The Giving up/ Cutting down Alcohol support thread- number 10

May2013

Back after a few days away with work. I feel like I'm hardly ever at home these days ....having said that last nights hotel was very nice thank you very much and the bed was soooo comfortable , shame I had to be out of it at 6.30am

Including tonight I'm on 15 AFD's please shaggy and 4 for the SNC please bearacus.

Glad to hear your Mum's out of hospital rachelww - well done on resisting the beer last night.

graemecarter

AnnieG wrote: »

Hello
I had planned to have a drink on Saturday. However, I did it Annie style, got totally hammered and spent the whole of yesterday throwing up (sorry, tmi).
Can't remember panything after about 8pm, other than downing a lot of red wine. I woke up in the bed my visitors were meant to be sleeping in with them having spent a very uncomfortable night on the sofa with only one blanket, I was somehow wearing a t shirt belonging to my son (who's 11) and not really knowing what happened.
Think I'll give the booze a miss from now on.

4 for the SNC please.

Snap!
After a period of not drinking, that would often be what I did.
Never deliberately, and I would promise myself (and others) that i would never do it again.But I did.
Nothing changed for me until I realised I had to change

graemecarter

jungle_jane wrote: »

wish i had seen this thread earlier! i am having a dry september and am 22 days AF wooooohoooo! its been really challenging...especially on weekends.

I must say, nights seem a little boring with no booze...did anyone else find that stopping drinking leaves a gaping hole in your social life?

I am really enjoying being AF during the week though - am aiming for 20 AF days in October!!

It did initially, but then all my socialising was drink based (pub/dinners/bars/watching sport in pubs).

After a period of not drinking, I socialise in different (and more varied) ways, and life has never been more fulfilling.
My world was small when drinking. I only really enjoyed myself if there was booze involved. My life's bigger now, and I make sure that hole is filled. I have to work on it that it stays full however.
I am an alcoholic, and I don't get days off from my alcoholism

flimsier

Twenty-two today.
I don't really have a gaping hole at all. I have my daughter, and I'm quite enjoying most things. I'm not looking forward to a wedding on Saturday. 8/9 hours of not drinking!!

jungle_jane

Mr and Mrs Jungle are joining the gym tomorrow...what you said is true graemecarter - much of our socialising involved pub/grub/more pub too. congrats at being able to make that shift in mindset - that must be a massive step forward for anyone drinking wayyy too much...

shaggydoo

Morning :j

FRiiiiiiiiday!

1 more for me please Bearacus



Shaggyx

shaggydoo

bearacus wrote: »

Great news about your mum Rachel and well done on resisting the beer :T xx

bearacus x

What Bearacus said :T:T:T

shaggydoo

jungle_jane wrote: »

wish i had seen this thread earlier! i am having a dry september and am 22 days AF wooooohoooo! its been really challenging...especially on weekends.

I must say, nights seem a little boring with no booze...did anyone else find that stopping drinking leaves a gaping hole in your social life?

I am really enjoying being AF during the week though - am aiming for 20 AF days in October!!

Would you like to join the September and October monthly challenges?

shaggydoo

September :-

= 7 Days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

= 28 days AF

= 30 days AF

:j = target achieved


Annie G 20/28
Bearacus 21/TF
Chloris 10/TF

Cuppatea 6/TF

Danielly /14

Decemberbaby /20
Fakeplastic 12/15
Flimsier 22/30

Gien 5/25
Happyshopper 16/20
Legsand 16/30
Maman 7/10
May 15/18
Miss P 19/30
Naughty Mittens 13/27
One for the Rd 19/28

Penelopedee 5/16

Prettykitty 3/14
Rachelww 7/TF
Shaggy 18/17 :j
Stichintime 7/20
Pricey SOS 14/25
Tearose 18/30

WBF 6/TF

Yoemma /25




PLEASE PUT YOUR TARGET AFDs IN A BOLD RED FONT and good luck! (and if I've made any mistakes, don't be shy, please let me know!)

EVERYONE WELCOME

~Yorkshire_Belle~

Morning!

Another 1 for the SNC please Bearacus so that's the full monty! :j

Have a great day everyone