30 days from now.

[Amdone123]

Evening all.
If anyone is interested in quitting alcohol for 30 days ( in the first instance), please join us.
I've had a busy month ; Wimbledon, Football, birthday, anniversary and have drank way too much.
I've given up before and felt great so am trying again.

I'll join. I'm on the dry July thread but if I'm on all the threads maybe I will stick with it. Good luck.

@ohnomesandwiches, yes, I was reading that one before.
Thanks and good luck to you too. Honestly, I am fed up of hangovers.

Yeah me too Amdone. I have done nothing but eat ridiculous amounts of carb and chocolate today after last nights excess and spent the whole day feeling sluggish and demotivated. Definitely time for a month off.

I’m sure with enough motivation we can all do this!

@Burtknowsbest, of course we can. Hi and welcome !
I find that I'm better with support from others ; this site will make me accountable. At the moment I'm quite well motivated but my problem is once a seed is planted I find it really difficult to tell the wine witch to do one.
Tomorrow is Day 1. Am not counting today ( hideously hungover so wouldn't drink anyway).
I'm going to do it.

Morning all. Day 1 today. Strangely I haven't bounced out of my bed raring to go. I feel a bit down. I think it might be all the football news / general feeling. I'm still motivated to give up. In fact, I want it more than ever. I think I'm scared of failing. Again.

Anyway. No more negativity. Today I'm going to sort the house ( did nothing yesterday), walk my dog, plan some healthy meals and go to work for a work out !

Have a great day everyone. I know I'm looking forward to no more hangovers, feeling fitter and all the benefits that come with not drinking.

@Amdone123 sounds like you have a good day planned. I really struggled to get to sleep last night without my usual few glasses of wine. I also feel a bit down. I think it's thinking about all the days I have wasted feeling rubbish from the night before. It's a daft way to think though - I need to focus on the future and how much better it's going to be without drink getting in the way.

Have a great day all!

Morning...please can I join you?

Long time lurker who's registered because of this thread...which probably says all it needs to about how much I'm drinking and how it's making me feel!

Today is Day 1 and I'm hoping I can use this time as a bit of a reset - I've found my nutrition and drinking have started to get more and more off track since lockdown was lifted, and it's making me feel crappy.

Hoping this thread will give me some motivation and accountability.

Flat I think sums up my mood today, but to be honest after Sunday’s excess my poor body is probably depleted of any feel good hormone and I’m looking forward to that changing. Life is pretty tough all round I’m sure for a lot of us at the moment but I do know that drinking is not making it any better.

Same as you annielou my nutrition slips when I over do the alcohol, so today back to the drawing board and started with a small run earlier. I’ve told myself that I’m not going to feel great for at least a couple of weeks in, but I know that the pay off once I’m through it is so worth it - I hope that everyone has a good day!

I’m in too!

I’ve been drinking far too much lately, we had a weekend away with friends planned last weekend and I knew that there was no way I’d not drink so I had a few (not loads and wasn’t drunk), thoroughly enjoyed myself and now I’m ready to throw myself into being better.

I’ve started using the I Am Sober app which is really helpful and been eating much better (low carb) and I’m looking forward to not feeling tired, fuzzy and irritable all the time!

Hope everyone has a good day xx

Morning all! Well, Day 1 done...no alcohol yesterday - went to bed feeling quietly pleased with myself and slept like a log.

Distracted myself during the witching hour (from 4-6pm) reading Quit Lit.

Let's see how today goes. I have a feeling my next big challenge will be Friday evening - when the sun is shining and my brain tells me to relax from the week with a glass of something. Then I'll need to work hard on remembering I'm "liberated not deprived" by not drinking

@annielou73 I've got the same witching hour. We have dinner early with the little one. If I can get past dinner without a drink, I'm usually on the home strait!

This is day three for me. Feeling much more positive than yesterday but finding it very difficult to switch off at night and go to sleep.

However I'm getting really good results on my Fitbit for the quality of my sleep. It tells you your heart rate when you sleep, which should be lower when you are awake if you want to feel rested. Sometimes after drinking it would be 0% below resting. Since Monday it's been closer to 80%.

I’m actually ok through the week, it’s Friday night onwards that the going gets tough and it won’t be helped aa you say annielou this weekend by the good weather!

Glad that everyone is feeling a bit more positive and rested today and I guess that’s what it’s all about!

How are you doing today OP?

