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

orchid-96

Now I really fancy a chinese!! cooked a mousakka for our tea tonight but it was a bit light on the meat so although I have also had a yogurt and a bar of choklit I am still hungry grrrr ...

netttttie well done hun on being af with all that going on yesterday..:mad:. I hope all is calm now in nettttieland x

Fay now that is temptation, well done you :T ...

annie-d only 4 hours sleep a night :eek: I would be even more grumpy with the kids than I already am on that.....hope you get some zzzzzzz tonight xx

Hopeful34 well done on your wii fitting.. .I don't have a bally thing just a board but am going to have a go on it tomorrow for definite and will be booking in for my yoga ..

Wanna_Bee_Free

That's another one for me, 6/14 please 40SM (Hope you're feeling better!)

I'm off to bed, sleep well everyone.

Hopeful34

Orchid, unfortunately I only have a balance board too. I'm not sure a balance ball exists. But I think it's a great idea. Patent pending! Enjoy yoga. It's tough!

graemecarter

A few people struggling.
Alcohol is a tough thing to give up, and sometimes we can tell ourselves it is impossible.
That's not true - people have come back from the brink of insanity and death, and stopped drinking. They wanted it enough. They were fed up of being sick and tired.
However for many of us, we don't stop/cut down when we should, and a lot of that is our perception is that our drinking is not that bad. Evidence proves otherwise.
This is a disease of perception - we tend to think the worst possible scenario is the ONLY possible scenario, and bizarrely, when it comes to our drinking, we ignore all the warning signs and carry on.
That cycle of drink > shame/guilt > fear > drink > shame/guilt > fear is not easy to stop. It can be done, and that is with hope.
Hope and honesty
If we are honest with ourselves about our drinking, and our reasons for drinking, then we have a chance.
Having a bad day at work, or some great news, or seeing an old friend. These are not reasons to drink. We use them as reasons and that is our nature. Our nature is to be dishonest, to be in denial, and to have a skewed perception.

Good luck people.

Hopeful34

Thought-provoking stuff GC!

yellowmonkey

Evening all. Or morning for me as I work in French time

Settled at work, paperwork nearly done and reports posted so only another 8 hours to go :rolleyes: so 4 days for me now please 40sm.

Have been taken the Tesco own brand vitamin thingys and feel really tired and have a stiff back and neck. Now when I was taking the Barroccas my legs felt really tired so I am thinking that these vitamin supplements do not agree with me.

I have not had one today and feel better so I can only assume that my body is highly tuned and putting vitamins into it is like putting diesel in a F1 racing car

Hope you all sleep well and have pleasant dreams

Bon Nuit

ym

Pippilongstocking

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

:T:T:T:T:T:T


Alcohol from the take away :eek:

These islands are far more sophisticated than I thought :rotfl:

BHB

Yup
the takeaways,
the cinema,
the sport centre
the pubs (obviously)
every ceilidh
all school events
all festival type things
and most of the cafe's

Hugs chaps

Thought provoking words GC

Bonjour YM

I still find it odd to be sober - without you lot I wouldn't ever have done it:T

when it comes to alcohol we is obviously very cosmopolitan

Bismarck

graemecarter wrote: »

A few people struggling.
Alcohol is a tough thing to give up, and sometimes we can tell ourselves it is impossible.
That's not true - people have come back from the brink of insanity and death, and stopped drinking. They wanted it enough. They were fed up of being sick and tired.
However for many of us, we don't stop/cut down when we should, and a lot of that is our perception is that our drinking is not that bad. Evidence proves otherwise.
This is a disease of perception - we tend to think the worst possible scenario is the ONLY possible scenario, and bizarrely, when it comes to our drinking, we ignore all the warning signs and carry on.
That cycle of drink > shame/guilt > fear > drink > shame/guilt > fear is not easy to stop. It can be done, and that is with hope.
Hope and honesty
If we are honest with ourselves about our drinking, and our reasons for drinking, then we have a chance.
Having a bad day at work, or some great news, or seeing an old friend. These are not reasons to drink. We use them as reasons and that is our nature. Our nature is to be dishonest, to be in denial, and to have a skewed perception.

Good luck people.

there is always hope...if you look hard for inspirations to have the life you deserve, they are there - alcohol does not help you see or appreciate them.

constant vigilance!

Pippilongstocking

Morning all

Dazed out of bed at an ungodly hour - house phone ringing at 6.25

no one on the end of the phone - grumpy and mumbling I stomped back upstairs


It seems in my sleepy stupor instead of switching my iphone off I phoned my house - if I am this stupid without alcohol - I think alcohol and I are best avoided - it kills brain cells after all - looks like i might have a short supply of them anyway


WHOOPS



Morning all

Lurkio

Morning all :wave:

7/9 - a good month

and an AFA yesterady woohoo. go me!

Well done Fay :T :T I know what you mean about takeaways etc... can't move for the stuff round here :rolleyes: