No alcohol April - the place to share, moan and support

[Thelittlestranger]

Hello everyone!

Starting a new thread, my first one! Big thanks to @noalcohol2024 who originally set up these threads.

Come and chat if you are just giving it a go, starting a longer journey, or sober-curious.

Day 91 for me. I started this thinking I would do 100 days, and now I'm not sure when I'll stop. If at all.

Thank you @Thelittlestranger. Checking in for April 🙂.

Checking in too. Also day 91.
Took a bit of an interrogation from my brother today who I haven’t seen for 6 months. “Are you the dullest guest at the party now?” Etc etc
Yawn

Would love to join if that's OK!

Currently day 7.... restart after an almighty weekend binge last week 😔.
I don't want to share the details right now, it's too mortifying.

Did a month & made the mistake of thinking I'm cured (hilarious I know!)
Turns out I don't think I can moderate. I seem to be able to stop fairly easily, I just can't have one.

Lots of emotions of feeling weak, pathetic & sad.
If I had to list my priorities in life, booze wouldn't even feature... so why am I terrified at the thought of never drinking again? Girls nights, Christmas, wedding toast, heck even that chilled glass of wine after a long week!

I can't even think about socialising right now so shutting myself away from any situation alcohol will be.

The couple of people I've confided in just don't get it or my fears.

Checking in for April

So I'm back to day 8 today

Turns out I cant moderate either!

Had my first AF meal out last night and feel so good I didn't drink!

I'm determined to do this!
Good luck everyone ☕🍀

Day 85 here. Getting easier in general but I had a couple of instances of wanting a drink this weekend. Haven’t had those in a really long while. When I compare them back to the ones that I got in the beginning- these ones were so mild and it was easy to tell them to go away. But I took myself off to bed with a nice cup of herbal tea (just in case!).

Good morning all. Thanks for the thread @Thelittlestranger. I’ve been on an AF thread since August last year. In the beginning I did well. I managed about 45 days and I felt amazing. However I gradually slipped and despite good intentions I’m pretty much back to where I started.

This year has been all about false starts, lots of trying and lots of failing. It’s been getting me down and the thread I was on has become increasingly quiet, as those doing well don’t need to post and those who are not staying mostly silent.
So here I am. I have a lot of determination for a dry April. It’s the 1st of the month and a Monday, both of which I find very motivating

Well done to all those doing well with this!
I would love to join too please. Lots of the comments really resonate with me. I seem in an endless loop of trying and failing with moderation. Whichever rules I try and impose I never fulfill my intentions.

I have managed up to a few months in the past and convinced myself I can moderate to Saturdays or weekends, but it just creeps right back up to drinking something most nights.

I know alcohol is zapping my health, energy, and weight loss efforts. I can see the bigger picture too, that it’s stunting life in general, as I am in such a rut of sitting in the house drinking of an evening, when I could be doing so much more. Have a good and productive healthy April all!

Hi everyone ! No alcohol for me in 2024 so far.

Cravings this last week have been weird, the thought of drinking repulses me now but I still ‘miss’ something. I feel a bit like I’m living on the outside of the bubble.

Well done everyone

Thanks for the new thread @Thelittlestranger checking in for April, day 92 for me. Well done to everyone, good to see some new names!

Thank you @Thelittlestranger . Checking in for April. Well done everyone

Checking in for April. Day 97 for me 😁

Has anyone who's made it this far with no alcohol at all have any tips or mottos or something that got you through those moments of fuck it I deserve it moments..

I managed dry January
Then it has slowly been creeping back up again since mid Feb.

I've been dry a week and determined to stick with it this time.

Ive read the unexpected joys of being sober which has changed my mindset some what

I just seem to lack will power and "oh one won't hurt "... But I can't moderate and that one turns to more.

Can I join please for accountability. Day one again today. So many bloody day ones. I know I can't moderate so have to give up the wine. Best I managed last year was about 70 days minus 1 day which was my dad's funeral. I felt soooooo much better, less anxious and all round better. But I slid back and I'm back at square one

@BrummieCahoots your not alone, I'm the same

It's just too easy to slip back into it.

