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

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Re: teenagers - but they are great fun when in a good mood!!! And they keep you up to date. Just going to drive to TopShop to return some shoes for DD3, so I'll be busy tonight and getting away from those clanging bells.

Hope everybody feeling well and positive. :j

annie_d

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1177747/The-17-year-old-girl-drinks-bottle-vodka-cans-beer-EVERY-day.html

This is very sad.

I had a wobble today which surprised me. We were in Waitrose and they had an offer on vodka and my head said, "Ohhh go on then" It came from nowhere! No triggers, upset,"things to avoid", nothing.
THEN I realised I hadn't had my Kudzu. Could it be that? Could the craving return so swiftly? I need to know more about it.

Anyway, i came home and had an alcohol-free lager and the tablets. That was 3 hours ago and now i feel great and back on track. It is a wobbly path we walk.

Good luck everyone, hope your day was a good one x

annie_d

P.S. Re; The teenage years. They can start earlier....my eldest daughter was tricky to live with ( to put it VERY mildly) from 11 - 20 years old.

dotstar24

evening all! put me down for another AFD today! dont want to drink before my hospital appointment tomorrow. xxxx

ta muchly xxx

budget_babe

THE MAY ALCOHOL FREE WELLBEING CHALLENGE TO BE A BETTER

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MEMBERS COMMITTED TO OUR MAY CHALLENGE ARE AS FOLLOWS :

1 - 115k Target af days for May is: 15, Actual 2
2 - 40something Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
3 - Annie D Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
4 - Budget babe Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
5 - Bhb Target of af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
6 - Dotstar Target af days for May is: 12, Actual 2
7 - Different Corner no target set. Achieved 5
8 - Eselt Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
9 - Fayjmck Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 5
8 - Fedupski Target af days for May is: 26, Actual 3
10 - Fluffyb Target af days for May is: 10, Actual 3
11 - Glasgowgirl Target af days for May is: 10, Actual 2
12 - Jo1972 Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 4
13 - Lurkio Target af days for May is: 15, Actual
14 - Lillibet D Target af days for May is: 10 Actual 2
15 - Kellylea Target af days for May is: 31 Actual 5
16 - Maman Target af days for May is: 10, Actual 2
17 - Maz123 Target af days for May is: 20, Actual 1
18 - Miss piggy Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 4
19 - MollyPolly Target af days for May is: 31 Actual 5
20 - Nelski Target af days for May is: 10 Actual 1
21 - Ntc Target af days for May is: 16, Actual 2
22 - Noynoy Target af days for May is: 10, Actual
23 - Pariskate Target af days for May is: 21, Actual 1
24 - Priceisright Target af days for May is: 24, Actual 4
25 - Scotsman4 Target af days for May is: 29, Actual 3
26 - Sleepyjo Target af days for May is: 31, Actual 1
27 - Stroppy Target af days for May is: 8 Actual
28 - Wbf Target af days for May is: 12, Actual 1
29 - Winebox Target af days for May is: 10, Actual:

Hi everyone its day six and we need our chocolate fix
Hope you are all ok today? I am now going to update the scores on the doors

WBF well done sweetheart on chalking up your first af day now we can build on this I hope you are doing something nice for yourself and treating yourself kindly? Take care and hugs xxxxxxx

Kellylea well done on another af day :T you are doing really well and yes doing something nice for ourselves does make us feel better. I too have bought a facemask today as I have a no cleaning weekend planned, Tickle to the dust Hugs and take care xxxxxxxxx

Maman well done sweetheart on another af day really pleased to hear that you are making progress, so well done on that. I do agree though drink is on lots of adverts and programmes, just turn away when they come on Hugs xxxxxxxxx

Fay did you get to go to Yoga? Very well done on another af day :j You are doing really well and I am so impressed Take care and hugs xxxxxxxxx

Different Corner well done on staying af last night and it is a trick I learned earlier when I felt like I might have a drink, I logged on and read the posts too and it helped me greatly. So well done and you are updated now to 5 :j Hugs xxxxxxxxx

