The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

winebox

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Nice post winebox.

I am going through my stash and my new life begins tomorrow. I buy 8 cans with the intention of having 1 and drink the lot.

No beer,No fear. Motto for tomorrow and the future

Ive beaten Smoking. I can do this

ym

Thanx yellowmonkey, likewise re the smoking

No Wine No Pine? (well that's how posh people pronounce pain, best I can manage!!)

V good luck for new life tomorrow. Am having a bit of an :eek: at what to do instead tho. Need some good weather so can get outside (though guess what I'm usually doing whilst sitting in garden....)

yellowmonkey

No Beer,No Fear :rotfl:

ym

shopaholictiedtheknot

. I sometimes used to get chest pain when I drank too much. Was enough to scarethe !!!!!! out of me.:eek:

I had these too - what are they do you know? scared me silly too I havent had them since I quit??

yellowmonkey

winebox wrote: »

Thanx yellowmonkey, likewise re the smoking

No Wine No Pine? (well that's how posh people pronounce pain, best I can manage!!)

V good luck for new life tomorrow. Am having a bit of an :eek: at what to do instead tho. Need some good weather so can get outside (though guess what I'm usually doing whilst sitting in garden....)

Lets mow the lawn instead. Will even have a coffee instead of a beer while I do it.

ym

yellowmonkey

shopaholictiedtheknot wrote: »

. I sometimes used to get chest pain when I drank too much. Was enough to scarethe !!!!!! out of me.:eek:

I had these too - what are they do you know? scared me silly too I havent had them since I quit??

I get them :eek:. Glad to know you dont get them anymore. Might even be able to see my feet when standing upright when the beer gut dissapears :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ym

singlemum_4

Just wanted to say hang in there to Basil and leigh hopefully something better will come up on the job front for you. :grouphug:

Winebox, we live out in the wilds too and one of my worries about my drinking is the realisation that if the kids or I needed help we'd be right in the S**t if I'd had my bottle and wine and couldn't drive. Hadn't really given it much thought (or just thought nothing like that will ever happen) until one of my darlings pointed it out in their usual blunt way!! Anyway I to am finding this thread has really let me 'say' whats been niggling for a while and it feels really good.

SM xx

shopaholictiedtheknot

yellowmonkey wrote: »

I get them :eek:. Glad to know you dont get them anymore. Might even be able to see my feet when standing upright when the beer gut dissapears :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ym

:rotfl: Very funny YM:rotfl:

It is worrying though do you think it is affect of alcohol on our hearts?:eek:

shopaholictiedtheknot

Just wondered what is/are everyones triggers to drink? I have decided mine are 1) journey home from work - I just think to myself that I deserve a drink to reward myself for another boring day at work completed! 2)Watching my fave programmes on TV and 3) Sunday afternoon cos I know it's work again in the morning!! I also 'NEED' a drink after any stress I encounter - coping mechanism developed after my first marriage ended I think!

yellowmonkey

My triggers for drink are

Off work
Sun Shining
Moon out
A weekday
A weekend
A day

Loads really and any excuse.

shopaholictiedtheknot

:rolleyes: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: