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

jo1972

Thanks for your message Confused, enjoy your day x

Hiya Heath, long time no 'read' Happy Christmas xx

My place is like a bomb's hit it :eek: possibly 1000 lego pieces all over the floor with 2 gogo hamsters running around it!

Turkey and beef smell amazing, so very hungry :drool:

Averted a Christmas disaster last night, was bound to happen. Suddenly realised last night that I'd left DS's main present (guitar world hero) round my mums :eek: last minute panic drive round there to get it :rotfl:

yellowmonkey

Happy Christmas everyone :santa2::snow_laug:santa2::snow_laug:santa2:

AF for me today and off to work at 2...17 in total

Enjoy your day and cherish your loved ones

Ta Ta

maman

Turkey resting (and so am I ) and about to start vegetable timetable to lunch at 2 (ish). Happy Christmas everyone!

Pippilongstocking

:xmastree:Merry Christmas to you all:xmastree:

Bismarck

Happy Christmas all.

another one done but there were moments when I was sorely tempted....it just felt like "time" for one if you know what I mean....some things really do take getting used to....that said I was glad I was sober. tired now though....

take care all...

Bis

changing_ways

Happy Christmas all!

Just winding down now, but that's my first AF Christmas Day pretty much over. So 25 for me please Marru.

I,M_SAD

So_Sad_Angel wrote: »

Hi I`M SAD

Fantastic achievement Hun....sometimes there is a defining moment that changes the course of our lives...often its traumatic but we come out stronger for it.

I quoted the above as it really struck a chord with me. I too have quit my job this year , which I thought was my life, but have realised that it was making me more ill & more stressed which was adding to my need to reach for the bottle.

I really wish you a fantastic 2010....sounds like you have got your life back with you in control.

Angiexx

I think when you are an alcoholic and drinking the likelihood of trauma is never far away,I was an accident waiting to happen and thankfully I only physically hurt myself,mentally I have hurt a lot of people though.
In the very early days of being alcohol free,I found the shame,flashbacks,of things I had done when drunk very difficult to cope with,I still could,nt sleep and often wanted the oblivion of alcohol to help shut out the demons of my drinking existance.

I found that tough,having to live with my drinking, sober was very difficult.I still do at times,however that is quite simply an important step in recovery,learning to take responsibility for your own actions.
The regret of my actions has never left me however the commitment to not repeating that destructive way of life is how I keep going,it is one day at a time as personally for me I find it less overwhelming to approach it that way.
To see how happy I made my family this Christmas was a real natural high.I don,t aim for perfection anymore,sure I get nervous,I get unsure,I get anxious but I am much more honest with my family and friends now when I am getting in a doo daa,which for me say 2 years ago would not have happened.I would not admit I was,nt coping.I would say it,s been 9 years since my family saw me sober over Christmas.
My resignation became a no brainer when I began to take getting sober seriously,I knew for me to stay off the booze I had to make decisions,I put my sobriety above everything else,I have too because I am not willing to allow myself to make an excuse to drink.
I felt generally unwell for a long time after I stopped drinking,possibly this last month has been physically the best I have been since I stopped drinking,they say it takes a year if you are lucky to feel better.
This is a very good time to stop drinking because it,s not tomorrow,tomorrow never comes for a drinker,it,s a day at a time and that day is right now.

Take care everyone,stay safe and hope the day went well for all of you.

So_Sad_Angel

I,M_SAD wrote: »

This is a very good time to stop drinking because it,s not tomorrow,tomorrow never comes for a drinker,it,s a day at a time and that day is right now.

Take care everyone,stay safe and hope the day went well for all of you.

Hi I`MSAD

Sometimes to break any cycle you have to really break it....I admire how far you have come this year.

Personally I`m not sure if drinking played a part in my work illness...I `burnt out` through too many hours & too many impossibly tight deadlines along with zero work/life balance & the debt....I would have a drink after work as I needed something to help me shutdown from the stress & worry.

Guess its all connected but rebuilding life without the `need` for a glass at the end of the day really is like getting a new life where I am in control....its still a day at a time though & have had many temptations over the last day or so but still AF !!

Merry Christmas Everyone.

Angiexx

So_Sad_Angel

25 Days please marru !!

Miss_Piggy_2

Morning all!

Did you all have good christmas days?? Ours was a bit manic but very nice. I had a few snowballs to drink but certainly didn't go overboard. Hence I was up bright eyed and bushytailed at 6am today!:eek:

Piglet had a lovely day with rather too many presents:rolleyes: He had a sleep in the afternoon but was still very tired and grumpy by about 8pm. So we came home and put him to bed where he was promptly sick (too much sneakily eaten chocolate methinks:mad:) so was very glad to be soberish and able to deal with it!

And amazingly I wasn't the clumsiest person there yesterday - my mum put all the food on the dinner table (and it looked gorgeous) and my SIL proceeded to knock a large glass of red wine all over the sliced up turkey:eek:. Was very glad I'd already dished up MY portion:rotfl::rotfl:(Oh, but have to confess to spilling some cranberry sauce down my top - right over where my heart is...it looked like I'd been shot:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

Hope you all have lovely Boxing days (I prefer boxing day to christmas day). I have the Out-Laws coming...feel sympathy for me please!!!!:eek:

Miss P
xx