you are such a good poster already . You are surely going to follow in the footsteps of our darling budgie > One of my sons is also 7 , and he is the monkey of the pack ( I have 3 boys 5-9). He is normally the trouble maker , tormenting his brothers. However yesterday as the little one was unwell he was being very gentle and kind > Before he went to bed he said " Mummy do you realise that I have not been told off today - I have finally learn't how to be a good boy:o." Misty eyes. Then there was today :eek: . Boys don't you love them.

Keep up the good work darling .


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jo1972

40SM, where in SE england? I wanna go! Hugs to your little one and to you for doing all the cleaning up x x Fay, you okay girlie? x x

40somethingmum

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!

Orchid.

You have just described me exactly . I am naturally quite a shy person sober but unfortunately after a few drinks I talk so loud that everyone can't but help hear me :rotfl::rotfl:

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40somethingmum

jo1972 wrote: »

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

Well done Jo.

40SM

40somethingmum

Wanna_Bee_Free wrote: »

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.

Well done WBF on your AFDs. Please don't make yourself ill on your carb-free diet . Remember you body is trying to recover from the alcholol , please do not give it too may shocks at once .

Good luck

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40somethingmum

fayjmck wrote: »

Hey lady lady well done - glad you got to a week woo hoo :j

Glad the garden is offering some distractions

Waves to you all night night

Um thinking 27 BB - am I still thinking about alcohol um yup
Is it getting easier - sometimes yeah sometimes no

My path seems a bit wonky most of the time

E good luck with the job interview sounds really rewarding, pink ears - try (carefully) nail polish remover (gently) or baby wipes - they take everything else in the universe off

Hugs to the rest of you

Wow, Fay, 27 is absolutely brilliant . You are a star. Good night sweetheart. Speak to you soon

40SM

eselt

Hi all- just a quick one (as you can see from the time I can't sleep-again!). Fantastic news Jo and Fay, and Fedup- onwards and upwards and all that. 40 something- your little ones sound adorable, can't imagine what its like to have 3 little boys tumbling round the house- hope the 'bug' doesn't spread..............

Jo- sounds like you've found a compassionate GP, good luck with LFT etc.

Hello newbies, re: supplements, I take multivit, berrocca and kudzu- might sound like a lot but I used to take antabuse,campral, librium, diazepam, citalapram, atenenol and tramadol and I don't anymore-just took giving up alcohol and sorting myself out to get off all this junk and come alive again- I would recommend it to everyone, nothing like living in the real world to get you motivated and be human again.

Good luck everyone.