Hi :new:

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

I started drinking about 5-6 years ago. :sofa: I am 45 years old, nice to find this spot

[Flip]

Hi :new:

Welcome My Heart, Glad to have you hear - there's a lot of 40 something women on here - in fact I'd go so far in saying we dominate the place a little! (just kidding!).

Are you going to do the program, or just hang out with us for a while?

[Bluebell]

Hi :new:

Yes Flipper - there are a lot of us in the 40+ age group here.

Welcome Myheart and very pleased to meet you. Hope you get all you need from this site.

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

Hi :new:

Hi Aussies ; )

:thanks:


I have read that a lot of women acquire drinking problems "later in life". Whereas with men there is no age correlation, very interesting. I almost wonder about the drop in estrogen being a trigger...after all alcohol is one of the many estrogenic substances out there.

[Flip]

Hi :new:

More likely that we've worked out that our (ex)husbands are drop kicks, our kids hate us and we are trying to work, keep the family together and have a life..... lol

[Finding My Self]

Hi :new:

Hi My Heart! Welcome!
Yup, this place is definitely the place to celebrate the peri-menopause!!! At this time we women do lose much of the alcohol dealing enzyme in our bodies.... I remember my mum giving up around this age (I'm 49 think she was about 45) saying 'it made her feel funny!' I thought she was a lightweight and relly boring. SHe never had much (I don't think!) but was a great deal more fun than the 'Auntie Moan' (Joan) she was/is without it but I'm eating my thoughts now - It makes ME feel funny too!!! (and act crazy!!) And as for the wonderful 'joke' of adolescents, elderly parents and men-opause all coming together at the same time..............aaagh!!! :H :H

Enjoy this wonderful place - see you around the boards!

Hug
Finding x :h

[Finding My Self]

Hi :new:

Hi My Heart! Welcome!
Yup, this place is definitely the place to celebrate the peri-menopause!!! At this time we women do lose much of the alcohol dealing enzyme in our stomachs.... I remember my mum giving up around this age (I'm 49 think she was about 45) saying 'it made her feel funny!' I thought she was a lightweight and relly boring. SHe ne ver had much (I don't think!) but was a great deal more fun than the 'Auntie Moan' she was/is without it but I'm eating my thoughts now - It makes ME feel funny too!!! (and act crazy!!) And as for the wonderful 'joke' of adolescents, elderly parents and men-opause all coming together at the same time..............aaagh!!! :H :H

Enjoy this wonderful place - see you around the boards!

Hug
Finding x :h

[Finding My Self]

Hi :new:

Sorry!! Said it wouldn't 'go', page expired, but it did - aaagh!
F x

[Bluebell]

Hi :new:

I think repeating yourself is another sign of being 40+ :H

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

Hi :new:

Ha! ....and in my case some kind of freaking mid-life insomnia has set in and I crave ANYTHING to "knock me out"! Insomnia runs in my family more than alcoholism actually. My Mother is 65 and has promised me it won't get any better and that I just need to get used to sleeping only 3-4 hours a night, GREAT
Then of course at "mid-life" we usually have teenage children...challenging years

[Guest]

Hi :new:

Welcome!
Insomnia kinda runs hand in hand with alcoholism, read the threads...you will see NONE of us sleep. I didn't drink until I was in my 30's. BAM, went slam a-- nuts! LOL, but get the supps...read the book etc. all do help.

[gabby]

Hi :new:

Welcome my heart!

[beatle]

Hi :new:

Welcome welcome. There are a lot of people joining lately, so please read through the threads, as many of us (I think I speak for others as well as myself) are a little exhausted from writing long welcome messages with lots of advice (sorry!). But you are just as welcome anyway. Absolutely.

There's a thread in the Holistic Healing forum about sleep problems-- full of great advice. (heh heh, I started it). I used to have bad insomnia but it is much better now.

[Breez]

Hi :new:

Welcome My Heart!

Yes I read somewhere that woman reach that age near 40 and determine that enough is enough.

Glad you found us!

[Niblet]

Hi :new:

A great big ol' welcome My heart !! we're really happy to have you and hope that you find yourself laughing along with us nut bars... well I should just speak for myself,, and Flip perhaps !!! tee!! heee !!! eh Flip ? Again, welcome !