On The Wagon... then in 'ere!

azazl187 said:
Well I'm back on the booze again. Bought a nice bottle of whiskey and had a couple of large glasses last night
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Which is absolutely ok - you said you wanted to cut down, and you have done so. Absolutely nothing stopping you from putting the rest of the bottle on the shelf, ready maybe for next Saturday night, maybe the Saturday after, and keep the next few evenings/weeks drink free if you want. It's your journey, make it work for you. Keep on keeping on :)
 
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haaammit said:
Which is absolutely ok - you said you wanted to cut down, and you have done so. Absolutely nothing stopping you from putting the rest of the bottle on the shelf, ready maybe for next Saturday night, maybe the Saturday after, and keep the next few evenings/weeks drink free if you want. It's your journey, make it work for you. Keep on keeping on :)
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Yea that's pretty much the plan. Tea bags in this house have taken a huge hit mind.... :D
 
Let myself down with 2 bottles of red, I don't see it as the end yet as I normally drank 3 ! So next week I am getting one bottle of zero percent and one Shiraz normal and do a mix over 2 nights as I find cold turkey too hard.
Thought I had better be honest in the thread
 
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Stoptober completed (start early to finish before Halloween). Also do Lent to reset my relationship with booze.
Always feel a lot happier when on the wagon… but I also like a drink.

So, set a goal and stick to it. The more practice you having at going dry, the easier it is.
 
4 weeks with none then 2 x14% weekend ,down to 2x 11% weekend after, half a bottle last night so hoping so make it just the one bottle of Malbec this weekend, i don't want to give up potential resveratrol benefits.
Xmas around the corner though and i work in a Gin distillery................
 
I've massively cut down and on the verge of just stopping altogether. I can count on one had the amount of times I've been 'drunk' this year. I'm going to have a night with friends where I'm the designated driver on Saturday which will make a change! The last drink I had was a couple of cans of beer at home on a Friday night because they were taking up space in the fridge lol (about a month back).

The main catalyst has been having twins in April. I massively value my sleep at the moment and alcohol messes with it.

Holy hell though, it's amazing how much money you save when you're not drinking a skinful like I would have 10 years back on a weekend.
 
Another milestone - 18 months for me now. I really can't believe it, but there we are!

Edit: Also got down from 118kg to 76kg (18.5 stone down to 12 stone) , so lost a third of my bodyweight. I know I lost too much too fast, and bounced back up last Xmas, but in the last 6 months I've been hitting the weights and exercising and am now under 19% bodyfat (according to my bioelectrical impedance scales, yes I know they're not accurate, sue me, the number has been steadily going down :p ). I can move about without getting short of breath, which is nice, and my blood pressure is at a normal level. Yay!
 
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haaammit said:
Another milestone - 18 months for me now. I really can't believe it, but there we are!

Edit: Also got down from 118kg to 76kg (18.5 stone down to 12 stone) , so lost a third of my bodyweight. I know I lost too much too fast, and bounced back up last Xmas, but in the last 6 months I've been hitting the weights and exercising and am now under 19% bodyfat (according to my bioelectrical impedance scales, yes I know they're not accurate, sue me, the number has been steadily going down :p ). I can move about without getting short of breath, which is nice, and my blood pressure is at a normal level. Yay!
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You should feel very proud. That is some accomplishment and I bet you feel so much better about everything.
 
I've not drank now since September 2017 having stopped not long after our first was born. I have the occasional Guinness zero but I don't miss alcohol at all, I was quite a drinker as well with no concept of "just one"

Edited the date to 2017 (from 2016). It's been a while lol
 
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Problem I have is very simple. My wife and I will have a glass of wine with supper. She'll go to bed at ten. I'll settle down to watch TV and finish the bottle. I've just got no flipping will power.

I've tried recording messages for myself, leaving notes on the bottle all sorts of stuff to no avail.

Last week had a genius idea. Moved the wine rack to the bedroom!

Result. 3 nights drinking nothing, probably less than 20 units in the last 7 days which is a big improvement on a normal week.
 
Guess I must be an alcoholic or at least a dependency, just can't stop my weekend drinking, on the plus side I had a liver function test as part of a general test and came back fine, I think it's the weekday gaps that have saved me as never on a school night is my rule......
 
moon man said:
Guess I must be an alcoholic or at least a dependency, just can't stop my weekend drinking, on the plus side I had a liver function test as part of a general test and came back fine, I think it's the weekday gaps that have saved me as never on a school night is my rule......
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It's fine on a weekend to have a few if that's what you like doing. You sound in good health.
 
moon man said:
Well I am down to 2 nights but a bottle of 14% on both nights plus I chased it with a couple of gins last night so way over healthy, I need to not buy gin !!
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Yeah maybe cut the gin. I know it's difficult to cut down and stop, I had to taper over a year to be able to quit.
 
haaammit said:
That is great stuff. Almost 20 odd months for me now :)
I've not looked through the thread, what prompted the cessation of alcohol, if you don't mind me asking?
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Seriously acute eczema, as in 80% coverage that was infected and swolen. Which in turn meant that not only was I constantly itching but my entire skin felt like it someone was running a blowtorch over it. I read somewhere that alcohol can exacerbate it, so thought I'd stop to see if it helped. It did.
 
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For those that have quit who's social life revolves around alcohol, how do you manage? Do you still go out to the pub with friends or do you avoid alcohol situations altogether?

I've completely cut it out at home, I have a few alcohol free beers on a Friday and Saturday, they still give the same Friday feeling of having a beer which is great, and I love the fact I wake up fresh the next morning. They're win win.

The problem is when I go out with friends/family and it ends up being a late / heavy one. I enjoy having a drink but despise the way they make me feel. It's not just the hangover, it's the depressed state they get me in for the next day or two. Today is one of those days, I feel completely void of any happiness, it's pathetic.

I guess the obvious answer is drink alcohol free beer when I'm out but I'm not sure they actually serve them in the pubs I frequent. The other option would be to monitor my intake when out and stop when I've had X beers. Once the beers are flowing I think that'd be very difficult to do.
 
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Shikkaka said:
For those that have quit who's social life revolves around alcohol, how do you manage? Do you still go out to the pub with friends or do you avoid alcohol situations altogether?
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My vice of choice isn't alcohol but I feel I can answer this with how I dealt with my substance abuse. It got quite out of hand and I wanted to just cut everything off and go cold turkey (which had its own issues) but like you, all of my friends smoke so seeing them was always tricky as I'd be surrounded by what I was trying to avoid.

I didn't see anyone for the first few weeks. I explained to my friends what I was doing and they were all really supportive. First few times I saw them they were really mindful of what they did around me but I'd say that once I got to 2-3 months without having anything, I didn't really have an issue with them doing it around me.

It takes time and a lot of determination on your part to make sure you stick to you goals but once you get past a certain point, you'll be able to see your friends whilst they do what you tried to avoid.

Granted it's a bit different being around drunk people and stoned people but I think the mental part of it is all the same. You got this :)
 
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