The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 5

So_Sad_Angel

fayjmck wrote: »

Night chaps - AF here too - am pooped will do stars etc in the morn!

xx hugs chaps xx you're all awesome!

Night Fay....right back at ya Hun. xx

So_Sad_Angel

ooops forgot to say its 8 AF for me today.....very tired as done 5 miles `trek` in Edale today & may even need an early night! (11.30 is very early for me:o:o!)

Whoohoo....its Friday tomorrow too!

115K

winebox wrote: »

Hope everyone's OK, it has gone quiet on here at the mo - no doubt you'll all be back when T2GU & I are in bed (not together, you understand).

:rotfl:

After having an extremely early night on an AF day again. I was in bed by 8 last night! I have decided to plan to do something on my AF nights. I think that is part of the problem that when I take alcohol out of my usual night in, it seems really boring and the evening just drags. So my next AF day which I think will be Sunday I am going to plan to do something more than just watch TV/ read / stare at the clock!:rolleyes:

So that might mean going round to visit my friend (without the usual bottle of wine!) going to the pictures, going out to eat at a restaurant, doing an exercise video during my danger time etc....etc...

Lurkio

TIME2GROWUP wrote: »

Anyone seen Lurks? has he made it out of the dark room yet???? or do I need to send him more lights???? I see winebox has made a great escape... go you....xx

honeybear wrote: »

No, & I miss him! He's my sparkly twinkle toes Strictly pal

Oh... ...maybe he won't like me revealing that about him... :rotfl:

honeybear wrote: »

Look at us go!



ps.I'm the purple one

you can dance MUCH better than that, HB

:wave: :wave:

eta : I'm in red - with the balloon

yellowmonkey

Morning all

Well done to those who managed AF last night :T

fedupandskint

Morning Lurks and YM

I'd better get a shuffle on for work as I really need to get going soon.

Pledging an AF Friday and not to cave in to the wine later on tonight after work.

Have a busy day tomorrow and need to get lots done and really don't want to wake up feeling groggy.

Have a nice day y'all!

snowymalone

And a very good morning to you all .

That's 8 AFs for me, Fay.

115K - I know what you mean about evenings dragging a bit. I did have a tendency to look at the clock all evening, almost willing it to be ten o'clock, at which point the offy would close and that particular temptation would be over for another night. However, what I've found is that if I go and have a bath or shower and get into pyjamas by 8ish I don't feel quite so inclined to nip out again.

I'm actually quite good at resisting temptation so long as it's at a distance. Once I'm in the shop (which I should explain is a general store, so I often go there for milk and papers etc), and the stuff's there in front of me and often ridiculously cheap, I go into a sort of autopilot and find myself buying it. I can't explain that, because my willpower is actually really good with most other things. It's almost like I'm in a trance, I'll get home, and there'll be some booze in the shopping bag that I didn't consciously set out to buy (hence my habit of going to Tesco or Asda before 8.00 am so I physically can't buy booze.)

What I really miss are quiz nights at the pub, but I'm staying away for the moment. I've explained why to my friends, and they're cool with it and supportive, but right now I know if I spent a night there it'd be three hours of me not remotely enjoying myself as I'd be too busy struggling. I will conquer that eventually, I know, but for now I don't want to make things any harder for myself.

Anyway, we all know we're doing the right thing, and speaking for myself I'm functioning a lot better, day on day. The improvement is very gradual, but it's good, and it's for the best. And today I won't drink. Tomorrow can look after itself - today I'll be AF.

MrsJC_2

Morning everyone, just popping in quickly to say Fay my total
is now 4AFD. Not as high as I was hoping for but there's still a lot
of October left!

And just wanted to say that there are some really inspirational and soul searching posts on here over the last couple of days.
Good luck everyone....

jo1972

IcelandicMaiden wrote: »

Could someone tell me about these Hot Choc Chunks, they sound good

http://www.cadbury.co.uk/ourproducts/today/drinks/Pages/drinks.aspx :drool:

Morning all :wave:

Lurks, there you are! Where you been?

Nice to be unhungovered today, gotta take DS to the clinic to have his hearing checked out, teacher said he might have a hearing problem.....methinks it's more like 'selective hearing' :rolleyes: still we'll know soon enough

Hope you all have a good day

xx

Pippilongstocking

Morning all thank you for all your lovely totals I will update the list later on

Oddly enough slept like a log last night - lots of thoughts whirring around my head!!

Brother and his chums were here drinking again - which was fine, I wasn't fussed at all. Bigger issues in my head I guess.

Well done to all you you and great posts, discussions etc - we are all on our own little journeys however we get there (doing a silly walk or not)

Remember 'Dead Poets Society' - boy's marching

Robert Frost Poem 1920

'Two roads diverged in the forest, and I
I took the road less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.'

Sorry its often quoted on here and one of my favourites full poem here!
http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html

We're all on our own paths.
I don't want to be a sheep - its usually a baaaaaa'd idea.

You can tell my mood shifted eh?! Nothing like a bit of healthy debate to stimulate brain cells!

Bit of an eyeopener doing that test yesterday - my attitudes are shifting - baby steps. RA will redo test in 3 months again. Keep myself on my toes.