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

takingonedayatatime

Hi Scd3Scd4 :wave:

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days - my 3 year old has been quite unwell which resulted in a trip to the out of hours doctor at hospital on Sunday night. Thankfully she is much better now after being treated but I can't tell you how stressed I was. On the way to the hospital I was so thankful that I hadn't been drinking and was able to drive but as soon as I got in the desire for a glass of wine was massive. By this time it was 10 o'clock and I was shattered so instead I went straight to bed...

SO now its Tuesday and although I had my first real wobble I've come out the other side and feel better for it..

Hiya ManPants - thanks for your comments, it means alot, Hope you stick around

16/31 for me Shaggy

maman

Good luck for tonight Maggie and hope your cold clears up soon. At least if you get any pressure to drink from colleagues you can use the cold as an excuse.;) Who needs an even thicker head induced by alcohol?:)

You're doing amazingly well oneday. So sorry to hear about your little one but you came through that particular stress test with flying colours!:T


I'm out dancing tonight and tomorrow so won't be drinking. Target day for me today and then it's uphill all the way! I'm definitely hoping for 14 days at least.


10 AFDs please Shaggy.

CuppaTea

9/18 please shaggy.

Arkers

Good morning everyone,

AWOL, however, please to report 14 AFD, thanks Shaggy x
Arkers x

maman

Arkers wrote: »

Good morning everyone,

AWOL, however, please to report 14 AFD, thanks Shaggy x
Arkers x

Obviously you've had a long day!!:D

Arkers

....apologies, A long few weeks!

Arkers x

Poor_Single_lady

15/24 please

Thought provoking reading HB. Thank you. I think a lot of people have woken up knowing that they have to make some apologies for the night before.
I never know if it's worse remembering everything and reliving the words coming from your mouth- or not having any memory at all and having to rely on other people to tell you what you did and said. There is a lot to be said for a life free of this.

Barny1979

10/24 AFDs today

Wanna_Bee_Free

5/14 Please Shaggy.
Drank last night but not Monday. Struggling more this month. Feeling stressed about work and home and family. Home stuff should get easier after Friday, work easier after another week so must try and be patient and not get my kni*kers in a twist at work today.

Watched Die Hard and drank too much last night. So happy at the time but it's not helping me this morning!

Honey_Bear

And it always like such a good idea at the time, WBF!

I hope your little one is now back to feeling well again, OneDay. Well done for being strong twice over, once in order to get her to the hospital quickly and safely, and the other time for going to bed when you got home, rather than indulging your first reaction to the stress of it. We all get wobbles. The more you resist the easier it gets, I promise, mainly because the next time you know you coped absolutely fine without giving in to temptation and we'd quite like that feeling of beating it again.

Welcome back, Arkers! :wave:

Poor_Single_lady wrote: »

I think a lot of people have woken up knowing that they have to make some apologies for the night before.
I never know if it's worse remembering everything and reliving the words coming from your mouth- or not having any memory at all and having to rely on other people to tell you what you did and said. There is a lot to be said for a life free of this.

When I was doing a lot of reading about giving up the booze one of the very best online surveys about drinking habits specifically asked whether the person had ever not remembered events from a night of drinking. It's a very early marker that there may be a problem. In my case it became normal, which is an indicator that it's serious.

I didn't realise that at the time; pretty much everyone I socialise/d with thought it was normal - it absolutely isn't and I wish I'd known that. We even used to have a shared joke, 'For anything I may have said or done last night that might have offended anyone - I apologise.' It makes me feel a bit hollow now.

I had a long conversation with one of the group yesterday and one particular person's name came up. I haven't seen her in a few months but apparently when they meet up for an evening out she arrives pre-loaded, as they say. That's new behaviour, and it's another marker that there's potentially a very serious problem. I've long realised that this particular couple drink quite a bit more than is ideal and mentioned them in the past on the previous thread, but while the chap has slowed down because he's been told to by his doctor, apparently she's speeding up. Saying anything just makes the situation worse, but knowing someone you care about is doing it to themselves and not knowing how to help is terribly sad.

18/31 please, Shaggy.