Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

marahouti

Good afternoon everyone.
I am 20/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X

satchmo1

Coveredinbees!!!! said:

satchmo1 said:

18/27 for me today please. I'm full of cold (not Covid according to two lateral flow tests), so feeling miserable. I'm not a patient patient.

out of interest which tests have you got, I did a test with the up the nose only test and was clear but the nose and throat ones showed up straight away

I've got the nose and throat test

satchmo1

20/27 for me today please.

Dexsmummy

11/21 for me today please Cathybird

cathybird

March

7 days = 14 days = 21 days = 28 days = Target reached = Target beaten =
Entire month =
March targets
AllNightDiner 11/14 alt80 13/TF Arkers 12/TF cathybird 21/21 CCW007 11/29 Coveredinbees 16/18 Dexsmummy 11/21 lantanna 13/12 Lupus Lou 6/21 maggiem 7/15 maman 10/10 marahouti 20/25 pollyanna24 20/TF PriceySOS 6/23 RobM99 23/31 satchmo1 21/27 Season of Mist 27 Slowdown 13/20 sukeyboo 9/10 WBF 7/19 Newcomers welcome!

Wanna_Bee_Free

Happy flower day for me today 7/19 please Cathybird. 

lantanna

13/12 please

Slowdown

13/20 for me please cathybird. 

In order to achieve the 20 days this month I will have to drink only one day for the rest of this month. That means I have to either have a Friday or Saturday AF. Hmm. That’s tricky for me. Mostly because I’m just used to having a drink at the weekend. 

I’m delighted I’ve managed most of March without a midweek drink and have kept sun-thurs AF. 

What I’m wondering is why I find it a frightening prospect. Why does the idea of not drinking feel uncomfortable and scary? Is it because alcohol is quite simply a drug and I’m a bit addicted both physically and psychologically? 

RobM99

Slowdown said:

What I’m wondering is why I find it a frightening prospect. Why does the idea of not drinking feel uncomfortable and scary? Is it because alcohol is quite simply a drug and I’m a bit addicted both physically and psychologically? 

         I think psychologically. I used to panic if I had no beer to hand. The thought of an hour without was hard to handle. But I went 'cold turkey' and haven't looked back. Nearly a year since any alc' at all.  I've not wanted any since - I now drink alc' free beer (Leffe 0.0%). 

         Why do I say 'psychologically'?  It's habit. Apparently 3 weeks of breaking a habit and you're on the road to giving up alc', gambling, chocolate cake, mint choc-ices (ahem!) - whatever - it can be done - and I'm the evidence!  If I csan do it - you can too.

satchmo1

calling in early for my next emoji please ... 21/27

@Slowdown remember that you've been in the habit of having a drink for so long, so it's going to take effort to change that habit, but you are doing well so give yourself credit for that. What would you say to a friend who was trying to break  that habit? Be that friend to yourself :-)