Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

marahouti

Good morning.
I am 4/21 for yesterday please cathybird. Thank you. X

cathybird

August

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

August targets

alt80 5/21

AnnieG Arkers 2/TF Barny 4/25 cathybird 6/21 Coveredinbees 2/12 CuppaTea 3/18 hollowhead 4/22 lantanna 3/13 leftatthetrafficlights 10 Lupus Lou 15 maggiem 3/18 maman 4/10 marahouti 4/21 Pollyanna24 5/20 PriceySOS 24 RobM99 4/28 Season of Mist 30 sukeyboo 3/10 WBF 14 xxlalxx
Newcomers welcome!

sukeyboo

3/10 for today please cathybird 

Barny1979

4/25 AFDs today 

maman

Struggling a bit here too. It's as if I've shown restraint through all the lockdowns, now getting  really fed up and want to reward myself. Yesterday I found myself thinking, several times,  how nice it would be to have a drink to look forward to in the evening. Fortunately the moment passed. I really want to stick with 4 AFDs a week unless an unexpected social occasion presents itself (remember those??🤨)

4/10 AFDs please Cathy

lantanna

3/13 please

pollyanna24

I’m up to 5/20, so have managed my first week of no drinking sun-thurs.

Not finding it as difficult as I thought. Once I’m past the initial afternoon, finishing work, making dinner part of the day, I’m okay.

I always seemed to only drink water all day until I could enjoy the “good stuff,” but now I let myself have a coke or ice tea and mostly, it seems to be enough.

I am finding I’m very tired at the moment. Full of energy first thing, but tired late afternoon, evening. But I guess that’s how it’s meant to be right, otherwise why would we sleep?! Haha. I’m just used to feeling sluggish in the morning and then more awake later in the day due to having a few drinks.

CuppaTea

maggiem said:

Declaring early to keep myself on track 2/18 please for today, Wednesday. 

Welcome back Pollyanna24. I too have wandered back to drinking every day so hope to reset over August. 

My drinking has also crept up over lockdown and I got to 4-5 days a week drinking over a bottle of wine each time. 

My body is feeling it and it has concerned me. So I’m also resetting. Aiming for 2 days a week but if I slip to 3 I won’t let it put me off trying. By September I would like to be in a consistent routine again. 

3/18 for me please 

marahouti

pollyanna24 said:

I’m up to 5/20, so have managed my first week of no drinking sun-thurs.

Not finding it as difficult as I thought. Once I’m past the initial afternoon, finishing work, making dinner part of the day, I’m okay.

I always seemed to only drink water all day until I could enjoy the “good stuff,” but now I let myself have a coke or ice tea and mostly, it seems to be enough.

I am finding I’m very tired at the moment. Full of energy first thing, but tired late afternoon, evening. But I guess that’s how it’s meant to be right, otherwise why would we sleep?! Haha. I’m just used to feeling sluggish in the morning and then more awake later in the day due to having a few drinks.

Well done on your first dry 'school week' pollyanna 👏👏. X

marahouti

CuppaTea said:

maggiem said:

Declaring early to keep myself on track 2/18 please for today, Wednesday. 

Welcome back Pollyanna24. I too have wandered back to drinking every day so hope to reset over August. 

My drinking has also crept up over lockdown and I got to 4-5 days a week drinking over a bottle of wine each time. 

My body is feeling it and it has concerned me. So I’m also resetting. Aiming for 2 days a week but if I slip to 3 I won’t let it put me off trying. By September I would like to be in a consistent routine again. 

3/18 for me please 

Our bodies have a way of letting us know Cuppa. They do a marvelous job of detoxing but sometimes we overwhelm them 😕. Well done on recognising and doing something about it. X