Join the Army Against Alcohol - January '17

[satz123]

Morning lovelies,
Just made another cheesecake. Son heir and his GF coming for dinner...........tree and decorations will be coming down tomorrow.

Ye can't :rant:
January 6th is the last day of Christmas Jacks ....

[JackieClaire]

Ye can't :rant:
January 6th is the last day of Christmas Jacks ....

I've always thought that it has to be down before the 6th...........after that you either leave it up all year or have bad luck.

[JackieClaire]

Waves to Maddieme.

Its defo in the proddy calender. Just never adhered to it. I'll end up in the flames. I'll be warm if nowt else

New Year's past, I've always had to have a heart starter to seem as normal as possible. I look back and wonder a) who the feck was I kidding b) how very, very sad.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

New Year's past, I've always had to have a heart starter to seem as normal as possible. I look back and wonder a) who the feck was I kidding b) how very, very sad.

'Heart starter' now there is a description. I very seldom did that. Remember sitting one time in an early house at 7.30 am alone drinking pints of Guinness after an all nighter. I had a lovely big swollen face too where I had fallen down the stairs at a mates place at some stage in the night. To say that saddens me now doesn't come close to it but at the time I don't honestly think it bothered me. I think I need to keep these memories fresh though as AL wants me to gloss the horrors over.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Yeah I suppose we are all just one drink away from it all again, be it one day or ten years sober.

[starty]

Yeah I suppose we are all just one drink away from it all again, be it one day or ten years sober.

That is where I fell Tabbers, I did not keep the bad times alive. It does not mean you need to dwell on them, but it does mean that you need to keep them somewhere in your head and refresh the scene regularly. I follow that with a dose of huge gratitude to balance it out

[starty]

I was often drinking in the day. Pop home at lunctime for a drink, morning quick swig while waiting for the kettle. Weekends a glass before anyone got up. It makes me feel sick to think of that now.

Mine are down tomorrow. This is actually a result, usually down boxing day

[starty]

Can we keep the name each month and just change the month instead of thinking of a new one each time?

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Course we are - we have an addiction that only ever goes into remission when we don't feed it - that's why keeping our heads straight is imperative - c'mere where did all the aggro go? If that clown stays away I'm guessing those other people will be ok

Clown probably had a late night......

I was often drinking in the day. Pop home at lunctime for a drink, morning quick swig while waiting for the kettle. Weekends a glass before anyone got up. It makes me feel sick to think of that now.

Yuck. I suppose for me it was the weekends when I started earlier. I gave myself permission to start at lunchtime and sip away till bed time, always made sure there was more than I needed though, imagine the horror of running out at 11pm, arghhhhhhh.....

[starty]

Yep, same here with the quantity. Once I ordered a curry simply cos they brought wine with it!!

Mr S has completely changed his habit, no drining between xmas and new year. A few beers and a scotch last night. No massive wine bills at Tesco it is wonderful

Does Mrs Tabbers get your booze for you ?

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

I would almost never ask her. On the very rare occasion when I did, she would get me a minimum amount but not without protest. Probably knowing I would crawl over cut glass to go get it myself if I needed to. Its a tricky one but we have had that conversation only very recently and I have asked she doesn't relent to my requests/pleading to buy anything thus helping to enable me. I honestly don't need any help in that department.

[satz123]

well HEY and welcome Maddieme ;-) don't worry - you'll get 25 versions of yer name by sunset if you hang around here - great to see you jumping in - and even if you ever do miss the beginning of a thread or a convo -- just poke yer nose in -- we really really do love to get new blood - it can get a bit stale around here ;-)
have the family coming for dinner today and omg can I relate to your story Marymoo -- so many of those eye opening moments from hell on a day like New Years Day and knowing that I HAD to put on that front and perform for family or friends invited when it all seemed like a good idea... funny - story for yiz (prolly told this to death to the long-termers)

The very first time I EVER drank during the day (and thankfully it didn't continue from then -- but it DID happen) - was this day 17 years ago -- millennium day - I had had a horrendous flu - first and only flu I ever had -- all over Christmas - and had 50 coming for a seriously posh party millennium eve -- somehow muddled through that with shag all drink funnily enough cos I WAS that sick -- but - next morning -- got up about 10.30 and looked around at the mess -- omg it was appalling - and I felt appalling -- and there was an opened bottle of wine on the kit hen work top -- and I necked it - well no -- I did put it in a glass -- but to this day I can remember feeling the relief flooding through me - how I could now cope cos I'd had a few glasses of wine -- set to scrubbing and drinking and THAT day had a lovely day --- but I do feel that was the first wee opening of a door.....

Yes Molls. I believe the discovery of the 'hair of the dog' many years ago started my downwards spiral.
Taking a drink next day suddenly cured my hangover , the shakes, the sickness. T'was magic. I could function :yay:

Sometimes I look at DD and wonder why she suffers through a rare but terrible red wine hangover ........ I think she knows where that can lead and will write off the day instead.

[satz123]

oh Tabs -- I think that's the key to my sobriety - unless I can instantly and now thankfully automatically remember what drinking was to me - really in the long run it would only be a matter of time before a glass of wine or whatever seemed like a good idea - why on earth would I NOT drink if I thought the 'good drinking day's' of my youth and early middle years were what I would return to? No - the reason we are all here - the bad times - the demoralising embarrassing nasty lying - just downright pathetic person that alcohol turned me into - she would be back in a heartbeat - maybe not today or tomorrow -but Christ - 2017 would see her in spades..

Well said lovely :hug:

[paulywogg]

I love the name you chose I first discovered the"head starter" after a huge Halloween party I threw in 2006,woke up feeling shite,started trying to shakily clean,found an unopened can of beer guzzled it,instant relief,went around looking for more but all I found were half cans so I poured them into a large glass to make more than a full one,I really wish I would've woke up back then to what I was doing,in fact I thought I was so smart for"inventing" a hangover cure,what a dumbass! After that day,everyday was a hair of the dog day glad everyone got through NYE,I was in bed asleep by 9:30!enjoy your day triple A

[IamMary]

Hello gang.
All fed and watered and off home again. Fire lit and it's oddly quite here, just reading posts about keeping the bad memories alive. I know if I let these slip I'll be straight back to stashing bottles again - no thank you.
I was never a morning drinker, but if I could get away with afternoons at the weekend, I would. Ensuring we were sufficiently stocked was up there with feeding the family.
Molly, did you entertain 50 people, have I read that correctly???