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

glasgowgirl

graemecarter wrote: »

I make myself think 'I won't drink today' - I have a routine I follow where I specifically think for a few minutes about the day ahead, and make the firm decision that I will not drink today, whatever life throws at me. Then I can relax and get on with my day and not give it any more thought.
I am determined not to become complacent, as I know that this is how many people drink again after a long period of abstinence. They 'forget' about the problems they had, they forget that alcohol makes them miserable and negative. That's the alchemy of the drug - it tells you that just this time things will be different. And then a while later they are back where they started, and have to struggle all over again.

Am I really free? No, as I am and will always be alcoholic.
However, I don't drink, I don't have cravings, and I am very happy with my life. So I can handle not being entirely 'free' - alcohol at least has no bearing on what I do and don't do as a whole

Ah right, so it's more of a positive affirmation or statement of intent kind of thing.

Folks at work went on a bender on Friday night and I'm in that half feeling left out, half feeling relieved I wasn't part of it stage. More on the relieved side I think - no embarrassment, no regret, no horrific hangover and thinking 's**t! did I really go to the cash point and withdraw/spend all that money on booze!!'

Hugs Fedupski, nothing to say that will help but I wish I could wave a magic wand and take the pain away.

TTGU - count me in the for 72 hr challenge!

Jo - love the jokes.

xx

honeybear_2

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Some ladies like to mount sideways

The smilies I could post in response to that are:

Lurkio

TIME2GROWUP wrote: »

Its alright winebox, the lads appear to have missed this one...!:D

I didn't, but I'm far too cultured for smut and innuendo

:whistle: :whistle:

winebox

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Some ladies like to mount sideways

Edit...Had to edit to add WBs quote as it just looks like a pervy random statement

see? SEE??! QED

honeybear_2

And this is what we're like when we don't drink! :rolleyes: :rotfl:

glasgowgirl

winebox wrote: »

see? SEE??! QED

Do you know, for years I've never known what QED meant and been too embarrassed to admit it. You've just prompted me to wikipedia it and now I know! :j

Oh, this forum is such an education...:T

xx

yellowmonkey

quod erat demonstrandum

So did I

TIME2GROWUP_2

Hello...HB... another horse needed for glasgow girl.....:D

glasgowgirl

yellowmonkey wrote: »

quod erat demonstrandum

So did I

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And I believe winebox has much more to teach us about life.

honeybear_2

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