DRY 7!!!

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The new thread for the alcohol free and the wanna be free . come and join us

100 days is such a great milestone! Well done!! Smoking too, excellent result. I stopped on holiday and am back to my two a day again

Phew glad I found this thread as I lost you all! I could not find you! I put Dry 7 into MN search and nappie threads only came up! No Dry thread

Were you trying to hide from me? Tough if you were ...

Waves hello to everyone.

Congrats on the 100 days last Well done

glad same thing happened to me! Was somewhat anxious for a bit! :)
Waves to all from here too. Swim school at 9am all week so DC's are nicely worn out first thing

Well done Last on the 100 days! :)

Lovely and sunny here, I'm on my own for the week which I'm reeeeeally enjoying. Much like it never gets boring waking up without a hangover, it similarly never gets boring not being interrupted a million times every half hour... I do miss them though.

sorry chaps. I should have linked it on the last thread!

Good morning all! I hope everyone is doing well. Bit fed up with today's weather after such a fab day yesterday my tan is fading

Today is my eldest dd's 25th birthday. I was thinking about how, when she was little, it would be a fabulous excuse to drink more. We would have a party of course but it was mainly for the adults to drink, to 'celebrate' than about her. I silently say thank you every day to her for forgiving me.

Was realising the other day how little actually having a drink crosses my mind now. Dh bought a load of lovely soft drinks when we got back from holiday and I have been going a bit beserk with the smoothie maker too! Grapefruit, orange and banana anyone?!

Despite the weather, have a lovely day all. xx

Thanks folks. A lot more settled now the 100 day mark has passed and enjoyed a couple of af beers in the sun. Was a bit worried about drinking them in case it reared up the evil beer monster in me, turns out a bottle of becks blue doesn't make me want to neck a six pack of them and head out for more

Happy birthday to your dd molly, hope you all had a lovely day. Yes to the great excuse to get pissed in the past . Grapefruit, spinach and ginger with a dash of coconut water (and a little avocado and pineapple if you're feeling brave but nice without it too). Sounds minging but really lovely and fresh, even ds likes it.

Hope you are having a thoroughly enjoyable child free week Teapot :)

I have had a fab day doing a crafty workshop. Just would not have contemplated doing so while drinking in the past as would have had to get up early - not on To get outside jobs done - not on . Before driving off to workshop (not possible when so hung over and still over the limit to drive )

Now, of course none of this is an issue AT ALL )

had such a great day

Last I find AF wine does not tempt me to drink alcohol wine - I can drink a bottle of the AF stuff and have no desire to drink Alcohol wine at all. odd, or what.

Morning ladies! :)
Molly no worries re last thread - it seemed to just run out before any of us realised how close to the end it was.
Glad and Last me too to the drinking AF beer and wine and getting no further urge. That's because it's got no alcohol in it!!

Morning well, we had an entertaining evening. It was the 30th birthday of our neighbours daughter - we have lived next to them for 15 years and they are a lovely family so we said we'd go along. It was a typical 30th do with loads of young excited people ( old gimmer....) and I really found it difficult to enjoy . Dh had a few pints and started becoming his usual sweet but dull self and I just sort of sat there with the most uninspiring soft drinks. I felt really guilty that I didn't have a good time but was so relieved that we had the kids at home excuse to leave early!

A few years back I would have loved it!! would have got as much down me as possible and probably been an utter prat

laughing at the sore headed youngest in sunglasses outside this morning

It's sunny! enjoy your Sunday everyone x

Morning all. molly I really hear you re. the party, I'm sure I would have felt the same. A friend was trying to get me to go along to a new local 'pop up' restaurant that is highly fashionable and no doubt populated by youngsters. Looked at their FB page and there was a video showing everyone at these long trestle tables, booze everywhere, and all the guests doing a kind of drunken Mexican wave. My first thought was "Oh" and imagining my half-hearted attempt to join in was I sat there sober

I was thinking about the side of alcohol that we see on FB etc, or eg. at your party - you get to see everyone at the peak of their enjoyment, drink in hand, looking "glamorous", relaxed, and as though alcohol is just The Best Thing Ever. What you don't get to see is them later that night with an upset stomach sat on the loo, falling asleep fully clothed in front of the telly and farting for Britain , texting inappropriate things to people and grimacing in the morning, or generally just being a useless waste of space when they wake up.

Basically, the side of alcohol we see, we're being sold a pup!

I found this card reduced in Paperchase and bought up the whole stock!!
HaHa

Love it! save one for me

Lucy. I was reading your blog the other night and came upon the post about sleeping and insomnia as your body goes through withdrawal. I had totally forgotten about the 'alcohol dawns'. Waking up at 3 or 5am after only a few hours sleep, wide awake and unable to get back over unless you start drinking again. It's things like this that I forget about, and when I do remember when prompted there's this joy of thank god that's no longer an issue, no longer me.