Alcohol is addictive just like smoking/any other drug ...

You might smoke 2 a day or 20 your still a smoker and it's addictive and hard to give up..

Same with alcohol . You might have one glass of wine a day or a bottle a day ..

It's just as hard to quit either way. The only difference is alcohol is glamourised and encouraged even though it's worse for our health than smoking or even coke !

I'm trying to change my mind set ... And look at it for what it is .. an addictive and toxic substance ..

that I don't want to put in my body anymore than I would any other drug !

Day 1 for the hundredth time
Age 52 finding menopause and chronic illness hard and depressing
Im mostly worried about filling time as im alone. Early nights !

@VanLife33 .. nice to know none of us are alone in this 😊

We can do this 👊💪

None of us are alone. I know if I was to even try one glass, the rest would be guzzled and then guilt sets in.
Rather enjoying soda water with cut lime/lemon and mint sprigs in the ice cubes with a dash of Roses lime cordial.
Well done for day 1. !!! New month, new start

I'm joining in. First timer on a chat like this.
Did sober Jan and half of Feb - actually found it OK and didn't really want to drink again but peer pressure got to me.
Anyway, I was hammered at the weekend - toe-curlingly so. Can barely remember anything and I'm covered in bruises. Horrible behaviour - I'm really too old for this shit and have a 9 year old DS who doesnt need to see me hungover the next day and I just cant deal with the horrible anxiety I'll probably have until next weekend.
Sooooo, let's go for No Alcohol April! 💪

Morning, can I join in please? Currently feeling like absolute death after a total boozed up Easter, been throwing up since 4am & had to phone in sick to work, which I hate doing, so my day 1 starts today 🤞🏻 I am just sick & tired of feeling like this, I did dry jan & loved how good I felt..why can’t I just leave the drink alone??????

Morning everyone. Thought I would post to hopefully help anyone that is struggling if I can. I stopped drinking in July 23 after such a long time I couldn’t put a date on it. Absolutely sick to death of feeling low, hungover, anxious and just dragging myself from day to day. I just stopped and somehow managed a complete mind shift. I followed loads of sober accounts on instagram and finally allowed myself to read all about the reality of how you can end up through alcohol (all the real horror stories) I wanted to feel happy and normal so badly and stop the sneakiness and lies that came with trying to pretend you don’t drink that much, I was petrified that I couldn’t do without it. Guess what though, it was nothing like I imagined. I spent the first couple of months after I stopped just grateful to get through the day alive (I had convinced myself I must have liver failure etc) then when my sleep improved and I didn’t have a foggy/hungover head anymore and no anxiety, I couldn’t believe I had waited so long. It’s been amazing and still is, I never dreamt I could feel soooo much better. I drink 0% beer and rose if I want to, it doesn’t make me want a real drink as the feeling of being tipsy/drunk that I used to want all the time now scares me and I never want to feel like that again. That was long, don’t blame you if you got bored and gave up. Keep on guys, you can feel amazing, I promise 💪

Thankyou happinesspersonified.
I just can’t do this circle of drinking, feeling horrendous, the crippling anxiety ect ect anymore, I can’t get back to sleep now, lying to my son saying it must have been something I have eaten yesterday 🤦🏻‍♀️I’m just hoping I can stick to this now & if I feel like a drunk I’ll try to remember how bloody awful I feel today x

Drink not drunk, even though I am a bloody drunk

That’s a good thing to hold on to the awful way that you feel now, don’t let it fade away. Next time will be exactly the same, it always is isn’t it? I read the post called the reality of the end and that really struck a chord with me. Instead of thinking “oh I’m not that bad” I looked at it like, you have no idea what damage you could have already done and if you ever find out it will most likely be too late. You can do it!

Your right it’s always the same, I am actually terrified that I have got alcohol poisoning as I feel that bad, can’t keep water down, I just went completely overboard this weekend & I’m so sad as I feel like I have let my family down.