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

Honey_Bear

I'm so glad it's not a clot, Barny. I hope the damage heals really quickly.


8/31 please, Shaggy.

shaggydoo

Morning :santa2:

1 more AFD for yesterday.



Shaggyx

shaggydoo

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I keep meaning to make myself hot chocolate (we've always got cocoa in the cupboard for making brownies) but I never get round to it. Years ago I was told hot chocolate has caffeine in it, but I've never got round to checking.

Well you learn something new everyday - apparently Hot chocolate does have a very small amount of caffeine in it Just googled it.

shaggydoo

Ellsbel wrote: »

I'd like to start with a target of 22 for the remainder of December, if you'll have me!!

Pushing out the MSE for ya! You're on the list!

shaggydoo

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I don't know anything at all about addiction, but I do know that my drinking was a really, really bad habit that was probably heading for addiction and I'm so glad that's behind me.


If I thought I could get away with drinking in moderation I'd be doing it, but I have found this is a lot easier and that has surprised me hugely.


Just wanted to put that out there.

Interesting point.

Addiction is a Habit Not a Disease



In the traditional addiction approach, which used by almost all treatment programs and support groups in the United States, addiction is a medical and spiritual problem. Attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or other 12-step groups is seen as necessary for recovery. AA’s 12 steps describe how recovery occurs by turning over one’s will and one’s life to the care of a higher power (God, as understood by each individual).
But there is an alternative viewpoint, in which addiction in its varying degrees is an extreme version of habit. Overcoming addiction then occurs using the same processes by which one changes other habits. To be sure, severe addiction can result in horrendous consequences, but even severe addiction can be changed using normal human change processes.
Although some individuals become more addicted than others, everyone slips from habit into addiction (broadly defined) at times. Both are part of normal human experience. The ordinary processes that change either include increasing self-awareness, identifying and resolving conflict, discovering and developing alternative behaviors, experiencing support from others, not acting on temptation, and being persistent, among others. Habit change is a psychological problem, and addiction also can be viewed as a psychological problem requiring a psychological solution.

http://www.practicalrecovery.com/addiction/addiction-is-a-habit-not-a-disease/

satchmo1

7/17 AFDs for last night. I was craving chocolate, so ate two chocolate mini rolls and had a hot chocolate, plus a bag of crisps and some crackers, and now feel bloated.

shaggydoo

Barny1979 wrote: »

It's not a clot fortunately, damage to the arteries in my calf, which has led to damage around the back of my knee, but fortunately no clot

Good News

shaggydoo

December:

= 7 Days AF

= 14 days AF

= 21 days AF

= 28 days AF

= 31 days AF

= target achieved


Aneres 6/26
Barny1979 8/15
Chardonnay 7/21

DebJay 6/18

Ellsbel 3/22

GrumpyOldGal 6/28

Helena 4/21
Honey Bear 8/31

Mackeroo 1/10

Maman 1/10
Pippi 8/28

Pollyanna 1 /15
Satchmo 7/17

Shaggy 4/17

WBF /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!

Honey_Bear

satchmo1 wrote: »

7/17 AFDs for last night. I was craving chocolate, so ate two chocolate mini rolls and had a hot chocolate, plus a bag of crisps and some crackers, and now feel bloated.

For Halloween I thought I'd better be a nice person for once and actually have some sweets in the for Trick or Treaters, of which I heartily disapprove, so never usually do anything to encourage les enfants. So I bought multipacks of k!tk@ts and something else, can't remember what, chocolatey, anyway. On the night itself I was upstairs working on the computer in my office when the kiddiewinks came round and heard some neighbours being appropriately frightened and generous (his mother is American) and felt that, er, well, to be honest, those kids had been sufficiently rewarded. Within a week my stash of truly revolting milk chocolate had completely disappeared, to who knows where. :Embarrassment: :Wink: (I can't make smilies work on my laptop, but you get my drift.)


Shaggy, you are the master of finding relevant stuff to put on this thread! Thank you for both bits of information; very helpful.

Ellsbel

Thank you for the welcome, Shaggy, and for keeping track:)
I'm finding that this virtual support group is helping me keep my resolve really well so far (fingers crossed I've not jinxed myself!!)
I was reading a book of Ghost stories last night and they all seemed to start with people seated by a roaring fire with a glass of wine in hand; it's funny how the power of suggestion can really get to you, because I suddenly craved a warming glass of Red!
Those glitzy Christmas ads that feature glasses of Fizz have a similar effect on me too:embarasse, but reporting in on here each evening is winning out over temptation.