The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 13

16/31 please and thank you shaggy.
Ms leaf has grown into a tree

Hello everyone, just decided to drop by and say hello. Its been over a year since I last came to this thread. Looks like a few familiar faces are still here. Hope everyone is ok and doing well.

My life is going well, i feel in control of the alcohol most of the time. Had 4 AF days this week but tonight I am going out with a friend for a catch up drink. Usually I would have a pre going out drink, but I decided as I have a busy day tomorrow I would have my drinks at the pub. Planning on 2 glasses of wine, 3 at a push. But I have also eaten dinner, something else I would have forgone in the past.

My kids are doing well, DS is turning 9 next month and my DD is approaching 8. It goes too fast. I am still single, had a few dates and a 3 month relationship, but no one really special. Thankfully I am well and truly over my ex husband, so no going back there. Probably for the best.

Work is going well and I am pleased to say going self employed was the best thing for me since being on my own with the kids. It might not last for ever but even so, for now it works.

So how are you and what have you been up to?

Cuppa.

Shaggy, I intend to drop by more frequently can I please join the challenge. I have had AF days this month but can't remember how many. This week I have had 4 so far. Maybe I should say 8/21. Love the low AF day idea. Stops you from feeling having a unit or two is a complete right off. Its learning control and limits too.

15/21 please Shaggy x

10 tonight but really wondering what the point is for me. I have significantly cut back drinking, got out of debt, take the pills I'm prescribed, go to counselling (with wife and on my own), see someone about self harm but nothing's changed. I still don't sleep well, can't hope to make anything of myself. The years are passing quickly and I'm not getting any younger. My son is growing up, at school now, so I've hardly the excuses I had. I'm not any better, in fact had some days during this year have been as bad as when I was really ill.

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

Oh Alex - your post made me sad. You say you've no hope of making anything of yourself, but hun, you already have! You have a wife who obviously loves you enough to go to counselling with you and a son for whom you are a hero. They are your point to cutting down the booze. They love you. Everything or anything else doesn't matter. Hopefully this morning you may feel less down - I don't sleep well either, so you have my sympathies, but it's the weekend and time for fun with the family. Hold them close and enjoy your time with them. Sending hugs xxx

Of course dizzy's right Alex. Turn it the other way: would you want your nearest and dearest to have a drunk for a father/husband? I'm another poor sleeper but take pleasure in the fact that I'm in control of my drinking. There's enough in life that we can't control.