Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 7
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 template Next
    #31
    The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

    One2, thank you for your great posts! They're very helpful, and I will hold those thoughts close this weekend while I'm away from my computer. I'm sorry to see by your mood icon that you're sick. Hope you feel better soon. Here's a big, woolly virtual blanket and steaming cup of hot tea.

    As a follow-up to the L-Glutamine discussion, this article mentions a much higher dose for AL withdrawal (3000 mg x 3 daily). The Way Up Newsletter : Benefits of Amino Acid L-glutamine. I can't say which dose is right, and would NEVER offer medical advice but can say from my own experience that I've been on the 3000 mg x 3 regimen since Day 3 of my first AF attempt in 20 years, and have not had a single craving. Not one! I'm up to 12 days now. When I get past the two-week mark, I plan to decrease the amounts. Hopefully, there are no ill side effects like I'll grow a third ear or something. :-) To all who are considering L-Glut: please research it for yourself, ask your doctor, and do what's right for you.

    Choppers, have a great time with your grandson!
    "If you fell down yesterday, get up today." -- H.G. Wells

    Comment

      #32
      The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

      Hi all
      How did you get on yesterday ronnie, let me know if you were ok or not. Today is another day just 24hrs long the same as any other day. Hope you all made it through, and good luck for today. Keep up the good work. will check in with you all in the morning. love xx

      Comment

        #33
        The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

        Hi weekenders, Im in the UK so its Friday here and day 1 of the weekend (Oh No) I am 13 AF days and aiming for 30 at the mo! I am off to my best friends tonight,also my best drinking buddy for 10 years I have spoken to her and bless her she asked me ifI wanted alcohol free wine!! Sweet thought but I declined think that the taste may kick start cravings!!

        I won't be around tonight but wanted to say good luck stay strong & keep focused!! For all the new comers really try hard the pay back is great!! I had my first AF weekend last week in years and I tell you I feel fantastic!! In the past two weeks I have become more relaxed, I havn't had one argument with my husband, my skin looks better, my head is clearer, my eyes are brighter!!

        I always thought that alcohol was a reward for a hard weeks work but in reality I was rewarding myself with blackouts, moods (alcohol induced), hangovers, regrets, etc,etc. It may sound a bit soft but if you do get cravings take your mind off them do something nice for someone you care about doesn't have to cost you any money but it will give you a greater sense of well being more than a glass wine ever will, good luck & loads of love xx
        Good friends are like stars you may not always see them but you know they are there

        Comment

          #34
          The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

          Hi, Guys!

          Sheri and Oney, thanks for your posts. They are very helpful! I will be upping my dosage of l-glut, I think. Cravings haven't been TOO bad, but I know that today will be another test.

          Bluzgtar, are you still here? Keep reading!

          Lilbit, great work on getting this far! We are going to do this thing, aren't we? I do believe that having someone out there at the same stage I am helps a great deal. Good luck on the fishing trip this weekend. I'll be thinking about you!

          Take care, everyone. Good luck with the weekend!

          Comment

            #35
            The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

            Six more hours until the weekend starts for me here in the PNW and I am completely inspired by one2many's post and the whole idea of gratitude mode, realizing that I've often slipped into deprivation mode in the past, wondering why oh why I can't drink "like a normal person." It is finally a beautiful day here and much to be grateful for -- I will cultivate that mode on the drive home. Straight home. Stay strong, aj

            Comment

              #36
              The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

              Hi Guys

              It's 10pm Friday night in the UK and I went through a bad craving about 1 hour ago. Stuck with it and it's given up, it knows when it's beaten! These are my tactics for tonights battle:-

              Oney, the thoughts on how grateful I should be helped! Although I must admit I do feel deprived!
              Also another tactic was distraction (cooked meal for tomorrow).
              And did fast forward the tape. This is where you take the thought of how lovely one glass of wine would be (and I really deserve one on a Friday night after such a tough week and I've hardly drunk all week) and extrapolate it forward using past experience. i.e. I will drink at least a litre and be full of guilt tomorrow and feel terrrible.
              Focused on what I have planned for tomorrow and how drinking tonight would wreck those plans.
              Got myself a coke so body got a sugar hit that it usually gets from alcohol.

              Hope this is of help to anyone else out there.

              K :leep Strong
              If alcohol made you happy I should be the happiest person alive! I'm not.

              Comment

                #37
                The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                Thanks Oney

                Will need to be with it tomorrow - Mother-in-Laws 70th birthday bash - big family do. I've already voluntiered to drive all the elderly rels there and back so that should keep me busy and sober and earn me a few brownie points all at the same time!

