Tryers to be dryers spring into spring, not as much wine, beer or gin. We sow our seeds of hope for a dryer season, but if we drink, it's for a reason.

[Frouby]

Thread 5 for Tryers to be Dryers. A thread for those who want support for moderating or reducing alcohol. Whatever you hope to do, whether it's to have more dry days, or be less wet when you do drink, come and join us for support.

Absolutely no judgement here, just friendly support and chat, the odd swear (lots of swears to be honest). All welcome, new and old tryers to dryers.

CSWS, happy birthday, that sounds like a lovely celebration.

Brilliant, Flossie 😂 Also PMSL at Frouby and the avocados, and MadameF's DS and the mackerel.

Happy belated birthday, Canshop!! Let's hand-hold to see if we can get through one evening for a start. Though I'm so pissed off that I've been wanting to get stuck into a G&T since about 9AM. Trying to clear up after the holidays. I need a skip to get rid of a month's worth of DD's accumulated crap. Still, they are at least now at school. 🎉

Water, that sounds amazing. But what I'm wondering is how you can just switch to that kind of diet and being AF without cracking???

Jesus fuck. What a day. Nonstop since 8am. Just sat down, with a naice gin and slim. 4 syns. So fucking worth 4 syns.

Dcs are driving me daft, dh is wittering on at me about work, phone keeps ringing and beeping. Been here, there and everywhere today. Twatting trucks boot thing wouldn't open and dh had to come and rescue my aldi big shop. Ds been a little sod. Dd is flouncing around because 14.

Luckily as my shopping was locked in the car at the 20 minutes I had for lunch, I had 2 weetabix and a banana for lunch. So no syns today at all, only a couple on my dinner (seafood salad with rice) so if my maths is right (it's always right) I can have another g and t! Yay. Thank fuck for that.

Because 14, Frouby. As someone said upthread, I'm nodding along.

My day has been a bit like yours, but I haven't got any gin. FML. Have had a glass of AF Riesling. FFS. It cost me £6.99, so the same price as a decent bottle of the real thing. And it tastes like Schloer. In fact, I'd rather have Schloer, as it doesn't cost £6.99. A total waste of money, and I am now going to try to find the dregs of a bottle of sherry.

Twatting quiche tonight, courtesy of Aldi.

I’m with DSForest on the mackerel. It would take me longer than an hour, and I’d probably cry,
I just made a fucking lush jerk chicken traybake for our tea though. Oh my god. Immense.

I’m having a relatively productive week.
Had another lovely walk into work and back. I’d forgotten DS2 was on a geography trip into town, until I passed his group at the top of Big Fuck Off Hill in the park, bright red, sweating and puffing.
So that wasn’t embarrassing, at all.

Lol NC4 at that wasn’t embarrassing

Dion, I can do it as a result of seeing some truly horrible pictures last weekend and also writing to myself yesterday about how I must do it. Plus health fear, obvs! So day 2 is over, I’m in bed reading.

Well done, Water. Epic fail for me.

Glad you weren't embarrassed, NC4

Gosh well done everyone on the hill-walking, AF riesling drinking and BSDing. That's probably the one for me, if I could hack it, so watching with interest canshop.

Lol on the mackerel - I have 2 mackerel in the freezer that look guiltily at me whenever I open it. I don't mind mackerel - they are just not as appealing as almost anything else. I made a kind of mackerel thai curry once and took it into work. Heating that up in the communal microwave was a popular move. Dh failed to bring me back curry doggy bag from his works night out so am going to make fry up instead, but am AF at least. Going to watch thrones on catch up.

Took the dds to woodcraft folk scavenger hunt in the park after work which was nice - love the light evenings. Tentatively wanting to say that dh seems a bit more chipper the past few days, which I am trying not to get excited about as it is early days, but has been a welcome break at least. Neg pg test and took MAP. Feeling OK about it. Feel slightly sick, but assume that's the MAP and not early pregnancy!

Need to go and nag dd1 re lights out, but she was glued to a book of Greek myths and part of me wanted to cling on to this minor parenting win for a few minutes longer....

Hey well done everyone on their healthy moves.
Frouby - yayyyy enjoy that gin!! Totally worth the syns. You can have 15 syns can’t you? So that’s 3 large gins! 🤪

Dion - did you swan round the house in silence once the dc’s has left for school this morn? I used to do that. Kind of listen hard for the silence. Blissful and needed after soooooo many weeks holidays!! My ds told me recently he finishes uni for the summer in just a couple of weeks time!!!!!! Wtaf?!!!!!! Nooooooooooo!!!!! We pay £600 all year round for his digs.......!!!!!!!!!!
Madame forest - pmsl at the mackerel story!!
NC4 - why is it that when you’ve done exercise and look shite....you get seen!!!!

I had just under half bottle of Pinot left in a bottle. And a whole new bottle. I’ve only drink the small half. Bit proud of myself tbh. Know it’s not AF but believe me....the mood dh has come home in tonight, I’m surprised i didn’t stick a straw in the whole bottle, and neck the lot!!!!!!🤪🤪

Bloody predictive text on my phone makes me sound utterly illiterate!!!!!! Note to self....read before posting!!

