The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 4

Wanna_Bee_Free

HI Miss P and everyone, just posting and dashing again, sorry.

Another one for me yesterday so that's 5/8 please.

Have a good day everyone,

69chick

Just flying in before the mayem of another day begins with the kids!

Just to update I am still on 5 afd's Miss P...... will be doing my very best today to be af off on my holidays next Friday for 2 weeks so not holding out too much hope for then, but if I can be af more or less every day till then I would be very happy...

Well done to all those doing so well...will catch up properly soon xxx

anh1904

Terrible day at work yesterday, the most stressful in some years. Got home to the boys shouting and crying and other half stressed to the eyeballs!

Anyway, despite the wine and whisky calling very loudly, I grabbed a ginger beer (one of those properly brewed Australian jobbies) and had an alcohol free night - at least I don't think the ginger beer has any alcohol in it.

Amazing, but there you go, it can be done.

samandsheryl

Morning everyone

Another AFD for me yesterday so thats now 3. Got a challenging weekend ahead but feeling confident. Spoke to my partner last night and we've decided we're going to try and go away in November for the week with all the money we WILL have saved from me not drinking. Bumped into a few mates last night and told them i've now stopped drinking and had to endure the old 'You're a great laugh when your drunk' and 'Won't you find it boring' etc. Why can't people just say, 'Ok good for you'

Have a good day all.

Sam

cazzasmazza

Morning all!

I'm on my 4th AFD now, which is great, as I haven't gone this long without a drink in a VERY long time. But I thought I was supposed to be feeling better for it???

I feel proud as even getting to the 4th AFD is a real achievement for me, but physically, I feel rubbish. I started to feel like this yesterday from early evening.

I don't have a cold or symptoms like that (before anyone suggests oink flu!!), but I do feel sad and miserable, lethargic and my muscles ache a bit too. I could hardly drag myself out of bed this morning, I felt so tired, even though I've slept ok all week. It's definitely not PMT either.

So my question is - am I being a bit of a hypochondriac, or could this have anything to do with not drinking?

If it is, please tell me when I will feel better???

Hugs,
Caz
xxxxx

fedupandskint

cazzasmazza wrote: »

please tell me when I will feel better???

When I looked at my drinking at the start of the year I stopped drinking in the week and I was surprised at how rubbish I felt, including my sleep pattern. After a few weeks I felt much better.

Just hang there cazz, it will get better

As for me, I'm on 7/30 so far aiming to be on 8/30 by the end of the day

changing_ways

Sorry you're not feeling well caz, how unfair is that. I'm sure it will pass, it seems to vary from one person to another, but it's worth it for the gains even if you have a few bad nights;). I had 5 or 6 nights when I didn't sleep at all well, but have much better sleep now than I did when I drank.

graemecarter

cazzasmazza wrote: »

Morning all!

I'm on my 4th AFD now, which is great, as I haven't gone this long without a drink in a VERY long time. But I thought I was supposed to be feeling better for it???

I feel proud as even getting to the 4th AFD is a real achievement for me, but physically, I feel rubbish. I started to feel like this yesterday from early evening.

I don't have a cold or symptoms like that (before anyone suggests oink flu!!), but I do feel sad and miserable, lethargic and my muscles ache a bit too. I could hardly drag myself out of bed this morning, I felt so tired, even though I've slept ok all week. It's definitely not PMT either.

So my question is - am I being a bit of a hypochondriac, or could this have anything to do with not drinking?

If it is, please tell me when I will feel better???

Hugs,
Caz
xxxxx

Maybe and maybe

However, I know when I stopped I felt like that after a few days of no booze.
What someone said to me (which I think is right) is that without any alcohol in your system, you are much more in tune with your body. You are listening to it for the first time in a while.
When I was drinking, sometimes if I was tired I would have a drink, when hungry I would have a drink, etc so I never really listened to my body.

After a few days AF I could hear what my body was telling, me and it told me it was knackered. So I felt carp for a few days.
It went after about 1 week AF.

It was also the alcoholic part of me fighting being AF - it wanted me to pick up a drink.

Good luck - speak to people about it in your AA meeting tmrw

beachbeth

I don't feel 100% either, Caz. I was expecting to feel bright and breezy. Ive had some rubbish nights sleep, mainly because its quite hot at night and I think this is the reason. I may have a bit of a cold too but Im not sure. Sometimes you can have a bit of a cold without realising it because your body is fighting it off before you get the full blown symptoms. It could be this in your case.

I just keep telling myself that I would feel worse if I'd had a drink last night because I would possibly be feeling sick and have a headache.

Hang in there because you will start to feel better.

cazzasmazza

graemecarter wrote: »

What someone said to me (which I think is right) is that without any alcohol in your system, you are much more in tune with your body. You are listening to it for the first time in a while.
When I was drinking, sometimes if I was tired I would have a drink, when hungry I would have a drink, etc so I never really listened to my body.

After a few days AF I could hear what my body was telling, me and it told me it was knackered. So I felt carp for a few days.
It went after about 1 week AF.

It was also the alcoholic part of me fighting being AF - it wanted me to pick up a drink.



Gosh, I wouldn't have thought of any of that, but I can really identify with what you're saying. I've not listened to my body for a long long time.

Even when I had a raging hangover and a sickie tummy, I would still almost "make" myself get through that first drink (which I knew my body did not want or need), even if it made me feel even sicker sometimes, just so I could move onto the next few drinks which were then easier to palate and then get I could get drunk again.

Even when I was off work sick, I tended to use that time to drink, often starting at 11am!! I didn't give 2 hoots that I was actually poorly ad my body needed nutrients and rest. The fact was that I was alone in the house during the day with my OH at work and it was an opportunity to drink which I could not miss. In fact I would get excited about it (dear oh dear)

So thinking about it, I've abused my body for so long and ignored it's cries to be treated properly, I suppose it's only logical that it's cries are now deafening me and I am realising that I'm not actually in good shape at all.

It's not going to put me off staying sober, I will do my best to get through feeling poo and hope it is short-lived. It's going through detox in a way I suppose.

Very enlightening, thanks Graeme.

Hugs.
Caz
xxx