A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

[beatlefan9]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

I would lke to quit but afaid of the withdrawl. I work full time and cannot miss work. I cannot fall asleep if I don't drink. It started to try to sleep and now I am up to 15 beers a night. SUCKS
I wake at 3 in the morning an am tired all day, in a dizzy fog and feel like I am going to pass out. My diet stinks and I dont exersize.

[derrygirl1]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Day 5 for me. Sleep is starting to get into a pattern. I've tried over the past couple of years to go AF and I had fully decided to start on Jan. 4 (when the kids went back to school after break). The other thing I guess that inspired me was vanity. I just found out my scale hasn't been working properly for a long time and I acutally weigh 10 pounds more than I thought!!!!! So instead of being 10 pounds overweight, I'm 20. WTF? So instead of saying I'm going to stay sober for 30 days, I'm telling myself maybe I'll have a drink when I've lost 10 pounds.........silly I know but at the rate I'm going (I've gained 2 pounds in the last four days), it'll be 30 days anyway.

[Kimberley]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Hi all,
Peachy, glad you didn't get sick - what's your plan? Do you have one?

Hi Firefox, Well done on beating your cravings. Ooh I love Come Dine With Me - it's hilarious. My sister has applied to be on it (for a laugh I hope) and I hope she's not chosen cos lets face it they only choose weirdos and egomaniacs!

Hi Chill, DAY 8 for me too - glad you're feeling good. I'm trying to keep my pep going as I've been feeling pretty damn good as well. My anxiety is always way down when I quit al for a while.

Beatlefan, if you really want to quit, could you taper down - like reducing the beers by one a night over 15 days? You wouldn't get withdrawl if you did that. And maybe take a few days annual leave towards the end to get your body and sleep sorted out if you really need it? Doesn't sound like you get much sleep even when you are drinking though. Hope you find a way.

Hi Derry, Congrats on Day 5! Funny how vanity can encourage you as well!! I hated my puffy face when I was drinking! Depending on what your goal is - AF or modding or just taking a break, I would rephrase "maybe I'll have a drink when I've lost 10 pounds" and say instead "I will not have a drink until I've lost 10lb". Sounds like not much difference but there is. My old alcohol counsellor said that to me ages ago - it sounds less like you're planning to drink and more like you're planning to stay off it for a while. I told him to eff off at the time as I wasn't ready to phrase my drinking in that way, so you can tell me to do the same, but thought I'd mention it in case it was useful to you.

As for me, I have had cravings tonight as well - not helped by the fact that I got home early and my ex was being annoying. But I have just had a big dinner and have made myself a nice cup of detox tea. I may treat myself with some leftover choccies cos I've already screwed the diet up for today with FOUR bakewell tarts! Not like me at all, but they had them at our meeting today and they were just looking at me the whole time!! And my boss encouraged me to eat them - ARGH! I'd rather just have one naughty day and finish off all the bad stuff all at once. Good excuse? Hmmm maybe not, but I have filled the fridge with healthy stuff for tomorrow so why not!

[akgirl]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

I would have liked to start on the first of January but oh well. Here I am, a week into the new year and more determined than ever, I've been here just over a year, some success, some failure, but never giving up. I ordered Bac yesterday.

So my plan is to taper down until it gets here. Take my supps and listen to my CDs and post and read like crazy.

2010 here I come....determined to be sober!!!!!

[Kimberley]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Hi akgirl, glad to see you on here. Welcome to the thread. As your signature says 'never too late'. I too had a mixed year last year, so 2010 is all about doing it right. Keep us posted as to how the bac is going. You sound really positive. Hope to talk to you some more

[Anjicia]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Hi Kimberley and everyone else. Well i struggled today again. I was in the supermarket and there were lots of special offers on wine and i was so tempted but i didn't give in got my grocery shopping an left. Oh it was tough but i had a nice dinner when i got home and i also had some chocolate i was tempted to buy instead of wine but i didn't eat it all. Had a lovely cappuchino in a coffee shop before i went to Tesco. I'm eating more healthily but i'm drinking 2 much coffee and some days chocalate but tthe main thing is i made it another without a drink. Good night folks and don't give up. Tomorrows another day.

[akgirl]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Kimberley;787663 wrote: Hi akgirl, glad to see you on here. Welcome to the thread. As your signature says 'never too late'. I too had a mixed year last year, so 2010 is all about doing it right. Keep us posted as to how the bac is going. You sound really positive. Hope to talk to you some more

Thanks Kimberley,

I am more excited than ever to start Bac. 2010 is going to be the best year ever!!!!

