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

beckseven

8afds for me please shaggy doo. Glad that i got my frog finally! Sorry to hear about your horrible scare phoenix dragon and hope all is well now.

mackeroo

15 AF days please Shaggy
Had friend round for dinner this eve and offered her a glass of wine which she accepted. Ive just realised now, that it didnt even enter my head to pour myself a drink, i just had a fizzy water and didnt even notice her drinking the wine at the table. Wow this is a 'moment' for me, which gives me the incentive to keep going.

darwins_mum

Evening all, I hope everyone has enjoyed the glorious sunshine.
I can honestly say I have lost the desire to drink now and I hope that this continues. The memories of the fuzzy head and muffled thinking make me shudder. Not to mention the mysterious void that the last 20 years seems to have vanished into.
On a more positive note, the extreme fatigue is easing off as is the restless legs that have plagued me for a few nights.
Posting/reading this forum has really helped to keep me focused and on the straight and narrow.
Take care all, stay strong with your challenges
DM

eca00opc

14 AFD for me, please.

Still struggling with sleep - finally getting to sleep at 1am ish and then back up at 6. Still, don't feel too bad for it. Perhaps I just don't need much sleep. Find it very difficult to switch off without the booze. Not getting any easier, yet...

maman

Just back from a long weekend away. I was drinking but not so much that I did anything embarassing or felt ill.

Had a quick catch up and saw lots of old faces on here over the weekend:wave:

Bearcus, would you put me down for 3 nights on the School Night Challenge, please. I'm determined to get back on the wagon before going off (again) this weekend. It would be so easy to slip back into old ways.

That's 9AF for April please Shaggy and 1 for the challenge Bearcus.

issytm

still trying to have my first AFD any help to just get started

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

One more AFD Bearacus.



Shaggyx

shaggydoo

*Mari* wrote: »

Can I come back again!?

Do you want to join what is left of the April challenge? A possible 12 days up for grabs and you have one of them already

shaggydoo

issytm wrote: »

still trying to have my first AFD any help to just get started

Hi - I'm no expert at all - but maybe you could get going by trying to put back the time that you have your first drink? For example, if you have your first drink at 7 try getting to 8. When you succeed at 8 move to 9, etc and then before you know it you will be close to bedtime and it won't be worth having a drink.

You probably need to find a drink to replace alcohol - for me I'm happy drinking hot chocolate.

Maybe your doctor's practice could help in some way to get you going if you are really struggling?

shaggydoo

April :-

= 7 days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

= 28 days AF

= 30 days AF

Pregnant Posters = :A

:j = target achieved
Bearacus 10/14
Beckseven 8/21
Chloris 10/20
Darwin's Mum 8/15
eca00 14/20
Fed Up 15/TF
Gien 14/20
Happyshopper 14/20
Lala 12/20

Lottie /10
Mackeroo 15/25

Maggie 6/12
Maman 9/10
Miss P 14/18
Phoenix D 18/30
Rachelww 13/21

RossieCheecks 4/16
Rustybucket 13/TF

ScotDebs /9
Shaggy 11/17
SOS 13/23
Toomany 7/15
Trasij 17/30

Will /7

Yorkshiremanc 1/20



PLEASE PUT YOUR TARGET AFDs IN A BOLD RED FONT and good luck!