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

Pippilongstocking

This being sober lark surely does make the evenings so much longer!

Hope everyone's OK - and where they want to be. xx

honeybear_2

Busy day tomorrow, important drinks after work, long day on Friday... It's a bear's life sometimes :rolleyes: :rotfl:

Nite all

Wanna_Bee_Free

Good night everyone, sweet dreams.

5/12 for me please GG

*Mari*

honeybear wrote: »

Oh Mari, honey, we're all here for you

I think it was Jo who said earlier that forget about each a day at a time & focus on each hour or minute as needs be just to help you get through it

Really big hugs again tho

xx

Thank you, thats what Im aiming for now

Just off to bed am exhausted, think the emotional side of this journey is as tough as the acutual not drinking.

GG thats 6 days for me please

Night all, and thanks again you are all wonderful :A

Sleep tight

Mari xx

graemecarter

*Mari* wrote: »

I am so glad I logged on tonight. Those posts are really thought provoking. Some of them echo how I have been feeling/thinking recently.

I have had a strange few days neither of which have been alcohol free, you see I have been doing my upmost to sabotage myself. Last night when I eventually got home after a very long and stressful day, I made a cup of tea, then I thought sod it you deserve a glass of wine, you’ve worked hard, it’ll make you feel better. So I did. It tasted awful, but I drank it. Then I felt awful. My daughter said she thought I wasn’t drinking today, my oh called (he’s away) she said, oh you were right dad she’s got no will power had a glass as soon as she got in. That made me feel even better! So Once again I’d broken my promises to them (and to you lot) But then I thought about the promise I’d made to me, and that made me cry. I can’t even keep a promise to myself to not drink for one day. I lie about drinking, I hide alcohol, I spend money we haven’t got replacing it...it has to stop.

Then try something different. Keep trying different methods until you find one that works. This thread doesn't work for everyone, so try something else as well. Doctors, Occupational Health, AA, rehab, CBT, Antabuse, etc

I kept trying to stop using the same method (will power!!) and that didn't work for me. I reached out for help to try something else, and I was given a solution.

Only you can help yourself. Do yourself a favour and try other avenues.
If you don't go to any lengths to stop, then you still have some more drinking and probably misery left in you.

Good luck - admitting alcoholism is a hard and brave step to take

jo1972

How ever many days of the month it is for me please GG

Night all, catch up tomorrow when im on the laptop x

maman

Back on the wagon tonight so

5AF please GG

Sad to hear about your bad night mari, no-one is as hard on us as we are on ourselves. Hope you've been AF tonight and proved to yourself that you can do it!

marru, hope you'll feel much brighter tomorrow.

PIR, hope the cupcakes (and the birthday celebrations) are a big success.

'night all :A

Marru

Good morning

Yes thank you I have a plan of action. Trying to make baby steps as to keep it managable instead of sitting here feeling overwhelmed.

I have found another meaning for AF day. I will try to Achieve something every day and also do something Fun.

So here is for double AF Thursday

And Mari - is there something else you could use to reward yourself? I went through fair amount of rather expensive Th0rnton caramel short bread when I started. But it definitely was worth it.

shaggydoo

8 FOR ME GG



Good Luck

Shaggy

Cat_Addict

Mari, sorry to hear you feel bad. I had a night like that on Monday. I told myself I deserved a glass of wine after work. Had two, tasted awful, felt awful and pointless. I'm clinging on to that "it's over-rated" feeling and managed to not have one last night but it is hard.

AF last night thank goodness and more of my lovely night-time herbal tea, slept like a baby which amazes me without having alcohol during the evening!