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

paybacktime2008

This thread is a great place. Everyone comes on here for their own reasons. However if you spend any time at all reading this thread you will see that whilst there are many people cutting down for financial reasons there are also people here who are having or have had a real struggle with alcohol addiction.

I remember a similar 'row' kicking off when I joined this thread about a year ago. Someone mentioned the word alcoholic and people started throwing their dummies out of the pram. There are alcoholics on this thread and I think it is niave to think otherwise. However there are also people who are here to cut back their drinking to enable them to save a few bob. Of those people there are probably some in denial of the cost of their drinking......like I was for many months.

Personally I find the posts of the people who have 'been there' and come out of the other side far more enlightening and helpful than some of the more lioghthearted posts. Others will prefer the lighthearted to the deep.

So in a nutshell...this thread is different things to different people and we should all respect everyones differences....remembering the fact that we are all here for a common reason,because we want to reduce or stop our consumption of the legal drug that is alcohol.

barshamhillbilly

paybacktime2008 wrote: »

This thread is a great place. Everyone comes on here for their own reasons. However if you spend any time at all reading this thread you will see that whilst there are many people cutting down for financial reasons there are also people here who are having or have had a real struggle with alcohol addiction.

I remember a similar 'row' kicking off when I joined this thread about a year ago. Someone mentioned the word alcoholic and people started throwing their dummies out of the pram. There are alcoholics on this thread and I think it is niave to think otherwise. However there are also people who are here to cut back their drinking to enable them to save a few bob. Of those people there are probably some in denial of the cost of their drinking......like I was for many months.

Personally I find the posts of the people who have 'been there' and come out of the other side far more enlightening and helpful than some of the more lioghthearted posts. Others will prefer the lighthearted to the deep.

So in a nutshell...this thread is different things to different people and we should all respect everyones differences....remembering the fact that we are all here for a common reason,because we want to reduce or stop our consumption of the legal drug that is alcohol.

Point taken so ...... Shall keep my gob shut now :D

kittiej

Fay we're getting married next month, 25th, I've been looking on eb*y most of the afternoon and it's sent me do-lally :rotfl:

I'm used to wearing Doc Martens and jeans or pj's when I'm not in work (we have a uniform for that) and we never go out anywhere so I never have the need to "dress up".

I think I'm just going to get like a knee length evening dress or something, I'd really prefer something more gothic but OH would probably look at me gone off :rotfl:I should grow up a bit I suppose since I'm hardly 18 any more...goes off to cry.

jo1972

paybacktime2008 wrote: »

So in a nutshell...this thread is different things to different people and we should all respect everyones differences....remembering the fact that we are all here for a common reason,because we want to reduce or stop our consumption of the legal drug that is alcohol.

Thank you PBT, I've been reading all day with interest and been unable to post as I've not been able to work out my new phone :mad:

I am so saddened to read that some people have been upset today over the 'debate', this especially saddens me as I was also around for the last time this happened and we lost some of our very dear friends that decided to no longer post I don't want that happening again.

Why we post on the thread is really irrelevant in my book, as it's not reality, it's somewhere to escape to, to chat to likeminded (:D) people that you can 100% trust (in a virtual world) and know that there is somewhere you can get support when you need it, any time of the day or night. This thread alone is unlikely to 'cure' an alcoholic (I know there is no cure by the way, just didn't know how to put it...) but it's the light hearted-ness that I look forward to. And as PBT has said, I also enjoy the deeper posts just as much as this helps to keep me in check. This being said I AM an alcoholic so have a different take on things to most of you.

For the record, I understand everything that GC has said and 100% agree with it, and I'm not going to apologise for that either :rolleyes:

Off me soap box now...

Where's MP with that whip :eek:

honeybear_2

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

VW Campers are like Herbie.

Don't laugh, he has feelings as well as ears, you know

I guess some people will call them wing mirrors ?

I'm clearly uneducated

mollypolly

Wheres MP with that whip:eek:

Right Here

jo1972

mollypolly wrote: »

Wheres MP with that whip:eek:

Right Here

Speak of the devil etc etc....

jo1972

Can't do any smilies whatsoever with this new fangled blasted phone, so please take everything i say with a pinch of salt, my kinda wit don't work without smilies to defuse! Ah the good old explanation mark i can still use!!!!

budget_babe

Jo hunny, so glad you have posted my friend :A I value what you say along with many others on this thread. For me personally it is Graeme's posts that make me stop and think the most. It is reading his posts that makes me realise that I have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, I do not consider myself to be an alcoholic, but I do realise that drinking unchecked is a cause for concern.

I also enjoy the times when we have light hearted banter, I think it depends how your mood is at the time on how you react to posts. I know for me only that had I not joined this thread then I would probably not addressed my drinking.

I value the support that I have on here, in return I try and give support back too. Graeme is in my book, a lovely bloke, what he says sometimes is not nice to hear, though very true. (In my opinion) I have been at different stages, sometimes I have my ear muffs on and sometimes like now they are off. (Hope that makes some sense)

Sorry for the ramble

Maman thankyou for your post (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pbt thankyou for your post too and for the very thought provoking line: "THE LEGAL DRUG THAT IS ALCOHOL" :A (()) KJ I have very much enjoyed reading your posts today thankyou :A (()) xxxxxxxxxxxx CW thankyou for your post too (()) xxxxxxxxxxx Marru hugs hunny (()) xxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh and before I go, I have diced the following:
Red, green, yellow peppers.
Red onions, mushrooms, cucumber, swede, parsnips, carrots, potatoes.
Dragon fruit, melon, pineapple, apricots, kiwi fruit.

In fact I have been in there for bloody hours but I am so going to be healthier.

I have thought to myself as I was dicing for the one thousandth time, that if I were drinking wine I would not have stood and done all of this. As I have said before, drinking makes you rush things and also put off things too.

So Budgies tip for staying af: buy a nicer/dicer. You can have hours of fun :rotfl:My fridge looks like a commercial for YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, after Ms Mckeith has done her diet make over Though Mr Budgie is horrified to have no chocolate biscuits :eek:

Oh and Ms Honey B, 17 for Budgie please hun, hugs and take care (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

lincs1205

Hi Everyone, have been on nights for the past couple of days but would like to say 12 afds so far for january please.:j