Half a bottle sounds like a win, Flossie. Nothing healthy for me tonight. Wine and crisps and twatting quiche. DD at Xh's. But I did enjoy the silence before I had to go out!!

Half a bottle is good Flossie, especially if you had more available. I had 2 gins in the end which was 8 syns. Happy with that.

I do ok on sw, mainly because gin is easy to measure and I never have to guess and I rarely waste syns on unnecessary stuff like chocolate or cake .

Been working this morning, just stopped for lunch (salmon and salad) and a coffee, then got the year end for the business to do. Which will involve emptying my filing tray to find the paperwork I need because life is too short for filing. Apparently.

Had to flick the heating on for 10 minutes, was gorgeous here this morning but now overcast and grey.

Oh and the bastarding washing machine playing up again so I need to fuck about with the filter. Arsehole that it is.

Gave myself a or fright because negative pregnancy test turned into stonking positive overnight but it was one of those headfuck blue ink ones and my trusty pink numbers confirm it is a negative. Phew, i think. Doesn't help that MAP is making me properly nauseous.

Bloody hell Longest, bet you had a right moment there. MAP makes me feel nauseous too. I haven’t had it for quite some time but I hate the cringe questions at the chemist.
The first time me and Xh ever got it on the condom disappeared. WTF?! We never did find it, despite a subsequent house move and coil insertion so god knows what happened to it. It was a bank holiday weekend too, and the chemist was like ‘and at what time did the unprotected intercourse take place?’
And I was like, ‘well, after that, all weekend really’ 😍😳
I felt like a naughty schoolgirl, even though I was 33 and with a guy I went on to marry.
Those were the days....

Gah i know "so, when did you last have intercourse?" And i had to say "i dunno, a couple of days ago". But had to bite down the urge to say "BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS WITH MY HUSBAND". And is there a risk you could already be pregnant? "Well yes, i have been having unprotected sex for weeks it turns out BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE DR DIDN'T FIT MY COIL PROPERLY! "

Part of me was thinking pregnancy is just what I need to turn over new leaf re drinking and to lose weight (I lost loads breastfeeding) but this ignores the fact I'd be eating and drinking myself into oblivion thereafter to cope with three kids and DH.

Last day of new job tomorrow before going back to my old one. I think this is good, don't really care that much really now silly yellowhammer rota is off. Main factors in favour of old job is it's nearer the tube and the office is less baking hot. I do like nerdy law reform but can get on board with fish too if I have to.

Bah at Frouby washing machine. Give it a kick from me!

And a kick from me too, Frouby. I've had one of those (a bastard washing machine, not a kick).

Longest, bloody hell. What a scare. I had the MAP once and it made me feel so sick (dry heaving) that I decided never to become pregnant because I couldn't cope with it. That went the same way as every resolution I have ever made.

Oh, and having a major health anxiety panic. So I have bought gin which I can measure. FML.

But here is some good news...

longest think have mended the fucker. Was a fur ball clogging the filter. Twat that it is.

Had a result today. Decided to treat myself to a bottle of rhubarb and ginger gin. Called in the little Asda near us. Was bloody chaos with loads of school run mums doing the same. Because gin had a security tag on it queued for only actual till to have it removed. Woman on check out was vile, really rude to an old man in front of us. And was too busy talking to a colleague about what she had done over the weekend to answer old lad, then still chatting when I got served.

Took security tag off gin, but must have forgot to scan it. Cost me £20 for DHs lagers, some cereal, fruit, milk and gin.

If she hadn't been ignorant I would have told her but I did what she did and had a conversation with ds while I was paying. So that was a result!

Also done 3 hours work, the year end bollocks for the business, tidied my paperwork cabinet, 2 loads of washing and drying, fed the dcs and got mine and DHs in. Jacket spud, chicken wrapped up in parma ham with Mediterranean veg.

Plus 2 rhubarb and ginger free gins. 😜.

Having my dinner and going to bed. Its been cold here today and am looking forward to my book in my nice warm bed. Hoping my little seedlings in the polytunnel survive the cold snap at the weekend. It's my aunties surprise 60th birthday party on Saturday, would really rather stay in if I am honest. And will have a buffet and drinks to negotiate while doing slimming world. Fml. Will try and eat before we go and then try and be sensible.

But my family all together is only just bearable with lots and lots and lots of drink. Imagine Shameless. That's us without the Manchester accent.

Still. Since one Dsis left her DH (for shagging her ndn in the shed 🙈) I am down to one absolute fucking wankerbastard for a BIL. And Uncle Knobhead been in and out of hospital for a few weeks so he might not make it. And gobshite dsis working sunday so won't be too pissed. Sigh. It's no wonder I drink really.

In all seriousness, Frouby for PM!

Excellent work on the free gin. Karma is a bitch.

Blimey longest, that sounds scary, hope you feel better soon. And not up duff, obvs!

💐Dionysa re health anxiety

I’m on day 3 AF and of the BSD, feel ok actually, still highly motivated to not be a fat boozy fucker so...

Omg at shagging ndn in the shed!

Am now trying to consider logistics of shed sex. Wouldn't it be uncomfy lying on top of a pile of old bikes and hedge cutters?