The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

yellowmonkey

I was 20 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

nearly-there_4

ps Love the sound of the name 'really-there' ...................wow !! Looking forward to that day. Still on shaky ground at the moment................but it's no longer a quagmire !!

ageing_biker

1982 eeeeee dont time fly I was 22. The adam ant thing was a trick to find out how old everyone is, wonder how old jo1972 is. just had a letter from provident offering me £300 @ 183.9% is this a good deal, the .9% is worrying

barshamhillbilly

Morning All,
Thanks for your support and thoughts everyone. :j

ISOM. Court went well thanks. It wasn't a hearing as such, but we just got the bailiffs warrant suspended and requested a lower payment for the ccj. Either way it gives her a three week grace period to come up with some more money to help towards the debt. So its going to be a mad ebay weekend I guess. Hopefully the creditor will accept her offer of lower payment though, but its time for a clear out of stuff anyway .

YM - Top shopping job!
AB - Keep up the good work. :T

CP - My missus is a bit of a fire hazard too - she can start a fire anywhere execpt in the woodburner

Everyone else keep up the good work and keep trying hard.
Have a good weekend all.

Best Wishes
BHB.

PS. ISOM.... The only judgement on here so far has been Mrs BHB's CCJ :rotfl::rotfl:

yellowmonkey

BHB.

Well done on getting the baliffs warrent suspended. At least it gives you a bit of time and hopefully the creditor will accept the reduced payment. Here's hoping.

Ab. 183.9%. :eek: :eek: . No way would I touch that unless they get rid of the .9;)

nearly-there_4

Am off to Aldi's now..................please shout 'move away from the wine' if I get a tad close.
BHB Glad to hear that you're wised up and in some control on this one.
AB Just jiggle that pesky dot around and you could have 1.839 %
YM Feeling my age now................may need help to heave myself off the sofa !!
Have a good day. )

yellowmonkey

Remeber age is just a number :rolleyes: .

Dont think we need a Stannah stair lift yet :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

ym

jo1972

Morning all, apologies for the long post

Had a bit of a glitch last night, had 3 beers

In my defence :rolleyes: I was having a perfectly normal good day till I walked through the door when I got home from work, which is my worst time of day for craving. I picked up the post (which all 4 other members of the household stepped over :mad:), opened up one and it was telling me that DD1 hadn't produced enough coursework to be entered into her PSHCE GCSE, which is a bit short notice as the exam is next week! I'm so angry that the school hadn't rung or wrote to me before now!! Whilst I was reading this I could hear water running, went into the bathroom and DS had put the plug in the sink and turned the tap on and water was pi$$ing all over the bathroom floor, cleared that up, told OH afterwhich the house turned into world war 3 what with him screaming at DS for the water and DD1 for the letter from school. I then thought I needed a strong coffee, went to the fridge to get the milk and noticed it was warm, the fridge had packed up, after the freezer packing up on Thursday :rolleyes:. Now this all happened in less than 5 minutes, I literally went 'eff it', picked up my keys and walked over the shop and bought 4 cans of Stella. I didn't even give myself time to think about it or debate it (must remember this next time, maybe a count to 20 failsafe or summat). Anyway, drank the first one in 2 minutes flat I reckon, then the night went pretty much the same as it used to, I spent the whole evening in the kitchen cooking dinner and kicking the fridge, then an hour in the bath, then walked into the front room at 10pm told OH I was knackered and went to bed. He moaned that it was so early and I didn't have to get up, but cos of the drink I couldn't keep my eyes open. I ONLY HAD 3!! I can't believe how my tolerance had gone down so much, what a lightweight! I had opened can 4 but couldn't drink anymore so it went down the sink and I went to bed. This morning I have a headache that feels as though my head is being ripped in two, my mouth is dry, I looked in the mirror and my face is blotchy, hair standing on end and my shakes have come back.....what a sight :eek:

Now, this is the thing, I really don't want to go back to day 1 again (although it kinda is) cos I'd feel defeated this evening, so can I call this one a glitch and stick on day 12 again today and carry on as I was? When I gave up smoking last year I had lots of hiccups along the way, lighting up and having half of one then chucking it, but overall I managed to kick it. What do you guys reckon? I do feel bad, but this has just helped show me that I reckon I'm allergic to alcohol, I feel like !!!!!! this morning and the day is now wiped out till the ibuprofen kick in.

ISOM, you are doing great, how much do you reckon you've saved?

YM, congrats! And well done for going shopping so early :eek: I was still snoring!

AB, well done, you've done a week :j do you feel any different?

NT, you and your lyrics :rotfl: I loved that song, oh and AB - I was 10
Congrats for your 8 days

BHB, glad to hear that the court thing went well. Good luck with the ebaying, I wanted to do some myself but my camera chip slot on my laptop is broken and I haven't got a cable to go from the camera to the laptop at the moment. I did buy one off ebay but it didn't fit :mad: Have a good day

Right, well I'm going to check my emails, have a read of the boards and chill this morning till I feel better OH is taking DS to the O2 in Greenwich today to watch Ironman with his mate and his DS, so that means a bit of peace and quiet if I can persuade DD1 to keep an eye on DD2 for me, I might even get the kitchen sorted out :rolleyes:

xx

yellowmonkey

Jo,Jo,Jo

In golf we sometimes play a mulligan. For those not familiar with Golf if you play a cr**py shot the,if playing a friendly round(very important that bit),Then we all forget about it and let you have another one.

Jo i officially give you a Mulligan. If that had happened to me I think I would still be drinking now :rotfl: :rotfl: .

Chin up and enjoy your headache

Take care

ym

Ps. That bit of advice was my 3k post so think yourself a special landmark on my DFW journey

jo1972

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Chin up and enjoy your headache

:rotfl: you do make me laugh, thanks

I have taken many mulligans in my time, but only on the golf course, many many mulligans in fact

Actually, I think I could do with going over there today and blowing the cobwebs away!