[cuckoosnest83]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Jesssie and Kim, thanks. I'm hoping my sleep sorts itself out too. I just got home from working at the animal shelter after working all day and I'm exhausted but feel sleep will escape me if I go to bed to early. I will be heading up shortly to make a cup of bedtime tea and take 2 alterils (all herbal sleep aid). I hope that does it.

Kim, I also like the detox tea. Feel like I'm doing something good for myself.

Chill and Firefox, congrats on a week or more sober.

To everyone else, hello and best wishes in attaining your goals.

[Kimberley]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Morning all,

Firefox, you are doing really well fighting those cravings. They scare me sometimes and make me think I'm about to slip, but I guess that is where the ODAT thing comes in. I had a load of choc last night, but as you say, the main thing is we didn't drink.

akgirl - "2010 is going to be the best year ever!!!!" That is currently my mantra

Hi Cuckoo - hope you managed to get some good sleep and maybe a nice lie-in. How cool to work at an animal shelter but I can imagine it is tiring. One demanding and rather spoilt cat is enough for me to be honest!

Well I have made up for my naughty sugar-fest yesterday by having a nice healthy late brekkie. Detox tea and a veggie omelette. I am really hungry all the time at the moment - I don't know whether it's the FREEZING cold or maybe me trying to dull the sugar and al cravings. NO sugar for the rest of the week though! It doesn't help in the long-term.

I am supposed to be going out with some friends later but it's soo cold that quite frankly I think I will have to drag myself out. I will enjoy it once I'm there though and will regret it if I don't. No isolating, Kim! I might try to do something productive today - change the bed, mop the floors, studying. Feel so lazy though. I can't wait until the weather warms up again

Happy Saturday all!

[cuckoosnest83]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Morning Kim. I know I get a huge craving for ice cream when I'm not drinking. Good that you are going to drag yourself out with your friends despite the cold. At one women's AA meeting I attended they said women tend to isolate much more than men when drinking. For me it is so easy to isolate since I live alone.

Day 5 for me and looking forward to completing week 1 of a sober 2010.

Regards to all.

[Jolie]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Cuckoo, Fluff, Kim, and all who have posted,
All of your posts are inspiring, funny, and at times, so similar to my situation. Joined back in November, think I went 8 days AF and then slowly started drinking again. I have definitely cut back from where I was but like all of you, would love to wake up without the guilt and self-disgust. This place definitely gives me the support I know I'm gonna need to see it through.

[com1]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Good Day to y'all from frigid south Texas.

I thought it was only me that had these strange food cravings. Crackers for me right now. Are our bodies crying for the calories that are absent from the lack of AL? When I went AF last spring for two months, it was trail mix with sweet stuff in it. Guess I will have to do some more research on this.

ODAT for me today.

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[cuckoosnest83]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Jolie, like you I went a few days AF in November and December but the month of December did a huge backslide. Even started drinking during the day which is something I had never done and by day I mean by 11:00 am. I'm so grateful to be sober and to have this place to come to. The support and empathy here are fantastic. Stay with us, Jolie.

Com1, I think our bodies' are crying for the sustenance they lack when we drink. When I drink food becomes secondary to the alcohol. Have you been able to get in any golf in these frigid temperatures?

Will be on this site a lot today as this is my first weekend AF and will need tons of support and encouragement.

[Horsegirl]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

So glad to see everyone working so hard and doing great. I also have been AF since Jan 1, so I hope to stay strong and keep going. It's amazing the little things you notice improving about yourself physically right from the beginning. That stuff really is poison.

Have a great weekend all!!!!

[Mazzie]

A new start for 2010 - who's in and what's your plan?

Hi Everyone,

Just checking in. So good to see all the progress being made by you all. The days are going by so fast it is now nearing the end of day 7 for me. Yay. Still quite tired and lethargic. Hope that goes soon and some energy arrives. My battle is to not buy any in the first place. If I bought a bottle then it would be all over. My particular poison is chardannay. Can anyone tell me why, if i had some of that in the house there wouldn't be any left very quickly but there is quite a lot of other sorts of al here but I am just not and have never been interested in that?

I have craved so much cholocate and sweet things this week. This must be to replace the sugar which would have been in the al I think. I also wonder if it is to have 'something to do'. Can't be good anyway in the long run. Have to learn more healthy habits.

I am finding MWO really good - lots of info and so much interesting stuff from great people who are willing to share of themselves. Still looking around and finding new areas all the time. Looking forward to more sweet sleep and terrific mornings. Thank you all