DRY 7!!!

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

Haven't told DH I've quit yet, will just get through these next few days with you lot for company

Evening all!

Day 3 here and feeling great.

Degus you wont regret it- am feeling so much like my old self and its so nice to feel less anxious and jittery.
Sleeping like a baby

I am so chuffed the not revisiting is working , its a game changer, totally changed everything for me.
Not thinking about the decision and doing the bartering in my head is such a difference and just a relief.
Hope it helps others too.

Degust here's a question for you! Why do you think you haven't told your dh? Do you think it might be because if you did it would be harder to give in than if you keep it to yourself? That's not a dig btw - my own experience is that I didn't tell people for a long time because I wanted to be able to slip off the wagon quietly if I chose to and didn't have to make much of a commitment to sobriety. Nuts really because at the moment of making the decision not to drink I was very resolute and unless you're really lucky then it takes some commitment to stay sober otherwise we'd all be hitting the fuckit button all the time. I know for me that when my head starts wandering in a dangerous direction ie' go on its fine, just this once, no-one will know' ad infinitum, it's the commitment that keeps me sober more often than not.

Nope, it's more he'll say he's heard that before (& to be fair he has)... So I'm going to be all smug when I eventually do say something (probably after this weekend).

I might add I have told one of my sisters, so there is some real life accountability

Won't he notice if you don't drink over a weekend? Lol

I hope you don't feel got at btw.

Not at all . It's more I don't want to make some grand statement and him saying he's heard it before, as I really can't be dealing with that right now. Yes he'll notice but I think he'll also be pleased!

Back on it :) Feeling pleased :)

Yay, gladistopped . Well day 1 over and I've woken up after the longest deepest sleep I've had in a long time

:) degust tis good, isn't it :)

Oh yes!

Hello
Degust I had forgotten what decent sleep was and am now sleeping so well
Day 4 for me , I think I will nick one of DS Fanta oranges

I get what you mean about not enjoying the drinks glad. When I fell off the wagon last year, those initial drinks really didn't live up to the hype in my head and wine felt almost alien in my hand. A little voice saying you know you shouldn't do this kind of took the enjoyment out of it too.

Glad you enjoyed your first decent nights sleep Degustibus! I have noticed a huge change in my anxiety since quitting. It's not perfect and I do get some low level anxious feelings but nothing like the horrendous panic attacks I used to get the next morning. Sobriety is very much worth it for that alone.

Just plodding along myself. Had the pleasure of being able to say I don't drink or smoke when talking to the dentist today. Have had a sore back the past couple of weeks and took some kapake I had in my medicine cabinet last week. Within a few days of sporadic doses I noticed how my mind was beginning to like that fuzzy feeling they were giving me and had to knock it on the head. Far too scared of developing another bloody addiction into the mix.

Busy with new job mandatory training and moving house in a month means I'm going to be pretty AWOL from the thread. Sorry!
Glad onwards :)
Degust welcome!

Thanks!

morning all, another lovely nights' sleep with something unexpected…I've started to dream again! I guess my brain is sifting through stuff now it can have a proper sleep… So day 3, onwards and upwards!

Best of luck with the house move Lucy! I do not envy you having done one recently myself

Good luck with house move Lucy!

On a different note…is it normal to feel this ravenous? I thought I'd be getting rid of my wine belly

Im not sure Degust?
I always felt shaky in the morning ? Low blood sugars due to alcohol and craved stodgy carbs .
Im feeling much less like stuffing my face although I have just had a magnum
Maybe that's your normal appetite coming back

I think it's topping up the sugar levels your body is used to with alcohol Degustibus I was never a big eater when drinking so it was unusual for me to eat so much, maybe a bit of not quite knowing what to do with myself at night and replacing that hand to mouth action of drinking. Six months on my huge appetite has tapered off and I eat pretty normally now.

Quite possibly, but I can't afford to put anymore weight on, haha! I'll be getting back to my fast days and exercise, I think most of this (drinking) all started when I injured my hip and couldn't run (which is my usual outlet...)

Last gleaming that may very well be it...

I thought that Degust - I'd already put about 3 stone on after separating from my husband and felt so hideous I couldn't bear to put more on. BUT - I would warn you to be careful about allowing yourself to feel in any way 'deprived' - don't take away all your crutches at once. You are doing an amazing thing to cut out the alcohol and I would say everything is possible with alcohol out of the picture.

In the first 2-3 months after stopping I put on a few pounds but since that time I've lost the three stone (am coming up to a year without booze) and I feel as though - for the first time in years - it's actually going to be possible for me to be really fit and healthy.

Put your sobriety first. It's only a few weeks...

Oh yes, TeapotDictator this is what I'm doing - the slowly slowly approach, not all or nothing! I will however get moving slowly again, as I miss exercise a lot (emphasis on slowly!)

Good stuff Sorry to sound a bit preachy there, I am far from being an expert on anything whatsoever.

not at all, all advice very much welcome