The giving up/cutting down alcohol thread part VI

Wanna_Bee_Free

DecemberBaby wrote: »

7 days in a row is a record for me.

DS1 is out clubbing tonight so I'm very anxious and 1 will be up
very late tonight!

Just wanted to say well done for the 7 days in a row December Baby! Hope you manage to enjoy the evening anyway.

Good night all, off out now but planning to stay AF.

fedupandskint

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Blimey Sparkles you type quick

T'is all the sitting with the lappy and being on here! Thank you!

Plus the bit of typing I had to 'learn' when at 6th Form - oh the early 1990's! Days before computers!

fedupandskint

This is my target for w/c 29/3 -

Remain AF for 7 days Mon-Sun
Exercise plan for Week 2
Exercise list w/c 29/3
Mon - [STRIKE]20/30 mins yoga[/STRIKE] 40 mins achieved AFD 27
Tues - [STRIKE]CV 25mins[/STRIKE] 20mins YOGA instead AFD 28
Wed - [STRIKE]CV 25 mins [/STRIKE] achieved AFD 29 :j:j
Thurs - [STRIKE]CV 25mins[/STRIKE] achieved 20mins yoga AFD 1
Fri - 1 hour yoga / CV 25 mins
Sat - 1 hour yoga / CV 25 mins
Sun - walk? or as Sat

Evening everyone, I'm posting my list to keep me motivated to do it as I could leave it in my mind otherwise and ignore it

Declaring 1 AFD today :j

Decided to get off my sette and go and do some exercise instead - done and dusted for today now and waiting for tea to settle

Have a good evening everyone

pink_princess

115k,don t go I like reading your posts This thread is about cutting down as well as quitting .

WBF - Im declaring 1 day AF please,and I completed the 72 hour challenge.:jI ll be back on sunday as Im out at the weekend for my mums 60th .

Good luck with the targets everyone.
PP

Pippilongstocking

Hey chaps

Thats me in after a curry and two bottles of fizzy water

April now has 29 days left to slaughter - thats one AFD for April for me please

Taking each one day at a time.

HB thanks for the mini-challenge

Jo how did you get on at your last day of work - going to read back

Hope everyone's OK

fedupandskint

Right then chaps and chapesses

The 72 Hour Challenge is over in 3 1/2 hrs time

Anyone up for a Thurs-Sun 96 Hour Challenge?

Start the new month with a few AF days!

Always tempting over a bank holiday weekend - sign up to the challenge and have a few days to aim for in 96hrs short hours!

Stripes

Sparkles
Miss P
Mookie

Almost 22hrs in now - leaving 74 hrs to go (Fri/Sun/Mon) one day nearly done

Any other joiners???

mollypolly

Hi folks.....Just reporting in with ONE AF day for April.

Off up to the Lakes for a couple of nights tomorrow....leaving Laptop at home:(...going to spend some quality peace and quiet time with DH....this is a surprise for him....My car is all packed up and he doesnt know a thing ...bless. I am just going to get him in the car and then drive:D.

Will be back on Sunday night for hand holding duties.
Be good till then and Take care of you
Love Mollypollyxxxx

So_Sad_Angel

RecoveringAlcoholic wrote: »

For Miss P:

Tom Edwards' Poem "Why I don't drink anymore"

I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people.
You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. I drank for friendship and made enemies, I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity; I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom's sake and became a slave. I drank for power and became powerless; I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply. I drank to cope with life and invited death...

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Thanks for this RA....I heard the interview in the car at lunchtime & was truly touched by Tom Edwards & identified so much with his views. I guess we can all read his poem & have a particular line that tells our own personal story...I have highlighted mine above.

Its on iplayer & worth a listen.

DecemberBaby_2

Am I the last poster of the evening or the first one of the morning?

Just off into town to pick up DS1.

Good night and good morning

DB x

gien

Good morning. Reporting in with one AF day please WBF and no more tummy bug.

115k, please look after yourself but ask yourself the question of why you are taking a break from the thread and why do you feel uncomfortable posting here. I think it's by asking questions of ourselves that we understand what makes us behave as we do. But please take care, here you'll find nothing but understanding and wisdom (oh and a few laughs along the way!!).
We have a few days away, just the family, so I'm going to treat myself well with plenty of sleep and healthy food and maybe a few easter eggs.