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DRY 8!!!!!!

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CheesyNachos · 24/07/2015 12:22

Hello! This is our 8th! thread for those who are abstaining from alcohol and for those who want to abstain. :) We love newbies and lurkers. We have people who have been DRY for years, for months, for weeks, days, and hours. :) ALL are welcome. We have heaps of tips and we offer support at any stage.

DRY 7 the previous thread is here...

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/2347295-DRY-7?

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gladistopped · 09/10/2015 12:59

molly :) waves

Hadron21 · 09/10/2015 14:25

Just popped in to see how Bambam is getting on.

custardcreamdreams · 09/10/2015 22:57

Hey ya molly, good to hear from you. Recover soon :)

How'd the boxercise go Cheesy? Let me know how the book is when you get through it.

Hope tonight went well with your friend bubble

gladistopped · 09/10/2015 23:56

Sharing a thought I've only just realized. I drank to excess, a lot of times, so I was still too drunk to drive the next day, so that I could then "justify" in my own mind not doing stuff which I actually did not want to do anyway, but didn't have the guts to refuse to do. So I drank to cop out of doing it.

Now, I just say "No I don't want to do that" . So much better!

I have only just realized this, tonight :) The clarity of thought that being sober brings :)

FartemisOwl · 10/10/2015 08:27

Hi folks, I've been lurking and reading for a while and now I'm finally joining you. Did my first two nights wine-free, this will be day three...so far so good!

ididntsignupforthis1 · 10/10/2015 09:35

Hiya
Well done fartemis!
The first few days were definitely the worst for me.
I'm now on day 17!

granny24 · 10/10/2015 10:02

Six days today. Last night which is our regular girls night out seemed to last for ever.

RattusRattus · 10/10/2015 10:23

Hi there. I would like to try and join. I am finding that when I go out with friends I can just have a couple of glasses and be fine. But with DH when we go out or if we drink at home it's rarely less than a bottle each. I never drink on days when I'm working the next day but it happens about twice a week.

He loves his wine and collects it. It is a big part of our lives together and our social lives. What I would like advice on from you is how did going dry affect your relationship with your DH? My DH does not see that I think I have a problem. He is very binary in that he thinks a drink problem is when you end up in the gutter. The concept of functioning alcoholic has no meaning to him. If I set out to do this I will need his support.

Lucy2610 · 10/10/2015 10:37

molly hello lovely :) Almost 2 years? We must have cake Cake Wink
glad I love those kind of self-revelations that only a sober mind can bring Grin
Welcome Fartemis, granny and Skip :) Congrats to you all and ididnt too! Star
skip no words of wisdom from me I'm afraid as me and DH were as bad as each other (about a bottle each and more if we could get away with it) so stopped together. Others will be along who can advise better I'm sure.

CheesyNachos · 10/10/2015 14:05

Hi everyone. Welcome Fartemis, granny and skip.

I am afraid I cannot help much Skip...... Dh can take or leave alcohol but enjoys it when he has it. So he cannot really understand why I am not like him. He thinks I just need to take a break for a bit then can go back to it. I don't think that. How do you see his support for you in practice? is it not drinking in front of you? Or just not expecting you to join him? I really do not mind DH drinking at home or when we are out, so that is fine for us right now. I can say though that me not drinking is good for our relationship. I am not as angry. Not as impatient. Not as scathing. Not so bloody sad and miserable. I am a calmer, happier, nicer person.

Can you talk about what your hopes are in terms of how he supports you?

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Seabiscotti · 10/10/2015 15:14

Hello everyone, old and new.

Sorry Skip but I have no advice either. My DH doesn't drink that often and it is rare that he drinks to excess. Are there any other shared interests or hobbies you can take up that do not involve alcohol.

mollyonthemove · 10/10/2015 15:43

Good afternoon! Still got this horrible cold thing but slowly getting better! I came on to just say that today I completely lost my temper! Seriously and severely. Over what isn't really relevant (daft thing really Blush ) but the point is - after I had calmed down dh said to me 'good to see you still have that vileness in you' basically, it was the first time I had lost the plot in nearly two years. Drinking, it was almost a nightly occurrence, which is terrifying to look back on. Another huge thing to stop drinking for. I am also a lot calmer and stronger about the isue that caused my explosion!!!! Drink really does do bad things to people :-(

FartemisOwl · 10/10/2015 15:45

Thanks for the warm welcome! It's nice to know I'm not alone in a world where everyone I know seems to be able to drink normally...I'm that person that can't have just one, I want however much I can tip down my neck, resulting in wondering what on earth I said or did. Not even breaking my foot in a drunken stupor stopped meBlush
Still, that's the old Fartemis, it's not going to be me from now on. I'm really grateful that DH, who can take it or leave it says he'll join me on my journey.

