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

Wobbledoos

af for me last night, however stuffed my face... however wasn't interested in dinner, so balanced out...

have had discussion with hubby today - he can't wait for the weekend for a nice glass or few of wine, i on the other hand remember last friday's 3 day session that should have been "just the one...." so am wary...

plus we are massively having to scale down spending, and now have the grand total of £60 a week for groceries/nappies/supermarket spends for me, hubby, grown teenager, 9 year old, plus the baby (2)...... big sighs... off to find inspiration for feeding us all for so little...

samandsheryl

Hi Nessa

Welcome back on board!

115K

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Sorry to hear things are not going to well on the AF front 115 at least you have your sister coming round later and the sun is shining . Focus on the good
Take care
ym

Thanks mate.:A

samandsheryl wrote: »

MOB - It went good thanks. People didn't really seem to notice i wasn't drinking as they were all quite drunk by the time i got there. Having to listen to the same stories over and over again where every detail was exaggerated though got very frustrating and tedious after about an hour. I'm sure if i was drunk too i either would have found the story fascinating or wouldn't even have noticed it was being repeated. Funny old thing alcohol isn't it. I'm definately better off without it.

Yes I have noticed that phenomenon, how when you are a bit drunk everything seems funnier and when you are sober drunk people seem really annoying.:D

samandsheryl

115K - Not to mention that when i'm drunk i think i'm absolutely hilarious, now i know what the sober people must be thinking about me.

Pippilongstocking

Maman yup its like a stay of execution with a bit of extra help - hey ho.

I think they thought by sending me to a dyslexia specialist then I would be fixed

YM - there's not many places as exotic as my willows - um maybe I got that wrong

samandsheryl

Just been told a joke thats so unfunny it's funny.........(Maybe)


I poured my cat out some milk...................... I have no idea how it got in there :rotfl::rotfl:

(Can't beleive i just shared that )

mumofboys_2

I think my problem is that I still have this underlying desire to be "naughty". I know that I am late 30's with three kids, but I still get the urge to kick against "normality" and "sensibility", really in the same way as I would walking half way round town to find a suitable hiding place to have a sneaky ciggie when I was at school. Except in this life of supposed responsibility it is drinking a bottle of wine when the kids have gone to bed, and hoping they don't get up to disturb the pleasure.

I still feel 24, and have to realise I am not. (But I do wish I was)

That is my thought for the day.

MOB

maman

:j Hi 115K, isn't it a lovely, lovely day. Do keep positive and look forward to your visitor later. I'm off to read my book in the garden in a moment, I'm even putting some sun cream on it's so hot.

Well done Sam and gargrave and everyone else feeling good about your AF achievements:T Remember every day counts and it could become the first of many. Welcome back ness.

Keep it up wobble, if I were you I'd have a drink this weekend and then next week discuss whether to perhaps limit it to Saturday or a 2 day weekend or something. But then that's me and I know some people just like clocking up as many days as they can. What you must do is be absolutely determined to go back to AF when you say you will (like Monday for instance). Personally I print a calendar page off and write down all the days I plan to be AF and work my target from there. So, for example, if you and OH were to drink only at weekends in September you'd save about 36 bottles of wine which is a minimum of £120 :eek:

Didn't mean to ramble on but I thought if I don't pop on here regularly I'll have pages to catch up on later.

YM I'm not going to have a target for September due to holiday but if you could put my name on the list then I'll just let you know of any AF days I achieve Thanks again for volunteering.

Have a good afternoon everyone.

ForeverHopeful_3

mumofboys wrote: »

I think my problem is that I still have this underlying desire to be "naughty". I know that I am late 30's with three kids, but I still get the urge to kick against "normality" and "sensibility", really in the same way as I would walking half way round town to find a suitable hiding place to have a sneaky ciggie when I was at school. Except in this life of supposed responsibility it is drinking a bottle of wine when the kids have gone to bed, and hoping they don't get up to disturb the pleasure.

I still feel 24, and have to realise I am not. (But I do wish I was)

That is my thought for the day.

MOB

I'm the EXACT same way. It's like a rebellious streak or something

A lecturer at University once told me that I should watch out for my impulsive nature and think about my actions more and their consequenses. At the time I thought "what rubbish!" But she was right :rolleyes:

Much love X

Kilmaley01

Hello everyone - got to keep it brief for the moment but just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you all for the support last night and all the well wishes today. I managed to have the first AF day in almost 5 years (cant believe it!!) and had a reasonable clear head for the interview today, tho I didnt sleep brilliant. It was a restless night - prob due to the lack of alcohol and I woke many times. Still, I felt better this morning than I have done first thing for a long long time, so much so that I'm going to try and do it tonight as well. You guys were right, it's amazing how pleased you feel with yourself when you do manage to stay off it, albeit even for just one night! SO HUGE THANKS.

The interview went well and I know even moreso now that I really want it......however, it was over in 25 minutes and I expected to be there longer. I also came away wishing I'd asked loads other stuff and I was asked if i had any other questions and couldnt think of any at the time. Doh!! Oh well, wait an see. I'm still in employement till the end of the month, I'll keep looking.

Caz, Gromit is a she!!

Thanks again everyone and will hopefully catch up later in order to avoid temptation to go else where or do something else.

You people are fab. xx