40sm ooh a new haircut that will make you feel great :j I hope Dh and Ds like it too? But as long as you do thats all that matters. Yes I am taking the role of scoring in May seriously, I just want everyone to be ok and to feel better about themselves? You are doing fab though so well done and take care. Hugs xxxxxxx

Scotsman4th you are duly updated on my May list, well done on 3 af days so far and good luck for the rest of the month. Hugs xxxxxxxxh

Fb hugs and after reading your post even bigger hugs ((())) you went through an absolutely horrible time, it sounds harrowing. I know you said it was sometime ago but how is your son now? So awful for you not to feel comfortable in your own home, we need to feel safe and secure in our own home away and able to get away from the outside world. So glad you got through such an awful phase in your life and I hope that where you are living now is peaceful and secure? Hugs and lots of love xxxxxxxx

Price is Right hugs to you too sweetheart and please do make time for yourself. I know at times it is so hard but it is so important to feel we are not just doing mundane thing after mundane thing. So hugs my dear and take care. xxxxxxxxx

Maz123 I hope that your trip away with work goes well and that you are able to stay positive? So take care and you have an af day under your belt which is something to build on. Hugs xxxxxxxxx

Winebox hugs and you still have lots of time this month to chalk up some af days. So chin up and stay positive, I will have some af days to post on your totals, you can count on it Enjoy Hannah Montanna she sings: The Climb. Cue You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs
I think the lyrics are very apt for this thread, I posted the song awhile ago So take care my dear and lots a love xxxxxxx

Ntc hiya matey and hope your day has been a less strange one? Hope the early night worked? I have been to get a perscription today for sleeping tablets (a months supply) as I have said before I sleep terribly and work is so manic at the moment that I am just so tired and I am feeling exhausted. The doctor was not so keen to perscribe them but I think the bags under my eyes must have done the trick Anyways hun take care and of course hugs xxxxxxxxx

SORRY INTERVAL: CHELSEA ARE ONE GOAL UP :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Ok back to my update

Welcome AB and hugs are you up for joining my May challenge? Just let me know if you want to go onto the list? If not then please keep posting, Take care xxxxxx

Dotty well done on another af day and good luck tomorrow at the hospital, let us know how you get on sweetheart. Take care and look afer yourself. Hugs xxxxxx

Fedup hugs my dear and well done on another af day I hope the exercising goes well? Oh and that you get some me time for a good read You are doing really well and remember we do have an end of May better me prize. On a wellbeing theme of course So lots of love and take care xxxxxxxx

DEAR LURKY my finger now feels like it is dropping off I have got through a whole packet of paracetamol :eek: Can you please log online and tell me can I press this blinking button and put you down for a big ole 1??? Now would you dare say no :eek: I should co co. Hugs matey and take care xxxxxxxxxx

My Darling Jo how much I want to give you a big big hug ((())) I do hope that things get better soon for you and that you get back on track and to where you want to be? Yesterday is done now and there is no changing that but today is a new day and you can make it a positive day, I know thats hard and especially when money is tight also but you can and will get through this. You do have such strength of character, remember when your DD was born and how you coped. She will in time learn to apppreciate you, as you have said you were not the best teenager but you have made ammends with your mother and that day will come when your daughter realises what a fab Mum she has in you. So hold on tight to what is dear and stay true in your heart to achieve what you desire? Lots love angel and really please do take care and as Mp says: TAKE CARE OF YOU XXXXXXXXXXX:A

Mp, Bis,115k, Bhb,Noynoy, AnnieD,Gc, Ld and Eselt hugs and I hope you are all well? xxxxxxxxxxx
Glasgow girl, Nelski and Miss P how are you Hugs and take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Adj1nl, Stroppy and Sleepyjo not heard from you? Thinking of you xxxxxxxxxxx
PK hope you are feeling better sweetheart, hugs and take care and remember in bed by 11pm xxxxxxxxxx