665TheNeighbourOfTheBeast · 10/10/2015 16:38

I checked my calendar for something else earlier and realised I'm nearly 1000 days in...I was just doing one...difficult horrible challenging month...and I just didn't want to stop when I got there..(I know this is a bit of a yay me! But that's something I have been practicing doing more and more too)

Lucy2610 · 10/10/2015 18:59

665 nearly 1000 days?! Kudos to you and absolutely yay you Grin Star Flowers

Seabiscotti · 10/10/2015 19:55

Yay you 665Star.

Molly, I find that I am such a nicer person to DH now I don't drink. We are only human, so we will all lose it on occasion. I hope you aren't beating yourself up over itFlowers. Glad you are starting to feel better.

Well I have had a naughty dinner of pizza. Once DS down I am going to scoff some Black Magic chocs.Smile

CheesyNachos · 10/10/2015 20:17

Hi all. 1000 days 665!That is something to be proud of!!!

custard thanks, the boxercise was ... well..... okay. I felt very jiggly. Hmm Did spinning this morning.... go me!

Finished the book Bottled I mentioned up thread. It was really good actually. At first I thought it was written a bit simplistically, but then I got into it. The author is a committed Christian and this was a major part of her recovery but although she mentions this - alot - it does not seem to be too overwhelming to me. It felt a bit odd though to my English sensibilities to talk about religion though so much, but it is not pious at all. The author is funny, sharp, self-deprecating, insightful. Certainly does not take herself too seriously. I laughed alot, and although I did not really engage until a third of the way through, the book then really 'spoke' to me and my experiences. What got me was how she talks about how alcohol turns you into a Zombie mum.... sitting in a zombified state while Thomas the Tank engine is on all day and the kids run around and you are completely detached. That hit very very very close to home. I re-read that bit a few times.

Generally though all is okay at the Cheesy house. DH drank a beer then half a bottle of red tonight. I was astonished..... he rarely drinks that much. But then I thought that in 'my drinking days' (hopefully long past) that would have been either a warm up or just a very light night that I would have been proud of!!!!

Oh, another thing....... I have been drinking ribena and lemonade as my drink lately, and caught DH yesterday taking a sniff of it surreptitiously to see if it was wine.It made me feel so ashamed. Proud that there was nothing in it, but ashamed that he did so fairly automatically.

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bubblebathandcandles · 11/10/2015 05:13

You can probably tell from the timing of this post that I have crashed Sad.

I was doing so well, I even managed to see my old drinking pal on Friday and had a great night staying sober but then my STBXH turned up at the house yesterday and I couldn't cope. He walks around like he owns the place (he still does own half) and I feel so invaded. He even comes here when I am out and makes himself at home Angry.

On the plus side (I know there is no plus where the demon drink is concerned), I only drank 2/3rds of the bottle and the rest has now been chucked down the sink. Six weeks ago I would have got through 2 bottles when I felt like this.

So back to day 1. Hope everyone else is having a good (and hopefully sober) weekend.

CheesyNachos · 11/10/2015 06:25

bubble Thanks

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Seabiscotti · 11/10/2015 09:41

bubble Flowers

Lucy2610 · 11/10/2015 10:44

Bubble Flowers be kind to yourself today Brew Cake

PinkPopPonyTrotsOn · 11/10/2015 18:52

Day 100 for me.
I cant believe it and how much everything has changed.
Flowers for those having a rough time.

gladistopped · 11/10/2015 19:11

bubble Flowers

pink well done Flowers

I have a horrible lurgy. But at least I don't have it AND a hangover!

Seabiscotti · 11/10/2015 19:58

Congrats Pink.

Hope you feel better soon glad.

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