The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

ltm07

ltm07 wrote: »

Hi all, well after the stag day on Saturday I managed to stay off the beer yesterday, saying that OH wasn't feeling too good so didn't have a drink so that helped me. This month I am going to have a go at seeing how many units I actually consume. Hopefully I don't have any nights that I can't remember how much I consume! The recommendation is 3 units a day so by rights I shouldn't consume more than 90! So so far I have drank 0/90 units!!

Hi all!! Well ended up having 4 cans of lager last night(440mls) so at 1.8 units a can that makes 7.2/90 units consumed so far in June.

yellowmonkey

Hi

Still here.

Think it is time to show our appreciation to a certain someone

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=952291

ym

shopaholictiedtheknot

Woohoo no alcohol day for me yesterday, wish my book would bloomin hurry up!!

Hope everyone is ok? I am going for day 2 today, have loads of housework to catch up on as been spending all my time in the garden so hopefully that will keep me busy till bedtime

winebox

SamanthaA wrote: »

Junes target of 25/31 is 2 days in & I havent had a drink.

Hi all, lots of well dones!
I am about half-way thro Allen Carr, there's a lot about choosing not to drink rather than seeing it as "giving up", I know we aren't all aiming to be completely on the wagon forever & for some of us it's to do with cutting down (erm, what WAS my point?), oh yes, cutting down still involves the same thing tho, I spose, cos to cut down you have to choose not to drink on some days. I would like to say thanks Samantha cos your approach (which I know you did last month but I completely failed to understand it!) has really clicked with me. I am aiming for 20 days this month - never one to rush things - which means I can (should I so desire...) drink on 10 so I actually find myself not wanting to drink today (this is Day 2 which is so nothing compared with some of you but huge step for me) in order to keep them in reserve. So rather than sit here on my own using my 10 days up I can keep them for an occasion (I wish!). Not sure that's the principle exactly but whatever works eh?
Last month I near as dammit drank 2 bottles of wine a day every day, & if not every day before that it was 3/4 times a week. I finally got the calculator out & make that a wopping 140 units a week (some are 14% tho if I remember I try & avoid those). I must be blessed with the constitution of an ox tho of course I don't know what's going on inside (2 yrs ago LFT was normal after similar, um, performance - much to the doctors disappointment as he was dying to give me a rollicking, but it can't go on forever, 2 yrs is a long time...).
No wonder I've put on weight!! How many CALORIES??!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

DON'T MENTION £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££:mad:

At least I'll get the end of Holby City tonight, it's been a while

SamanthaA

winebox wrote: »

I would like to say thanks Samantha cos your approach (which I know you did last month but I completely failed to understand it!) has really clicked with me. I am aiming for 20 days this month - never one to rush things - which means I can (should I so desire...) drink on 10 so I actually find myself not wanting to drink today (this is Day 2 which is so nothing compared with some of you but huge step for me) in order to keep them in reserve. So rather than sit here on my own using my 10 days up I can keep them for an occasion (I wish!). Not sure that's the principle exactly but whatever works eh?

While I would like to say thanks, you give more credit that I deserve!

Its not a calculated approach, its just that if I say NO, NEVER, I will fall off the wagon before it even starts!
I think I know my limits, and becoming dry is a HUGH task and one not to be taken lightly - I know, how complacent can I get??
If I had no leaway, I would just drink the town dry and then move on to the next as a rebellion!

Good luck with the task ahead!

craigp_2

Well after the last weekend Im up for this

Im 27 years of age,weigh nearly 20 stone lost a relationship due to drinking yet I just dont learn.Im now at the stage where it's affecting my relationship with my parents (yes I moved back home lol ) and its all due to the beer and then thinking hmm theres the bookies that looks like a good idea :mad: I wish everyone else good luck in their efforts :T

SamanthaA

craigp wrote: »

Well after the last weekend Im up for this

Welcome, friend.

Not too sure if you were at same party as me, but last weekend brought it into sharp focus for me too!!

Congrats on you own LBM (not only for Debts!)

We are all on same wagon, travelling in same direction.

Bismarck

:TWelcome To The Jungle CraigP!

well I'm back after 2 days camping and I have to admit I was tested...quietly, mind you...those lil bottles kept on a callin my name......

camping...sober....it can be done...AND...you don't need to get up during the night loads of times!!!

:T

back later after I've unpacked the washing!

craigp_2

many thanks :T

Its been 3 days for me and I have some cans left over from the weekend still here looking at me :beer: so here we go and I've even started walking to work :eek:

nearly-there_4

Bismarck wrote: »

:TWelcome To The Jungle CraigP!

well I'm back after 2 days camping and I have to admit I was tested...quietly, mind you...those lil bottles kept on a callin my name......

camping...sober....it can be done...AND...you don't need to get up during the night loads of times!!!

:T

back later after I've unpacked the washing!

I've been camping sober too...........first time camping without drink as well even though my bf brought a bottle of wine. Can so relate to that drunken night wee...........tended to crouch behind the car / bush rather than tramp to the loos. <hangs head in shame>
I had a lovely time in Pembrokeshire in St Davids......................in a tent overlooking the sea.................just by the coastal path......................got burnt though.............where did you go Bismarck?

Welcome to the posse CraigP....................saddle up..................and ride those cans out of town !! I'm 41 and have been living with my sister for the past 2 years :eek: Well done with the walking to work - how far is that?