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

ElusiveLucy

maman wrote: »

Good for you!


Might have any AF wine at the restaurant?:)

In a strange coincidence, we went to a restaurant we hadn't been to before. We both ordered diet coke, but when the next table came in the waiter told them there was a hiccup with their alcohol licence and if they wanted alcohol the customers would have to go to the off licence and buy their own.....so I was quite happy that I wasn't drinking anyway! Looking round the restaurant I had wondered why so many others were on soft drinks - I just thought a lot were doing dry Jan!

shaggydoo

Afternoon :hello:

1 more AFD for yesterday.



Shaggyx

shaggydoo

loveasale wrote: »

Oh dear me ,,, I've been lurking for a while now,,
I'm a drinker , a binge drinker, I normally do a bottle of wine a night , sometimes 2 at weekends :eek:
I used to be a smoker and a heavy one at that, gave up about 6 years ago and will never so much as have a puff again!
So back to the booze,,, I'm a real MSE ,, I like , well love the finer things in life , but never pay full price , and save money in tins and so forth , so firstly I find it odd ( even to me ) that I will always find the money to buy wine ,, my goodness I dread to think how much I waste
I do however get discount on it as a family member works for large store chain and is able to give a discount to someone else !
Secondly , why do I do it ?
Depression ,, makes it worse ? Habit ? Boredom ?
Funny if I have a AFD on a Monday I can normally do so until Thursday , I try my upmost to have 2 or 3 AFD a week , I've always kept a littl diary ,,sadly I've only managed 2 this month, and I'm full of cold so I can't taste or smell so still wonder why ?
I'm going to sign off now as don't want to bore you all , I will write more later, as I feel this may help me ,,, I really hope so !

It might be worth starting to record what you spend on booze - might be a big motivator to cut down

Just shout of you would like to join the January Challenge - or even our 2017 challenge.

Shaggyx

shaggydoo

January 2017
= 7 Days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

:A = 28 days AF

= 31 days AF

= target achieved


Alcohol Free Days
Arkers 11/TF

BaileysOnIce /10

Barny1979 8/25

CathyBird 10/21

CuppaTea 9/22

DebJay 12/31

DizzyImp 12/31

Dprovan 11/30

Eltee 10/25

ElusiveLucy 11/30

[Deleted User] 11/31

GlasgowGirl /31

GreenKaren 6/10

Honey Bear 12/31

Honey Bee 9/31

MaggieM 12/31

Maman 6/10

Munchin 6/31

NewMe 5/23

PettyPace 2/28

Poor Single Lady 7/22

Pricey 6/22

RolandTheRoadie 11/30

Sandypan 4/22

ScatterBrain 8/30

Shaggy 8/17
Smiley 7/31

SoWorried 11/30

SukeyBoo 6/14

WBF 5/14


Everyone Welcome! It's never too late to join....

Please highlight your AFDs in Red

Don't hesitate to let me know if I've made a mistake!

Arkers

Good afternoon everyone,

12 AFD please Shaggy.
Arkers x

Barny1979

9/25 AFDs today

CuppaTea

Definitely AF tonight as I'm driving.

10/22 for me please Shaggy

ElusiveLucy

It's only 6 o'clock and already I am in desperate need of a drink.....not sure how I am going to get through the evening......help!!!


Just had a look at everyone else's numbers to try and motivate myself not to give in. I think the only thing I can do is get a bottle of AF wine out if I have one stashed somewhere in the garage....I hope I do!

CuppaTea

Lucy you're doing really well. Take it 10 mins at a time. Remind yourself of the cons to drinking and if u start you may end up over doing. Hope you can stay strong.

Soworried

ElusiveLucy wrote: »

It's only 6 o'clock and already I am in desperate need of a drink.....not sure how I am going to get through the evening......help!!!


Just had a look at everyone else's numbers to try and motivate myself not to give in. I think the only thing I can do is get a bottle of AF wine out if I have one stashed somewhere in the garage....I hope I do!

Keep busy until it passes. It quite often only lasts an hour. You can do it x :A