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Alcoholics or Dependant Drinkers Club

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Rhubarb · 24/04/2006 12:43

For SoftStuff, tyedye and anyone else who wants to join.

The rules are that you HAVE to sign in every night to let us know TRUTHFULLY how much you have drunk. You need to let us know your triggers too. So if you resisted for 12 hours but then cracked and had a beer - what finally snapped?

We'll be here to give you encouragement, support, advice and opinions.

OP posts:
tyedye · 08/05/2006 10:08

VERY HUNGOVER.Blushtime to go cold turkey.

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 10:25

Well, what a weekend. Back at work, but shakey. Friday night I drank Grolsch and didn't feel too bad on Saturday. Saturday was a different matter. I had to tackle a massive pile of ironing which I can only do with a large chilled glass of sparkling dry cava (of course). I drank steadily from 7pm onwards, finishing with quite a bit of pernod after midnight. Fell into bed. Had to get up sharp to visit my mother Sunday, which involved a long drive over M62. Half way there I had to stop for a sleep in a service station! My head was pounding, my vision was blurred, I felt sick and had a horrible pain in my tummy. To be honest, I think I was still half-pissed.

I felt so shite that I DIDNT drink when I got home at 7pm. That must be the first Sunday I havent had a drink in god-knows how many years! I never normally get hangovers at all and my tolerance is huge.

Anyway, back at work today still feeling headachy and a bit shakey. Thank god I didn't drink last night - I would have had to ring in sick I reckon.

I've never had such a bad reaction and wonder if it's coz I'm on antibiotics (yeah I know i should mix with alcohol, but you know how it is....)

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 10:27

shouldn't mix with alcohol LOL

tyedye · 08/05/2006 10:48

Antibiotics and booze really dont ix well do they!as for pernod?!ooops moony!Grin

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 10:55

Have come to the conclusion that hangovers are a GOOD thing. My Sunday morning one will hopefully act as a deterent for the next few nights.

Its been the lack of hangovers that has kept me drinking so much. Like there has been no payback really.

tyedye · 08/05/2006 11:11

I suffering from Payback,with a really BIG P!!
i am astupid moo

SoftStuff · 08/05/2006 11:11

I don't know the exact reason why, but I know you're not meant to mix anti-biotics with alcohol. I have to ask but why did you still drive if you felt half-pissed? I don't want to get all high on the moral high grounds but it sounds like you, perhaps, shouldn't have. Maybe i'm just lucky in that I can walk to school and things so if i'm still half cut I haven't got to worry about that.

I've now had an alcohol free 24 hrs and I feel really edgy/moody, so apologies now if I start offending you all. I am so determined to do it this time.

tyedye · 08/05/2006 11:19

well done softstuff!!go girl,im going to aim to have today off the booze,and take it from there!

SoftStuff · 08/05/2006 11:25

Taking it a day at the time is the best thing to do I think. I must admit the thought of being stone cold sober all week doesn't exactly fill me with joy! I have got to prove I can do it to myself and to get a grip and start refocusing my life, i'm getting far too hung on on stuff.

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 11:29

Hi softstuff. I didnt realise I was still pissed when I set off on the journey, and I didn't feel bad at first. Stopped in service station for a sleep and loads of water to drink when my head started pounding worse and I thought I was gonna be sick. I'm not really sure that I was that pissed, it could have been the antibiotics or the illness i'm taking them for. I have a bad dose of cystitis. Actually I think the alcohol has probably made it worse - dehydration, putting strain on kidneys by drinking etc.

kokeshi · 08/05/2006 11:35

Hi all,
Sorry you're all feeling rough today, but you sound more resolved somehow?
SoftStuff, well done...24 hours is really fantastic, this is usually the worst period after you stop drinking. Although it depends on how much you actually consume. By all accounts, it's about 2-5 days for the physical withdrawal to stop (5 days, we're talking really heavy, constant drinking)

It's been said before, but I think it's important to have something to replace the drinking with. If you don't think AA is for you, then find something that keeps you occupied. Initially after the euphoria of being sober wears off, we can become restless, irritable and discontent and thus weakened to the booze again.

Anything really that proves a distraction at first. Do you have any friends or family close by who can support you? From what you've told us on here SoftStuff, you are using drink as a coping mechanism for past traumatic events. It would be a idea to try to seek some professional help for this as you'll no longer have the anaesthetic to mask it.

To all the others, it's good to see that you're not giving up...well, giving up (and cutting down) Smile

SoftStuff · 08/05/2006 11:53

Hi kokeshi, thanks for still being here. I think i'll head off to tesco's in a sec to get something else to drink, I know i'll be horribly tempted to get something stronger whilst i'm here so I think i'll make sure I don't need to go again this week when/if I don't feel quite so strong.
I have an appointment (my first) with a cpn on Friday and this is meant to be a stop gap until I see a psych + cbt. My gp knows all about the things that happened to me as well as how I feel. I ended up with several nightmares last night and I know it's because I was sober. I haven't anyone I know well enough near me to lean on, I have told a couple of friends though, so hopefully they'll nag me if I get doubts.

