DRY 10!!!!

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Welcome! This is the thread for those of us who want to abstain from alcohol. We are all at different stages of our journey, and many of us have some hiccups along the way, but we are committed to an exciting, fulfilling, joyful life alcohol-free.

Previous thread is here.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/2485290-DRY-9?pg=1

Everyone is welcome!

thereshegoes I agree it sounds like a party I would want to miss...!

Happy NYE to all of you from me :) I am having dinner, film, AF bubbles at midnight and then bed at 12 05!

Glad So pleased to see you - have been wondering how you are and now I know :) Happy NYE to you too!
Thereshegoes Huge congrats on being sober since August. Wow - that party sounds like a baptism of fire! Sending you HUGE sober warrior vibes as that is one event I would be swerving pronto! Can you not arrive late so they are already half pissed and dodge the questions? I'd be taking my own drinks if they might get spiked & leaving early too so I don't become the taxi driver. You have my utmost admiration & you are made of stronger stuff than I! Let us know how you go? :)

Hello all you lovely sober people! Haven't been on the thread for a while, but thought I'd drop in as it's NYE which is never the easiest evening of the year and was in danger of feeling a teeny bit sorry for myself…

Welcome to all the newbies; reading your posts about shame and hangovers just brings it back to me in technicolour. I loved Lucy's idea of writing down how you feel in the midst of the horror and keeping it somewhere safe as a reminder. I used to put my watch on my right wrist in the Hell of the mornings so it felt weird all day and reminded me that I had resolved not to drink again fat good that did me.

My NYEs are v. dull, family affairs these days, but frankly so much easier to cope with than parties. Congratulations to everyone who is recently stopped and those who have resolved to stop. Such a fabulous decision and so so worth it .

Sober waves to all - kids kicking off and fighting here which is hugely dull. Thank God I'm not trying to deal with it pissed, though.

Lucy yes back on it - getting easier by the day :) Building up clear blue sober water behind me ( errmm yes...think that metaphor went a bit adrift!)
Also, went to an AA meeting. Just one, not sure if I will go again but its a start.

Wine now moved to another place so DH can have a glass if he wants but I don't have to see it all the time. Works for us :)

Waves to notdead! Having an equally dull but god I love it! NYE, AF beer in hand :) DD's birthday tomorrow so the best gift we can give her is non-hungover parents & lots of cake
Glad oh those all sound marvelous developments! . I've only been to less than a handful of meetings but do try a few as I did find one I liked. Keep paddling girl

Hope everyone is coping. I've never gone in for NYE parties but have always drunk a load at home instead.

Helpfully dd has been tricky to settle this evening so I've not even made our dinner yet. This means we'll only eat at half nine, a glass of fizzy water for me and then I'll slope off to bed and leave DH with his whisky. I'm optimistic I can do this!

Happy new year all! In oz, it's just gone 630am so I'm on the other side - last night I was in bed by 1030 and DH had to wake me at midnight! Nice to wake up feeling clear headed and rested - in fact I've just come back from the gym. The gym, along with running, has been my lifeline.
Reading here about the shame spiral and the hangover horrors really strengthens my resolve too. It's such a dreadful feeling, isn't it?
There, good luck for the party! Sounds challenging to say the least..

Happy New Year fluke & well done!! I'll be going for a run tomorrow morning & yes it's a lifesaver for sure :)
You can do it cauli!

Im home from the party and totally sober!! Im very proud of myself. Off to bed now as I'm meeting a few friends at 8.30 am and we are off to walk up to the top of a local landmark. I'm a runner too lucy and fluke and it's some friends who are members of the running club and their other halves that I'm meeting in the morning. It's truly is a lifesaver and has got me through many difficult periods. Well done and Happy New Year to all of us

Happy new year!

Just popping in to say hi as I was on earlier threads under another name. Well done all sober ladies.

I am already feeling smug about not having a hangover tomorrow ;)

Wishing you all a brilliant 2016. x

Happy New Year Sober Warriors :) Andrew is helping me get through tonight :) I am melting away nowwwww ! In a Scottish accent And staying AF as a result. Try it as I find it really helps.

Happy New Year all!

Our 9 and 7 year olds were up later than me last night! I took our youngest two to bed around 9pm and passed out with them. Not drunk, just tired. DH came to rouse me at 11:45 to watch London celebrate on the news - how fab were those fireworks?!

I woke up at 5:30 and am fairly confident I'm going to have the house to myself until at least 8am which is a very spoiling start to 2016 ;-) Then I'm off to the party we were supposed to be at last night to relieve my hungover friends of their children. I'm going to do my very best not to look smug. Honest...

Happy New Year Sober Warriors!!!!

What's the best app to count days?

Sorry posted too soon! How rude!!!! Hello everyone lets hope today is the start of a very special year X

Happy new year new friends!

Nye successfully managed without alcohol. Slept not too badly, woke up once, but straight back to sleep. Feel rested but still a bit tired.

Today's task, buy a copy of wuthering heights for ds2 (16) for his English lit a level and not drink alcohol.

Happy New Year sober warriors you rock!!
Hadron you can find the app here :)
Off for a run in the frost

Happy new year everyone and well done on facing the challenge.

I went to bed sober and smug at midnight but feel slightly cheated as dd got me up several times in the night so I feel hungover with tiredness though! Just had a lie in to compensate though and it's brilliant not to have a banging headache / creeping sense of shame.

Hello all - Happy New Year!

I drank last night - 2 glasses of wine and 1 of Prosecco. BUT today I am committed to starting 2016 sober and staying that way. I struggle with the whole 'never drinking again' idea, so I'm telling myself it's a Dry January initially, and then I can extend it month by month.

This is IT for me, I have to stop as if I can't manage it now, it's only going to get harder to achieve if I carry on drinking.

Happy New Year all!! And thank GOD we are into January…. A much easier time to be sober, I think.

Good luck to you, Bitter. I know exactly what you mean about the 'forever' thing - so if it helps you to call it a Dry January - or even a dry day - then do it.

Not that I read the Mail (promise!), but there is a v. nasty article in there today setting out all the damage that alcohol does to the body (cancers, depression, endless stuff). I used to HATE those articles - but now find they help me in my resolve. And rather than thinking of 'giving up' alcohol, I see it more as not having to drink again. Being free of something nasty rather than a sacrifice if that makes sense.

Thanks - the Dry Day approach sounds like a good one.

Just heard on the radio that the NHS are updating their guidelines to recommend at least 2 non-alcoholic days a week, and no more than 3 units at one time, for both men and women.

I'm trying to get DH on board with a Dry January, he's considering it...

Hello again and happy new year.
Appreciated your comments and thoughts last night!
The party went really well, I drank sparkling water from a champagne glass all evening so avoided most questions and cheeky friend didn't ask for a lift ( but that may have been due to the fact I got into my PJs after 12.) and instead roped in a relative to pick them up....
I made it.
I enjoyed it.
Bring on dry 2016.
Good luck to all, one day at a time.

Well done Thereshegoes!!
Bitter I don't say forever either - today is the only thing I can control so that is where my focus is :) When are they updating guidelines? Everything I read says in the New Year -but want to know when exactly!!

Survived NYE OK, but struggling now. I'd normally have a glass (or two) on the go while I prepare NYDay meal for extended family. Fizzy water a poor substitute, but I'm trying ..

Keep going Spinach. I added a splash of apple juice to mine last night, made it more enjoyable.