So I've decided to give up the booze...

[LucyJones]

And so far my skin has broken out, I feel knackered all the time and grumpy

it's only been since Friday so this is the third day

tell me I'll feel healthily etc etc < eyes up corkscrew>

Well last night I finished the holiday wine so am tired today
going to try hard today

Am also a lurker!!

Well, I am drinking more than I'm happy with.
So, for the last three days, I have drunk no alcohol at all.
My mother was an alcoholic, and her whole family smoked and drank heavily.
She died of lung cancer at the age of 56.
I have never smoked but when faced with a stressful situation, I turn to alcohol-wine usually.
So, I have decided to give up alcohol completely. I have tried to do this in the past, but relapsed.
I hope I can help and be helped by caring posters who post here.
Thanks.
Staysia

Great to see new people here
I'm finding August to be difficult just cos I drank while on holiday and with kids off still feel in holiday mood
but I'm determined to buy no alcohol so I can start anew once the fridge is drunk up
the thought if starting again when you feel bone crunchingly exhausted is spurring me on

Hi,

I've stopped completely not had a drink since Feb 2010 didn't realise how much time I spent in a functioning daze. Only stopped because of a really bad thing happening, wish I'd have stopped sooner. When I look back I was drinking to numb myself not because I enjoyed it, I don't think I ever enjoyed drinking just what it did for me. The worse thing I felt was that I thought I needed to hide how much I did drink because I was a "Mum" but there are so many Mums out there who rely on drinking to get them through. It may have taken 42 years to work out drinking really didn't suit me but my life is so different, my confidence has grown, I don't feel guilty and my skin is great, do I miss it the answer is No, do I think I will ever drink again, the answer is maybe because saying I will never have another drink is so final and difficult to accept. :)

I have sat here on a Tues night and have drank 3 cans of cider and a whole bottle of wine. My partner is away, my friend has cancer and my dad has been 'fast tracked' for test on his throat lump. My kids are in bed. I hate myself for drinking so much but don't know when to stop! I am depressed and in need of something fullfilling... and I hope to god that nobody reckognises me...I used to think I was such a strong person, and that is hard to take. I am a mashed up, unhappy mess!

would love some help/friendly advice xx

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