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

openscreen

Struggling tonight chaps! Have been drinking heavily over the past week. Its 3.10am & I am drinking a can of Stella. Must go to bed, otherwise will mess up another family day later. Drink is killing me!

ChocolateCupcake

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openscreen wrote: »

Struggling tonight chaps! Have been drinking heavily over the past week. Its 3.10am & I am drinking a can of Stella. Must go to bed, otherwise will mess up another family day later. Drink is killing me!

At least you recognise the signs. Its not easy doing something about it, but there is lots of advice and help on this forum.

ChocolateCupcake

Well after 10 AF days, I had a glass and a half of pink wine on Friday (as planned), but last night I fell back into my regular weekend pattern of drinking far too much. I only bought 1 bottle of pink wine (instead of my usual weekend box), but when that was all gone I started on a bottle of Stones ginger wine. Today I feel like sh*t!
However, its a new day and I plan to add another 4 days to my October AF total.

Wanna_Bee_Free

Congratulations on your 3 years AF 365! Open screen I hope today goes ok after all. Chocolatecupcake, I so know how that goes, you're welcome to share my been there done that T shirt if it helps?! Although I am not an act to follow on the AF front, my few October days are the first ones for months...

I have had one more AF day so I'm at half my October target 5/10 please Shaggy.

gien

Evening all.

365days, that's fantastic, what a great achievement.

Cuppa, good to hear from you and that you are still coping.

I've not had any AF days I think, but it's just been a single glass. I've been doing a lot if exercise too, so I feel quite fit and healthy too.

As it's coming to the start of a new month and we are totally skint (really bad at the moment), I want to soend as little as possible on groceries and that includes wine!!!.

So I am going to go for every school night being AF, friday, sat ans sun being drinking if I want to. Which makes 17 AF days for my target next month.
I'm determined to stick with it, and for everyday I am Af I'll stick 2€ in my sealed pot (which will be opened at the end of November.

mackeroo

15 Af please Shaggy
Had an AF Fri, we went to see a band on Sat eve and i had 1 wine before we went out and 1 vodka when out, pleased with that. Had 1 glass of wine with dinner tonight, where normally i would have had that and 2 more.
Just had my Sun eve fix of tea, choc, Strictly and Downton, so now off to bed. Hope you all have a good week

ManPants

Managed 1 AF night this week!! Better than previous weeks!

Now sitting with a whiskey in my tea!

Stupotstu X

365days

openscreen wrote: »

Struggling tonight chaps! Have been drinking heavily over the past week. Its 3.10am & I am drinking a can of Stella. Must go to bed, otherwise will mess up another family day later. Drink is killing me!

Hi there, that sounds like a really !!!! and lonely place to be. I know because I've been there. Drink probably is killing you, and your relationships and your happiness, and even if it isn't it sounds like it certainly is controlling your life. How can I say that when I don't even know you? Because 'normal' drinkers don't write what you wrote at 3.15 am.

I hope you find a way of controlling the drink rather than it controlling you.

openscreen

Well, update from me. went to bed at 3.30am Got up at 8.00am. finished last 3 cans of Stella. Went to shop for newsapaper & 2 cans of pre-mixed G&T. Drank those, went back to bed, got up for a while. Went to shop for 6 cans of stella. drank 2 in car. drank 3 ( can't remember), went to bed again at 6pm, just woke up having last one now. Wife asleep, this is stupid. Got to take charge. Wish me luck

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

1 more AFD for me. Had about 5 units Friday and 6 units Saturday. Back on the wagon last night.



Shaggyx