The cutting out/cutting down alcohol thread (part 7)

budget_babe

Hi,

DB glad it went well sweetheart and good on ya girl :T I would be far too shy I take my hat off to you, for being so brave. Hugs (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss P re: lawn mowing, I for one would not mow my lawn when I knew my neighbour had a small child and would be in bed. I feel your frustration, we used to have neigbours in our old house who were retired, they would mow their lawn at 6am. It used to infuriate me, as we had to get up for work. AND when on a weekend well ............................ :eek:

Hugs sweetheart and thankyou for the update re: Jo. Oh and I meant to say Shaggy loved the sun today, thanks hunny (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

DecemberBaby_2

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Jo is very busy at work so may be shy she's not posting?

xx

Jo is shy? Not our Jo surely :rotfl:

DecemberBaby_2

Totally agree re noisy neighbours at inappropriate times. When mine was doing a major extension, he started at 7 am at weekends and drove me nuts. Thankfully moved away now.

Miss_Piggy_2

DecemberBaby wrote: »

Jo is shy? Not our Jo surely :rotfl:

Har har!:rotfl::rotfl:

(ok my typings crap!!)

So_Sad_Angel

Angie nips in to say a quick **hello** :wave: I hope everyone is keeping well & taking a day at a time.

Life has been pretty hectic for me since April & I feel like my brain has been a bit detached from the real world.

Started a new job last week but I am not happy about the shifts & I let that get all out of proportion in my head on friday night & ended up crying until about 3 am ! plus the money stuff is still dire....ie the lack of it...especially as I have to start saving soon for the MOT/tax on the car.

Oh dear this has ended up a bit of an offloading post:o:o:o....sorry guys...feel bit better anyway so thankyou for listening..:A

On the AF front I still hav`nt had a drop since 28 Aug 2009...thats 263 days. Lime & fizzy water is my tipple these days....LOL & sometimes I live dangerously & make it a double!:D

Take care everyone & have a lovely week.

Angiexx

maman

So_Sad_Angel wrote: »

Angie nips in to say a quick **hello** :wave: I hope everyone is keeping well & taking a day at a time.

Life has been pretty hectic for me since April & I feel like my brain has been a bit detached from the real world.

Started a new job last week but I am not happy about the shifts & I let that get all out of proportion in my head on friday night & ended up crying until about 3 am ! plus the money stuff is still dire....ie the lack of it...especially as I have to start saving soon for the MOT/tax on the car.

Oh dear this has ended up a bit of an offloading post:o:o:o....sorry guys...feel bit better anyway so thankyou for listening..:A

On the AF front I still hav`nt had a drop since 28 Aug 2009...thats 263 days. Lime & fizzy water is my tipple these days....LOL & sometimes I live dangerously & make it a double!:D

Take care everyone & have a lovely week.

Angiexx

Sorry to hear about financial/other problems ssa but :T:T:T on Afness. Don't be a stranger, be back soon!

maman

budget_babe wrote: »

Hi,

I feel your frustration, we used to have neigbours in our old house who were retired, they would mow their lawn at 6am. It used to infuriate me, as we had to get up for work. AND when on a weekend well ............................ :eek:

What with that and MissP's neighbours out in the garden discussing sex lives. I live in the wrong place:rotfl:
Don't mean to make light of it, sorry:o. Of course, it's inconsiderate to be mowing late at night. Trouble is we have so little hot weather, we are n't really organised.

Well done everyone who's stayed AF despite sunshine encouraging drinks in the garden. I'll be back on the wagon tomorrow (actually today).

'night all.

shaggydoo

Morning All :hello:

Still on 20 DB. Climbing back on the wagon today




Have a Great Day!

Shaggy

mollypolly

Good morning everyone,

Woke up with massive hangover style headache today.:(

Too much sun and AF becks me thinks..(amazing how many bottles of that I have drunk this weekend)....which just goes to show me ONE WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH......can't even control myself with AF stuff :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Off to get weighed this morning and I just know I have failed miserably this week after last nights BBQ.

Well done to all AF'ers especailly SSA:T......the time is flying by, soon be a year!!!!

Have a lovely Monday folks.
See you later
Love Mollypollyxxxx

mookiepook

graemecarter wrote: »

There is no doubt that drinking increased my stress levels. Well, not so much the drinking itself but the consequences of my drinking. Putting the drink down took away much of the bad stuff straight away. However, for me, that was just relief from alcoholism. Not recovery.
However, I couldn't stay stopped. I knew drink was no good in me, but I kept returning to it (even though there was less stress).
I need recovery to ensure I don't pick up today

If the book works - then great. I hope it does. Does it suggest you 'control' your drinking or actually stop drinking altogether?
I never read his smoking book, but my friends who stopped smoking successfully said that it turned you off cigarettes (that they tasted disgusting , made your breathing laboured etc etc). Does the book follow the same lines (that all alcohol is bad) ?

I'm always fascinated by other treatments - we are all different people so different things work for us all

Good morning everyone.
Hello, GC. In answer to your questions, the Allen Carr book is actually about stopping drinking altogether. In a nutshell, just like in the stop smoking book, he looks into all the reasons why we drink (eg. to relax, to feel more outgoing, to cope with stress, etc) and analyses each one in turn. He believes that it's all an illusion - that most people drink because it's the done thing, because 90% of adults drink, that we've all been brainwashed into thinking that we're getting enjoyment out of it when in fact drinking alcohol is just an addiction like any other. I'd recommend anyone to read the book and then make up their own mind - but it certainly struck a chord with me.