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

nosuperwoman

Hi
Thanks for the welcome!
I have put 30 days as a target starting yesterday. So now I have 2 out of 30
It is a big one to start with - I'm already having collywobbles but I've stopped for up to a week in the past and then got straight back into my 'drinking for oblivion' pattern so I am trying a different tack.

I totally agree with the comments about sleep- I've told myself I need booze to sleep well but the opposite is true!

Barny1979

23/25 AFDs today

Wanna_Bee_Free

1 more for me please Shaggy (13/14)

nosuperwoman

Hang on... I think I mean 2/3 for Jan with 28 the target for Feb.
I'll get the hang of it soon:p
Thanks Shaggy

loveasale

Been out again and another AF !
12/9

Dizzy_Imp

Calling in early as DH is working late tonight, it being month end, so I'm in charge at home lol

31/31 for me please! Yay....I did it :j

cathybird

Hey well done Dizzy And to everyone else who's successfully finishing off Dry January. Impressive

22/21 for me today, please.

gran3

I have done 'dry' January and what a revelation its been. I have drunk regularly for as long as I can remember, and this is the longest period that I have been without alcohol since I don't know when. I sort of drifted into the dry spell as a number of our friends were doing it. I have realised it wasn't the booze I was going out for but the company and so when no one was out I didn't feel the need to go. I have lost almost a stone, I drink beer with all the calories that entails, I feel well, I am sleeping so much better and in all honesty I haven't struggled. Waking up without the am I hanging or not has been lovely. I'm sorry if this sounds smug but in truth no one is more surprised than me. I went into this with no real though or planning and if someone had said that I would be where I am now I would never had believed them. I think the group thing helped, some have stumbled whish makes me more determined to stay off. I am really questioning what I will do going forward. I don't think I will go back to where I was before, not saying I will never drink but hopefully not at the levels I was. Good luck to everyone, in my late fifties this is the first time I have been so long without booze. Who knew?

sukeyboo

Congratulations to all those that are completing 'dry January' today :T

I will hit target today (by the skin of my teeth ) as I am declaring early for tonight on 14/14 please Shaggy

Good luck to all for your February targets

fakeplastictwee

I'm calling early for today, as there's absolutely no way I'm falling at the last hurdle. So that's 31/31 please.

So.... I've done it! I'm feeling proud of myself, and despite a couple of grumpy no-wine episodes on Friday evenings which soon passed, I haven't actually found it as difficult as I thought I would. I think that's partly down to my bf doing it with me, and partly down to this thread. It's great knowing there's other people doing the same thing, so thank you.
It's made me realise that I drink out of habit a lot of the time, and that it's what I reach for when I feel stressed, hungry or tired. If I just sit out those feelings, or try to solve the problems properly then that's a lot of booze I'll be cutting out. I don't want to stop completely, but it needs to be a conscious choice rather than just a habit.