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

jo1972

4,201 :D:D

right, really going now!!

stroppy

Hugs Jo x
Know exactly where your coming from....thats the same thing that flares up in my mouth every now and then. TBH I wish theyd just take mine out they are a pain up the a***!
You must have the big brown Metrodinazole tablets me and WB were given....except I was stupid and didnt take mine (No wine for 10 days kinda put me off):rolleyes: Though the others cleared up the infection in a couple of days.Think the big ol brown ones are for prevention of abcesses forming.
Hope you feel better soon
Stroppy x

jo1972

stroppy wrote: »

You must have the big brown Metrodinazole tablets me and WB were given

Yeah, that's them! Oh are they there ones you were taking, I shall not drink on them, wasn't going to drink anyway

REALLY GOING NOW :eek: :eek: :eek:

mollypolly

jo1972 wrote: »

Just had to post again quick cos this'll be my 4,200 post

That was worth being late for huh :rotfl:

xx

Well done :T:T:T

London_guy_3

40somethingmum wrote: »

Morning all:hello:

Another quick post from me as I am in a rush ( again!).

Here are the latest scores on the doors. Well done everyone:T

Have a good day. BB - hope you are better.:A

40SM

THE JUNE ALCOHOL FREE CHALLENGE

Let’s do something different instead

MEMBERS COMMITTED TO OUR JUNE CHALLENGE ARE AS FOLLOWS :

1 – Miss Piggy Target af days for June: 30, Actual 8
2 – 115K Target af days for June is: 30, Actual 2
3 - WBF Target af days for June is: 14, Actual 6
4 – Jo1972 Target af days for June: 0 Actual 10
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21 - Mackeroo Target af days for June is: 15 Actual ?
22 - 40SM Target af days for June is: 30, Actual 6
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39 – Hopeful34 Target af days for June 20, Actual 7
40 – Biglass target af days For June 15, Actual 1

Hi there,

Not getting nearly as much time as I thought to come on here so you'd best remove me from the daily update! Have thankfully remained booze free and to be honest feel I will have no problem doing so until my target of middle of August. It's the bit after that I'm worried about! May have to just keep extending the target and remain booze free as despite the obvious difficulties in doing so it has been quite life changing.

Still reading the 'Happier' book I mentioned in an earlier post so to anyone who is feeling a bit down and lost after giving up the booze for a long period of time I would recommend it (Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar)

Cheers all.

jo1972

stroppy wrote: »

You must have the big brown Metrodinazole tablets me and WB were given....(No wine for 10 days kinda put me off):rolleyes:

Just got this off NetDoctor, blummin 'eck :eek:

Question

Could you please give me some information on the antibiotic Metronidazole and why it is not advisable to drink alcohol when taking this drug?
Answer

Metronidazole is believed to have the ability to block the body's breakdown of alcohol, leading to an accumulation of a substance called acetaldehyde in the blood stream.
Theoretically, this may occur within 10 minutes of ingestion of alcohol and may last several hours. It is said to be characterised by intense flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
This possible reaction is dangerous because it is so unpredictable and may be extremely severe. Although there has been little in the way of published pharmacological evidence to support this interaction with alcohol, a review of the literature between 1969 and 1982 reports cases involving eight patients, four of which were serious, including one death.
So in summary, although the reported risk is thought to be extremely small and perhaps not very well established in fact, caution should be exercised both with traditional alcoholic beverages and spirits and also with low alcohol beers and wines, which may possibly provoke a reaction when consumed in sufficient quantities.


I'd better lay off the AF beer too then, not had any for a few days and don't have any in, better stick to the orange squash :cool:

stroppy

yes thats the ones :eek:
Apparently even cough medicine is inadvisable :eek: I read somewhere that someone ate sherry trifle whilst taking them....and was as sick as a dog!Im a bit obsessive with medicines etc so did a bit of research on them when I got them!:rolleyes:
How longs your course?I was told they may make me feel sick also but WB reported no side effects when she took them.
Stroppy x

barshamhillbilly

jo1972

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

Hey, where did you get a picture of me :rotfl:

It's more like this

Stroppy, I also google everything before I take it :rotfl: I took 1 at 12pm and nothing has happened, I also took an amoxicillin, a stemetil and 2 nurofen plus :eek: maybe they build up in the system?! God I hope not, I'm a complete hypercondriac with medicine side effects, shouldn't google them really :rolleyes:

stroppy

Strange really as im the same.....yet I can quite happily throw enough alcohol down my neck to put a horse to sleep but when it comes to taking little tablets im horrified by them!:D :rotfl: