The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread Part 8!

graemecarter

skintscottishgirl wrote: »

Ach Graeme your words of wisdom always hit the mark...

I am convinced there is a way other than total abstintence as you know and I will find it.

Tonight I am half cut but I will be OK

Hopefully that will continue....

Good luck to you too

XX

I searched for years and could not find it. Moderation and me were never successful. Good luck in your search. Some people keep looking all their lives, and never manage it.

graemecarter

skintscottishgirl wrote: »

RE the talking to women thing I feel that I am fine and dandy and confident if talking to a guy i don't "fancy" whether drunk or sober, but when I fancy them so to speak it all becomes ten times harder.

I don't think that;s going to change drunk or sober....

I meet lots of people at work and because i am sober and focus on doing the job it helps.....

Who knows what the future holds for any of us

I am half cut but not inclined to drink neat vodka so i should be ok if suffering a bit tomorrow....

Sim you appear to be sober...

Graeme Are you not together with the mother of your children any more I thought everything wa sorted.......

Poor you

But you have paid your price and I sincerely hope it works out for you, and if you keep doing what youa re doing I am sure it will

Good on you for your words of wisdom

We are all doing the best we can and that's the end of it but life is a b1tch sometimes...

SSG

XX

My life is great, but unfortunately my marriage didn't last. It wasn't all alcohol related (as we were still together for two years after I got sober ). I am not 'sorted', but I can say that alcohol has not been a problem for me today. I don't know about tomorrow yet, but I suspect if I do the small things I need to do (no time off for an alcoholic!) then I should get to bed without a drink.

Life is not always fair, but that doesn't mean it isn't great

skintscottishgirl

Sim

You can't see what is right in front of your face

XX

Graeme#
you are great

Please don't stop posting, but i still think there's another way!

Good luck and

Goodnight All

XX

SSG

graemecarter

skintscottishgirl wrote: »

What was your turning point Graeme?

I hope you don't mind me asking?

I just keep thinking of the likes of hollywood a list star such as anthony hopkins " i went for a drink and woke up 3 weeks later in a hotel room in hawaii with no idea how i got there " etc etc

Its almost glamorous but it's not really????

XX

Mind you hawaii would be somewhere nice to wake up:rotfl:

I got sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.
No massive lightbulb moment, apart from my final night of drinking was no fun. Every mouthful of beer/wine tasted like liquid misery. I knew then I couldn't continue to drink
The key was I knew I had to get help, as opposed to think I could beat booze by myself. And I took the action.

skintscottishgirl

graemecarter wrote: »

My life is great, but unfortunately my marriage didn't last. It wasn't all alcohol related (as we were still together for two years after I got sober ). I am not 'sorted', but I can say that alcohol has not been a problem for me today. I don't know about tomorrow yet, but I suspect if I do the small things I need to do (no time off for an alcoholic!) then I should get to bed without a drink.

Life is not always fair, but that doesn't mean it isn't great

Life is grand sober or not

I am on the up and I am not saying anything like i will never drink again as i might, who knows?

But graeme i tell you since I joined this thread Life has been different for me maybe not perfect but better.....

My perspective has changed.

I never thought i would go a whole month without touching a drop (and pretty painless by the way) but i did.

And i look back and i have come so far......

I will find a way graeme

In many ways on paper my life is !!!!!!

But i will survive

And prosper

Good Luck

XX

skintscottishgirl

Morning All

Well, a bit rough to say the least and once again broke my own rule....

But I have survived and onwards and upwards....

I am going to work this weekend and will certainly not be overdoing it tonight, as quite apart from anything else i have not enough money to buy more vodka till thursday at least

Thank God

Will tan what is left tonight - about 3 left

Then be done with it

Till the next time

I am just pure fed up with all of this

SSG

XX

skintscottishgirl

Right

Let's get positive

Will finish the vodka tonight and be dobe with it once again

And get back on the wagon

I don't know what i would do without this thread

Tonight it's a maximum of three which i will have when I come home later, then an early night....

Will post later.

I am rough but it serves me right I don't know what else i expected!

And didn't enjoy it:o

Hope everyone has a great day!

SSG

XX

skintscottishgirl

No energy

No motivation

Feel like phoning in sick

God....

Off to get ready

Just shouldn't have got vodka or any other alcohol last night that's what happens....

Will be sober later i have just thrown the rest of the vodka down the sink!!!!

Not very MSE

But a wise move I suspect

SSG

XX

randomname_3

graemecarter wrote: »

I
- normal people change their alcohol habits and consumption to suit their goals. Alcoholics change their goals to suit their drinking.

Good luck

Graeme, That is so true.

Sim, You're still sounding very positive, Things are not half as bad as you might sometimes think. please stay strong.

SSG, Stay with the thread sweetie. We will have to agree to differ on your thoughts of drinking jn moderation. I am with Graeme and Sim, it is all or nothing. I'm trying for the latter but it is hard work but really worth the effort. If I falter this time I will bite the bullet and go to AA.

We are all rooting for you.

graemecarter

skintscottishgirl wrote: »

Morning All

Well, a bit rough to say the least and once again broke my own rule....

But I have survived and onwards and upwards....

I am going to work this weekend and will certainly not be overdoing it tonight, as quite apart from anything else i have not enough money to buy more vodka till thursday at least

Thank God

Will tan what is left tonight - about 3 left

Then be done with it

Till the next time

I am just pure fed up with all of this

SSG

XX

I know that feeling.

It reads like you were more happy when abstinent than when drinking.

Abstinence only works well for me as I have changed myself, so no longer WANT to drink. Thus I am not denying myself alcohol