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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.

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butty · 09/05/2006 09:47

Hi softstuff and well done for the last 48 hours.

I would imagine that the sensations you are feeling at the moment will pass in time, it's like giving up caffine or fags, your body is adapting to cope without them.

Really really, well done, i managed only 2 nights out last week, which were fri and sat.

Friday i hardly drank a drop and saturday, well i had a fair few, but i went onto water in the nightclub which is really good for me, and as already half cut, i was none the wiser and didn't feel rough the next dayGrin

Keep the good work up chick, thinking of you.

Butty.xxx

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 09:54

You drank water when you were out?? I'm impressed, i'm not sure i've ever done that!!

So do you really think it's better to go cold turkey?? it doesn't feel very healthy. I'm really quite bothered how hard this is.

themoon66 · 09/05/2006 09:55

I had my last drink on Saturday night.... nothing since! I feel pleased with myself, but have a shocking headache, which I'm told is a side-effect of the antibiotics I'm on for my cystitis. Hopefully I will feel fabulous by the time I finish the tablets on Wednesday night coz that will be my 4th night off the drink.

Went out last night to the hairdresser (my hairdresser keeps weird hours) and had a radical new short bob done. Everyone at work today is telling me how much younger I look - like its really lifted my face. I am now gonna treat myself to posh anti-wrinkle face cream and eye cream if I make it to the weekend without drink.

So I'm feeling very positive today folks Smile

pepperpots · 09/05/2006 09:58

Right i'm going to have a big boast Blush Last night for the first time since december 2004 i didn't drink at all SmileGrin I have only been sober for two days in the last 18 months but thats was because i was so ill i couldnt go to the shop. And today i am feeling very very proud of myself Smile wanted to say well done to everyone else too xx

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 09:58

You sound really positive too, moon66. I think that's a great idea about treating yourself, I might go and get my hair cut later, it's not been cut since the end of last year Shock

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 09:59

Well done Mrs Pepperpots!

Original poster
Rhubarb · 09/05/2006 10:08

SS, glad you are safe and sound, will email soon. Smile

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butty · 09/05/2006 10:08

Yes softstuff, i darank waterGrin

Although i was pretty plastered at that point , but i would usually keep drinking!!!!!!!!

Well done to all of you, everyone is sounding so much more positive, i think this thread has a lot to do with it.

It's really nice to be able to share how we feel and what we are doing/acheiving.

Anyway, got to drive my mum to the garage now for her car, you see this is the downfall of not working, i'm now available as a taxi service for friends and family, i may hide away for a whileGrin

Be back soon.

Butty.xxx

themoon66 · 09/05/2006 10:10

Someone just walked in my office and said 'oh, its like looking at a new person'!!! Not sure if that is the new hairdo, or the fact that i no longer have alcohol oozing from my pores LOL. Either way it made me smile Smile

kokeshi · 09/05/2006 11:07

Yay! Absolutely fantastic, all of you! The moon, well done in treating yourself, that's defintely the way forward. Pepperpots...what an achievement, and it doesn't matter why you didn't drink. At least that illusion of never having a night without it has been shattered! I was hoping you were OK. Butty, welll done you for stopping half-way through the night...never something I could grasp that!

SoftStuff, really, really proud of you for keeping at it. This is absolutely the worst stage of withdrawal. I had really bad night terrors when I tried to give up, one of the many resons that kept me drinking for so long. However, if you really are feeling rough physically the doc may be able to prescribe something for you. Librium is a sedative used for clinical withdrawal to ease over that transition period. Gps can give a short course of a few days just to help with that. However, s/he may say that in 48 hours you're over the worst it? And it is addictive, so you might want to steer clear!

Another medication I was prescrbed was Propanolol, an anti-anxiety med.I used to get really bad panic attacks, in the supermarket mostly. These are good just for that period that feels really raw. Also if you have underlying depression, the GP might tackle that too.

Well done all who're getting a handle on it, and for sharing what it been like for you. To those who're having a hard time...keep posting, we're all here for each other. xxx

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 19:05

Thanks for the votes of confidence!

Well I am still sober and... I have just had a friend offer to come over tonight with a bottle of wine. I have said she's still welcome over but i'm not drinking tonight. That was the worst..

I have treated myself today though and have bought myself a new foundation, vitalumiere no less Wink. I have also booked a hair appt tomorrow for a complete restyle. I have told myself I can only have it if I keep off the drink.

I am so tempted to have a little drink though, I really want to numb things for a bit and calm myself down, I got in a complete state late last night when I woke up from one of the nightmares. I think had I had a bottle of something here i'd have downed it.

SoftStuff · 09/05/2006 21:46

If I get through tonight without having a drink ~I need a fucking medal. I have had a seriously shit afternoon and i'm fuming.

kokeshi · 09/05/2006 22:49

What's up SoftStuff, want to vent? hope you're OK!

kokeshi · 09/05/2006 22:49

What's up SoftStuff, want to vent? hope you're OK!

SoftStuff · 10/05/2006 09:52

So sorry for going off on one, I'd had a really bad afternoon and there were a few final straws in the evening, I can't say what they are or they might well give me away but thank you. I did have a vent away from mn and I did calm down and just got upset instead. It's so unlike me to get angry, I just couldn't contain it. I, amazingly, managed to avoid having a drink although I did cancel my friend coming over as I knew the temptation to drink her wine would be huge.

SoftStuff · 10/05/2006 10:02

Oh and last night had nothing to do with whatever it was going on on mn, I missed that completely as always!

tyedye · 10/05/2006 10:26

Hi softstuff,well done,its really hard not to hit the bottle when you feel like that,have a gold star!Smile

tyedye · 10/05/2006 10:27

Hi softstuff,well done,its really hard not to hit the bottle when you feel like that,have a gold star!Smile

tyedye · 10/05/2006 10:27

Hi softstuff,well done,its really hard not to hit the bottle when you feel like that,have a gold star!Smile

tyedye · 10/05/2006 10:28

Oooops!

pepperpots · 10/05/2006 12:41

last night was night 2 without so much of a sniff of alcohol SmileSmile

themoon66 · 10/05/2006 13:19

I've now done THREE nights without alcohol!!! Last night I went to my running club from 7pm and didn't get home till 9pm. Then straight in shower and then blow-drying and faffing with new hairdo. Sat down to watch Lost at 10pm, which is one of my triggers for popping open a can of Grolsch or Stella. However, I was firm with myself and poured a glass of red grape juice, topped up with diet lemonade. I'm still on the antibiotics, so I know I can't drink and after the disaster of mixing drink with tablets on Saturday night, it has acted as a major deterent for me. I finish the tablets tonight, so I'm worried it will be too easy to have a blow out on Friday night - I actually feel scared and nervous about it [worried]

pepperpots · 10/05/2006 15:27

Same here afraid that as i have done so well i might 'treat' myself to a few galsses on friday night and i will be back to where i started Sad

kokeshi · 10/05/2006 22:46

You should be really proud of yourself SoftStuff...I don't know what happened but you sounded really upset. Well done for being so strong! And well done pepperpots and Themoon66!

I was a bit bemused by the goings on on Mumsnet last night...didn't get in till later and I spent hours trying to read all those posts. Still quite confused though! Anyway, hope everyone else is doing OK...

Best, K xxxx

butty · 10/05/2006 22:55

It's great to see that everyone is doing so well, i have now managed since saturday without a night out or a drink, and passed up the chance of a bender tonite, which is good going for me.

Oh well, if i can keep it up until friday night it will be a world record, and when i say friday, i intend on friday only.

I am focusing on one night per week, which would be great.

Godd luck all.

Butty.xxx