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

PriceySOS

Please can I have a target of 20 for January? Thanks, Shaggy 1 AFD to report :j

Happy New Year to everybody here. I had too many ADs last year, and aim to improve that this year so here goes

Ellsbel

4/31 for today please.

fakeplastictwee

mother_of_the_world wrote: »

I thought the headaches might have gone by now, but I still feel hung-over but without the drink so I will need to see what happens. I suspect it could be something else diet related

Are you drinking plenty of water? I know that my intake is usually too low as most days I have been drinking alcohol. It could be cumulative? And for some reason my brain hasn't told my body to replace the now empty space in my hand that once held a wine glass, with a glass of water! So I'm trying to be more aware.

fakeplastictwee

4/29 for me please shaggy

stoplurking

Checking in with 1/18 please Shaggy.

Blue_Violet

What a lovely warm welcome Honey Bear and Chardonnay.thank you and to you Shaggydoo for including me and really sorry can't seem to get colour changes to work on my new IPad must do better!

Day 1 AF I made sure it was a busy day taking down decorations and general tidying as on my previous times stopping drinking I found it helps for the first couple of days to keep busy as I tend to drink when I'm relaxing and if nothing else I'll have a lovely tidy house by the end of tomorrow who knows I might even clear the ironing to the bottom of the pile! Well good night and good luck to everyone xx

Honey_Bear

Welcome Mother of the World! Lovely to see so many people joining in - good luck for the rest of January! As FakePT says, it could be dehydration or as someone pointed out to me (sorry, can't remember who), caffeine overdosing - which in my case, it was. I hope you find the right balance and start to feel better really soon.


4/31 please, Shaggy.

satchmo1

4/31 AFDs for me tonight. I survived a boring family dinner event without booze because I was driving, and with the support of my sister who explained about dry January and that I did it every year. Thankfully there was water on the table and the food was good. Tired tonight, so I'm off to bed now.

BlueDaisy

Aiming for 27 days in January.
Happy New Year everyone

Pippilongstocking

BHB wrote: »

Shaggydoo - please can I come back to the club. A couple of years since I have been here and have slipped back into my old ways.:eek:

Hope all you oldies (forgive the expression) are still looking in occasionally and have improved your lives

Anyway - Target is 31 for January :A
On track with 4/31

7th day without - looking healthier already I'm told by the missus!

Keep up the good work everyone .... :T

Best wishes for the new year
BHB

Dusts off my own wrinkles as an oldie and says hello.

Nice to see you sir. Are there still goats?

Well done on 7 days! Yer missus wouldn't lie.

I've found re-inforcing my good behaviour with 'sober' treats helping. A CBT technique to change long ingrained behaviours and stuff. Me being long ingrained.

I've also subscribed to these podcasts there are some free ones about but at around £7/month I think she's amazing value for money. There's a free five minute one to listen to here.

http://tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/audio-blowing-a-fuse/



Waves hello to all this morning I'm on 5 shaggy my lovely.