Am I kidding myself

[Flip Top]

Am I kidding myself? I have had 5 pints today! Just after seeing the doctor when he told me he thinks it will be better for me to give up al completely. Massive guilt trip here as I thought because I had seen the run up to binging that id be ok. When I binge I normally do 8 pints + so in away I have said to myself no I wont have another one even when I did.

[JackieClaire]

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Well, Flip Top,
6 pm on a Tuesday evening and 5 pints down already, I have to say I agree with your doctor.Can you stop now and swap to water and avoid giving yourself a banging hangover in the morning? Will you be able to drink within the recommended UK guides of 21 units a week?
Time for a big re-think of your drinking patterns.
J x
:l

[Flip Top]

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JackieClaire;881250 wrote: Well, Flip Top,
6 pm on a Tuesday evening and 5 pints down already, I have to say I agree with your doctor.Can you stop now and swap to water and avoid giving yourself a banging hangover in the morning? Will you be able to drink within the recommended UK guides of 21 units a week?
Time for a big re-think of your drinking patterns.
J x
:l

Im at home drinking water now lmao
My partner has come home and said do I feel guilty for what I have done.
To be honest I could have had 3 and would have had the same question? Complete head fuck!!

[mollyka]

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Yep fraid so Flip Top, the alcoholic brain is a deluded load of nonsense. When I first went to my doctor to 'fess up I drank like a tank that morning and he asked me had I been drinking that morning and I looked at him like he had ten heads 'of course not'!! Then went home had half a bottle of vodka and then drove to work. Some part of me thought that was ok - just a last hurrah sort of thing, it is very very frightening how our brains work with alcohol. So yes M'lord, you are kidding yourself, as we all did and still do when we drink
Molly

[JackieClaire]

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The way I see it is that when I used to go out and had more than a few the following morning I was always wracked with guilt,remorse etc etc. When my husband goes out and has a few, he feels a bit shabby the following morning and then gets on with the day.
J x
:l

[Flip Top]

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JackieClaire;881262 wrote: The way I see it is that when I used to go out and had more than a few the following morning I was always wracked with guilt,remorse etc etc. When my husband goes out and has a few, he feels a bit shabby the following morning and then gets on with the day.
J x
:l

Thats the thing I know now i have stopped I know I wont feel half as bad as I would if I had 8 + beers...... Im off to Canada on Friday so not going to let it spoil it. I just cant handle the being made to feel guilty and then you do thing...
Im not wankered so in control its just the being asked if I feel guilty....

If I was to have 1 and then said I fancy 2 id be asked why do you have to have 2? Which in my eyes isnt alot..

Sorry confessing my feelings about this one..

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

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Flip its good you stopped at five and picked up the water. Although you dont know it that may be progress. I know for me if I had have had five that would have meant drinking to blackout. Glad you did stop and decided to come here instead.

[mayday]

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In reply to Mollyka...Oh I had to laugh at this...It's not funny but the crazyness of it makes you have a hysterical giggle..I plucked up the courage to mention my drinking to our family Dr about a year ago, and he asked the same thing..and I indignantly replied "of course not.." then went home, drank a bottle of wine and went to work!!

[Chillgirl]

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:b&d: Flip Im going to kick your ass!!!

[Flip Top]

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chillgirl;881565 wrote: :b&d: Flip Im going to kick your ass!!!

That's whipping lol.

[Chillgirl]

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Flip Top;881629 wrote: That's whipping lol.

THAT TOO!

[OverIt2007]

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Hey Flip,

Just a little REMINDER, cuz your my friend... The Lovely Ladies had to bring you down off that NASTY ROTTON hangover you had last week. REMEMBER, you do not want to drink so much that you get that REALLY REALLY NASTY HANGOVER AGAIN! The one with the PANIC ATTACKS and ANXIETY!!! The one where your HEAD was THROBBING, and you were SO SICK!

Just a reminder!!! Cuz I CARE!!!!!

Overit

[Flip Top]

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OverIt2007;881769 wrote: Hey Flip,

Just a little REMINDER, cuz your my friend... The Lovely Ladies had to bring you down off that NASTY ROTTON hangover you had last week. REMEMBER, you do not want to drink so much that you get that REALLY REALLY NASTY HANGOVER AGAIN! The one with the PANIC ATTACKS and ANXIETY!!! The one where your HEAD was THROBBING, and you were SO SICK!

Just a reminder!!! Cuz I CARE!!!!!

Overit

Right I have been to the docs as I said yesterday, he has put me on different anti d's as the one I was on weren't really making anything change. I know its not a long turn solution but it will hopefully help me through. Really thinking from Friday no more al as I will be going to Canada for 2 weeks and this will get me away from the normal surroundings and could possibly keep me on the straight and narrow. I was silly for sitting in the pub and doing that, I actually had to get rid of the some of it as I didn't want it in my body (gross I know).:l

[Guest]

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Think this has been said before - if you are drinking then Anti Depressents dont' have a great chance of working. I tried the same and I just ended up drinking more. Not until I went AF and got out of my rut did things start to life.

[Chillgirl]

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Ukblonde;881916 wrote: Think this has been said before - if you are drinking then Anti Depressents dont' have a great chance of working. I tried the same and I just ended up drinking more. Not until I went AF and got out of my rut did things start to life.

Well said!

Flip - with your anxiety issues you really need to ditch the booze for good so you can work on sorting out everything else. I just spoke to a girl at AA who had been diagnosed with bi-polar and was on some serious medication. Since she has been AF her Doctor has been slowly reducing her anti depressants dosage and she is now on the very minimal amount and expects to be completely off them very soon. So much for the original diagnoses!!!