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

brokepaolo

Good luck Miss Piggy, it'll undoubtedly be tough but for each day you succeed, I'm sure you'll feel better about your relationship with alcohol and there'll come a day when you control it rather than the other way round.

skintscottishgirl

treepotato1 wrote: »

I do wonder if I should just pop myself off......but that's just the drink talking.

Pop yourself off?

I hope that doesnt mean what i think it does..... i feel like that sometimes too but i don't see it as a realistic option:)

yellowmonkey

Good luck Miss P

skintscottishgirl

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Afternoon all

Going to try and make his brief as you will all have a feeling of deja vu, having heard some of this from me before!:o

The last few days, especially with feeling ill, I have been arguing with myself about alcohol. Whilst my illness Monday wasn't caused by alcohol, I know it so very easily COULD have been. Whilst saying I'm drinking moderately, I know my drinking levels are creeping up again.

I had a long chat, via text, with my best friend this morning. First time I've mentioned my fears about my drinking to anyone close other than OH. She asked me some very pertinent questions and really made me think.

So.....I've decided thats it once and for all. Alcohol does not agree with me...I do not agree with alcohol....and I think MY life is better off without it.

I know you're all thinking blah de bloody blah...heard it all before:rotfl:. Just wanted to get it down in black and white .

Miss P
xx

Good for you Miss P:T

Let us know how you go

This thread keep me sane:A

skintscottishgirl

brokepaolo wrote: »

I've used it as box to hide in where nothing can touch me but it's a lonely place and emerging from the box is almost always harder than confronting the things it aims to hide you from.

I use it like avoidance tactics, but it only works temporariyly. But nice sometimes at the time

But sometimes shoit:D

jo1972

treepotato1 wrote: »

Have any of you ever used alcohol as a form of self-abuse and have you ever made yourself sick while drinking?

That's what it's for isn't it?

Lurkio

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Afternoon all

Going to try and make his brief as you will all have a feeling of deja vu, having heard some of this from me before!:o

The last few days, especially with feeling ill, I have been arguing with myself about alcohol. Whilst my illness Monday wasn't caused by alcohol, I know it so very easily COULD have been. Whilst saying I'm drinking moderately, I know my drinking levels are creeping up again.

I had a long chat, via text, with my best friend this morning. First time I've mentioned my fears about my drinking to anyone close other than OH. She asked me some very pertinent questions and really made me think.

So.....I've decided thats it once and for all. Alcohol does not agree with me...I do not agree with alcohol....and I think MY life is better off without it.

I know you're all thinking blah de bloody blah...heard it all before:rotfl:. Just wanted to get it down in black and white .

Miss P
xx

:T :T :T :T :T :T :T

I picked up a book the other day that had loads of quotes and bon mots in. One struck a chord (its not exact, but its the gist of it):

"There is not one person who, having stopped drinking, said that they were happier when they were drinking"

Good luck Miss P

graemecarter

treepotato1 wrote: »

Have any of you ever used alcohol as a form of self-abuse and have you ever made yourself sick while drinking?

I believe excessive alcohol consumption IS self abuse.
I often drank to change the way I was feeling, or numb my feelings.

I often would throw up the afternoon or evening after a heavy binge.
Occasionally, I would be sick in the evening midway through my drinking, but then would carry on.

Unsurprisingly, I am alcoholic :rotfl:

Miss_Piggy_2

Thanks all....gonna give it my best shot.

Treepotato....you ok?????

Miss P
xx

graemecarter

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Afternoon all

Going to try and make his brief as you will all have a feeling of deja vu, having heard some of this from me before!:o

The last few days, especially with feeling ill, I have been arguing with myself about alcohol. Whilst my illness Monday wasn't caused by alcohol, I know it so very easily COULD have been. Whilst saying I'm drinking moderately, I know my drinking levels are creeping up again.

I had a long chat, via text, with my best friend this morning. First time I've mentioned my fears about my drinking to anyone close other than OH. She asked me some very pertinent questions and really made me think.

So.....I've decided thats it once and for all. Alcohol does not agree with me...I do not agree with alcohol....and I think MY life is better off without it.

I know you're all thinking blah de bloody blah...heard it all before:rotfl:. Just wanted to get it down in black and white .

Miss P
xx

Well done Miss P - it's a brave thing to admit that alcohol is creeping up. :T


I tried often to give up drinking - it was only when I did something radcially different in my approach that it actually worked. Sounds like you want it for you, not for other people. That gives you the best chance