The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 13

Dizzy_Imp

Well, whadda ya know....mint chocolate and fake red wine actually taste quite good together, so I'm chalking up another AFD please

11/22 for me.

Wanna_Bee_Free

A massive 3/10 for tonight. Planning another one tomorrow.

maggiem

8/16 please tonight[COLOR] It is helping me to be more reflective about what I drink and I have definitely
learned I can feel like drinking whenever there are strong emotions involved! I had a very difficult couple of days, family issues Sunday and Monday and had to find other things instead of a drink Monday. Pate on toast with a tonic anyone? Couldn't find chocolate unfortunately. However I can also convince myself a drink is a good idea to celebrate a success too. It is so easy for drinking every night to become a habit and then a bottle isn't enough so it's a bottle and a glass etc etc. I need to work out more strategies to relax with too although I won't be taking up paragliding anytime soon HB :rotfl:reading works for me but I need to more strongly associate a cup of tea with the relax and read rather than a glass of wine.

If I can just separate out habit and drinking mindlessly rather than mindfully I will feel I can cope. Half way through my AFDs for December - hurray. Can't thank everyone on the thread enough for helping the thinking process xx

Arkers

Good morning everyone,
10 AFD please Shaggy.
Arkersx

sukeyboo

Morning all :hello:

7/12 for today please Shaggy

cathybird

12/21 for me please.

maman

Honey_Bear wrote: »

As to what to do with your time, I can see where the hobby of 'Mindlessly slobbing on the sofa with a glass of wine' is no longer attractive and needs to be replaced with something more engaging and fulfilling. Luckily for me that's reading but it can take a while for us to realise what we get a kick out of. How about paragliding? That'd get you off the sofa, and while you're up there admiring the view your hands are too busy to hold a glass.

:eek:


No way! I had something like knitting in mind!!:rotfl:


I like to read too but I find it very hard to read (other than the newspaper) unless I'm on a sun lounger or an aeroplane. It seems so decadent during the day. It's a fight with myself really, just like AFness.


No plans to drink today.


6 AFDs please Shaggy.

Green_Karen

Been avoiding this post like the plague lately knowing I was having a 'couldn't care less' attitude about having AF nights.
No excuses at all, been works do's of course and meeting friends for last pre Xmas get together. Unfortunately all my fiends have been miserable/depressed/stressed.


Then our whole house project fell through (been working on this for 2 years). Next my boss told me she wants me to be away from home with work even more in 2017 (I forgot what my bed looked like this year)!


I also felt I was single headedly implicated in getting someone sacked as I had spent more time with him than anyone else so my statements etc were asked for. I have wished him all the best by email but not heard back and don't expect to.


So what had been a great year turned to poo, and that's before I spend the next two weekends with my mum!!!!


2/10 AF days

maman

Green_Karen wrote: »

Been avoiding this post like the plague lately knowing I was having a 'couldn't care less' attitude about having AF nights.
No excuses at all, been works do's of course and meeting friends for last pre Xmas get together. Unfortunately all my fiends have been miserable/depressed/stressed.


Then our whole house project fell through (been working on this for 2 years). Next my boss told me she wants me to be away from home with work even more in 2017 (I forgot what my bed looked like this year)!


I also felt I was single headedly implicated in getting someone sacked as I had spent more time with him than anyone else so my statements etc were asked for. I have wished him all the best by email but not heard back and don't expect to.


So what had been a great year turned to poo, and that's before I spend the next two weekends with my mum!!!!


2/10 AF days

We all get those s*d it moments GK. At least you have two AF days under your belt just try and add some if you can.


I saw this in Waterstone's today and thought of us!:D

Barny1979

12/15 AFDs today