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

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  • Cat_Addict
    Cat_Addict Posts: 349 Forumite
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    Morning all. I definitely agree that one day at a time works. I've not had a drink since last Friday now which is a first for me. I find I get tempted between 5pm-8pm and after that I'm okay. I get no temptation once I've eaten - must be a connection. Was tempted last night but didn't drink.

    Does anyone else get that dread feeling in the morning if they caved the night before? Like a sick fearful depressed disgusted feeling? Bad is it sounds I was thinking very morbid thoughts about my life expectancy (and I have three kids). Like I was a timebomb just waiting for some horrible symptom to rear its head.

    Now when I wake up I feel cheerful and optimistic, so it proves that drink isn't really the crutch that bolsters you is it?

    Paybacktime, I really related to your post - I was always on the 3 for £10 offers, and if I only kept it to Friday and Saturday I wouldn't have been so bothered! I used to have four day weekends too - Thurs-Sun! Now I am saying that I will drink on weekends meaning Friday and Saturday, but I have to be up and about early on Saturday mornings so really ideally it should just be Saturday night.
    Wendy x
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Morning,

    12 for me please GG

    wednesday_23.gif


    Good Luck

    Shaggy
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • Lurkio
    Lurkio Posts: 3,155 Forumite
    edited 18 November 2009 at 8:08AM
    Morning all :D

    No shaggy? :confused: - edit: Ahhhh THERE you are :wave: we cross posted :D

    Another one for me please, GG. Half way to target..... 5 :) (and only a little bit more than half way through the month)

    Hope evryone has a good one

    :DNeigh, neigh, and thrice neigh :D
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Cat_Addict wrote: »
    Morning all. I definitely agree that one day at a time works. I've not had a drink since last Friday now which is a first for me.

    Yay :T:T Well done CA :T
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • shaggydoo
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    Lurkio wrote: »
    No shaggy? :confused: - edit: Ahhhh THERE you are :wave: we cross posted :D

    Morning :hello: running abit late today and bf has just beat me to the shower......:p
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    gien wrote: »
    What will you do with the £70 you've saved?

    It'll go towards clearing "me debts"....:T
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • Different_Corner
    Different_Corner Posts: 1,925 Forumite
    :o Yo - yoing in and out of this thread. Not been angelic. Think I'm up to 14/29.
    DC.
    "Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller
  • jo1972
    jo1972 Posts: 8,901 Forumite
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    A woman in her thirties is at home happily jumping unclothed, on her bed and squealing with delight.

    Her husband watches her for a while and asks, 'Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look? What's the matter with you?'

    The woman continues to bounce on the bed and says, 'I don't care what you think. I just came from having a mammogram and the doctor says that not only am I healthy, but I have the breasts of an 18-year-old.'

    The husband replies, 'What did he say about your 42-year old ar$5?'

    'Your name never came up,' she replied



    :D :wave:

    17 for me please GG
    DFW Nerd no. 496 - Proud to be dealing with my debts!!
  • honeybear_2
    honeybear_2 Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    changing_ways wrote: »
    It really does! The alcohol dilates capillaries so more blood flows to your extremities and warms them up. This is why you should never give alcohol to someone with hypothermia as their internal organs need the heat more than their fingers do. All those St Bernards got it badly wrong:eek:.

    Bedsocks would be good, furry ones with pink and white stripes please:D.

    Wow! You learn something new every day :D


    And, for you:

    done_stripy_socks.jpg

    :rotfl:
    @ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82
    AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7
    "NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"
  • honeybear_2
    honeybear_2 Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    Different_Corner wrote: »
    :o Yo - yoing in and out of this thread. Not been angelic. Think I'm up to 14/29.

    Hi DC :wave:

    14 is great :T
    @ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82
    AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7
    "NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"
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