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

Barny1979

9/26 AFDs tonight

lamarsi

hi, well finished my hols of last night with bit of alcohol so I'm starting from today got in from work and tbh on the way home all the temptations were there.. and the excuses.. no work tomorrow etc anyway I now have several reasons to stop drinking whih are
1. I want to be healthy and when I drink I really binge drink.
2. I want to loose two stone for Christmas.. drink is fattening lol.
3. I want to pay my mortgage of so the money i save can be used for that.
I really want to stop drinking altogether but can't seem to manage it

lamarsi

Good Morning everyone!! hope everyone had a good night whether they choose to drink or not

1st A/F night for me!! and
had a cracking nights sleep. Usually find the first night a little difficult, having to use the loo several times before I drop of, esp as I've started my food pack diet again yesterday ( bit like lighter life) which you shed lots of water in the beginning. Plus side I seem to have lost 4 of the 8lb I put on whilst on holiday :j

gien

A very quiet evening here on the AF thread!!

I'm doing the SNC again this week if anyone wants to join in.

Today is alcohol free for me so I'm declaring....

GIEN 1/5

and a total of 8 for August thanks Shaggy

joanne109

Evening all
No AFD for me so far in August but today I have had a better day. I finished off a bottle that I opened last night but didn't go out for any more.
I desperately need some diesel for the car but knew I would pick up a bottle at the petrol station so I'll have to get some on the way to work.
Have a good week everyone, I have a very busy week ahead as I'm on 2 weeks leave from Friday - loads of work leading up to leave then come back to loads of work to catch up
I sometimes wonder if I would be better off not taking any leave!

Joanne

Ohwhatamess

Evening all, not much to report, just one to add taking me to 3/10 AFD please Shaggy.

I've not managed that many days AF however I have drank significantly less than I used to, I listened to some excellent advice on here and have largely pushed back the wine opening time, hopefully it will get to the point soon where it'll be too late to bother. There's a lot less going out for the bin men this week (I cannot make eye contact with those guys, I've often contemplated taking the bottles to a bottle bank myself!), they'll think I've been away! The biggest change though is the fact I'm already 4lb lighter, less alcohol means less junk of an evening and no stodgy food required in the morning so it's surely got to have helped, that's a pretty good incentive to try and stick at this!

Ohwhatamess

gien wrote: »

A very quiet evening here on the AF thread!!

I'm doing the SNC again this week if anyone wants to join in.

Today is alcohol free for me so I'm declaring....

GIEN 1/5

and a total of 8 for August thanks Shaggy

Gien, I'll join in please, I'd like to get 3 this week, today is number 1 of those 3 so I'm a third of the way there

maman

gien wrote: »

A very quiet evening here on the AF thread!!

I'm doing the SNC again this week if anyone wants to join in.

Today is alcohol free for me so I'm declaring....

GIEN 1/5

and a total of 8 for August thanks Shaggy

Sign me up for 3 for the SNC please gien

It's our wedding anniversary on Tuesday so I'll have a drink then but otherwise I'll try to be AF.

joanne109

gien wrote: »

A very quiet evening here on the AF thread!!

I'm doing the SNC again this week if anyone wants to join in.

Today is alcohol free for me so I'm declaring....

GIEN 1/5

and a total of 8 for August thanks Shaggy

Hi Gien - can you sign me up for 4 please? I'm not drinking tonight but had some wine with lunch today.
I really hate drinking on Sundays, I start so early in the day and then feel rough for the rest of the day.

Joanne

warbonnet

Hi gien could I sign up for the SNC please, I will go for sun to Thursday.
1/5 no alcohol last night