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

cleggie

Sorry shaggy, me again!!
Is there 31 days in this month? If so, can you please ammend my target to 31 days, as i dont want to drink at all this month.
Thanks.

shaggydoo

cleggie wrote: »

Thanks Shaggy. I got given some sachets of Cadburys hot choc in a Christmas hamper, so will use those up.
The kids are going to their dads this evening, so it'll just be be at home. I am determined not to drink anything, but to have a nice bath, and go to bed early, read a book and wake up on Saturday morning all fresh and ready for my drive. I am really looking forward to it too

Enjoy

Better than

shaggydoo

cleggie wrote: »

Sorry shaggy, me again!!
Is there 31 days in this month? If so, can you please ammend my target to 31 days, as i dont want to drink at all this month.
Thanks.

Yup 31 days in Jan so done

cleggie

Thanks Shaggy, and sorry for being a pain!

nettttie

morning all, I've managed with snc with ease - it wasn't always like this. I started here too

total 4/23 Weekend will be a challenge, hardest day being Sunday but am determined to shift this xmas flab and save money not buying alcohol, well every penny I save I need to pay off a credit card!

YAY it's only blardy Friday

crazymum_2

loving the pictures Shaggy

and wow how brilliant to have such positivity on a Friday morning - truly inspirational :T

cleggie

Good morning crazymum!
It's great waking up without a hangover/fuzzy head isn't it!!
Fancy joining me in having a pamper evening this evening instead of having a drink?

crazymum_2

Mornings feel amazing .... everything is feeling amazing, I even slept pretty well last night.

We walk the dog first thing and it is so nice to have a spring in my step rather than waking up, feeling like I've got a whole pile of cardboard in my mouth, self loathing for drinking again, lethargy, tiredness, disappointment.....need I go on.

Cleggie right there with you for tonight - from the sounds of things there are a few of us on here preparing for the Friday night struggle.

I'm feeling incredibly positive after my rants yesterday - I shocked myself when I wrote it all down. Some things I'd forgotten, maybe conveniently, it's amazing how we just carry on and tell ourselves it's all fine. When I read it back, I realise just how damaging it has all been....and it has made me realise that I really really don't want it in my life. My friend - the whisky bottle - was not a very good friend to have at all.
In fact my favourite things in the world to do are gardening and reading.....roll on the spring and so looking forward to actually having the energy to enjoy it all....

365days

Re ; Friday Nights. It maybe worth thinking about why Friday is so significant. Do you feel like you deserve a reward for a week at work, Is it because you want to signify the beginning of the weekend? When I stopped drinking it kind of coincided with a local Waitrose opening. I would treat myself to something small but extra yummy and stupidly extravagent on a Friday as my treat. Maybe without a saturday hangover you could plan something in for a saturday morning.....if you love reading visit the library, gardening say you are going to go to a garden centre on Sat. morning and spend a fiver on a nice plant. When you first stop, it's worth taking the money you would of been spending and treating yourself. The time will come where it can be saved or put towards debt but for now use it to invest in YOU.

bearacus

Rachel- Hope everthing is ok x Big hugs :grouphug: Here if you need us xxx

bearacus x

Just a quick one be on later properly