The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

eselt

Welcome back shoppy- hope everyone is OK tonight.

alisong_2

Thanks Biscotte and eselt, I actually didn't realise I'd done a sixth of a year until you pointed it out, I'm not sure I can believe it!

Glad the night went well Molly, you help others out so often it's nice that you're still able to get something by posting on the thread.

Anyway, just a quick one for me tonight, bath about to be run, sleep well all
Ali x.

tomstickland

Things are still going well here. I went shopping on Sat night and decided that I was allowed 2 bottles of beer. I spent about 10 minutes looking - import lager, UK bottle ale, just couldn't make up my mind. So in the end I bought an £8 bottle of Red wine. Took it home and drank 1/3. Two pints on Sunday after a 20 mile walk. That's it for the week!
The wine is sat in my kitchen and I'm not touching it until Friday.

Bismarck

had a bit of a kip on the wagon - everyone alright?

well done Mollypolly....as the nights darken the temptations rise for me....it's like they call out "oh, go on...just the one...."

but the door is firmly shut.

eselt

Hi everyone- well done Tom for resisting the temptation, it seems every time I get to the end of an aisle these days theres a '3 for £10' wine sign, or an offer-walked right into Mr A yesterday and in the foyer were boxes of 18 carlsberg and quality street both for a fiver- found it hard to resist either, but came away with the chocs and unearthed another suppressed addiction- orange and strawberry creams, is it just me or are some people just born to be addicts- even though I'm not drinking it seems I can't relax unless I'm feeding an addiction to something or other?!!

Welcome back Bis- feels spooky when you're not around. Hows everyone? Alisong, Biscotte, Winebox, Jo,Molly, Jack, Debtchick, Tom, and everyone else (as I always forget people who need to be remembered!) keep at it, you're doing great.

mollypolly

eselt wrote: »

Hi everyone- is it just me or are some people just born to be addicts- even though I'm not drinking it seems I can't relax unless I'm feeding an addiction to something or other?!!

Hi.I agree Eselt.I seem to have to be addicted to something.When I look back I have had a few addictions that could have got really bad....slot machines, eating, chocolate, drinking, ...even my laptop... and the worst one Spending, which brought me to this site in the first place.:o
At the moment I think I am addicted to Tea & toast which is not too bad I suppose.
Welcome back Bismarck.I missed you.Glad you were just snoozing.
Well done to everyone else for cutting down/ giving up.Hope you are all where you want to be tonight.
Love Mollypollyxxxx

Bismarck

spooky....hmmm...maybe...

addiction is bizarre but I'm all or nothing with lots of things and am not very good at leaving packets of biscuits half-opened.....I think it's the compulsion to finish things that is the most mystifying.....alcohol was one of many things like that but obviously far more destructive and of course having just one biscuit IS easier than just the one drink!

winebox

(OK a day late.) Totally agree Bis - I am the worst finisher-upper in the world I think. Def my downfall (ok ,ok opening it in the first place....)
Well to sum up September - not pretty. 6/30 days AF, need I go on? Have lapsed right back to the 2 bottles a day nightmare, can't get to the bottom of why in my own head, I suppose the one (tiny) thing to be thankful for is that my consumption never seems to increase. To be pedantic it's probably 1+5/6 bottles as I always fall asleep before the last glass goes, then I pour it away on the way to bed. What a sad picture eh?
The only obvious side effect (as far as I can see, who knows what goes on within....) is that my spare tyre has now assumed epic proportions.

I feel now is the time to check into Last Chance Hotel - or it's a downhill slide into Xmas.

Yesterday was not AF - you may think a carp start to the month but no - had a pub lunch with one small (to my eyes, microscopic) red wine & then no more for the rest of the day. & what a great day I had! I made jam, bread, soup, ironed, exercised, ate spinach, went to bed BEFORE I fell asleep, had a fab night's sleep (seems to be the opposite experience to others in this thread) it was a positive pleasure which makes it all the more confusing to myself that I don't do it more often. I simply don't understand where the need to drink to such excess comes from.

I have a friend round later for a couple of hours so today may well not be AF either but I must remember how good yesterday was & not carry on after she's left - There's no white wine in which will help, other booze I can take or leave, maybe there's an ingredient in white wine which is a trigger!!

Sorry to write a week's worth in one go!

winebox

oh dear have I made the entire thread seize up? where are you all?

tomstickland

I've been so pleased with my progress that I'm wondering if I should start a dedicated support thread. ie: make up some basic rules, see if anyone wants to join, and then see how it goes. Then again, I've found things very easy because:
-I've drunk so much* in the past that I'm bored with it.
-I quite easily become obsessed with a plan, in this case losing the belly.
-I've never been dependant on beer, it was just convenience. ie: go shopping, buy a few bottles, decide it'd be rude not to sample one at home.
-I've noticed that I feel "lighter" and more sprightly in the mornings.

Maybe I should go away and formulate (forumulate?) this into a coherent thing.

*It's always been beer, so I doubt that the unit levels were serious even at the peak.