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

debjay

gabriel1980 wrote: »

Yes please, what do I have to do?

Just post your target for the month and then post how many days you've achieved - big and red as that helps shaggy who does a fab job in keeping score each month. Plus you get smilies too

11/29 for tonight please.

maggiesoup1

Welcome aboard Gabriel and Lucy. It's amazing how it motivates you once you start seeing yourself in print

Barny1979

10/24 AFDs for today

satchmo1

11/29 AFDs today. It was funny to have DH be the wine-glutton last night, instead of how I used to be. He finished the bottle. He's hilarious when drunk, and gets uncharacteristically giggly.


I'm unlikely to be sylph-like anytime soon, but I have lost 10lbs since Christmas. I aim to lose another 7lbs by the end of May to get me out of the 11st range.

maman

satchmo1 wrote: »

I'm unlikely to be sylph-like anytime soon, but I have lost 10lbs since Christmas. I aim to lose another 7lbs by the end of May to get me out of the 11st range.

:TThat's great satchmo. You must be delighted. There are so many upsides to cutting down.

debjay wrote: »

Plus you get smilies too

I think I've made my best start to a month for a while. I really think I'll manage two smiles for February.:D


9 AFDs please Shaggy.

AlexLK

+1 for this evening.

This weekend I'm probably going to have a drink on both Saturday and Sunday evening. My wife and I have a few things planned, son is going to be staying with my cousin and it's been a while since I've stayed in my own house. Therefore, I think this counts as a "special occasion".

Maman: Somewhat off topic as nothing to do with drinking but have I offended you?

cathybird

Morning all! Declaring early today - 7/15 for me please Shaggy Yay! Got to the magic number.

smiley_77

Thanks for your kind words everyone! I am beginning to see some longer term benefits to not drinking. It is still early days but I am not feeling like this is so much of a hardship any more.
Last night the boy was drinking my favourite wine he said you can just have one glass....yes I can but I'm not going to.

Gabriel1980aside from what has already been said,I used to get a nice treat -I love cheesecake or pizza so I am still having something after my week at work. I know you want to lose weight but it can only be one bit not the whole thing!


Now I am not needing a treat as I feel like it is its own reward.
If I am tempted I think I will just not have a drink right now and time passes and soon it is bedtime. You might find you don't want to stay up quite so late.

Good luck!!

gabriel1980

cathybird wrote: »

Honey Bear, sounds great, except for the dentist part! :eek: Hope it went okay.

Gabriel1980, hello! My trick to deal with the urge to drink is just to say to myself: "Nope. Not tonight" or "Nope. Not right now". That decision to dismiss the craving seems to make it go away and I forget about it. If you think of it in terms of a month it might seem like a long time, even though it isn't really - best to think of it simply in terms of just this day (I find). Also, forgive me for asking, but if you can get through a bottle of wine in only three glasses (on Wed and Thurs), do you have quite large wine glasses? ...

In other news, I overdid it a little last night on the akvavit (I like akvavit) and felt myself veering vaguely in the direction of a hangover this morning, though no headache or anything, but just a slightly seedy edge. Am therefore very glad I have an AFD today and tomorrow and this thread to keep me on the straight and narrow!

I guess I do have quite large wine glasses. Usually three glasses full uses up a bottle.

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

I had 5 units last night. Out again tonight but plan to do 4 units or less. I'll have water in the restaurant and just 1 or 2 glasses of wine in the pub after. Out with OH for Valentine's tomorrow - we generally share a bottle of wine which is 5 units too. The units are adding up this week!



Shaggyx