The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

Bismarck

nearly-there wrote: »

Why howdy do.

Hope all is well. BHB and Mollypolly you are doing just great....................where did that time go ?
I've been reading back through the posts........................it's been a quiet weekend. I think everyone is suffering with PMT............................Pre-Match tension...................he he ! :rotfl:It's all going off on Wednesday.................getting pretty nervous myself. It looks like YM and AB are already lying down in darkened rooms!!:eek:
I'm on day 24...............and not missing the stuff at all.....................thanks to Allen Carr and you.
I think I may have cracked it...................how do I know?...................well I went to see my BF on Friday ( a let's give it another go night) and he opened a bottle of wine to celebrate and poured me a glass. BF did know I'd stopped drinking......................I'd spoken at length about the reasons for stopping and that I'd read the Allen Carr book and no longer felt the need to drink. Anyhow to cut a long story short I forced this bloody glass of wine down my neck ( my favourite wine btw) and hated every sip of it. An hour later I'd finished the blasted thing and declined a refill. BF was quite amazed as I can usually guzzle a bottle of wine in that amount of time. I felt amazed to................being in an emotional situation and with my favourite bottle of wine....................and there I was just wanting to be there in the moment............no crutch to lean on.................standing on my own two feet !! :rotfl:And yes ! the big romance is back on....................although it has been a bit of a roller coaster ride....................the pepsi max sort as well.................:eek::eek::eek:
Have a lovely Monday.
'May the road rise to meet you and may the wind be always at your back'
xx

ps I've just realised that I confessed to veering from the straight and narrow. Do you suppose I can stay on day 24? Please? :undecided

It's up to you! Well done for your progress - in the scheme of things the glass of wine is nothing...it's what you do today and afterwards that counts,,,I personally wouldn't have risked the glass of wine at all, I would only do it for a large amount of money or to save a family member some pain and distress - that's my valuation of the risk involved!

well done everyone else -

:T
I'm hoping it was quiet on here for the right reasons.... If not - I'm holding my hand out for anyone who wants to jump back on the wagon....

TNG

mollypolly wrote: »

Are you ok Jo.You havn't been around to let us know if you have started on the tablets yet.Have they just made you so tired you have been sleeping all weekend:rotfl:

jo messaged me on Friday to say that her tinternet was on the fritz at home, so don't worry

Hi all :wave:

gonna double my efforts this week and hopefully not have any until the weekend.

*grabs Bismarks hand and hauls up on to wagon*

Hope we're all good today?

mollypolly

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

:T:T:T:T Good Job Nearly There! I think we can let you off one little blip. You know you have to buy us all a round if you have two blips on two consecutive days

Mollypolly - You are doing great too! It does feel great though doesn't it? I still have the occasional craving though - I know its thirst and sugar levels more than the beer though and as long as I remember that I should be OK. Must get a copy of this book. Is it a heavy read - I'm a little dsloxic and am not a good reader. You can probably tell by my typing and spelling

Anyway Have a great day everyone

Bit chilly but the sun is out!

Best Wishes for a great day
BHB

Morning all.
Re.Allen Carrs book 'No More Hangovers'.Its a great little book, not heavy at all.Only took me about 2 hours to read and Then I have read it again and again:rolleyes: .
It really reminds me of where I want to be (And dont want to be:rotfl: )

Good luck for today everyone.Love Mollypollyxxxx

barshamhillbilly

Thanks Molly
Will try and get a copy

BHB

jo1972

Morning all,

Had a s0d of a weekend and having a horrific day, DD1 has a GCSE today but has got a stomach bug and been throwing up all night so couldn't sit it and apparently she won't be able to re-sit

I'll pop back a bit later when things have calmed down.

Hope all is well with everyone? Been a bit quiet on here....

jlynncsf

Hello everyone. Feeling very ashamed of myself, and quite depressed. I had a night out on Saturday night - for a friends birthday, and got really drunk. Can't remember getting home, think I made a bit of an eedjit of myself, and felt ill all day yesterday. I'm so disappointed in myself - I keep saying I can just have 1 or 2, but I know I can't, I just keep drinking. So, I need a few words of encouragement, please folks, to help me start over again. Thanks, jlynncsf.

Bismarck

sorry to hear this...it is quite depressing when you realise that you can't just have one and leave it...if you're that way inclined....I've met a lot of people who are the same and it's really the first drink that makes the difference...survive the temptation for that and I'm OK....have the first and who knows when I'll have the will to stop? I suspect I could now but I really wouldn't want the first as stopping at that would be tough...it's odd because years ago I was OK and could have a couple and leave it but it's not so easy now...

again...what's done is done....draw a line and move on...remember the moment...it wasn't fun and you don't get back the day after....

forgive yourself and enjoy the future.

barshamhillbilly

Hi Jo - sorry to hear you've had a bum couple of days.
Jlyncsf - I think a lot of people just say 'sod it' after the first one, and have another .....
As Bismark says resisting the temptation of the first one I think is the key and the art. Unfortunately that is the bit that seems to be the hardest.
BHB

mollypolly

Hi Jlynn.
I agree with BHB and Bismarck on this.Refusing the first drink really Is the hardest thing.
I am the same as you in that I cant stop after the first so its all all nothng for me which I sometimes think is really unfair.

Hold the thought of how ill you felt yesterday .This is one of the tricks I use ...thinking of how ill the booze can make me feel the day after keeps me on the straight and narrow.

Its lovely to wake up un-hung-overed at the weekends ,so try and pick yourself up, forget the weekend and jump back on this wagon.
We are all here for you.

Love Mollypollyxxxx

Bismarck

took a break from studying, went to the BBC website and found myself looking at liver damage....

Henry’s story

Henry is 35. He started drinking heavily with the Rugby Club at University and continued to see his friends at the pub where he drank up to five pints of strong lager three times a week (45 units of alcohol a week). Henry went on a ‘bender’ with friends abroad, drinking day and night for nearly a week. Afterwards he didn’t feel good and his friends noticed he looked a bit yellow. Henry’s doctor admitted him to hospital at once where he was treated for severe alcoholic hepatitis. Despite attempts to save him, Henry was among the one in 10 people who die despite treatment.

I think it was the age of the person that struck me first...then again I used to be very similar...