The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 11

Chloris

18 AFD please Shaggy. Thank you for scoring.

I am fine thank you Bearacus. x I have been reading through the thread quite a lot as I am having a bit of a break form drinking. At least up to the end of February. I will have to get my head into the right place for the weekend challenge. My MIL is visiting on Saturday and I always find any visitors stressful, that is just something I need to find some peace and ease with generally (no fault of my MIL).

Well done Bearacus on slipping quietly into total AFness :T. Is this a permanent, conscious change? Or something that you are happy to play with? Please feel free to ignore my snooping... x

chilli_red

tracy_36 wrote: »

Chilli red - The only reason I am doing well is I had a shock that has made me triple determined to give up IYKWIM
2 glasses a day is good :j(unless they are half bottle sizes like mine lol)

I am nearly half way thru the book, and so far, I would say it is well worth the £9
It also recommends you are still drinking whilst your read it(not at the same time)
I fear I am going to turn into a preacher :eek:

You can only give yourself a break when you are ready

Oh, and are you finding it strange that the top smilie is 'have a beer'!

T

Tracy, you are doing so well :beer: If you want to preach, go ahead I am more than ready to be converted. I'm going to get there, I know what I am like and would fall off the wagon by ten o'clock if I thought this is it. Keep up the good work lovely x x

mackeroo

Hi Everyone, oldies, newbies and 'inbetweeners'! :wave:
I wrote a post last night and when i went to press send the laptop crashed grrrr
12 AF please Shaggy
Im really not doing so well this month but still hanging in there
Thank you for caring Bearacus x

maman

cleggie wrote: »

great to see everyone trying, keep it up guys

That's a lovely message cleggie, thank you.

Back on the wagon tonight.

11 AFDs for February and 2 for the SNC please.

P.S. I don't know if it's the new look board but I find posts crash very easily mackeroo. I just pressed delete for one word and the whole thing went. And pressing 'quick reply' still quotes the message. I believe it's called progress!

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

1 more AFD for the SNC Bearacus.

My alcohol spreadsheet is 2 and a half years old and I've just added columns that give a percentage which shows how often I drank more units per week than recommended by the government. (If I had the time I could probably do I column that gives a percentage of how often I drank more than government recommended units each day!) The percentages don't look that shabby - particularly this years and give me something else to aim for....I think I should have a similar spreadsheet for chocolate.....:-)



Shaggyx

shaggydoo

bearacus wrote: »

Im really happy as today is 100 days since i had a glass of wine in the pub with my friend x And that is the only drink Ive had in the last 225 days :j.

:T:T:T:T:T

shaggydoo

February :-

= 7 Days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

= 28 days AF

= 29 days AF

:j = target achieved


Bearacus 23/TF

Beck7 9/18

Bigdrinker /25

Bretts77 /22

Caramelcaron 4/TF

Cheezypeas 13/23

Chloris 18/24

Cleggie 13/15
Crazymum 21/29

dprovan /27

Evilsquid 9/20

Fakeplastictwee /12

Foreverhopeful 8/TF
Gardenanna 22/TF

Glasgowgirl 9/TF

Lizzyb 13/29

Mackeroo 12/16

Maman 11/10 :j

Mari 5/TF

May 5/18

Miss P 18/20

Molly-72 1/20

Mrs Vimes /20

Nettttie 7/20
Shaggy 22/17 :j

Peterbunny 6/21

Plumjam /16

Pricey SOS 14/22

Tracy_36 4/11

Rachel 1/TF

WBF 2/15




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

gardenanna

maman wrote: »

P.S. I don't know if it's the new look board but I find posts crash very easily mackeroo. I just pressed delete for one word and the whole thing went. And pressing 'quick reply' still quotes the message. I believe it's called progress!

And I thought it was just me:)

crazymum_2

Miss Piggy and Beckseven - so pleased to hear you are feeling tired too....I have never felt so tired
and whoever said go to sleep for the day - I should be so lucky...

Cleggie - I'd never thought about the caffeine in tea, have now bought a huge box of decaffeinated tea and will switch to that - thankyou.

Bearacus :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T WOW what a fabulous achievement - you just seem to quietly get on with it..... well done you.

Tracy so pleased you're getting on well with the book....he wrote the giving up smoking book as well - they changed my life and have helped me so much.

Not feeling so good today - in general at the moment. A bit depressed, very emotional. When people talked a while back about issues - I have a whole bucket load full. However they really are not very much use in life and I would very much like to be rid of the whole lot. I just don't really know how to go about it.
I seem to be the sort of person who goes through life collecting them - they start from childhood. I do know though how destructive they can be - my brother didn't speak to our family for 10 years and still has nothing to do with my Dad (who is terribly ill). I think it's just so sad, I have no desire to hurt anyone with my issues - it just that they hurt me.
I would like to be no nonsense about it all like Maman, I really don't want to be a moany groany issue person. There is no space in my life for it.
I just don't really know how I'm meant to deal with them and move on.
I get the feeling that I'm clutching at straws here and that no one will know what to say. I apologise it's just that I don't really know where else to turn or what I'm supposed to do.

Better go - falling to pieces today and need to be at work.
Sorry for being a misery.
Need to wipe the tears and find my smiley face

tracy_36

crazymum wrote: »

Miss Piggy and Beckseven - so pleased to hear you are feeling tired too....I have never felt so tired
and whoever said go to sleep for the day - I should be so lucky...

Cleggie - I'd never thought about the caffeine in tea, have now bought a huge box of decaffeinated tea and will switch to that - thankyou.

Bearacus :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T WOW what a fabulous achievement - you just seem to quietly get on with it..... well done you.

Tracy so pleased you're getting on well with the book....he wrote the giving up smoking book as well - they changed my life and have helped me so much.

Not feeling so good today - in general at the moment. A bit depressed, very emotional. When people talked a while back about issues - I have a whole bucket load full. However they really are not very much use in life and I would very much like to be rid of the whole lot. I just don't really know how to go about it.
I seem to be the sort of person who goes through life collecting them - they start from childhood. I do know though how destructive they can be - my brother didn't speak to our family for 10 years and still has nothing to do with my Dad (who is terribly ill). I think it's just so sad, I have no desire to hurt anyone with my issues - it just that they hurt me.
I would like to be no nonsense about it all like Maman, I really don't want to be a moany groany issue person. There is no space in my life for it.
I just don't really know how I'm meant to deal with them and move on.
I get the feeling that I'm clutching at straws here and that no one will know what to say. I apologise it's just that I don't really know where else to turn or what I'm supposed to do.

Better go - falling to pieces today and need to be at work.
Sorry for being a misery.
Need to wipe the tears and find my smiley face

crazy mum - do your work offer any counselling sessions?
Or maybe go through your docs? I have had psychotherapy for 3 separate periods in my life, and just talking/examining things through with a 'neutral' changed my life enormously
May have to go back for a top up session soon - families eh!
Tracy x

PS, was me who said to sleep for a day - peeps at work booked off sick and slept whilst the kids were at school - time well spent as I don't have to breathe their germs anymore