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

tracy_36

1AF please Shaggy

41_and_i_know_it

Hi everyone.
No AF to report.
6.9 units last night, feel like shgte.
New month, new excuse to drink.
Tried it didn't like it so back on da wagon.
gien 1/5 and 0/31 so far.

JoolzS

I'm glad I posted yesterday. I might have been tempted last night but knowing I had put myself "out there" stopped me. So 1AF for me.

JoolzS

I'm posting this as a reminder to myself - being bored and not hungover is far, far preferable to being bored whilst hungover!

I don't work (haven't for over a decade) and DH works very long hours so I spend a lot of time alone* in our small flat. Yesterday I was very bored - loads of bits and bobs to do but because I felt so queasy due to drinking two nights before I couldn't get on with anything. Today is completely different - two nights without alcohol and, although I'm a bit bored again, I'm pottering about doing the bits and bobs and the day is just moving along nicely. I've known this for a couple of months now, but I thought writing it down might help it sink into my stubborn brain.

I do have loads of things I could do to keep myself busy all the time, but I've found that a lot of them trigger me to want a drink - start cooking and reach for a glass of wine, start sewing and reach for a glass, play computer games and reach for lots and lots of glasses, etc. I did cook dinner last night and had a cup of herbal tea. That seemed to work as it was a different taste to the many, many cups of normal tea that I drink all day. I've also just had a dig around my spare room (or I should say the large cupboard that is classed as a spare room!) and found half a dozen bottles of N/A drink such as Schloer, so I have a couple of those in the fridge now.

*DH takes the car to work so I can't easily go out, and I suffer from depression and an anxiety disorder so I don't have any friends or hobbies outside the home.

macpep1

Good for you JoolzS, sometimes it helps just writing it all down. I only joined here a few months ago but already I have had AF days, before joining the thread I was drinking a bottle of wine a night, then sometimes looking for more when that run out.

I fell off the wagon a bit after my nana died & family fall outs etc. I would make excuses to drink, am stressed at work, kids stress me out, nearly the weekend yadda yadda, but at the end of the day I was just making excuses to have a drink & telling myself it was ok as I was stressed. I am determined to hit target this month, & for the first time in ages, I wasn't feeling low because I wasn't drinking last night, normally I would be very down & think about wine but DH offered me a beer (which I only drink when I run out of wine) :rotfl:but I said no, he had a small bottle of cider & it didn't bother me. I was on anti-depressants a while back but think the drink had a lot to do with it, didn't have the guts to admit to my GP what I was drinking. Good luck, you are doing fab :T

41_and_i_know_it

I'm on 200 mg sertraline a day, not worked since march 2003 and stressed/depressed. I am also isolated.

Barny1979

2 SNCs and 2 AFDs

satchmo1

2/27 AFDs. Backs a little better today; I took myself out of the office twice for a 10 minute walk, which helped. People feel a bit uneasy when someone stands in a meeting - which I did for an hour this afternoon. It meant I didn't seize up, and I don't give a fig for how it breaks out of "normal" behaviour.

BTW, not that it matters, but me's a she, MacPep :-)

My car passed its MOT today, with just a couple of bulbs having to be replaced. Result! Very MSE, as used Fastf1t and just £29.95 plus £10 for the bulbs.

Joolz, how about lime and soda when you're fixing dinner? I find that refreshing and not sweet like most soft drinks. And you can swig loads without it costing a fortune.

FreebyFifty_2

2/23 AFD's please shaggy

2/4 SNC please Gien

JoolzS

satchmo1 wrote: »

Joolz, how about lime and soda when you're fixing dinner? I find that refreshing and not sweet like most soft drinks. And you can swig loads without it costing a fortune.

Ooo, I like that idea. I already have a Sodastream so the water part is easy. I do have lots of flavours for the Sodastream but a lot of them are too sweet to be a good substitute. I'll stick a bottle of lime cordial on my shopping list.