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

gien

One more fir the SNC and a total of 12 Now for January. Do we count Sunday in the SNC?
I'm feeling hood with no alcohol but I've been craving (and eating) sweet stuff all week - no wonder I'm feeling fat!

rachelww1

Been eating lots of chocolate here too, and seem to have put on half a stone :eek: But I'm sure i'll be able to shift it soon, and for now I'm not that bothered as it's so nice to wake up hangover free. Another day done and dusted, so 15AFDs and 2 SNC

jak

15 af here and 17 altogether! Hoooorrrraaayyyyyyy! X

ManPants

6 AF so far!

Stupotstu

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

AF last night. Having moaned about gaining so much weight over christmas I sat and ate a whole bag of starburst last night! Grrrr :mad: Why?? Well I suppose I did enjoy them at the time lol....



Shaggyx

graemecarter

shaggydoo wrote: »

I have a very different relationship with alcohol - I like to drink a little but often. However that can be bad for you too - say a large glass of wine = 3 units = 7 days = 21 units which = unhealthy.

I've never liked the feeling of being drunk or drinking too much. However, a little too often can be bad for you too.

Which is why I'm a cutter/downer and why counting AFDs and units works fo me.:)

Thanks Shaggy

I drank often, but a lot and often! I always wanted to be like you and be able to moderate, but I couldn't. Moderation with alcohol is not possible for me.
I am good at moderating with food, work, exercise, spending, etc, but where alcohol is concerned, there is no control at all.
And that's that. It is what it is. I tried for many years to moderate my drinking without success.
Thus my limit is zero. Not a drink on my birthday, no champagne at weddings, etc. Nothing.

I wasn't able just to stop drinking. When I tried that in the past, I always missed drinking (especially if other people were having a drink).
That's why I needed (and still need) to change myself so I no longer even want a drink. That's the key to my sobriety, and it means I am no longer white-knuckling it on a daily basis try to notch up AF days.

GC

shaggydoo

Thanks GC - in an ideal world I would be happy to drink say a third to half a bottle of wine every night - come in from work/go the pub - pour a glass .But that's about 21 units to 35 units every week and the recommended is 14!

So I can stop after one or two drinks, that's not my problem so much - I just want to have one or two drinks tooooo often iyswim.

This thread helps me - it makes me have AFDs and I also count my units. Mostly I don't think about it too much. It's just part of my life now - like counting calories!

shaggydoo

January :-

= 7 Days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

= 28 days AF

= 31 days AF

= target achieved



Barny1979 15/31

Cazzyd 1/30

Chloris 4/23

Chocolate Cupcake 15/31

CuppaTea 7/18

December Baby 3/20

Flat Eric /31

Gien 12/20

Jak 15/31

Kiittiej 12/30

Lamarsi /31

Mackeroo 10/12
Maman 11/10

Mari 12/25

Mookie Pook 7/29

Muchin /31

Mummy2threeboys 8/31

Pinkbrick /25

Rachel 15/31

priceySOS 8/25

Satchmo 14/22

Shaggy 11/17

StupotStu 6/TF

Top Girl 15/31

Tracy 14/31

Unself 5/15

Warbonnet 14/31

WBF 8/10

41 and I know it 13/TF



Everyone Welcome!

Please highlight your AFDs in Red

Don't hesitate to let me know if I've got your AFDs wrong!!!!!

jak

For anyone wanting to lose weight. I've discovered myfitnesspay. It's brilliant! You input your food and exercise and it tells you how much weight you'll lose in 5 weeks and what how many calories to eat to lose/maintain your weight. I've been on it for 3 days and I've lost 2lbs already! It also converts your exercise into calories for you so the more you do, the more you can eat. X

satchmo1

15/22 AF for me. Loving the two smilies I've accumulated now, thanks!

Went to the pictures last night to see The Quartet. A quite gentle film, rather like the series Waiting for God, but Billy Connelly was tiresome. The last film I went to see was The Kings Speech, so you'll see I'm not a regular cinema-goer. OH won't go anywhere most of the time, which I hate.

He has agreed to come and see Tanita Tikaram with me on Thursday, which I'm looking forward to. I drive pretty much everywhere, so no temptation in the interval to have anything alcohol based.