Where to start

[Minesalargeginplease]

Well, as the title says, I don't know where to start stopping. Been unhappy and depressed a while and sought solace at the bottom of the bottle. It's every night now, I can't remember the last time I didn't have a drink in the evening. Seemed normal for a while, working mum having wine at the end of the day but it's not. A glass became a bottle, or 2. More recently its spirits, by the pint, sometimes half a litre. I get up for work fine, I excel in my career but it's not ok. Where do I start? Going cold turkey freaks me out. Thank you in advance x

Count me in for some online support. I'm sitting here typing this with the last glass of red in the bottle.

What a weekend!! Locksmith and Minsalargegin. We need to keep talking. It's getting through that timing when I find the hardest when it is habit to have a drink. I find it the hardest eg cooking dinner. Breaking that craving.

Let us see - I have set aside tomorrow as a Drink Free Day!!

When cooking dinner Is my weak spot too. I have downloaded the dry days app but it doesn't really help tbh.
I hope camaraderie on here will be a spur to try harder.

I agree Locksmyth.🤞🏼

I am preparing myself for a dry Tuesday but bloody hell its already worrying me. How has everyone's weekend been?

Hi All ,
My problem is that i cannot just have one glass of wine when out with friends as I have to carry on back at home.?

I'm like that too, I want to feel the fuzzy head. It's dangerous x

Can I join to please. I drink a bottle of wine a night from thurs-sun and I really want to stop. The last couple of weeks it's crept up and had a bottle spread out over the mon tues and weds. Had 3 glasses of wine at the pub yesterday and then more at home ☹️

Morning everyone, hope we all have a good dry day today or at least a cut back on the drink. I’ve always got great willpower first thing in the morning but I go from “no drink tonight” to only 1 glass oops the bottles empty need to open another by about 9pm. Very busy week at work so it’s going to be a challenge.
I also like so many of us on here don’t get hangovers either or be sick and it’s not through pacing myself or drinking small quantities. Maybe if I suffered I’d have addressed this problem earlier.

I've stopped drinking altogether. Its a long story but originally my aim was to moderate. I sometimes hanker over that lovely warm feeling when the alcohol hits but thats really rare now. I want to live and I'm pretty sure I was going to die from drinking.
The best thing I ever did was read. Jason Vale kick the drink easily was my start point and there are many other great books.
I'm also a member of online support groups on Facebook. Club Soda Alcohol Free, Sober Punks and the unexpected joy of being sober. It took several attempts to become 'dry'. I'm now satisfied that I won't drink again. I'm so bloody happy with an alcohol free life and I really did enjoy a daily drink of a bottle of wine (more at weekends). Like you I never really felt hungover. I made the change because I got frightened to death by stomach pains. I don't know if they were connected but its highly unlikely they weren't.
I watched panorama last week and I was shocked to find that end stage liver failure often gives absolutely no warning. You don't even need to wait for the stomach pains. You really need to address this but you will find so much support out there. You don't have to do it alone.

I am definitely giving alcohol-free day today with all your support. I think I will cook dinner early and go to the gym at normal cooking time.

Good luck to all those trying for a dry day today! I'm psyching myself up for my 1st attempt tomorrow so gonna take it easy tonight and try limit myself. It's inspiring to hear from those who have been successful and reinsurers me it can be done

Thank you Just got home getting dinner on now. To avoid that stupid craving at 5.30 :(

How did you all get on last night? X

All fine until managed to avoid cooking with double Ginnnns and sodas, wrnt to the Gym with DH.
But the cold atmosphere between us since Saturday was getting to me - had been very rude to him after binge drinking - this nasty person inside of me comes out after a few drinks :(
To the point where he said to me let's just call it a day!! We have been to getter since we were 17. I have been feeling really sad.

Only way out was to to have drink to calm my nerves when we came home around 7.30 so had a sneaky Gin when we got home.

He suggested do you fancy a glass of wine I hadn't told him I am trying to go dry and I figured at least he is trying so I said ok why not.

Things calmer we have made up.

So no excuse for me today. Going to give going Dry today. 🤞🏼

How about you minesalageGin?

How are you getting on IvyandStab?

I mean IvyandStan?

And you Dogswalk2?

Group Name Suggestion- "Sobriety Priority"
What do you all think?

It would nice to hear from you more donajimena with guidance how to deal with anxiety and drinking - I think that's where my problem is

How are you getting on Avamiah?

And you LockSmyth?

Be good to hear from you all

FYI the name for the group is just a suggestion open to more ideas