Now I had better go and I don't want to tempt fate but if I lost this post I would: SCREAM :eek:

I will update any more totals as required? Probably won't get a chance to do the list tomorrow night? But will update Friday if thats ok? Oh and thankyou guys for your kind words xxxxxxxxxxxx
STAY POSITIVE AND DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOURSELF HOWEVER SMALL? xxxxxxxxxxxx

God Bless Budgie
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annie_d

Budgie? I have been AF for alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of May so far. Sorry if i hadn't made that clear x

budget_babe

annie_d wrote: »

Budgie? I have been AF for alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of May so far. Sorry if i hadn't made that clear x

Sorry and duly updated my dear and well done on not giving into the wobble earlier :T

Keep up the good work and good luck for the rest of our May Challenge. Hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

jo1972

Yup, you've guessed it, only just managed to get online so no massive personals post :mad:

Just popping in quick before the apprentice to say you can notch me up another day please Budge as I wil not be drinking today, as much as I really really want to! Been drinking hot fresh lemon and honey all evening, now going to have a decaf.

To all, thank you all to the wonderful support you have given me today, you are all stars (even the lurkers, thanks ) xx

MP, to answer your question, no it wasn't the hangover that gave me a dodgy stomach and light head, in fact it wasn't 'that' sort of dodgy stomach it was quite bizarre actually....the anti-b's said to take with lots of water so I drank a large glass down with it and ate a huuuuge croissant as well just in case....probably about an hour later I was absolutely ravenous, so starving that I thought I was going to either faint or be sick, so I had a pack of crisps, that didn't work, I felt truely ill from hunger, my stomach felt empty and was growling at me from my actual stomach like it was starved. A colleague kindly donated another bag of crisps that didn't do anything either. An hour later I ate a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings, I was banging the kitchen's door down half hour earlier than usual cos I was so hungry. Then went on to eat about 10-12 quality streets throughout the course of the afternoon, drove home starving. I was also frequently sat quite still but suddenly felt like my head was waving around and lost my balance. Popped into pharmacists and he said that it's not an unusal side effect and he recommends stopping them as I had this reaction, if I have another tonight it could get worse to the point of vomiting or fainting through low blood pressure :eek:

So I'll stick with the bronchitis for now and see how we go!

Gotta go, apprentice on :wave:

Speak later xx

winebox

am going to "do a jo" (sorry mate!) & apologise in advance for gloomy post.......

no bad news as such but am going to drop out of may challenge for all sorts of reasons, not cos am going on complete bender for the month, honest! please don't anyone take it personally esp budgie i'll lurk more than lurkio ever lurked (& obv will post ever-witty comments...) but right now don't want to be counting af days.

re vitamins etc.....zipvit are good online service...I get milk thistle 5700mg there, they don't seem to do kudzu tho. I've also started vit b complex nothing to do with alch but was told it prevents insect bites, & I'm a magnet for ANYTHING BITING in the summer. except oh ha ha :rotfl:

I will drop in (probably 10 times a day :eek:) hope no offence caused again esp to you budgie, thanks for the link above

and the very best to you all, xxxxxxxx, feel a bit sad now! no change except for no wb target.

so let's get on with apprentice...dire...:eek:

eselt

Hi all- just had a strange experience, some guy followed me home in his car from where I work and I was looking in the mirror all the time- when I pulled into my drive he said he was an off duty plain clothes police man who'd followed me home as he noticed I had crossed a white line 3 times in the winding road that is between bodmin and par (cornwall). I live right next to the local shop and all my neighbours are about, but he lept up the drive, said ' stay in the car' then said he'd followed me and I'd gone over the white line in the middle of the road 3 times (in 18 miles), then I had to stand in my drive with 2 police officers whilst they gave me a breathaliser that said, 'O% alchohol' . They gave me the speech about crap driving, but I didn't do anythingdangeroustoday. P**ses me right off.]
Hope everyome is OK tonight.