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11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 409

Hang in there, Camiol! You are doing so well, compared to where you were a month ago. We all are. The main thing is to learn from your struggles and never give up. The sunset is gorgeous and I want to experience it with a glass of wine so badly tonight, but there is none in the house. That is the only thing that is saving me at this particular moment....

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 616

Thanks Josie. There is a water park on Michigan that I'd like to take my daughter to on Friday.....weather permitting. This is an hour drive from where I live so no alcohol is allowed. Typically when we go to this water park we stop for dinner at a restaurant on the way home, and we are so exhausted from the day of water and sun, we just go to bed early. Saturday I have to attend a family BBQ for my dads birthday....that will definitely involve alcohol, but thankfully when I'm with my family to celebrate my dads birthday, I keep the drinking under control...I'd like to just not drink at all, and I'm going to try to practice saying no and hopefully I can abstain that night as well. I am seriously going to give abstinence a try to see how long I can go without drinking. Tonight was another booze free night. My cousin came by and just wanted a tea so no alcohol was poured tonight. Mashes coming tomorrow night again and wants me to mix her my famous strawberry mojito. I'll make mine a virgin. I admit I'm withdrawing a bit, but it's basically an annoyance, and it's tolerable. DAMN I hate being addicted. Excuse my language, I'm just so angry that I allowed this to happen to me and now I have a stupid addiction to struggle with.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Camiol,

What do you have planned for the week-end?

It may help to plan events, activities or a quiet night. This way you are more in control of the days and nights!

Be the designated driver

Go to bed early

Be strong and true to yourself

Josie, Health Educator

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 616

Hi Hope, it sounds like you have a good plan for this evening. I just had a sushi dinner by myself because my husband and daughter are at the cottage. My cousin who just got in to town for a holiday, is coming to visit me tonight. I already decided that if she wants a drink, I will make myself a virgin drink and a real one for her. I was going to have alcohol tonight, but I thought better of it and changed my mind.

What I'd like to be able to accomplish is getting through a weekend and abstaining from all alcohol. It's like Friday arrives and all bets are off, I want to drink and nothing is going to stop me. I really do want to get through a weekend to get a grip on that sense of self control again. It's a bad habit that I've gotten into and I need to find a way to break it. In the past I had many, many weekends where I didn't drink...heck, drinking was a rarity for me. What the heck happened?!?!?!? I suppose the fact that I didn't drink Saturday night and I only had the equivalent of one drink last night, I did do pretty good this weekend. I could use a huge distraction for Fridays. Any thoughts?

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 325

Thanks,,,I am feeling much better...drinking ice tea and water...going to have an early dinner, watch some TV and go to bed early...Going to the beach with some girlfriends tomorrow so it is something to look forward to and I want to feel good in the morning..not hung over...Good luck with happy hour tomorrow...and have a great evening...

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 161

Marylizy, how are you feeling now, later in the day? Forgive yourself and resume?

Tonight should be easier for me than other nights because I get out of the house and go to a social dance where there is no alcohol. Usually I drink less on Monday nights.

But tomorrow I have a happy hour with friends, some of whom used to enjoy seeing me knock back martinis. It will be at a house instead of a restaurant, and that's less temptation because... no martinis! I plan one glass of wine with the girls.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 51

Hi ladies, here's the plan for evening.. My sister in law sent an e mail reagrding a specific toy that they couldnt find in the city day live from that Scandinavien life style store. I checked the store here in my city and I will pick my daughter and go to store to buy it.. We can either have dinner there or we can get back home depending on my husband's program. Anyway, the most difficult hours will be spent outside in an alcohol free environment. I definately am not planning to drink tonight which will make day 2, counting from yesterday..wish me luck and strenght..

BP, I will also check kudzu from an herbalshop. I checked it from internet and it says it not only helps with withdrawal but also decreases the will to drink. It worths trying since it is herbal. How are you doing? What about withdrawal sypmtoms because of decreasing the amount of the antidepressent. When will you start the new one?

For the rest of the night, I'm planning to read, like I do everynight. Although it is not on my profile, reading is my only habit..

I'll check in before sleeping to see how you spent your day..

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 161

Turquoise, about stepping on that scale... why aren't those numbers going down faster now that we've made the decision to change?

Hope, hello and thanks for the welcome. Onward and upward. Today can be a good day.

Camiol, wine is too good! But feeling good is better. I followed Vincenza's and your suggestion and didn't pour my glass until my plate was ready to eat. SO, very good strategy because it resulted in just that one glass.

I have to laugh at myself and you can laugh too. In the event that I don't drink a whole bottle in one night, I have a little rubber stopper that is supposed to keep the wine fresh and I couldn't find it anywhere in the kitchen yesterday. I just knew I was going to be able to control my drinking last night and I got all concerned about keeping the wine fresh over 3 days or more. Then I read online that those little vacuum pump things are useless, and I had a good laugh about that and just corked it up and stuck it in the fridge. Imagine that, me with most of a bottle of wine in the fridge at the end of the day.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 409

You ladies are great. I feel pretty good about the drinking part, although I realize I have had five drinks within three days, and two of those nights I drank at home. While I am still "drinking moderately" and keeping very little alcohol at the house, I see the trend quickly heading back into my old patterns of drinking every night. My biggest danger -- much like most of you -- is having wine in the house in the evening. My husband and I promised each other that we would only drink when we went out, and both of us are quickly finding reasons to get around that. Sigh.

Anyway, I have made it over a month without a single binge that's outside the range of moderation, and I plan to avoid alcohol for the rest of this week. I am with you on that, Hope! And I will be leaving on a road trip with my kids on Friday, so it should be easy to avoid drinking while I travel. Now, if I could just avoid eating.... I have gained back nearly five pounds that I was able to keep off for over a year!! I am growing a bit panicky and frustrated about this. Eating moderately is just as danger-ridden for me as drinking moderately. Unfortunately, I can't abstain from eating, although after stepping on the scale this morning I wish I could....

Welcome ElizabethRRRR and thanks for all the words of encouragement from everyone. I am going on a long walk this morning before work, which will help to clear my head. And for today I plan to eat moderately and abstain from alcohol altogether. Talk to you later.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 325

Thanks for the congrats but I blew it last night and got drunk. Not sure why? Trying to figure that one out. But of course I hate me this morning for it but have to move ahead and say I am going to have a good day and not drink. I can do this and am lucky to have this support site to help me.

I am sorry about the break in Turquoise. That is so horrible. Good luck and keep up the good work. Thanks to all of you out there. Have a good Monday every one.

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