The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

jo1972

Lurkio wrote: »

That's fantastic news jo :T :T :T :T

errr..... how will you celebrate?

Cake of course!!

yellowmonkey

Glad to hear your great news :T:T

ym

shopaholictiedtheknot

Hi all

It is so busy on here now!!! taken an age to read all the new posts, Hi to everyone!

Well, I made it through the weekend! Had four cans of Kaliber with lime over the course of it and plenty of cups of tea! I must admit yesterday was a killer, I ALWAYS have at least a bottle of wine on Sundays, I say to myself it is my treat before I have to go back to work on Monday!! Anyway, I busied myself planting seeds in my greenhouse all afternoon and had a (very) early night - 8.45pm!!

I feel soooo much better having done 7 days, my eyes are brighter, my tastebuds have come back to life and it is so nice to feel well every day instead of groggy!

Jo - Congrats on your liver function test :T

Mollypolly - good luck starting over - you can do it!

mollypolly

Well Done Shopaholictiedtheknot.
You must be so proud of yourself.
Mollypollyxx

shopaholictiedtheknot

jo1972 wrote: »

Day 7 for me today

Can't believe it!

Hope everyone is where they want to be? I've saved £21 this week from not drinking

:T Well done you :j - think I have saved £35 this week:eek:

jo1972

Congrats Shopaholic, isn't it great to feel so much brighter! I am so jealous of your 8.45pm bedtime too!

First day of holidays today and I'm bored stiff, got no money to go anywhere and the weather's too bad to go to the park, any ideas how to keep a 2yo and a 5yo occupied? :eek:

shopaholictiedtheknot

Thanks MollyPolly!

I think I had more of a problem than I cared to admit as this has been so hard to do, I have been craving a drink every night!:o

shopaholictiedtheknot

jo1972 wrote: »

Congrats Shopaholic, isn't it great to feel so much brighter! I am so jealous of your 8.45pm bedtime too!

First day of holidays today and I'm bored stiff, got no money to go anywhere and the weather's too bad to go to the park, any ideas how to keep a 2yo and a 5yo occupied? :eek:

Where do you live? my daughter has just gone back to school after the hols today!

How about doing some baking with them, you can eat what you make in the evenings to ward of the drink!!:D

mollypolly

I know.I felt just the same last time and am really cross with myself because I have got to go through that first week all over again now.
But I am looking forward to the good feelings as well.The sparkly eyes and the glowing skin.Cant wait.

jo1972

Shopaholic, this book is quite handy for a quick read to give you some quick support:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-No-More-Hangovers/dp/0572030738/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207568930&sr=8-11

But I still maintain that this is the best book I've ever read re. alcohol, a real eye opener when you can understand exactly what this ex-alcoholic says :eek::

http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Big-Deal-Recovery-Addictions/dp/0955367700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207569017&sr=1-1

(sorry don't know how to do tidy linkys )

In the meantime, if you feel a craving, come on here and SCREAM :rotfl:

If you wanna pm me anytime, feel free