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The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 4
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You can do it, Gromit
And the fact that you've got through without a drink will give you extra confidence with the interview tomorrow
@ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7"NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"0 -
Thanks honeybear................and silly as it may sound - as I watch each hour pass that I havent caved it, I feel quiet pleased with myself! I knows that sounds daft but it's been alcohol in the evening that I find myself looking forward to or thinking about by about lunch time!!!0
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gromit2303 wrote: »got an interview for a job i really want tomorrow, so just keep telling myself that if I drink I will not be at my best tomorrow and will screw the interview!
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Please please please don't pick up that first glass tonight. That's the sort of thing I'd usually do - sorry, used to do hopefully- the more important the occasion the next day, the more I'd self-sabotage the night before for some unknown reason.
The night before interviews, weddings (not mine :eek:) etc were always the times I'd do my worst.
If this is a job you're keen on, then give it your best shot - keep a clear head.
Wishing you all the very best tomorrow, knock 'em dead :j
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me too
But i'm telling myself that the benefits long-term far outweigh the gratification of a glass (bottle!) tonight...
It's tough but it's worth it@ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7"NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"0 -
You can gromit - hang in there
Wow - can't believe how fast this thread moves - you lot are all bubbly and chatty night (no-alcoholic bubbly that is)
Had a dead busy day - hubby cooked yummy tea and have had 2 pints of squash
Just thinking I might make myself a nice coffee - wow how things have changed!
Count me in for AF Tues - up to 9 days now. With a bit of determined effort i might make my 20 day targetBack to comping! July wins: Frylight August wins: Pixar DVD, Diesel Watch,£75 hamper brioche products September wins bath soak
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On the subject of the chat about autumn/winter earlier today, I normally find those seasons quite depressing - in a low-level SAD way - and tend to drink more heavily.
But this year I'm thinking it might be ok - good excuse to go to bed earlier and read. If the evenings are shorter, then there's not so much 'wine time' to fill with something else.
Just a theory, remind me of my positivity in November when I'm climbing the walls!!
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glasgowgirl wrote: »Just a theory, remind me of my positivity in November when I'm climbing the walls!!
Duly noted!@ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7"NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"0 -
Right all, I'm going to take myself off for a hot milk & a good read before bed
Best of luck with the interview, GromitI have a tough day tomorrow too but for different reasonss so here's to us both getting through it.
Best of luck with being AF to all & well done for all you've already achieved :T
xx@ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7"NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"0 -
Wow, all those replies and messages of support already. Thanks so much. Like I said, I cant drink it if it's not in the house but the garage is only 2 mins away. I feel quiet desperate for a drink right now. Got to try find something to amuse myself. Being on here really does help.
GG - yes, I too seem to hit the bottle harder if there is something important he next day. The night before I went to hospital for back surgery, they told me 'Nil by mouth' after 10pm! I guzzled a bottle and a half before going to bed, because the thought of not having any the next day and the though of the operation. So stupid when you consider that I was then going under anesthetic the following morning!! Never even occured to me. Just wanted to get the hit before 10pm!!
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Flying visit as I have to enter the real world
Please can you put me down for 6 please Miss P.
Speak to you all tomorrow
Sleep tight
ym0
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