The Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Support Thread - Numero 9!

StressedOutSue

6 for me please Shaggy!

Budgie - lovely to see you again! I'm sure you'll soon lose that weight. Mine doesn't seem to be shifting yet, despite all these AFDs, and cottage cheese for lunch, and plenty of walking. Perhaps something to do with the Christmas cake I'm still eating every night? Better than wine though, I suppose!

Weekend - thank goodness. I hope everybody has a good weekend. DD1 goes back to uni on Sunday - she's only just settled down from coming home!

xx

bearacus

Hey everyone,

will not be AF tonight as planned but back to it tommorow x

bearacus x

daisychain35

jo1972 wrote: »

Makes me cry that does, especially when she slaps her DD

Just watched that bit

Trying not to have a drink !!! Poured a small vodka, but its still in it's glass in the kitchen.......

Still, still haven't had anything.. .yet...... :mad::mad::mad:

daisychain35

done it- incredible.. Friday night with no booze has never been done before.........

5AF !!!!

Marru

I am on 7 please Shaggy.

Sorry for not commenting posts but I do read and appreciate every single one of them. And well done all raking up the AFDs

daisychain35

Marru wrote: »

I am on 7 please Shaggy.

Sorry for not commenting posts but I do read and appreciate every single one of them. And well done all raking up the AFDs

lol- I'm telling myself more than anyone else- feels good just to type it !!! :)

maman

:wave:

Many congratulations daisychain and everyone else doing an AF Friday. I think weekends are the hardest:A

Good to see you posting Budgie, you've been much missed on the thread. It'd be good to plan another meet-up as lots of us couldn't make the October curry evening:drool: because of half-term or other commitments.

'night all.

RecoveringAlcoholic

Luckily I didn't have the same idea for Trainspotting

:rotfl::rotfl:

Leaving Las Vegas:

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death.

inspirespirit

I have just found this thread. Is it too late to join in please?
For about 3 or 4 months back end of last year, I gave up drinking Monday to Thursday. I had got into the habit of drinking literally every day. I enjoyed opening a bottle of wine whilst cooking the evening meal and would end up drinking the whole bottle, and even topping the evening off with a bacardi.
My two sons would constantly nag me about my drinking, especially as it was in the home and I was alone, so I promised them I would give up in the week. Trouble was if I fancied a drink on a Wednesday instead of a Saturday they would make me feel really guilty.
So at New Year I have said I would give up drinking in the home. (considering I very rarely go out this would mean I am virtually tee-total).
However, having seen this thread, I really like the idea of deciding at the beginning of the month how many AFD's to have in that month, which would take away all the guilt if I did end up having a drink on a day I'm not supposed to.
Tonight for instance, is probably the first Friday in years that I have not had a drink, and I have missed it. I haven't had an Alcoholic drink now since NYE and was fine until tonight. Normally if I had not had a drink all week I would look forward to a drink tonight. (Friday).
Hope all that makes sense.
So if it is ok for me to join in could i please go for 22 AFD in January. I have done 7 AFD so far.

castri09_2

inspirespirit wrote: »

I have just found this thread. Is it too late to join in please?
For about 3 or 4 months back end of last year, I gave up drinking Monday to Thursday. I had got into the habit of drinking literally every day. I enjoyed opening a bottle of wine whilst cooking the evening meal and would end up drinking the whole bottle, and even topping the evening off with a bacardi.
My two sons would constantly nag me about my drinking, especially as it was in the home and I was alone, so I promised them I would give up in the week. Trouble was if I fancied a drink on a Wednesday instead of a Saturday they would make me feel really guilty.
So at New Year I have said I would give up drinking in the home. (considering I very rarely go out this would mean I am virtually tee-total).
However, having seen this thread, I really like the idea of deciding at the beginning of the month how many AFD's to have in that month, which would take away all the guilt if I did end up having a drink on a day I'm not supposed to.
Tonight for instance, is probably the first Friday in years that I have not had a drink, and I have missed it. I haven't had an Alcoholic drink now since NYE and was fine until tonight. Normally if I had not had a drink all week I would look forward to a drink tonight. (Friday).
Hope all that makes sense.
So if it is ok for me to join in could i please go for 22 AFD in January. I have done 7 AFD so far.

i know just what you are on about i went months without drinking but then i fell back to drinking nearly every day i would love to just drink at the weekend better still give it up. i hopeing to start no drink days on monday .there are loads of nice people on her that will listen.