                Dorilynn, I'm not using any meds, just the support from this site and I found that enough to do 31 days recently. Read and Post!
                If alcohol made you happy I should be the happiest person alive! I'm not.

                Comment

                  #38
                  The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                  Thanks

                  Thanks so much Ezzmae for starting this thread and to one2many for your helpful, inspirational posts.

                  It's 7.30 Saturday morning here so the difficult times haven't started yet but I'm looking forward to checking in later this afternoon with a big glass of mandarin/mango juice mixed with Pellegrino mineral water. That's going to be my reward today (with maybe a tiny piece of chocolate thrown in - I'm only human after all). My liver is tingling with anticipation at the thought of a well earned rest.

                  Have a great day everyone.
                  There's two ways of looking at the holes in your shoes
                  You can dig the ventilation... or you can sing the blues

                  I didn't come this far to only come this far.

                  Comment

                    #39
                    The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                    I'm in for the weekend! Had a pretty successful week on the 4-day AF binge thread, just a small glass one night for mom's 75th bday celebration.

                    Saturday is my big challenge, and I'm determined to be AF all weekend long.

                    Sheri, thanks so much for the tip on the L-Glut. I realize that for Saturday I should probably up my dosage!!!

                    Dori, there you are miss thang! Sorry the meds didn't work for you, what side effects did you have? And did you ever find the MWO book? I know you had found some of the supps you had ordered a while back...nice to see you again.

                    Happy Friday everyone on this side of the pond, and congrats to those of you on the other side who already have conquered a Friday night and are having a lovely Saturday morning as a result! :goodjob:

                    Comment

                      #40
                      The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                      I'm a terrible weekend binge drinker. I have remained AF for the week, and even made it through yesterday at lunch in a Tapas Bar without sangria or wine, but all my good intentions went out the window when I went over to a friends house, and took "her" a bottle of wine. I was telling myself "you'll be sorry for the hangover" and trying to remain af for the night but as soon as the bottle was opened I was off the wagon. After my friend and I polished off 3 bottles of wine, I went home. I was loud, obnoxious and overate, despite my good efforts all week.
                      This morning I am so angry with myself and my lack of resolve, I feel sick, I have a headache, my skin looks dehydrated and I feel "blurgh". I wish I had been one of you terribly successful people who managed without on a Friday night, as I have now ruined my Saturday, will spend the whole day with a hangover, and removed from my family in a haze of "blurgh".
                      I am trying to be philosophical about it, and work out what I have learned, but feel sick and tired of this foul cycle. Why is it impossible for me to have just one? I know the answer, it's just retorical...

                      Comment

                        #41
                        The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                        Hi Miss B

                        Stop beating yourself up, we've all been there

                        Drink lots of water, write down how you feel right now and read that back next time you have a weak moment.

                        You can't change the past but you can change the future. Keep trying.
                        See you back here later! I'm off to bed now.
                        If alcohol made you happy I should be the happiest person alive! I'm not.

                        Comment

                          #42
                          The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                          Oops forgot to check in here earlier, it is a brilliant thread. I am going to bed AF, I love my Saturdays without a hangover. Wishing u all an AF Friday night.

                          Comment

                            #43
                            The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                            **Hey Scrub**

                            I stopped taking the meds after 10 days for a few reasons. First, I was feeling really tired and sluggish - even though I get lots of rest and walk 4 mornings a week, I was feeling progressively worse each day. Then the metal taste in my mouth - eeek gahds! I still have it after being off 3 days. But the main reason I stopped taking was because I had an "incident" the other night when I felt like I was going to faint -- heart started pounding and I got real dizzy (even sitting down). I don't know what that was, but I figured it could be a side effect of the meds since it hasn't happened since I stopped. I'm a 48 y/o healthy female - struggling with this weekend binging thing. As I mentioned to you, it's not that I consume so much, but what I do consume is particularly poisoning to me because of being a gastric bypass patient (had the surgery 4 years ago) and it compromises the liver. And the effects from even a few drinks, as you know, can be wicked for us! That's one of the reasons I want to stop. But as ezzmae eloquently points out in her initial post, it is a vicious cycle and it takes time.

                            Thanks for the support - it is soooo helpful!!
                            :thanks:

                            Comment

                              #44
                              The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                              Wow One -- thank you so much for your positive spin on things - I really appreciate it!

                              Comment

                                #45
                                The Weekend Thread for Binge Drinkers.

                                what is AF?

                                Comment

                                Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 template Next
                                Working...
                                X