The giving up/cutting down alcohol thread part VI

fedupandskint

Hello everyone!

I'm back home from my week away walking on the Northumbrian Coastline which was very relaxing and battery recharging.

No network coverge in the area so had laptop withdrawals for a few days!

I convinced myself to drink a bottle of wine on Tuesday - it started my skin reaction after about 5mins (the new eczema cream) and then after an hour it calmed down and I carried on. Didn't even enjoy the taste. The next day my eyes swelled up again to start another phase off. I felt I had really let myself down by doing this when I had told myself I wouldn't do it.

Then last night I forgot all about it and when I popped out for some fish and chips I thought I'll have a bottle of lager to go with them. Opened the bottle, poured a glass, took a sip, didn't like the taste and then my skin reacted within minutes so I chucked it down the sink.

See what you mean about constant vigilence - funny how it got me more when I was on my own.

I also feel I'm at a stage where I am going off the taste of alcohol which I always enjoyed before. Maybe this is my time to give up alcohol completely (and I need to recognise my skin telling me this in it's own way!)

Then I thought the eczema cream is like an alcohol coping mechanism - make the reaction so bad it puts you off drinking again (a bit like disulfiram maybe?)

Lesson learnt and really can't drink again for the next few weeks.

This leaves me on 18 AFD now including tonight and I'm off to make a cup of hot choccie to watch the rugby with

Right better catch up with you all and see what you've all been up to over the last week!

maman

I also feel I'm at a stage where I am going off the taste of alcohol which I always enjoyed before. Maybe this is my time to give up alcohol completely (and I need to recognise my skin telling me this in it's own way!)

sparkles, it sounds lke you're becoming allergic to alcohol - what a result!!! Glad you had a good holiday, I did too.

VERY quiet on here tonight. I've not been AF but quite moderate again. This is exactly what I came on this thread for...cutting down and not making up for it on drinking nights.

'night all:A

Wanna_Bee_Free

maman wrote: »

I've not been AF but quite moderate again. This is exactly what I came on this thread for...cutting down and not making up for it on drinking nights.

Hi Maman I wasn't going to post this time but reading that I just wanted to say well done and remind you how far you've come over the months on here because you're doing so well.

I am awake at stupid o clock and have only the wine I drank to blame. And OH's snoring but honestly would sleep through it if I hadn't had a glass too many last night.

I'm sticking to my alternate day rule well, but still drinking too much on the days I do drink. I feel much worse after those days too. I don't drink more than I used to before finding you all on here but it's like I'm less anaesthatised (can't spell that one at the moment, sorry!) than I used to be and more aware of how carp my body is feeling.

On a lot of mornings recently I've thought about stopping completely but somehow by the evening my resolve has gone if it's a day I can drink.

I remember a post GC wrote recently when he mentioned alternate days as one of the things he tried. I worry that I don't find myself pleased to have so many days AF but like with my weight loss and fitness efforts I'm impatient and beat myself up too much.

I don't know why I'm finding the moderate drinking so hard. I start off with good intentions and by the end of the second glass the !!!!!! feeling kicks in and then I order pizza.

I do have more bad stuff going on at the moment in RL than usual. I plan to continue with the alternate days at the moment. When I made my New Year's resolution I thought I'd be really pleased if I managed it but it just seems to have sobered me up enough to take a long hard look at the other days and realise it's still out of control.

Well, maybe like GC says this is just a pre giving up completely phase but I'm still in that river in Africa.

Any suggestions from you moderate drinkers as to how you make this work for you?

Shaggy, overall that's still 10 days for me so far this month and the numbers are racking up much better than in 2009.

Marru

Good morning,

Not a good day I am afraid, DD woke me up at half six and now the dog I am looking after escaped from the garden and have gone walkies. I have done all the phone calls possible. Luckily BF is coming here later so he can wait in the house if the dog is coming back and I can go to the dog's own home to see if he made it there.

Anyway it is sunny and despite my blocked nose I am going to do the 3 miles for Sport Relief. Will just take it slowly and enjoy.

Shaggy 20 for me please

115K

I hope the doggie returns to you Marru.

I had such a carp nights sleep last night, hot then cold all night.:o Maybe it's the menopause starting!:eek: I wonder if I sleep like that on my drinking days but I am just too crashed out to notice it.

Off to have some brekkie, shreddies with banana I think and a couple mugs of tea.

Hope everyone is okay.:A

Lilith1980

Morning all,

I had a fairly good time last night. I have to be honest and say I didn't do well with my drinking but I'm not beating myself up over it as there's no point.

Hubby told a couple of our friends about us separating. I thought we were going to do it together (united front and all that) but I think he was emotional and needed to talk to people. Apparently they were really supportive and said they'd be there for both of us but not sure if that will happen when it comes down to it. Still we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Hope everyone is well this sunny Sunday, off to make some bacon and egg sandwiches

jo1972

Lilith

jo1972

Lilith1980 wrote: »

off to make some bacon and egg sandwiches

Give'us 10 minutes and I'll be there :drool: :drool: :drool:

Marru, hope you find the doggy xx

Sparkles, great to have you back, don't beat yourself up, you've just discovered that you don't like drinking anymore!

FH, lovely of you to pop back, please don't be a stranger

Morning all :wave:

Got such a lot on today, was hoping to get a rest this weekend what with being so manic at work at the moment but no, I am so exhausted. My colleague that's husband passed away was hoping to come back tomorrow but her doctor said she needs another week off. I am starting to stress cos although I am more than happy to do her work for half a day then my own in the afternoon, I'm leaving in 9 days (:eek: :eek:) and I have SOOOOOO much to do before I go!! If I wasn't leaving then wouldn't have an issue, the stuff could just wait.

Ah well, maybe I could go in for a couple of hours in the holidays to earn some extra hours?

Shaggy, think I must be on 11, haven't been able to update properly, but to be honest, I don't really care what day I'm on so long as I'm not drinking!

Speak to you all later, must dash gotta get the kids ready then out the door to Mr T's!

:wave:

Different_Corner

Morning
Have made it to 14, fell very easily at a pathetic hurdle last night. What is about Saturday nights ?

Bubble1379

Hi all

Today will be day 7 AF - and I am feeling quite positive about everything. I find dinner time onwards a bit tricky and feel quite irritable but I have just got to stick it out.

Paybacktime - I have been reading the book you recommended and it is very good.

Lilith - hope you had a lovely birthday.

115K - I think we must be neck and neck - let's keep it up!

I went out for a meal on Friday evening which I thought might feel weird but it was absolutely fine - drank lime and soda and I'm sure I enjoyed the food more than I would have done than if I had been half-cut.

I'm going to try and tidy my garden a bit today and try to keep busy.

Hope everyone has a good day.