The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

mollypolly

Aw. Hugs to you Shopaholic.
Thinking of you.Take care of yourself.
Love
Mollypollyxxxx

yellowmonkey

Shopaholic.

What terrible news. Thinking of you and all the best :grouphug:

ym

jlynncsf

Hugs, Shopaholic

Nearlythere, you owe me a keyboard as mine is covered in tea!

Day 3 for me, woohoo! Just discovered I have an extra £30 in my account, am so tempted to go out for dinner (with wine!) but won't. Have a lovely dinner planned and water is good for me. Am off work sick today anyway so doubt I can actually get out of my jammies.

elantan

*hugs* shopaholic my thoughts are with you

singlemum_4

Shoppaholic Im sending big (((((HUGS))))), take care hun and make sure you look after yourself properly.

SM xx

nearly-there_4

Hugs to you shopaholic...............and no! you're not waffling. Just take that extra bit of care until you've had the scan tomorrow.................. you're not going alone are you ?!! Let us know how things are ........................ post when you feel able ...................... will be thinking of you. xx

In_Search_Of_Me

aww shopaholic huge hugs for you...have they offered you councelling?

NT thanks for the post!! Come on now though I've now "done" 10 days!! Dont I get time off for good behaviour!! I'm prob out for dinner tomorrow so will I am sure consume wine but as a treat & in moderation cos am now officially a lightweight!!
Leigh youve gone quiet...hope youre ok? How you doing Jo/LT/Sea etc? BHB too much info re teh "distraction" techniques!! eeew! My drinking is fine but the smoking is NOT going well...trying not to be too tough on myself but hacked off cos theyre now £5.73 a packet!!

clutton_2

when i stopped smoking i used nicotine lozenges which were brought out by smith klein beecham as they were - they dont taste anywhere near as nasty as the gum, and i found the constant, chewing, sucking, quite soothing .... i had tried for many yeasr tp stop and only realised when i did (august 23rd 1999) - that if you have the RIGHT reason for stopping - ie - stopping for YOU - it will be easy !!! cravings do only last a very short time,but, i found i had virtually no cravings when using the lozenges.

best of luck to all on here - some powerfully inspiring stories -

yellowmonkey

Howdy partners

Thanks to nearly-there and being one of the terrible trio :rotfl: that were sent up the narrow pass to salvation I would like to try again if you please. I quite like it in the sheriffs office so,if you dont mind, I will stay on the wrong side until Saturday morning. I am back to work then for 6 days and I think I need that headstart to get me going.
I will then endevour to cut down. I intend to not buy any for consumption at home and only have one when I am out.
As I do not go out very often this should cut it down considerably.

Must go as Bonanza is on

Yeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ym

jo1972

I've caught up with all the posts now, there's far too much to respond to individually as I gotta put dinner on. But thought I'd better come on and say hello for now.

Hugs Shopaholic, my thoughts are with you & your OH, you know where I am if you need someone

Well I fell off and have got back on again, I'm on day 2 after falling spectacularly off the wagon on Sunday, even though I told myself (and you lot ) that I shouldn't as I was going on a course yesterday and needed to be clear headed. Remember, I'd just spent the previous 2 weeks indoors, waking up at 9(ish) everyday and lounging about, talk about a culture shock having to go back to work :eek: - got bladdered Sunday night, woke up at 6.30am :eek: on Monday morning and I felt like I'd been picked out of my bed during the night, run over numerous times then placed back in bed. I looked awful, felt sick, had headache, basically wanted to curl up back in bed and sleep. I sat through the most boring day ever on this course thinking all day about how awful it all was and that I wasn't gonna do it again :rolleyes: and I actually got home and had some positive thoughts and got through the night with not too many problems. Couldn't sleep though, at all. Woke up this morning and felt amazing even on no sleep :D

So that's where I'm up to, day 2 and feeling ok....