DRY 11

[TeapotDictator]

Time for a shiny new thread.

Old thread here

This morning I have collected the best prize.

I woke and searched habitually for the flash backs and paranoia and there are none. It is difficult to describe how good this feels. Now my only problem is what to do with all this new found time and energy

Clean your house Matron that's what I did on Saturday. I was like a woman possessed but it was worth it, and it's still all lovely and shiny!

Mother's Day turned out really nice in the end. Daughter arrived home from her night out with flowers and a box of 'Black Magic' of all things - which I haven't had for years. Ended up scoffing the whole box (washed down with fizzy water I hasten to add).

We took flowers and a card to my dear old mum who is in a dementia home, God love her, then came back had a lovely dinner, watched the Cycling (how exciting was that!?!) then Call the Midwife which was bril - just generally lolloping about in my swanky clean house and not a drop of vino in sight.

Have a great day all!

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Font I've got the sheets on the line and I'm giving the fire grates a proper clean. Then a long walk and an e bay session (if you sit still for long enough in my house you are in danger of being put up for auction).

I have a days annual leave today. It has been booked since the beginning of the year in anticipation of a big post Mothers' Day hangover.

I'd love to flog stuff on ebay, but I don't know where to start.

I've got the daughter's prom dress (which cost me £300 quid that she wore the once) which I reckon I could sell, but I honestly don't know how to go about doing it.

I've got other things as well (I used to volunteer in a charity shop and was always buying stuff, couldn't resist!) I had to give up in the end as it was costing me a fortune. I'd volunteer for four hours and end up spending £30 or £40 quid on average every time. I once spent £35 on a (designer) bag which I've actually used about twice.

I need to go and figure out how to do it.

font if you want to set up an e bay account I will help if you get stuck. Once you get going the money soon adds up. What with the savings on alcohol spend we will all be rolling in it.

I've already got a 'buy' account. I've bought loads off there - just never flogged anything.

I've got a set of wheels and tyres in my shed that are worth a few bob which I could also sell. In fact I bought my current wheels and tyres off ebay (it's an old, unusual car).

I am in the perfect position to do it as I'm self employed working from home so am on the computer all day (and sometimes night) I spend a lot of time skiving on here so it would make perfect sense to be doing something that could make me a bit of money. I think about it all the time but never actually get around to doing anything.

Maybe start with something small like the dress or the bag and then go from there.

Right, I'm going to do it!! No more thinking about it, I'm going to do it! Will sit and have a proper read of it all and give it a go! Are you ok for me to pm you if I run into problems?

font pm away. I would do items that are not personal first as I find the lovely things that I spent a lot of money on and don't make much money from annoying. I got c£50 for some door knobs I found in our shed but £2.80 for a Karen Millen suit that cost me £250 and I thought was amazing. Good luck.

I want a drink.

After yesterday I thought I'd cracked it.

Good grief this thing is ongoing isn't it.

This is not a surprise Matron and is why we suggest having a sober treat lined up :) The only way we know how to celebrate success at the beginning is with booze - even if that success is not drinking!! Plus yesterday was a test and my go to response to anything a test was booze. Plus all that deprivation yesterday means we've earned it right? Sober treats time - liberal application needed

Lucy I'm laughing at my own predictability!

I do feel exactly that. I acheived a huge smug non drinking thing so now where is my booze reward.

Who would have thought a mundane Monday would be more of a challenge than yesterday.

I'm going for an Epsom salts bath and a read after dinner.

It gets so much easier Matron, honestly, it does - otherwise nobody would ever stay sober.

You did brilliantly yesterday but I TOTALLY agree with Lucy about sober treats - they're the way forward. In the early days I had things lined up every day in the form of food or nice drinks, bath products, moisturisers etc. As time went on (first month, first 50 days, first 90 days etc) I treated myself to an item of clothing, haircut or shoes etc and it really does feel SO good to know that you're using the money you would have spent on booze which made you feel like shit and full of shame on stuff that makes you feel GOOD.

