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

gien

good morning everyone.

Popping in to declare AF day number 2 please DB.

Feeling tired as I had a disturbed night's sleep (to hot, worrying, AF!). Never mind, onwards and upwards...

Lurkio

Morning :wave:


Well I slept like a baby (woke up every two hours screaming and wet the bed :rotfl: :rotfl:)

Not really.......

2 for me please scorers

Have a great day, all

SimIsOnTheUp

Good Morning all.

Been up all night :-/

Having flashbacks / only just remembering stuff, from over a month ago (when I last went on a 4 day drunken bender, ended up in Manchester on my own, and blacked out) - only just remembering stuff now - scary.

Need to get to bed, at least for a few hours.

Have a good day guys.

Sim x

jo1972

Morning all,

Wasn't AF last night, sorry DB, didn't allow myself to stop and think about it, easier to carry on regardless, now feel I've let myself down

Anyway, onwards and upwards today indeed. I'm off out for a meal tonight where there will be no danger as I'm driving and I have never drunk alcohol in that restaurant so no association, always have a pint of orange juice and lemonade with loads of ice :drool: (oh and coconut crumbed prawns, rib eye steak and eton mess ). Only possible stumbling block for me will be the drive home, but I will have to drive right out of my way to go to the offy as I don't pass one from there and hopefully it will be after 9pm which is when my bells usually turn off

Interesting comments yesterday about facebook, I think though, that I didn't explain myself properly....

jo1972 wrote: »

a few people from my school days have contacted me via facebook recently and you see all the stuff they've done with their lives and you think, where did mine go?

I didn't mean that I am jealous of their lifestyles, or think that they are in a better situation than me, I merely see how much people have crammed in and big things that have happened to them since I last saw them at school, i.e. got married, had kids, got jobs etc. My life seems more of a haze, don't know how I got to this point of being 38, married, 3 kids, 'fairly' responsible job, I own a car, can cook a meal for my family and look after them without any help from my mum........how did this happen, I don't remember the last 20 years....

God, think I'm more depressed than yesterday :rotfl:

Right off to make a HCT baguette, (ham, cheese & tomato). The smell of baking bread has filled the house :drool:

Speak to you all later :wave:

barshamhillbilly

maman wrote: »

I'm sure this could be arranged, just ask BHB:D.

I always find there's one missing ...... then I find it again ....in the oven :rotfl:

Have a great day everyone.
xx

yellowmonkey

Morning :hello:

Interesting article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1294496/The-middle-class-mothers-glass-harming-families.html

Off to work...TTFN

graemecarter

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Morning :hello:

Interesting article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1294496/The-middle-class-mothers-glass-harming-families.html

Off to work...TTFN

Alcohol dependency harms those close to us. That's why it's such an awful condition. Not only does it hurt us, it causes huge pain to our loved ones.

The tragedy is that the denial is so strong that many cannot see the harm done to family. I used to think that my drinking had no effect on my kids. However, I failed to admit that sometimes I was so hungover that playing with them was a chore, or I would rather have a few beers than go home and read them a night-time story. My alcoholism made me more intolerant, impatient, and irritable. I spent money that should have gone on my family. This is all why this is a selfish condition.
I can make amends to my children now by not picking up a drink today. It is never too late.

mollypolly

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Morning :hello:

Interesting article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1294496/The-middle-class-mothers-glass-harming-families.html

Off to work...TTFN

graemecarter wrote: »

Alcohol dependency harms those close to us. That's why it's such an awful condition. Not only does it hurt us, it causes huge pain to our loved ones.

The tragedy is that the denial is so strong that many cannot see the harm done to family. I used to think that my drinking had no effect on my kids. However, I failed to admit that sometimes I was so hungover that playing with them was a chore, or I would rather have a few beers than go home and read them a night-time story. My alcoholism made me more intolerant, impatient, and irritable. I spent money that should have gone on my family. This is all why this is a selfish condition.
I can make amends to my children now by not picking up a drink today. It is never too late.

Scary that article......most of it could have been written about me.:o

That is why I totally agree with Graeme......Even though my children are grown up now I can make amends to them by not having a drink today....I have a grandson on the way and no way would I want to be denied access to him because of my drinking.

I can't stop at one drink so I can't have any!!!!

Take care of YOU
Love Mollypollyxxxx

brokepaolo

Morning,

I have recently started to infuriate the staff at one of my regular drinking holes by ordering a pint of lime & soda when they've already poured half of my usual pint of lager the minute they see me approaching the bar. I got to the point where at least 5 pubs near my house knew exactly when I would turn up and there would be my pint ready waiting for me as soon as I arrived. It turned into a joke the fact that I could go to the pub at midday on saturday and/or sunday, have two pints, read the paper and I wouldn't need to say a word to anyone.

That joke isn't funny anymore.

DEBTMONKEY1A

Nice one brokepaulo! Hope everything else is going well too! 3 AFDS PLEASE! About time and all! Really going for it now...had the worst hangover yesterday for fifteen years-drinking the same as usual (where i don't really get any hangover). Definate 'sign' to me that the old liver is struggling...hi to all! Actually slept not too bad last night-felt so ill but NO bells/cravings !