The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

biscotte

polaroid, so true that a problem is still a problem and worse to deal with when you have a hangover.

i made a good choice and feel quite bright and bushy tailed this morning. Got so much to do that really i would have been scuppered with a hangover. Can't wait for the weekend though as i need a lie in - so tired!

Bismarck

hope everyone's behaving.....stay strong

jo1972

Not really Bis

I'm letting myself down big time here I wanted to stay away from the thread and bury my head as usual, but I figure if it's all out in the open then I've got more chance of not having a relapse, just a small lapse which I can forget about in time...

I feel it slipping...but I don't want it to, just the pull of the alcohol haze is so strong

mollypolly

jo1972 wrote: »

Not really Bis

I'm letting myself down big time here I wanted to stay away from the thread and bury my head as usual, but I figure if it's all out in the open then I've got more chance of not having a relapse, just a small lapse which I can forget about in time...

I feel it slipping...but I don't want it to, just the pull of the alcohol haze is so strong

Come on Jo.Keep reading, keep posting and dont bury your head.Dont slip too far off this wagon you are doing really well.
Think how you'll feel in the morning with a hangover.Its going to be sunny tomorrow.... enjoy it with your children....not in bed feeling carp!!!!
Good Luck
Love Mollypollyxxxx

Bismarck

it's odd...I was thinking about this again today and a feeling of somehow wanting to make life hard for myself...almost like..."here...here you've got everything and everything's sorted"...and then the thought comes..."I know....let's make it all difficult because easy and relaxed is boring"...how dumb is that? Almost like if I had no problems in the world, I'd go and find/make some....

I can't tell you not to do anything....it's up to you...being p****d isn't in the same ballpark....just had a wonderful time doing bedtime stories and thought that the best things in life are free...and I am free of this demon....I'm damned if I'm letting it get a hold on me again...it's done enough damage already.

I love the certainty of being up before the kids on a weekend morning and just being with them in the short time they are little....

mollypolly

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I love the certainty of being up before the kids on a weekend morning and just being with them in the short time they are little....[/quote]

Feeling wistfull now.
I wish my kids were small again now that I am sober enough to play and spend more time with them.
Oh well....heres hoping for some grandchildren one day.Then maybe my children will see what their childhood could have been like without alcohol living with us.
Take care
Love Mollypollyxxxx

Bismarck

just a thought, Molly...dealing with your debt and staying sober is an fantastic achievement...what's the current total?

alisong_2

Haven't posted for a bit but Jo, don't give up. Try to dig in now if you can, be stubborn and don't let it beat you.

If you're feeling like me it seems more difficult at the mo, summer's on its way out and we're back in the old routine with everything to be faced again, or that's how I've felt for a few days now anyway. Fortunately I've had really good support from the woman at my treatment centre, perhaps you can get in contact with yours?

Hope everyone else is well, I keep reading even if I'm not posting.

Ali x.

mollypolly

Bismarck wrote: »

just a thought, Molly...dealing with your debt and staying sober is an fantastic achievement...what's the current total?

Current total is still £37.400.00 ish but am now keeping well in control of the spending because of sobriety.
I think alcohol set us on the road to debt because we would drink, argue, buy more drink etc then I would be off on a mad spending spree with the credit cards.My DH doesnt know the extent of the debt and I am not going to tell him.Hopefully one day I will have cleared it.Its a long hard slog but I feel that most of it is my fault as I did alot of the spending when DH left me for a while, and one day I will be debt free.I am doing a snowball now and love it when I can take a bit more off the debt and update my signature.
This whole site has been a godsend to me...in more ways than one.
Thank you all for posting.

Love Mollypolly.

polaroid

hey mollypolly, bis, ali and everyone else,

jo stay strong. you know you dont want to do it (drink again). i think that you must be really strong, it would have been easy for you to stay away from the site and bury your head in the sand, but you havnt, you've come on and admitted that you are struggling, i think that is really brave of you. your posts have been such an inspiration, i really hope you are ok. keep posting, we will try and help anyway we can

nite nite, hope every one sleeps well xx

p.s think fridays might be getting just a teeny bit easier....oh apart from the out of control chocolate habit that taken over me..