Morning all ! Apologies for my absence. My phone was playing up and I couldn't access Mumsnet.
Great to hear from you all. I've just read your posts. You all sound so similar to me!
I'm doing great. Day 4 today and it's not bothered me. I'm off today and plan to sit in the garden. This would be when I'd drink. And smoke. But tbh, I just want to relax and go to bed late not under the influence, have a good sleep and not feel all hot and headachey and anxious in the morning.
I'm also on my own weekend as DH is working. I'm going to plan some nice meals, relax and feel better than last weekend ( ironically a weekend of celebration, my wedding anniversary etc, but I felt terrible through over indulging).
Have a great day everyone. Let me know how you're doing.

@annielou73, hi there, how are you doing ?
Well done for day 1. I'm similar that I need to change my mindset from what I'm missing to what I'm gaining.
I couldn't sleep last night so wrote down all my reasons. Honestly, there are so many.

@Burtknowsbest, thanks for asking about me. I'm ok during the week too ( though not always), but yes, the weekends are harder. Yet, I did Dry January for 3 weeks with the help of people on here, and those 3 weekends were absolutely brilliant. The house was so clean, washing done, I exercised, ate lovely home made food, slept great, my skin was lovely. And yet compare this to the weekend I was 'on' it and I felt awful.

It's no longer making sense. I know I can't drink wine again. It's all there is to it. Some people can't eat nuts or shellfish etc. I can't drink wine. It always ends up in tears.

Morning all!

Thanks for asking @amdone123 - I'm still here .

Day 2 done - although there was a moment when I sat in the garden yesterday evening, the sun was shining and the picture felt incomplete without a cold glass of wine. Instead I put a Firefly drink (anyone else tried them...they're not cheap but lovely grown-up combos?) in a G&T glass, added wine and started reading a chick lit book I haven't read in 10 years. And it was OK!!

Today will be fine I think - keeping busy and have my plan for the witching hour! Tomorrow may be more of a challenge....Friday evening in the sun anyone!??

Oh my god...what a typo - obviously I meant added ice not wine to the drink ...not that wine is on my mind, no not at all!!

@annielou73, lol ! That's a Freudian slip if ever I saw one !!
Well done on Day 2. You're doing great.
I find that I really do need to take one day at a time. Sometimes one hour !!
I once started on a 30 day detox and failed because I was thinking about a forthcoming holiday ( was in about 6 months). I was saying to myself, oh what's the point, you'll be drinking on holiday! Seems ridiculous now. But that's me . I probably just needed an excuse to get back on it. I'm great at those too.

@amdone123 that's exactly how I think too! I'm a bit 'all or nothing' as a person, so if I can't be perfect I tend to think while I might as well it!

But one day at a time, one decision at a time....

I had a bit of an epiphany today when I was heading to work. I still feel like I'm 'missing out' in the evening by not having anything to drink. But it dawned on me that I'm gaining something by not feeling like rubbish and having so much more energy when I wake up. I'm going to keep that in mind next time I feel deprived.

@youboozeyoulose, definitely! That's what I think when I think I'm missing out. I love waking up without a hangover. It makes me overjoyed - you'd think I couldn't prevent it !
I don't sleep very well ( atm) but I'd rather just be tired than tired, anxious, depressed etc ( all those are common with my hangovers). Not to mention what I eat when hungover.

I've just jumped over a hurdle ! Have been in the garden, was so tempted to drink. Fortunately I don't keep wine in the house. Realised I was hungry so, after a cheese sandwich and a packet of cheddars, I'm over it.
Also, my witching hour is noon not 5pm like it is for so many, so proud of self for not running to the shops.
Thought of @youboozeyoulose, and remembered that I want to feel good tomorrow, not horrid. This thread is holding me accountable definitely.
Hope you're all ok.

Evening all, hope everyone is doing ok?

I’m Day 4 here and feeling ok, tomorrow evening would normally be my witching hour, however DH is participating in the old MN super secret, super outing hobby of cycling on Saturday afternoon so he won’t drink which makes it easier for me to say no, so Saturday evening may well be the trouble spot this week but we’ll see!

@Disgustedatmyself, well done on Day 4. You sound similar to me in that these past few days haven't been too bad but weekend could present a few problems. That's good for you tomorrow night. I usually drink on a Friday night but I have a feeling tomorrow I will be too tired. So, like you, Saturday will be an issue for me. I'm on my own all day so might get some nice food in and tons of sparkling water etc. I enjoy drinking sparkling water!
So glad I didn't drink today. My granddaughter stays on a Thursday evening and it's nice to not be tipsy ( yes, you would think having a 5 year old stay would stop me, but it hasn't always), so we played, read books, did our phonics and generally had a wonderful time. And tomorrow no hangover ! Win win

Well I failed on day four! That didn't take long. Had a couple of glasses of red last night with dinner.

I'd like to stick with the thread though if you all let me. I don't want to get to 30 days drink free and then go crazy. I want not drinking on an evening to be the norm and not the other way round.

No drinks for me tonight.