Dry 6

[sydneysideup]

This is the thread for the alcohol free. Happy and hopeful, continuing from Dry 5 here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/a2137624-DRY-5?msgid=50943574
Whether it's been an hour, a day, a week or a year, join us here.

Yep corn it's on my blog. As a nurse who cared for alcoholics I can tell you that this documentary is the real deal - no b*llshitting. Hard and harrowing and a horrible way to die :( If anyone else wants to watch it there is a link here

Yes, I've watched that a couple of times. Absolutely superb. Completely pulled no punches and the doctor in charge just seemed so incredibly lovely :(

Watched it last night, thanks ladies. God, it was so sad. Pretty uncomfortable viewing at times too, what people had gone through in their lives that they took solace in the booze :( Hit a bit close to home (as the doctor exclaimed that some people in there drank 80, 90, 100 units a week, I squirmed) and watching my own lovely relative not much older than me dying in a liver ward recently. The doctor did seem lovely indeed.

Came at the right time as recently I have been having those thoughts where I just want oblivion, one night on the piss wouldn't mean anything. Been very down and not wanting to deal with stuff going through my head. That was most definitely the kick up the ass I needed.

lastgleaming I'm no doctor but if this has been going on for more than a week have you been to see your GP? You could be experiencing a reactive depression following your bereavement which is more than just natural grief. Might be worth talking to someone about it?

I agree with Lucy. You sound like you may need a bit of help. You've been through a horrible time.

lastgleaming

Thanks lovies I honestly don't think I am depressed. I've suffered from depression a few times before and it always starts to manifest with sleep problems and lack of appetite. In comparison I have been sleeping like a log now I'm over the stop smoking insomnia and put on a stone from Christmas with constant eating Have been in a very low funk recently so will keep an eye on it and go to gp if it does persist.

Positives so I'm not moaning all the time, survived another St Patricks Day sober Hurrah. Also signed up for a yoga and meditation class on Saturday. Really looking forward to getting my ooommm on as it's something that's always appealed to me but I've never got round to actually doing.

Everyone else keeping well? Hope the poorly animals are recovering.

Last

The Serama cockerel ( yes he does have a name, but that would out me as well!) is much improved. Now outside with the others during the day but still comes to the door to be brought in for the night and lots of cuddles. He is spoilt I tell you, spoilt ha ha ha !

whispers quietly I love him, I do

God that doc is so worrying and sad. I drank more than them for a long time Hope I stopped in time worried now

Hope the yoga and meditation goes really well Last. It is something I always mean to get around to too...hopefully to deal with anxiety.

Glad your boy is better glad. :)

That doc...... yes, I was quietly adding up my units while I was watching.... I was at the higher end too. I am so so so grateful that I have stopped, that I have this support here on this thread and that I am learning so much through blogs, articles, books etc.

glad me too on the drinking more than them for a long time. No point worrying as what is done is done and as Corn says - at least we've stopped now :)
last grief can take us very low so hopefully as you process it your mood will life :)
Couldn't see the eclipse here - in DS shared assembly and heavily overcast - bummer I wanted to see what had cast a shadow over my mood before it bloody disappeared

Was good here :)

glad lucky you!! :)

Oh it did work Lucy! I thought the image didn't upload when I tried , earlier :)

Am going to take that image to heart. A smiley face to symbolise my new life without drinking. Maybe I will get to be able to have the odd glass eventually - who knows? But my intention is to never go back to the excess of the past. And if I have to never drink alcohol again - well that is fine by me.

It's a gorgeous picture glad. Well jealous here. :)

to hark back to what you said earlier about permanent damage.... I have freaked myself out big time.... I recently have had issues with spatial awareness which has actually been worrying me a bit. I was reading about alcohol affects on the brain yesterday and they said alcohol abuse can affect it. So I had a bit of a breakdown last night worried I have done permanent damage. Bloody alcohol. What is the point?

On a brighter note.... waking up sober is still the most joyous thing ever. Have a great day planned with DS...... taking him swimming and then for an icecream followed by watching this film tonight...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Child

Hope everyone has a great day. :)

That's a pretty cool picture glad. We were lucky and the previously cloudy sky cleared for most of the eclipse here.

Would you consider speaking to a gp Corn? Maybe it's a case of noticing it more as you're worrying about what damage alcohol has done, like an anxiety type thing?

Beautiful day here. Have also been getting a little bit of my joy de vivre back. Maybe it was a case of the eclipse travelling through my sign bringing new starts with it

joie dangit

Morning lovelies :)
18 months hangover free today Celebrating tomorrow with molly and a few mocktails no doubt
I'm seriously wondering about the impact of the celestial movements on my mood too last. If it can cause high tides who says it can't impact on our internal tides so to speak?
corn I agree - chat with GP might allay anxiety
glad well jell here too!
Have a lovely day all

13 days dry today after years of alcohol abuse. You lot sound so jolly but I haven't got to that stage yet
Dx

Wow! Congratulations Lucy!

Your day sounds ace Corn. How old is your DS? Mine is 10 and I am just beginning to become a bit boring for him . Which is as it should be, of course! Enjoy your lovely day.

I have/had health anxiety and I know it can do all sorts of strange things to you physically. I would go and speak to your GP.

I had my first sober birthday on Thursday. I can't remember when the last completely 'dry' one would have been. Maybe 30 years ago? Anyway, it was bloody amazing! I enjoyed my birthday with no hangover. Had a brilliant day and then woke up yesterday feeling great. I also went out with various friends throughout the week, to catch up and celebrate. I would never have done this before. I wouldn't have been able to afford the cost of the booze for a start. And then I wouldn't have wanted to bother arranging so much as it would have interfered with serious drinking time.

I'm convinced that the moon especially, affects us. When I am on call and it's a full moon things go crazy. All the paramedics, police and fire fighters I meet through work say the same.

It was the vernal equinox yesterday, I believe - a sign of new beginnings and therefore the end of some things too.

Fab pic glad. How's Mr Chicken?

derxa welcome! Congrats on 13 days today and yep years of alcohol abuse here too. Life without booze feels a lot more jolly than my boozing life used to - so it's not hard to feel upbeat. It'll come - the first few days, weeks and months are rough so stick with it and we'll support you as best we can :)

Sorry derxa. Cross posts.

Hello! And Well Done!

x-post Heman Thanks
Happy to hear you had a great sober birthday :) That's' interesting that all the emergency services note the impact of full moons. We used to joke about it as a nurse, cos A&E would go a bit bananas, but never took it too seriously. I am revising my view as we speak
New beginnings - fab!

Thanks Lucy and Heman
Happy birthday H

Hello my lovelies! I've been on a MN break for simply EVER, but I've missed your smiling sober-and-trying-to-be faces, so I'm posting and running so I can come back and talk properly tomorrow.

xxxx