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

fedupandskint

Here I am AF again on day 8

Spent the last 24hrs in tears with no food as can't face any.

Me and OH have split up for good with no going back.

At least I'm not turning to alcohol to cope but that's about all I can manage for now

yellowmonkey

Really sorry to hear that FUAS.

Thinking of you and sending you hugs :grouphug: but do try to eat

Well done for not giving in to the drink

Take care

xx

yellowmonkey

I dont know, us two will have to do a "Happy thread" when we feel better

Marru

fedupandskint wrote: »

Here I am AF again on day 8

Spent the last 24hrs in tears with no food as can't face any.

Me and OH have split up for good with no going back.

At least I'm not turning to alcohol to cope but that's about all I can manage for now

PRICE_IS_RIGHT_2

Hi everybody :hello:

Graeme: thanks for your posts, very thought-provoking as usual.

YM: Mon pauvre ami!! I hope you feel more positive soon. You are a great dad, as I've told you before - I was particularly impressed when you were doing baking with your little girls a few weeks ago.

FUAS: Oh dear, I remember how totally devastated you were last time you and OH split up for a few days. Thinking of you and I hope everything works out for the best.

Fay: Thanks for your great scoring.

40SM: Hope you are OK?

Budgie: Hope you are OK too?

Everybody else: Hope everybody is doing well. I love hearing your inspiring views on everything. Have a good evening everybody.

xx

115K

Sorry a lot of people are feeling upset at the minute.:grouphug::grouphug:

My night out got cancelled and my DH brought me home a bottle of wine! (I already have 3/4 of a bottle in the fridge too.):eek:

I'm not sure if I will be AF today now. I've been distracting myself with housework but I have been doing it for about 2 hours straight and it is boring!:rolleyes:

TIME2GROWUP_2

yellowmonkey wrote: »

I dont know, us two will have to do a "Happy thread" when we feel better

Dear YM,

Please can I join your happy thread too.. I will need it, I'm trying to support my 2 divorced parents over the fact that my sister/bruv in law and niece and nephew are emigrating next month to OZ.. finding I don't have time to deal with it myself as i'm too busy trying to deal with them...Hoping by late Nov everything will have settled down... i'm in for a bumpy ride....also waiting..still :mad: waiting for treatment from NHS.. 6 months later for an unrelated issues.... so happy threads will be much appreciated... xxx

fedupandskint

I think I should change my user name and start again to happyandcontent (hac)or skintandhappy (sah) or changeishere (cis) or bobo or zomoro

need to think more positively and change my thinking patterns from the negativity and the user name is a constant reminder. not when people abbreviate it which I like.

No alcohol triggers to report thankfully and thanks for all the hugs from you all. Off to beebs in a bit with 2 paracetamol and a hot drink to watch Life

cazzasmazza

Evening everyone

One more AFD for me please Fay :j

I've read recent posts and I really empathise with those of us who are feeling low and very despondent at the moment. The difficult problems in life can easily take over and overwhelm all the goodness we have around us.

I feel happy today (actually, I have felt pretty good since I stopped drinking over a week ago, following my relapse). I am making a concerted effort to relish every day, even the carp ones and to find things which inspire me, make me smile, make me happy, make me remember how lucky I am to be here.

Doing this also helps me deal with the very negative issue of my drinking and my desire to continue drinking, because I remember that in reality, even if I have the absolute worst day ever, drinking is not going to make the day any better, it will make everything 10 times worse.

I know all too well that a drink in the evening can feel like the only thing we have to look forward to every day. I've been there and I still continue to fight that myself. But that reasoning occurs because we have forgotten to take the time to appreciate the wonderful things present in lives, be they our health, family, the roof over our heads, beautiful nature, dramatic weather, the friend who makes us laugh, the children who fill us with pride, the song that makes the hairs on the back of our necks stand up, a kind gesture to someone who shows their gratitude.........anyway you get the gist!

I think this quote is very inspirational and so I want to share it with you all tonight:

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
~ Anna Freud

Best of luck to those of us trying to stay AF tonight, including me! :T

Hugs
Caz
xxxxxxxxxxx

Marru

Hello,

I have had tonight should I - shouldn't I evening. The HALT applies perfectly:
Hungry - this has now been sorted (sort of :rolleyes:)
Angry - to my ex and to council as I feel like I am fighting losing and never ending battle with both :mad:
Lonely - after having had lovely weekend with BF coming back home gets more and more difficult
Tired - Exhausted plus going down with cold and feeling lousy

Anyway, going to watch masterchef with cup of (decaf)tea and short bread biccies while waiting BF to Skype and after that straight to bed. Should help.