The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 12

heath480

July already yikes!

Wishing you all well.

macpep1

Hi All :Hello:

I am off on my jollys on 12th so I am setting my July Target at 18, I am really going to try hard this month, been on a downward spiral, drank far too much again over the weekend & the guilt I feel at this is horrible . Can I do the SNC even though our schools are finished :rotfl:I had wine last night so can't count that so I will go for 4 SNC's please Gien.
Antonic - well done on becoming DF!! :T

The_Boss

Confirming an alcohol free June, an alcohol free past 3 months and 91 days in a row. On Wednesday at around 5pm I'll break my personal best to date.

JoolzS

Hello all. I've been reading through quite a lot of this thread over the past couple of weeks, and I'd love to join in if there is room for another.

The past couple of months I have managed to cut down from drinking nearly every single day to having 15 days AF in May and 14 in June. I'd like to at least continue along this path so would like to set a Target of 16 AF Days for July. A secondary target, but not as important, is that I would like to have seven of those days be consecutive. I managed five consecutive days in May, and six in June, so seven would be nice, but I'm not as bothered about that as I am about the total days.

I'm fed up of feeling just generally under the weather all the time. I didn't drink anything last night, but I've got a queasy stomach that I seem to get as a secondary hangover from drinking the previous night. I have things I would like to have got done today, but feeling so queasy is stopping me from getting on with anything.

I also smoke (and have no real intention of giving up at the moment) and like most people I tend to smoke a lot more when drinking which I think contributes to my not feeling good most of the time.

Anyway, if there are any rules I should know about, could someone point me towards the relevant posts - I'd hate to upset anyone by saying/doing the wrong thing in such an important thread.

gien

School Night Challenge


Contenders and scores so far:

Gien 0/4
41 AIKI 1/5
Freebyfifty 0/4
Joanne 0/4
macpep 0/4
Shaggy 1/5

I've had a great day so far - in fact I have been offered a job - part time teaching biology in a local college. The pay is fine, although I feel a little concerned because I've had quite a long time where I haven't worked at all (at least only voluntary and in the home).

Realistically it'll occupy more like 24 hours of my time by the time I have done planning etc. but it is quite exciting and could be the start of something bigger.
Haven't accepted yet as I need to discuss it with OH, but I really do want to have a go at it.

The_Boss

I've thought about joining the School night challenge but not sure there's much point when my objectives are different to the point that I'm a few weeks short of a school TERM challenge

gien

well, you can always join, get 10 out of 10 and go to the top of the class!

satchmo1

Hi Julz, welcome to the forum. The only rule we have is to support each others efforts :-)

1 AFD to kick start Jolly July for me, please.

Have been crippled by sciatica since Thursday, but an hour long walk today seems to have sorted me out, hurray!

Barny1979

1 SNC and 1 AFD so far!

macpep1

satchmo1 wrote: »

Hi Julz, welcome to the forum. The only rule we have is to support each others efforts :-)

What he said ^^^Joolzs, welcome to the thread, always room for one more

Gien - Well done on the job offer :T
Satchmo - Hope your back is a little better today
The Boss - Well done, you are doing amazing

1AF please Shaggy& 1SNC please Gien

Feeling really good this morning & really positive, I am not going to indulge in my usually Tuesday 'date night' bottle of wine & its not bothering me at all.

Have a good Tuesday everyone x