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

cathybird

Calling it early today - 3/15 please Shaggy.

This coming week I'm aiming for 4 AFDs: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri.

Dizzy_Imp

Reporting in to say I had my first alcoholic drink of 2016 yesterday at a friend's wedding. Enjoyed it but wasn't tempted for more. We sloped off early to have a sneaky date night as Grandad had the little ones and I had a large glass of wine with my meal but that was all. Clear head this morning. Before I joined this thread, I'd have been three sheets to the wind by the time we got home. Very pleased with myself...

New_Me

5/20 for tonight please Shaggy

smiley_77

I am calling in early for tonight so no swops back! 7/29please Shaggy

Honey_Bear

Way to go Wanna Bee Free and Dizzy Imp!

Ahhhhh, SPS, what is it that goes through our heads when we decide that staying up late and having a few more is a good idea? I can't actually remember a single one of those nights ending without a stonking hangover. I hope the holiday goes well.

7/29 please Shaggy.

piggles1

hey all,

Things aren't going great here, after being inundated with hospital things and I keep getting more appointments for this and that but no real progress or treatment, and the very one I was waiting for (mental health) was a total muckabout, waking me up with a phone call to see if I was attending an appointment in a few hours that I knew nothing about so had no transport, and now they've said they won't see me.

I'm in pain, panicky and ill, exhausted, and packing boxes all by myself, nothing fits in them, they're all too heavy so I'm hunting around for stuff that weighs nothing, I have no dexterity any more so things fly across the room and my temper is fraying.

Yesterday was the limit of my patience so I got the wine out and after two or three glasses I felt miles better and back to myself again. It's as if because I started so young, as a child, it's the only way my being knows how to function. Alcohol free days, although I manage them, feel like a self-imposed rigid box I'm trying to fit into, as does everything else.

I bought/ordered myself a pressie to cheer myself up, but it's refusing to arrive day after day.

Apologies, I'm in a bit of a sorry state. I could perhaps deal with one thing going wrong that I have to deal with, but not loads all at once. I feel like I'm being kicked in the teeth all the time

I can't give up with things though, it's not in my nature. The alcohol is just about okay at the moment..

4/18 AFD please shaggy

debjay

7/29 for tonight please. OH has surprised me too. He did Dry Jan and I thought he'd be back drinking this weekend. However, he's stuck to Becks Blue :A

satchmo1

7/29 AFDs today. DH had two bottles of Becks and a whiskey yesterday, and I didn't weaken. Today the temptations level were low on the wine front.

maggiesoup1

I've not been great since the start of February. Although I joined as a "cutting down" member, rather than stopping altogether, after the first flush of success in January I really thought I could keep stick to my self imposed rule of "if I'm in the house on my own then I'll not drink" but I had two days last week where I was and I did. Hey ho, it's a new week and I'm AF tonight so 3/15 for me please Shaggy. Very interesting to read about everyone's struggles and grateful to have this forum for a bit of company.

Barny1979

6/24 AFDs today