Alcohol self help thread II

Al_Mac

beer2006 wrote:

Anyway............ ironing :eek:

It can be relaxing;)

Glad about that as well Ethel:j

ac, surfing e-bay is OK, just don't buy anything:D

We do have a serial lurker, not seen him recently, but he likes to thank ac:rolleyes:

beer2006

Morning

Hope everyone is all right this morning, bit quiet yesterday, nothing going on here, apart from I am now freshly shaved, so look like a billiard ball

Have a nice day!

jayne.doe

please do not judge me or offer me any sympathy i do not want either thanks.
I drank last nite. I would like to lie to you and tell you i intended to only have a couple of glasses coz i thought i could handle it. I didnt i set out to drink until i collapsed ,which is the usual.

There was no trigger it would be easy to say i had a row or felt worthless, in actual fact i have never been happier. I drank because i felt the `need` which had to be satisfied. No alcohol voices or demons just a need.

Chrismojam

jayne.doe wrote:

please do not judge me or offer me any sympathy i do not want either thanks.

No judging or sympathy from me.....I've done the same many times over:rolleyes:

Sometimes I'm not stressed/angry/upset/bored to want a drink....I've just 'felt like a drink'....of course the next day I've ended up stressed/angry/upset....at myself:o

Today is another day....take care XX

brodev

jayne.doe wrote:

please do not judge me or offer me any sympathy i do not want either thanks.
I drank last nite. I would like to lie to you and tell you i intended to only have a couple of glasses coz i thought i could handle it. I didnt i set out to drink until i collapsed ,which is the usual.

There was no trigger it would be easy to say i had a row or felt worthless, in actual fact i have never been happier. I drank because i felt the `need` which had to be satisfied. No alcohol voices or demons just a need.

If you are like me jayne then you have a built in trigger. ALCOHOLISM!!!. But then you may not be like me. I found that making a decision was a big step forward for me. My head messed about with "am I an alcoholic or not?" "should I stop drinking?" Can I cope if I stop drinking?" etc. In the meantime I kept getting drunk. Someone suggested that the only way I could make a decision was if I sobered myself up for a month or two and gave my head a chance. I decided that I would not , under any circumstances, have 1 drink 1 day a time for at least 2 months to give my head a chance. If I wasn't an alcoholic this would be no problem. If I was then it was neccessary. Funnily enough I found that it was comparatively easy after I had made that decision. After the 2 months I decided that it had made such a difference that i liked it and wanted to remain sober and I haven't had a drink since. But, like all journeys sometimes the first step is the most difficult.

Al_Mac

Thanks for being honest. I'd like to say I haven't done it, but I have. about 2 weeks in to giving up. Today is another day.

Al_Mac

Actually just read a few other replies. That was a bit stupid wasn't it

jayne.doe

thankyou for not judging. no that wasnt stupid al just honest and true. I just feel annoyed at myself and frustrated. I am going to take the above advice and not drink for one month and see how i feel i think one month is enought to start with especially over christmas.

The thing was i thought i had got my head around the no drinking. I really didnt enjoy it at all either. I vaguely remembering thinking why am i doing this? I really dont want to drink.

Al_Mac

I'd suggest not setting yourself a target. There was a reason for that, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was One day at a time works Also look at what you've done, when you drank, you'd have said it would be easy to give up. It wasn't, but look at what you did do, you should be very proud. My sig used to say what my record was, for a long time, it was two weeks, took a few months to do better Did you have a bad head

beer2006

Al_Mac wrote:

I'd suggest not setting yourself a target. There was a reason for that, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was

Its because you panic if its too far away, thats why odaat

edit, what I mean by panic, is, it seems undoable as the date is too far away, you think I can't give up for that long.