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

Different_Corner

honeybear wrote: »

What on earth does "rubberise a chicken" mean?

Hi Honeybear
From the OS board to rubberise a chicken means to stretch it meal wise say from Sunday roast to chicken pie with the leftovers, sandwiches and of course a soup. They have many more inventive ideas over there. I'm afraid my chicken soup ends looking like dodgy dishwater..

honeybear_2

Different_Corner wrote: »

Hi Honeybear
From the OS board to rubberise a chicken meand to stretch it meal wise say from Sunday roast to chicken pie with the leftovers, sandwiches and of course a soup. They have many more inventive ideas over there. I'm afraid my chicken soup ends looking like dodgy dishwater..

Ah, I see, thanks

Different_Corner

HB, Can understand your concern....!

Jo, sorry to hear your news. As for BB finishing think ofall that extra reading time, a whole 8 hours plus extra a week !

jo1972

Im over the park watching the kids on the swings and playing footie with OH, the kids that is not me, and the bells are tolling :-(

graemecarter

jo1972 wrote: »

Im over the park watching the kids on the swings and playing footie with OH, the kids that is not me, and the bells are tolling :-(

That must be awful.
What should be a happy, carefree moment is not as good as it should be because of the cravings for alcohol.

If I were you, I'd be so fed up of the bells, and that constant noise in my head about alcohol. It drives one potty. Thank god it is not like that for me any more. The desire to drink has been lifted from me, so my enjoyment of non-alcoholic things (like going to the park with the kids) will not be soiled by a desire to drink.

It can be like that for everyone on this thread if they want it enough and are willing to be honest with themselves - you need never have or crave another drink again. That's the miracle of giving up the drink for me now, that I don't even WANT to drink and don't feel I am missing out at all by not having one

Bismarck

waffling is fine.

Sorry for not being around much recently.

My path involves more work in many areas and is turning out better than I could possibly have imagined.

It seems that some days you just keep going then you turn a corner and things take a turn for the better...you keep going...and the same happens...and now I can see daylight.....

Don't recall if ever I explained where my name came from.....it was a kind of pun on the Iron Chancellor of Germany in bygone days but, more importantly to me...it was the name of the battleship that was in a really bad way but refused to be sunk....I liked the idea of "unsinkable" so stuck with that.

If anyone does want to contact me, the best way is probably by personal message as I'm not sure how long I can spend on forums now.

I will post when I can though.

As for the answer, Molly..there is none really...most of the times I go to the supermarket I hear the voices calling and I have wry smile and think about the other me in the parallel universe who didn't know how to stop.

I heard on the radio about a guy who tastes wine and relaxes with one when he comes home from work. I felt a shiver as I felt the strain in my head at the thought of it....one glass of wine...I could see myself hunting for the rest of the bottle...and then....where's the rest.....frantic....wanting more until I'd had enough......

no...I will not be a slave to it.

A while ago I'd had a bad night's sleep and was at work and must have been seeming less than 100% through tiredness when someone made a comment - and I was delighted to be able to look the person right in the eye and be completely innocent of a hangover. If you've ever been there, you'll know how it feels when you can't take a sickie but feel like death until about mid-afternoon.

So, the wine is probably nothing like as good as you think it would be...the risks are too great...don't do it.

But you knew that anyway!;)

take care everyone!

constant vigilance....2 years on and one day at a time.....every day is precious - don't waste it.

Bismarck

graemecarter wrote: »

It can be like that for everyone on this thread if they want it enough and are willing to be honest with themselves - you need never have or crave another drink again. That's the miracle of giving up the drink for me now, that I don't even WANT to drink and don't feel I am missing out at all by not having one

truly said Graeme.

I can handle the certainty of who I am now whereas the uncertainty of me was terrifying sometimes and I used to think that my family deserved better from me.

Thankfully, they stuck by me and the kids may never know the full depths of how things were...or how close things got to be very distressing for everyone.

And yet, in 2007, I had really had enough and got myself into a truly horrible corner...drink seemed like my only friend....and yet it never really helped.

Live the life you want to have...all the best....

honeybear_2

have got a mug of tea - yay, tea :rolleyes:

mollypolly

Hello everyone.Hope your Saturdays are good.

Bismarck...Great to here from you.I am so glad your life is going good.
Thanks for answering my question (Although I can't remember what it was:o).As you said I did know the answer so it was probably rehtorical(sp) anyway.

You were my inspiration and I still wear my 'Bismarck' bracelet with pride and think of you often.

As for your username....I had googled it and guessed it was about the battleship.....unsinkable.....
That's how I feel now.
Thank you
Love Mollypollyxxxx

yellowmonkey

Nice to hear from you Bismark

Jo..How rude of me I forgot to say that I was sorry to hear of your bad news regarding OH's aunt.

Will be AF again tonight