Matron I only have this insight because it also describes me Enjoy! :)

Drank bottle wine yesterday and am drinking vodka now. With tears drippin down my face. Why can't i do this?

yellow I'm not experienced enough to give you good advice and I don't want to post the wrong thing and upset you but I have read earlier in the thread that posters have lapsed and tried again.

I'm thinking of you because really you are me and all the other posters on here. You are not alone in this battle xx

You can do this yellow :) Can you tip the rest away?

yellow tip the rest away, walk away and do something else ...bath, walk, tv, run, nails, hobby? have a (((hug))) xxx

yellow the advice couldn't be more simple. I was expecting to read a complicated chain of instructions with an analysis of your slip.

'Tip it away'

I'm in the bath all night and as a beginner I have huge capacity for posting and reading. If you want to chat you can be sure of a reply

Hello all again....

I am not sure who remembers me but I got to day 24 in January then went on a business trip with wine tasting, lost the plot that night and its been pretty much business as usual ever since. :( :( Had 3 days off two weeks ago due to having an operation but every other day pretty much the same.

I feel crap ALL OF THE TIME and I am really struggling with why I am doing it but it is almost like a rebellion it is really weird. I seem to need less but am having a bit of memory loss most nights which I find scary. I used to have razor sharp memory irrespective of what I drank but the last year or two things are getting hazier and hazier. A friend of mine went through exactly the same at my age now (she is four years older than me) and I used to think she had a real problem but I am starting to think it is age related?

I gave up smoking 13 months ago which I am ecstatic about, I never thought I could do it but I have.

And I will do this. I will.

I will join you, from now I am in my first 24 hours, my first day...

Yellow - I wish there was a like button on Mumsnet..I feel pretty much the same as you this evening.

The tears are not quite dripping but the self loathing is piled on high.

I have booked three intense hypnosis sessions this week - first one tomorrow morning. I bloody hope something in my brain clicks and I just get on with it.

Right milky coffee coming my way - book to finish, night all :)

Lou and Yellow we are here, and will help if we can xxx

Good morning Yellow today is a new day.

Hello Lou congratulations on the smoking I gave up 13 months ago too and totally agree that the drinking shot up. The hand to mouth action was all drink no cigarette.

ok. I can't thank you all enough for your support lucy glad matron your messages meant a lot to me thank you. On matrons advice I am going to docs today about spotty skin, thank you. I am also going to ask about my depression. Have taken the day off work and I don't feel too guilty as I feel mentally ill. Am not hungover but that's normal for me as have not been drinking, it's the build up of daily alcohol which makes me super hungover.
loubilou I remember you and am pleased to see you back. I am thinking of you today. If you stay sober so will I! I want to give myself a shake and get back on the wagon cos I was so proud of myself up there! have put the remaining vodka in hubby's shed. Maybe I should throw it away? Show it I mean business.
Today is a new day indeed. xx to all my sober friends.

Morning all!

A little late for me as I have OVERSLEPT!

Yes that's right - woke up at 9.30am (unheard of) and am sat here sipping my berry tea and eating my porridge with natural yoghurt - oh yes! Healthy or what?

Hang in there Yellow - you can and will do this. Don't give up - keep trying and you'll get there in the end. I've fallen off the wagon that many times, but I keep climbing back up again.

Morning Matron - did you know there is a whole section on Mumsnet devoted to Ebay? I was over there yesterday having a good old read and am gearing myself up to attempting my first auction. I will take your advice and go for something I'm not bothered about - just a test to see how it goes.
I'm a bit scared off by some of the tales I've read - it seems they are very biased towards the buyer and I am worried about getting scammed, but if I stick to low cost items to start with - then I'll see how it goes.

On the subject of my over-sleeping, one of the bonuses I always find when I'm booze free is that the quality of my sleep is so much better - hence having an unexpected lie-in this morning.

Well work to do so I better get to it. Have a great day everyone and keep going Yellow - it is so worth it!

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Morning all! Happy International Women's Day

Yellow if you don't want or intend to drink the vodka, throw it down the sink. If you don't have it, you can't drink it.

Morning all!

to everyone.