Watched a documentary last night, drugged - high on alcohol. Very American but so sad. To watch someone that seriously caught up in the trap of alcoholism despite the major damage it was doing to his body. Couldn't help but think of how different his life would have been had he not turned to abusing alcohol, probably as a consequence of what he had been through in his past.

Well that's a depressing note to end the weekend on :) but hope everyone had a good one. Four more days of chaos here before school starts again, not that I'm counting or anything

Last Yep I've seen that and it is so sad. Particularly as it was too late for him anyway What a life he had hey? - not how the industry presents it at all!!
Ah well we're out of that trap now and the sun is shining and the DC's go back to school tomorrow here
Have a good day everyone :)

Hi all, can I join you again? I was on one of the previous threads before christmas, but drifted off as I knew I was going to have some alcohol over the holidays. Since then have had a few periods where I've been drinking, but have stopped again after the Easter bank holiday. Things didn't get too out of control, only having a glass or two a night so not excessive, but it confirmed to be yet again that there's really no point to drinking. After a break, the first sip or two feel so good, but that's it - I don't actually like the tipsy feeling that follows anymore, and after the first night I don't even really get the first sip feeling either. What I have noticed is that once I've had a drink one night, I automatically want a drink the following night, and the one after... for me, there's absolutely no point on having one glass on a saturday night because it just makes me crave one every other night of the week.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble! Look forward to reading more about how all of your journeys are going

Welcome YouMeddlingKids :) Been a bit quiet here, nice weather and everyone's out doing stuff it would seem. Sober and boring? Not us

Hi all been crazy busy here - veg garden calling all day and new hens to croon at

I know it's been a while but thank you all for the welcome. I ran away and carried on drinking. Not huge amounts but enough to get that lovely warm feeling, followed by regret. I just wish I had an off switch, you know? I've still got half a bottle in the fridge and debating whether to throw it away or drink it later when the kids are in bed. Throw it away I think - apart from that relaxed feeling, it really has no benefits at all. I'm overweight, and overeat when I drink. It affects my running, and gives me headaches, makes my skin crappy and costs a fortune.

Sorry for the jumbled thoughts, but I wanted to return because I have form for running away from threads and it needs to stop.

I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday's beautiful weather.

Thanks Lucy!
sorelip I do the same... tbh for me I think that when I'm drinking I don't even want to think about the fact that I could be not drinking (and when I fall off the diet wagon I drop off diet threads too), so still posting is probably the best thing you can do! Have you poured the wine away or is it still in the fridge? We've had half a bottle in the fridge for a week or so since I stopped, but DH says he wants to keep it - some days it bothers me more than others!
Glad I need to get out into the garden too and channel my inner Good Life!

Hiya everyone, I'm at the very beginning of my journey and struggling a lot try to keep it short.

I have one child with physical problems and one child currently undergoing a diagnosis for a learning disability or autism, along with the fact his speech is extremely poor it's difficult to understand him.

So I do know why I started drinking it started a couple of years ago when I realised, my childdisorder er be able to write, speak properly, be fully independent. He's in mainstream school, fits in socially, just not academically but he has a education plan in place. My other son has had a problem for years,throwing up after food, been referred to a specialist finall. He was born with no enamel on his teeth also, so his teeth are in poor condition with 3 needing to be removed under general anaesthetic.

That's a glimpse into it really, I have pediatrician appointments, speech therapy appointments, CAHMS, occupational therapy, gastroenterology, dentists, doctors,school appointments most monthly.

In 8 days I have drank twice, which is better than the daily but still feeling like a failure.

Overall I can cope with my boys, they are my world heart soul,I'll carry them for as long as they need as for my youngest that will probably be the rest of my life and I will do that he's my perfect beautiful boy. Both are perfect.

I got stressed and accidentally self medicated, I am now on proper medication thank goodnes. needing to quit, due to family history of alcoholism and the fact that it's not helping anymore at first it did,alcohol is insidious I don't know how it built up, all I know is it needs to stop. I don't enjoy alcohol at all yet I continue to drink it. Really just looking for a little support, someone to talk to, as I have a lovely supportive family but don't want to worry or burden them. To know I'm not alone. Sorry it's long and personal and thankyou for reading x

Sorry child may not be able to write or speak properly oh and read x

Hope you are all well will read all prior posts,anyone have any ideas how to cope with cravings, I really struggle on day 3 or 4 then give in,I find myself ratty,snappy, irritable and cranky, thanks so much, hope these posts are ok x