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

honeybear_2

I have caught up on all my iplayer-ing so am going to call it a night & log off before I ended up being on here for hours!

Thanks for the all the very kind words, guys

Nite

budget_babe

honeybear wrote: »

I have caught up on all my iplayer-ing so am going to call it a night & log off before I ended up being on here for hours!

Thanks for the all the very kind words, guys

Nite

Nite Nite Ms Honey B, bear hugs and yes you are wonderful :A you give so much support on here and you make us all laugh at times too. You are our very own Care Bear and we all love ya.

Just don't go forgetting it now :kisses3:

Bear hugs (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Marru

fedupandskint wrote: »

Awww to all of you struggling out there

Would you like me to set up another Mon-Thurs 96 hour challenge to help?

Yes please - can I be added. Done Monday

fedupandskint wrote: »

Hour by hour
day by day
we can get there
we can get there
some deep breaths in
then more deep breaths
slow exhale
calm mind down
reconsider what we are thinking if craving and just go for it AF

:T

PharmaRep -

WB, Jo, Miss Piggy & Jo -

Gien - hope you are feeling better

We had fantastic trip. Slipped mooring at nine on Saturday morning, after 14 locks stopped for lunch and then carried on for awhile. Just got to our over night mooring spot before it started raining. Torrential rain through the night was keeping me awake but did manage to get some sleep eventually - got up early and while BF was looking after DD I nipped out for 6 mile run. Then after I had had my breakfast had a stroll with dogs - went to have lunch at carvery (nom, nom), took boat back to the top of the locks we had done previous day, stopped there for night and then this morning leasurly came back. We always managed to avoid the rain while moving.

I am tired so better head to bed shortly.

Oh - can I please have 3 days DB and thank you for taking the baton!!!

DecemberBaby_2

Night night all,

Thinking of us all as we head back to work tomorrow.

DB x

budget_babe

DecemberBaby wrote: »

Night night all,

Thinking of us all as we head back to work tomorrow.

DB x

Nite DB and well done on your weight loss so far :T Budgie too needs to tackle this issue.

Hey ho my treadmill should be up and running tomorrow.

I feel really fedup to have gained this weight back

Still its a lesson learned. No wine calories for me today, I am on the lucozade

God Bless
Budgie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ps Marru you are a running machine girl. Respect :-) xxx

gien

Evening. Declaring one for the challenge and 2 in total.

HB you come across as a lovely person in your posts, always looking out for others. You are lucky to have nice nails. Mine are horrid and my hands look like they belong to a sixty year old!

Winebox, sorry you are feeling sooo bad (((hugs))).

jo1972

Off to bed, hope I can sleep being sober an all.....

Night all :wave:

Xx

*Mari*

Just popping in quickly to say hi

DB can you put me down for 2 AFD's please

Right off to bed been sooo busy today no time to realy think about drink...phew

Sparkles thats day 1 of the 96 hr done for me please :j

Hope to catch up properly tomorrow ((hugs)) to all who need one,

Night

Mari xx

maman

115K wrote: »

I asked my DH what 3 physical attributes he liked about me and I can't repeat the x-rated version!:D

Lucky that Lurky, YM et al aren't around otherwise we'd have an x-rated version for HB too. We've heard about the nails but what are the other two bits:o

So who are people voting for? (If people are comfortable with revealing their votes.) I'm voting Labour.

Tactical Lib Dem voting here to keep Tories out. Very marginal seat.

Have you been to Devizes marru?

I've not made a good start to May (Merry-wise that is).

graemecarter

honeybear wrote: »

Stupidly, admitting that I'm struggling

For me, it's admitting that alcohol has that hold on me that makes me deal with it. Have no idea if that makes sense
Anyhoo, feel better for saying it & will (hopefully) get through the night ok

Makes perfect sense to me HB.
Speaking for myself, I ignored my alcoholism for a long time. It wasn't just the drinking, but the way I felt about myself (big ego, low self-esteem, anxiety, confidence issues) as well.

Admitting I had a problem was the first stage. The next was accepting I had an issue, and that I needed to do something about it.
The thought of not drinking was terrifying (as I think it is for all alcoholics) but I learnt that I only need to not drink for 24 hrs at a time.

If you find you are not getting where you wanted to be when you joined this thread, you may want to try other things in addition to posting here. In other areas of our lives, if something doesn't work we look for alternatives. There is no reason why cutting down/giving up need be any different.