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

honeybear_2

Happy Birthday YM!

honeybear_2

Different_Corner wrote: »

Hello world.
Been very touch and go this week. But I made it through. 16/22, a total of 34 days in a row. Never done that before.

Yay for you, DC :T:T:T

I'm not doing so well - been on the subs bench so long I'm in danger of not making the team! :rolleyes:

115K

Happy Birthday Yellowmonkey.:bdaycake:

Pippilongstocking

Morning all

Well done those who were af - and will update later

Waves to everyone - kids rang this am - (problem with the phone Daddy said hey ho!!)

Gorgeous day here

Yellow monkey me dearie

Happy Birthday

jo1972

honeybear wrote: »

I'm not doing so well - been on the subs bench so long I'm in danger of not making the team! :rolleyes:

Don't worry HB, we'll take you anyway, as the mascot :kisses:

honeybear_2

don't want to go into details but i feel really kicked in the teeth in my personal life. Am actually crying now so best not post more as can't really see my keyboard!

se you all later

jo1972

honeybear wrote: »

don't want to go into details but i feel really kicked in the teeth in my personal life. Am actually crying now so best not post more as can't really see my keyboard!

se you all later

Hugs to you HB, sorry you feel so down xx

We're here for you whenever you need

TIME2GROWUP_2

to YM... xx

for HB.. hope your day gets better. xxx

Morning all... off to do cleaning...washing..ironing..and then to the cinema to see Fame....at least I get to sit down and do nothing for a few hours.!

Catch ya later.. xx

graemecarter

jo1972 wrote: »

T2GU, wow that was quick, time flew this evening! I hope you had a good evening?

I was going to bed but decided to watch that Horizon programme on alcohol on BBC iPlayer. It was very interesting indeed. Watching him getting intoxicated made me feel ill, like it was me that was getting drunk. And watching the after effects of the pills made me feel queasy! God, it's really not worth it is it when you look at it from the outside

His last comment makes complete sense to me:

"I have an uneasy relationship with this drug, because in order to not get into difficulty with it, I have to think, I have to be aware of what im doing, I can never, paradoxically, I can never relax with alcohol, I have to be on guard....what an odd thing to think."

"Is it really worth it?"



Interesting......


Hmmmmmmm :think:

Please discuss........ (when you've all woken up of course :rolleyes: )

I thought it was worth it for years and years, and I kept testing that relationship. Alcohol always had the upper hand in our relationship.
However, having admitted defeat and surrendering to alcohol, I need no longer have to or want to drink at all, so we have a stable relationship, albeit at arm's length from each other.
That works for me.

Fight it and one will lose - accept it and one can recover and not drink.
One needs NEVER to drink again if one wants it enough. One day at a time.
The difficulty is that getting to this point of acceptance usually means having a lot of pain, chaos, mayhem etc. When you are in active (i.e. drinking) alcoholism, there seems no way out. It's a horrible place to be.
However, it doesn't have to be like that.

jo1972

Enjoy the film T2GU! I've just got the cleaning to do with no rewards maybe I'll get myself some choklit later :drool: