I am also new...on day three

[KizzieCat]

I am also a new member, joined yesterday. I have NOT had a a glass of wine in three days now. Feeling pretty good! Had half a bottle left in the fridge...just dumped it down then drain. Today will be my test. It is when I am feeling well, that I would like a glass of wine in the evening...but that glass turns into the whole bottle, and then the cycle repeats. I am not going to be able to moderate...I have have to stop completely...I know myself too well.

[KizzieCat]

I am also new...on day three

Thank you...I will be checking in around 4:30 p.m. MST, unless I decide to take the kids to a movie after school to help distract me....depends on the weather...expecting a snow storm. Thanks for the welcome.

[annie75]

I am also new...on day three

Well Done Kizzy!

Uv got to day three!I started here yesterday saying i wasn't having wine until sat nite (like socially)What am i doing now?????sippin at my 3rd glass.Scunnered with myself.Had an awful nite last nite with the cold sweats.Hom many nites do they continue.I couldnt have faced anothere nite like last night.Or maybe i just needed an excuse??Wine kills me --i love the stuff!!!!

annie x

[irishlady]

I am also new...on day three

Know just how you feel. The day after drinking myself silly it was easy not to drink,second day still remembered how ill I felt but by the third day all I could think about was how good that first glass of wine would taste straight from the fridge. Ask yourself this, which is the better feeling? Having that glass of wine, not being able to stop and waking up in the morning feeling like sh*t and being DISGUSTED with yourself or NOT having the wine, going to bed sober and when you wake next morning feeling such a sense of achievement it's as though you had reached the summit of Mount Everest. I know which feeling I prefer now. So whats stopping you, just get those hiking boots on and start to climb, I promise that the view from up here is fantastic, and if you get a bit tired there are plenty of people to give you a hand up the mountain.

Good luck Irish xx

[annie75]

I am also new...on day three

Thanks Irish

You are so right with all you've said but i am having real difficulties getting this into my head.I want to feel proud of myself for not drinking - and i do know it would surely be a better life,for me,my kids and my man but i just am really struggling right now (and hav been all day) Iv told myself i can have a social drink on sat night....not enough for me!
I think it's during the night that kills me the most.I feel awful, and spend my next day dreading going to bed.....then il have a demon drink!!!!
Anyone else get it bad at nightime?
And how many nights do you have to put in before those nasty sweats go away?

Thanks for postin Irish.....im from ireland too....i blame that!!!!! any excuse!!!

Annie x

[KizzieCat]

I am also new...on day three

Still no wine...ordered the CD's today...thinking about seeing the Doc. for the meds. Drinking tea. I can tell that I am anxious. I feel like a have a lump in my throat, and last night I was restless, but finally fell asleep. I am determined not to give up.

[changemylife]

I am also new...on day three

Kizzie,

How did you make out last night?

[KizzieCat]

I am also new...on day three

Changemylife:

I did well. I made it! However, I woke up at 2:45 a.m. and had a hard time falling back to sleep. Came out here to the computer and checked out the MWO web-site. Read Kanga's "Poopie List" and thought I was going to die laughing, while trying to be quiet. Finally got back to sleep and woke up with sheet marks on my face...so must have slept well after that. Thanks for asking.

How are you doing? Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night....and then you can't shut back down?

[dilayne]

I am also new...on day three

Hi KizzieCat..
I've woken up between 2:45 and 3:45 just about every morning for the last year or so..I've heard recently from a couple of different people that God talks to you then...I kind of like the idea..so now, when I wake up..look at the clock and am surprised yet again when it reads the same as the night before that it just might be God..I look up, say hello..and that I'll try to listen to what he has to say. I don't know if that helps or hinders..just thought I'd share. Keep coming back here..it does get easier as time goes on and knowing that I can come here 24/7 has been tremendously helpful to me!

Changemylife, good luck at the doctors!

[changemylife]

I am also new...on day three

Wake up

Kizzy,

I would not sleep or wake up with a pit in my stomach every night. Now I wake up about 5-6 AM with a pit in my stomach but at least its better than 2:00 in themorning.

Change

[changemylife]

I am also new...on day three

Kizzie,

Maybe the doctor can supply you with a sleep remedy. I am taking Klonopin and it seems to work. But everyone is different. so you may need to try different ones.