Honestly moon66, I wasn't having a go and I can understand why if when you set off you felt fine. I hope the anti-biotics kick in soon.

kokeshi · 08/05/2006 11:58

That's fantastic SoftStuff, you sound like you're really putting things in place for yourself. The nightmares are probably linked with withdrawal and they should improve. Will be thinking of you, please let us know how you're doing. OH, avoid that bevvy aisle...Wink

kokeshi · 08/05/2006 12:08

Themonn66,
I just lifted this from the drink-aware website...could be an explanation for how you were feeling?

"Antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to treat infectious diseases. Examples include - penicillin, furazolidone (Furoxone), griseofulvin (Grisactin and others), metronidazole (Flagyl), and the anti-malarial quinacrine (Atabrine). If combined with alcohol, antibiotics may cause nausea, vomiting, headache, and possibly convulsions"

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 13:01

Kokeshi - Thanx for that info - it certainly makes sense. My head was so bad I thought I was having a stroke at one point. I felt nauseous and very trembly. I couldn't get my mascara on coz my hand was shaking so much (have any of you tried to apply mascara with 2 hands? Impossible LOL).

butty · 08/05/2006 13:05

hi,
I'm still around, the pc is still broke and i have been made redundent so can't use works!!!!

anyway, i have only been out twice, both over the weekend, but i did really well and didn't drink too much!!!?????

Anyway, i'll probably be on a lot more frequently for the next couple of months as using redundency pay to chill out for a while and put my life into prospective, also a few shopping trips may be in needGrin

Hope you are all doing well, i'm going home now to kick bt's butt and find out when they are going to fix my f*ing broadband, i'm having withdrawal!!!!!!!!Grin

Speak to you all soon.

Butty.xxx

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 13:09

Butty - redundant!!?? What does your DP think of that? Who is gonna pay his bills now?? You don't seem to worried though. I'd be out of my mind... my DH got made redundant 4 times and we slipped into horrible debt. Good luck with everything. x

souvenir · 08/05/2006 13:52

I've been feeling physically quite rough for a while now, twinging pains in the kidneys, cramps low in my abdomen. But I never get blind drunk. And I'm also never totally sober! What an old soaked sponge I am ...

themoon66 · 08/05/2006 14:09

Souv - I do get blind drunk occasionally. Much less than I used to. I used to go out, get completely off my face to the point of not remembering anything next day. These days (post kids) I drink at home, but don't get so bad. However, I reckon I actually drink MORE now... its just spread out over the week, instead of one mega-night. Also, drinking at home is a lot cheaper and so doesn't feel quite so decandent and wasteful of money.

tyedye · 08/05/2006 14:25

Souv,your(and my)stomach lining etc must be feeling the strain,hence the discomfort!I havent had a drink yet,i usually have a beer at lunchtime then steam in post school run(s)

SoftStuff · 08/05/2006 15:10

Butty, you sound very positive!

Well I actually got round tesco's without buying anything alcoholic at all Smile, I feel very proud of myself. I bought a load of fizzy flavoured water, as well as some juice to stop the habit thing. I feel really quite crap in myself though, really headachey.

souvenir · 08/05/2006 16:16

themoon, remind me what your average daily intake's like? I'm finding it hard to keep up with who drinks what etc.! Smile

butty · 08/05/2006 22:50

hi all, at long last my broadband is up and running yeahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Moon, i ain't that arsed about being made redundent as i am now going to put my life into prospective and i am considering going to college in september to do a children and young family's course assosiated with social work.

In the meantime, i am going to do some evenings as a home help, which will be a real shock to the system as i am a total pen pusherGrin

I will have to make a few cut backs, ie: some nights out which will do more good than harm, but other than that, i feel okish about the whole situ as i get to spend more time with dylan and chloe, and i no longer have to pay for childcare as dp has offered to look after them of an evening.

It's a pretty much all round desision that has not been taken lightly, i wanted something that wasn't stressful, and the oppertunity arose for a member of management to go, so i opted, as really needed a change of scenery and the redundency pay wasn't bad eitherGrin

Hope your all doing well, i know that i am intending to keep on the straight and narrow.

Speak soon.

Butty.xxx

kokeshi · 08/05/2006 23:39

H butty,
Good to see you back with us and congratulations on your brave decision! All the best xxxx

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 09:38

I had another night without a drop of alcohol! Over 48 hrs now Smile. I feel crap though and I had nightmare after nightmare after nightmare last night Sad. Does anyone know whether these will pass?

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