The Cutting Down / Giving Up Booze Thread (Part 14)

maman

No drinking planned today.


8 AFDs please Shaggy.

Honey_Bear

Poor_Single_lady wrote: »

HB if I get a broom it would be a privilege to share with you. But some time to go yet and some challenges.

Thanks PSL!

12/31 please, Shaggy.

takingonedayatatime

Hi Everyone!

A busy day for me here and I'm just off to bed.. 12/31 please Shaggy

Night Night!

maggiem

10/15 for me please. Not quite sure what makes the difference in having a successful week or a s*d it week. I’m away again in hotels etc which is always more difficult, had a very challenging week and then a bit of a disappointment last night when a meal out with colleagues was cancelled but still managed to stay on the straight and narrow. Still happy to be achieving AFDs and long may this minuscule amount of will power continue!

Green_Karen

12/20 AF days as of last night.

cathybird

Morning all, 9/21 for me please.

ElusiveLucy

Up to 7/14 for me now following AFDs on Weds and Thurs. going away for work next week so that will be a challenge to stay AF

maman

maggiem wrote: »

Still happy to be achieving AFDs and long may this minuscule amount of will power continue!

Sounds like more than a minimal amount to me Maggie!


There are many things that can get to us when staying AF in 'public'. There's the initial hurdle of having to announce AFness to the group, then the temptation constantly there to join in with everyone else who seem to be having a great time. It's not easy but you're proving it can be done.:T


You've made an excellent start to the month too greenkaren. Good luck on your travels next week.:)

Eltee12

Afternoon All


9/25 for me


Thanks


El

Honey_Bear

maggiem wrote: »

Not quite sure what makes the difference in having a successful week or a s*d it week. I’m away again in hotels etc which is always more difficult, had a very challenging week and then a bit of a disappointment last night when a meal out with colleagues was cancelled but still managed to stay on the straight and narrow. Still happy to be achieving AFDs and long may this minuscule amount of will power continue!

Brilliantly well done that you stayed on the straight and narrow, Maggie M. I think what makes the difference is being happy and relaxed, or stressed in any way - tired, overworked, emotional overload, worried, in other words all of the bad things.

Thinking back to my drinking days, I could always, always think of a 'good' reason to indulge my temptations and any of the above reasons would seem to be a good reason for me back then. After one, I was always then graduated to s*d it mode and felt justified in having as many as I wanted.

I don't seem to have the same level of intensity of emotional ups and downs now that I don't drink. Outside influences on my life haven't changed that much so I think that I function better, emotionally, without the interference and complication of booze. I'm incredibly relieved by not getting depressed during the early evening after a night on the lash the previous day, I don't feel guilty about being rude when pickled (although inadvertently even sober I apparently can be - whoops, no excuse for that), and don't lose my temper so easily.

So, not having to live with all of the effects of booze, I get far fewer s*d it days, and when I do, I just have chocolate. I've got a few pounds to lose, but I can't be bothered to stress about that.

I genuinely would have loved to be able to moderate, but I know from years of trying I just can't. I now think, for me, not drinking at all as a way of life is easier, which it certainly didn't appear to be before I took the decision to give it up.

13/31 please, Shaggy.