Dry January 2020 thread 2... keeping it dry!

[ParanoidGynodroid]

Thread two to help us continue to share the love (and dryness)

Keep going, everyone... good luck

At the end of a fab Friday (compared to wasted Wednesday). Have tidied house, done washing and made a totally scrumptious v complicated vegetarian lasagne and am looking forward to Deadwater Fell later.

Dry days are the best days. And so are the days after dry days.

Hang on in there anyone feeling tempted. Off to do the jigsaw.

SylviaC

That is such a useful post. Thank you.

Nailed it! Could totally have dived headfirst into a bottle of red tonight, and I didn't. Dh held the fort while I had a hot bath and now I'm sipping alcohol-free fizz after dinner. The danger point is over, I won't drink now. 14 days to go and considering extending into February - if a month does me good, 6 weeks will do more...

Over the witching twitching hour with Virgin espresso Martini. Now on the fake red waiting for the gies wrong show. Son is enjoying Ever leaf with pink peppercorns tonic.

@SylviaC

Fab Friday here too rather than wasted Wednesday.

Your post strikes a cord. I'm keeping Wasted Wednesday firmly in mind.

Thank you.

Another day done. A rare pub meal out with family and had two Beck’s blue. It was all rather boring but still on track

Friday night done, I barely noticed.

Tomorrow will be a different ball game. Saturdays are a massive trigger for me. I drink on Saturday come hell or high water.

apart from pregnancy, breastfeeding and the odd dry periods I've managed in recent years. 2 months last year, 5 weeks earlier this year

Bugger.

OH MY GOODNESS I DID IT! Just mineral water all night at the restaurant and I wasn’t even bothered 😇 lovely to be able to be sociable and NOT DRINK!

@nibdedibble

Well done. You'll feel amazing in the morning too!

Also considering extending into February because ive been doing so well.

The only concern is that I haven't actually been out yet. That's where the test will be for me.

Day 18: Yes we Can!

Need some of her elbow power tonight. Off out and have already had unbidden thoughts about having a drink !
Now googling restaurant to see what af things they have. Feel need to know and decide my drink now 14 hours early

All power to our elbows today.
Day 21 here! Does that mean its now a fully fledged habit? Lets hope so when i get home tonight.

For anyone who may be wobbling, I can confirm it's not worth it. I thought I couldn't see any benefits. But a couple of glasses of wine list night have reminded me what a night's sleep after alcohol is like, and it's really not great.

Still, falling off the wagon has been a great way to convince me to stay on it in future!

Thanks BookShark. I’m looking forward to end of month but maybe I won’t enjoy that glass of wine as much as I think.

Had to fight off the demon longing for a drink last night. I thought I had passed the longing for a drink point. Strange how it can come back out of the blue.

Some positive signs since I have stopped include bloated stomach has reduced massively and cellulite appears to be less .......unless its just wishful thinking from my new positive mind set. Sleep has reverted back to being restless and waking up several times through the night the night and the mini hangovers are still here including dizziness when I first get out of bad but it passes.

The thought of gin or vodka is no longer appealing now but still like the thought of white wine. It helps to write everything down here and reflect on any changes since DJ. Hoping to carry sobriety on past the end of January though will have the odd glass on birthdays, celebrations etc. I dont want that anxious mildly depressed person coming back ever again.

On a downside I am fed up of people saying "oh just have a drink, stop being boring " . Why do they do that? Anyway enough rambling from me, keep it up everyone! We can do this

I caved. I shared a bottle of wine with DH last night - previously it would have been at least a bottle each. I had the worst nights sleep, needed paracetamol during the night for my headache! And this morning my children are extra loud. Definitely not worth it.

Nice to have a reminder of how rubbish I feel. Also asked myself this morning, did our evening improve with the wine or not? Honest answer is no, yes it was nice to have at the time but it didn’t add to our evening. So lesson learnt and firmly back on board with sleeves rolled up ready to kick those drink demons.

Just realised that last night I dreamt that I drank (honest I didn’t really drink) craving your post jolted the memory. I dreamt how good it was but why oh why do you
Always want
Another once started.
Dream drinking doesn’t count does it ?

I'm also dream drinking, literally wake up with the taste in my mouth and feeling like I've drunk. Maybe it's the Becks Blue!

Cravingcake I completely agree. I don't regret the glass of wine I had in the restaurant, that was part of the experience and was a nice treat alongside dinner.

I DO regret coming home and opening a bottle as it added absolutely nothing to my evening (if anything, I was less relaxed because having a glass of wine in my hand stopped me from crocheting or whatever I would have dinner). And then I woke up in the night, feel tired this morning and had crisps and copious amounts of water for breakfast because I needed salt and rehydration.

Why do we do it to ourselves?!

I think this weekend is the hardest one so far, I really wanted some wine last night.

I find that if I can get home, have dinner and get comfy (pyjamas, tv, hot water bottle, book etc) then I won’t venture back out into the cold to buy wine. It’s getting past the journey home (when I drive past about 10 places that sell booze) and the dinner cooking hour or so (when I’m still dressed and could easily pop to Sainsbury’s) that are difficult.

Dream drinking doesn’t count does it

Maybe that explains the weird hangover symptoms I'm experiencing

Really interesting to read post drinking accounts this morning bookshark I can totally relate to the 'jyst why?' of coming home and opening a bottle when really I've had enough when I've been out.

I also dreamt about drink white wine last night and bizarrely there was a bottle of whiskey in the fridge (!!!) which I was eyeing up. I HATE whiskey and would never keep a dark spirit in the fridge. Strange.

Also thinking of doing dry February.

Sunshine - so am I. Or if not dry then arid. I’ve had one small slip from the wagon (thanks for helping me back on all) and only started 4th January but damn it feels good ! Why not keep going is how I’m feeling. Definitely really don’t want to return to daily thoughtless use of alcohol partic when it isn’t a positive in anyway.
Oh everyone - I’m noticing the money saved too !!