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

Miss_Piggy_2

honeybear wrote: »

Wow! I never knew Father Christmas lives in Wiltshire! :rotfl:

Well its where you'd least expect to find him obviously!;):D

honeybear_2

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Still reading but wanted to say HB love the ditty!!!!!

Trying to play around with a few more so watch this space :cool:

shaggydoo

Morning :santa2:

I can't believe Stacey got knocked out:o but I really enjoyed last nights show. Fantastico.
Got me a beautiful tree :xmastree: BF came over last night so I wasn't AF - had 3 glasses of wine = 6 units. That's all I've had in the last 7 days so that seems ok. Will try and be AF tonight and tomorrow.



Good Luck & Enjoy the final

Shaggy

jo1972

Flying in quickly to wave to all, off to work in a minute!

Hopefully shouldn't be so busy there today, spent the whole morning yesterday sorting out the registers and classes for today so today I might catch up on [STRIKE]MSE[/STRIKE] my normal work that's piling up on my desk

Marru, I'm on 7 please

Speak to you all later x

honeybear_2

Morning peeps

I'm a sleepy bear rhis morning so slwoly trying to work out what I need to do today

Jo, hope you're feeling better

Different_Corner

Xfactor got me last night so still on 5/21. But now planning a 10 day AF stretch. Non shall pass my lips until family arrive for the festivities in 23rd.

Marru

Good morning,

Busy busy here as moving out for three nights at lunch time and trying to get everything sorted and the right things packed by then.

Here are the scores:

Pledged 485 had 159 AF days which is 33% in 39% of time

Full table here

yellowmonkey

Morning

Put me down for 7 please as I will be AF today

Got to go to the big town (O2 arena) to drop off DD1 and OH as they are going to see Miley Cyrus ( Hannah Montana ) tonight. Me and DD2 may go and see the lights and then a film as we are waiting till after the concert to all go home together

Hope you all have a great Sunday

signs_of_recovery

Hi,
Can I come in here for a bit of support and advice, because I feel absolutely horrible just now!
I didn't drink at all, and I do mean at all, until I was 30, and from then have built up a bottle of red-a-day-every-day habit which has been going on for 10 years now.
I recently got made redundant, and it's climbed to a bottle and a half, and twice this week to two bottles. And i can only see it getting worse.
I don't know how to stop. I am terrified of withdrawal symptoms, and I'm so angry with myself for abusing my body and spending our money on s***ing wine. I keep scaring myself with liver pains and things like that. I feel bloated and grossly hung-over a lot. But nothing is helping. I still reach for the glass of wine at 6pm and don't get up again until bed time. What do I do? How do I stop? Is there any way to avoid withdrawal?

honeybear_2

Hi there Signs :wave:

First of all a big well done for being able to post on here about your drinking. It's a tough thing to face up to it for all of us so give yourself a pat on the back for that.

I don't think there is any way to avoid withdrawal symptoms, other than to focus on how bad you feel now & knowing that you will feel better when you drink less/don't drink at all.

Everyone on here has appreciated differences in their health, appearance & also bank balance as we've dealt with our drinking & those goals really help. We all pitch in & support each other, so this thread is a real help when you want that first drinki but know that you shouldn't.

Just try one day without the wine & see how it goes. And stick around, we're all very friendly