The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

Pippilongstocking

HIya shoppy
Orkney - yeah its ace, wet, wild and windy - but beautiful - love it - tis however a long way from all my close people and to be honest a tad lonely! _awww - but its a great place to live, kids love it and theres so much space.

Am a post-grad (phd) student - nowt fancy just means I have a full time job, paid stipend (low salary) and I have to write a !!!!!!! long story at the end. Currently struggling through literature review - been doing it for months, just clam up and just struggle. tbh I mess about so much through the week, that at weekend I have to work to catch up, can't complain means I can pretty much keep hours with my kids and then work when they are home.

Posting something fun on Monday sounds ace. ....what you at yourself work wise?
PS I added my little afd thing to my sig, not sure if i will keep it just trying it out! x

Bismarck

another thought re AA...it was good to see so many sober people in one room who really appreciated being sober. they were thankful that they had had got to where they were and were willing to make whatever changes they needed to do to keep on feeling that way. I learnt to accept that waking up in the mornign feeling good was not my god-given right and if I overdid it the result was that I and others suffered.


hope it's going well folks

Pippilongstocking

Well Jo let you and Molly down last night, stupid really got to after 10pm and my brother decided to hop out for a takeaway, pal popped in with beers so we had grub and beers (cider for me) 4 pints of the stuff - what an idiot - told myself well one won't hurt and its saturday night - one with meal great, then they went out and I kinda tucked into the other 3 by myself watching tv, guess just got a taste for it - woke up today feeling rubbish - made myself be hugely productive in the house, penance for drinking the rest of the stuff - well its definately AFD1 for me again today - Bis you were right even if its a the end of a cold wet walk outside its needing to go, tipped the rest down the sink this am all after party booze now gone.

Slept on the sofa til 6am, what a plonker. Hope everyone is good today - sorry feel as if I have really let myself down. Doh - I know I can't just have one drink, why on earth dont I remember that???

Back to work and lots of tidying to do - take care, hope everyone is good.

Bismarck

fayjmck wrote: »

I know I can't just have one drink, why on earth dont I remember that???

suspect you remember well enough but there's a part of you that doesn't want to accept it. your memory is fine, I'm afraid.

As for letting yourself down...nonsense..it's all a process. In the same way as you can't actually win at life, you don't lose full stop by having a bad day....you can "win" each day by doing what you set out to do and for me that's being sober as well as many other things.

Had an unplanned need for me to drive this morning and I was glad to be able to do it. some time ago it would have been out of the question.....

anyway...more stuff to do! be in touch later....

always_running

I have really messed up am scared and upset and don't know what to do.i decided that i had to do something about my heavy drinking (a box of wine over three Days) that i realised i have been doing for quite a few years.

Went to doctors and told her the truth finally and she gave me tabs to help me detox for a week had to have OH at home to make sure i did not drink and i did it,not drink for a week thinking that i could go back to social drinking.

Three weeks later am right back where i started but worse am lying around feeling depressed and sorry for myself .i know that i have been told by the dr that it is dangerous to just stop so what do i do.

Only OH Knows but cannot take another week off dr also gave me some more but stronger tabs and said to have them if i feel i wanted a drink but cannot drink at all with them.

always_running

someone answer me please

mollypolly

Hi Alwaysrunning

Dont be scared.You can get through this.Lots of people on here have cut down/given up.Some with help, some on their own.
Have a good read of this thread.There are lots of tips and ideas to help you from people who have been/are in the same position as you.
Dont feel like you have messed up ....its just a false start.Lots of peeps on here still having them. LOL:D
We are all here to help and support each other.
Chin up....have a read and good luck.

Love Mollypollyxxxx

Pippilongstocking

HI there always..........
You have been active going to the doctors and getting yourself sorted - well done on that one, I am personally finding this thread such a great help, and try and look in at least once a day, folks are so friendly and so nice - each day is a new day and sometimes I seem to manage to be strong and other days I don't folk here help me along and make me see its worthwhile, hard, frustrating and mainly that its ok to try.............and try and try. I WILL get there one day.

Welcome to you and heres a huge hug! x

always_running

Thankyou has anyone else been given tablets like this?

Pippilongstocking

Bismarck wrote: »

suspect you remember well enough but there's a part of you that doesn't want to accept it. your memory is fine, I'm afraid.

As for letting yourself down...nonsense..it's all a process. In the same way as you can't actually win at life, you don't lose full stop by having a bad day....you can "win" each day by doing what you set out to do and for me that's being sober as well as many other things.
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Ta Bis - I will be AF today - too much to do tomorrow - and might need pick up lodger from his ferry at some point later tonight - early breakfast too, can't face any of that whilst beating myself up about alcohol, I have enough trouble just getting up

back to the studies - argh.