Brave Battling Babes - Booze No More!!

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Well, thanks to the refreshingly honest and inspirational JesusWhatNext - this is the third thread, for the battle to beat the booze for all of those who are on the path to do so.

Some are sober, some are trying to be and some are still drinking.

I'm Mouse, I'm new to this and I'm scared. So, come and join the journey.

www.wayfoundation.org.uk/

thanks fortheverylasttime

wine doesn't taste very nice to me

Ha! It tastes even worse if you brush your teeth first

Are you drinking wine now?

evening everyone - have had a lovley afternoon with dd, we have been sewing and trying out my new machine!
some of nigels remains are in the oven in pie form, with a few roasties yum yum

and

I HAVE NOT HAD A DRINK!

NINE WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i feel fantastic!!! have been celebrating with a N&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

back later!

btw - a huge hello to all the newbies!!! lovely to have you aboard!

no I'm not drinking wine or anything alcoholic at all

I just suddenly realised that I only drank it to get drunk

Yeah, I know, and mostly being drunk isn't even that good.

Look at Hazeleye's post on the previous page. That doesn't sound like much fun.

Have a good evening Trin.

Forthevery - thank you for that .
Posting this
www.aamollys.org.uk/
to make it easier .
I've not had time to look back at your other post giving advice and suggesting web addresses .
Hi to all ,Trinity - you're so hard on yourself ,be kind .
Hazeleyes - I've had lots of throwing up and humilation ,arrested and cautioned once .
Me a nice respectable ,middle class person !
I promise you that time will make the shame easier to live with .
You're in good company here .

Have to log off now - keep safe everyone .

Back tomorrow, family time. Only 1 very weak vody. I'm actually not in the mood!!!

Hi Venusandmars - I too would like to just have a couple of glasses but dont seem able to do that either so I think cutting out alcohol altogether is the best option?!

Violetqueen - thanks for your comments made me feel a little bit better

I am STILL hungover and feeling awful but looking forward to waking without a hangover tomorrow!

hazel - can you have an early night? - i often used to go to bed good and early to help shake of a hangover!

on the night of my 'meltdown', i wrote a huge letter to myself, i was horribly honest about how i was feeling etc, the state of my dh and dd, what i wanted for the future etc. it helped no end over the first few days of sobriety to re-read it - i never want to be so low ever again, i keep it in my bedside drawer now and if i ever need reminding of why i am not drinking i have it to hand!, maybe you would find the same sort of thing helpful as well.

posted a bit quick oops, i meant to add, once your hangover goes, it is very easy to think, 'oh well, i feel better now, i can have a drink' - i have found having a physical reminder of the havoc and chaos and misery my drinking was causing helps to keep me focused.

I think I will have an early night as DF has just come home from an all day pub session and is annoying me - I know I have a cheek after the state I was last night but actually seeing him like that is a good reminder of why I shouldn't drink. Being drunk is such an unattractive trait (for either sex).

hi babes. i've been imprisoned in the study all day doing this funking presentation. grrr. could so use a drink - but am settling down with a tea and the local paper!!
sleep well guys xxx

day two over and no drinking at all

night night guys

heres to daaaaaaaaay 3

well, i am nearly off to bed, its been a good day, dd and i have spent some time together, i have been having a go on my sewing machine, its funny how it is all coming back to me, im old enough to have done 'needlework' at school, i hated it then but have really enjoyed it today.

this thread is such a help to me, it is wonderful to know that i am not alone, i have heard that being an alcoholic can be a very lonely place and i think that is very true.

i am looking forward to tomorrow, i have given my self a few targets - i want to do a bit more sewing, make some red onion marmalade and tidy up ready for monday - sounds dull, but i am revelling in domesticity right now, knowing that i can achieve the above because i wont be drunk and tired.

well done everyone - sleep well babes!!

I would ike to join you guys as I am giving up alcohol for good too. Once I start drinking I cannot stop. For the sake of my relationship I am never drinking alcohol again.

All the occasions in my life where I have f*cked up, have all been caused by drinking. I actually thought I was doing ok as I have not been drinking often at all this year, however on Friday night my BF and I went out to a concert, I had drank about 3 1/2 pints before we got to the venue but had not eaten much all day. I cannot remember much of the night at all, but I know I went to the toilet in the middle of the concert and when I got back I could not find my BF. Rather then doing the sensible thing and calling him, I think I got chatting to some people at the bar. I continued to drink, not even thinking of my BF once, was he ok? was he looking for me? All I did was think about myself and getting drunk. This is where I have lost my memory, because I don't remember leaving the concert, I only remember being in a car with a man.

Then I woke up.

I saw my BF and he told me he was going out and we would talk about happended when he got back. At this stage I honestly thought I had got drunk, and got a lift home from someone. When my BF got back home, I told him I could not remember what happened, I was missing around 2 hours. He told me I got home, was banging on the front door wanting to be let in, [he was in bed at this stage] He said I walked in, and a man followed me and stood in the middle of our living room, he said to the man, thank you for bringing her home, but he said the guy just stood there as though he was waiting for something, and then he left.

I cannot remember any of this.

How awful am I? my behaviour in totally out of order. I am extremely selfish. What the hell am I doing getting into a blokes car who I don't know. Anything could have happened to me. The worst thing is knowing I left my BF on his own at a concert, without for one second wondering if he was ok. I am in my late 30's so have no excuse of being young and not knowing better.

My bf has forgiven me, as he said he knows I am not a bad person. But for us to continue with our relationship I can never drink again, and to support me he won't drink either.

I am very lucky to have this man in my life, I love him so much and do not want to destroy what he have.

So there you go, that is my story. I will keep looking at this thread. heres to sobriety X

hello IAM - I'm a newbie here too. Just starting day 3. One piece of advice I've really taken from reading this thread is DON'T beat yourself up over past mistakes. We've all done terrible things because of the booze. But now we're looking ahead instead of behind us.

jwn - have I missed something?? Who is/was Nigel?? And why is he in your pie???

morning all

daaaaaay 3!

wooohoooo

welcome Iamselfish
please change your nme look to the future

obviously that should say 'name'

nigel was an expensive chicken