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

jo1972

Evening all :wave:

Just logging in quick to notch up another day purleese Budge, although I know you're not about tonight

I shall do the personals in the morning, time for bed.

Well done Andy on the close call, hope you enjoyed your day.

Great to have you back posting Sea xx

Anyone struggling (((hugs))) and everyone else :wave:

Nighty night! Day 8 for me, wow!!
xx

Sea78

Hey all - what's Kudzu?

I'm just swerving from one drama to another - some my making, but when they aren't and are actually due to people at work who hate me for some reason (no good reason I must add) I hit the bottle even more and then make more drama Arghhh!!!

xx

nettttie

Sea78 wrote: »

Hey all - what's Kudzu?

I'm just swerving from one drama to another - some my making, but when they aren't and are actually due to people at work who hate me for some reason (no good reason I must add) I hit the bottle even more and then make more drama Arghhh!!!

xx

hi Sea have a read here:
sorry i cant post links!

I looked on brighteyescounselling kudzu treatment - you'll find it on google.


i think the aim is to reduce cravings; am finding it ok but my pmt week will be the telling period. :rotfl: unintentional pun

Pippilongstocking

nettttie wrote: »

hi Sea have a read here:
sorry i cant post links!

I looked on brighteyescounselling kudzu treatment - you'll find it on google.


i think the aim is to reduce cravings; am finding it ok but my pmt week will be the telling period. :rotfl: unintentional pun

Actually - shut your ears chaps - I think it did really help during the week of 'utter irrationality and hopeless blackhole universe that is my PMT week'. I NORMALLY gorge on wine during that time - its not pretty - I almost wrestle open the bottle in th supermarket whilst growling at people - and since Kudzu - I didnt get the mad irrational cravings, it kinda happenned past me and then I thought - OH whats happenned?

Might be worth a go - I got mine from holland and barrat - google it

maman

:hello:

Hope you really enjoyed your birthday Andy and well done on the AF shandy stuff.

Some very thought-provoking posts on here tonight. Great to have you posting again Sea, really worried about you last week. You really seem to have done your homework on the meetings and feeling very positive about them too. Well done you, I should go to them all if it helps. Good to have you back as well winebox and nettie, please don't go off and hide again.

I think the thing about the parties compared with meeting people, say, for a coffee in the morning is that other people are drinking and we know what we're missing! One of the hardest things about giving up/cutting down is that I enjoy wine! But I don't enjoy the cost, the calories, the shame of my behaviour sometimes, the hungover feeling the next day, looking like death etc etc. I try to hang on to that when tempted to have too much. It helps a bit.

Sorry to hear you're having a hard week fluffy. I'm going for a target of 10 for June too. I'd have liked to up it a bit but with my week's holiday and various other socialising 10 will be challenge enough.

Finished the full fat (and flat) Christmas pop tonight, so AF!!!

AF 10 for me please BB

'night everyone, shiny new day tomorrow.

Different_Corner

Hi
Some very honest posts here over the last few days, have been nodding in agreement. Finding myself a lone parent was a huge shock to me and my word it's hard. I definetly recognise the reward thing. I don't have much of a social life, tend to stick with family.

But the party scenario got me thinking, I honestly don't think I'd be strong enough in that situation not to drink, but then I rarely find myself in that situation. Whole life has changed, and priorities in the last year, don't do the things 'we' used to do.

I'm up to 10 AF for the month. Had family staying over the last two weeks, got through an emotional time, without getting too low or too drunk.

I've been spurred on by the gardening banter and have actually started to weed ! And applying stain to garden furniture. There is a possibility I could get into this gardening malarky....

Anyway today sees another attempt at the new me, I was just training during May.

Sun is shining, hope you all have a good day.

Lurkio

Morning :wave:

Glad its Friday....

One more for me please Budgie baaaaabe.... one more for target

Welcome back WB :wave: :j - keep posting!

I will leave at this point, as the conversation is taking a distinctly 'feminine' turn _pale_ :rolleyes: :rotfl:

Will catch up later

Wanna_Bee_Free

Wow, feel quite choked up about all the heartfelt stuff on here last night.Wish I was awake enough to say something suitable and profound.

Got through the pub evening on diet coke. I feel that I am very boring company these days. Very wired and awake when I got home, but managed to sleep ok anyway. I'm finding the quality of sleep is better but it is taking me a bit longer to get to sleep rather than pass out.

SEA, WB, glad you popped back on here.

So, that's my May target reached - 12/12 for me please BB.

graemecarter

I know for myself, I had such a deep relationship with alcohol, that it was impossible for envisage socialising without it.
And I loved the taste too!!
No wonder, however, as I am alcoholic.

I may not be as much fun at parties as I used to be. However, I was only at parties for a short period of time. Most of the time I was at work or at home. Thus I woukld rather have personal happiness and contentment all the time, as opposed to feeling !!!! most of the time but pleasing others when socialising.

I'd rather be boring and happy, and interesting and miserable.
What people think of me is none of my business - and let's not forget that I could ruin parties with my drunkeness

Make the decision to stop drinking for the right reasons.
Pleasing people at parties is low down the priority list in my eyes

annie_d

Morning everyone. Woke feling ok-ish then read all our past few posts. So many of us struggling LOL At least we keep trying hey?

On the home front i have a terrible day ahead ( may post about it when i feel strong enough) bt one thing i know. I will not drink alcohol today.

See you all later xxx