Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

[So over it]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Hi guys, I'm in starting tomorrow.. Wine make me sad, depressed, unproductive, unhealthy and fat!
Basically all I dont want to be... Let's team up and leave this empty life!

[FlyAway]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

aclassicgirl;1298556 wrote: Back again. I've been a mess since December. I'll be in chat around 4:30 if anyone wants to move through the evening together. It's the hardest time for me, I don't know where my will power goes!

Try changing up your routine. Whenever you hear the call of alcohol, try to do something physical. Do you belong to a gym? Can you go for a walk? I remember reading about one person who had a rebounder and whenever she/he'd get a craving would jump on the rebounder! Your brain gets accustomed to habits and when you do the same thing day after day your brain will let you know when it's time to drink. Change up the pattern and it will help with your cravings.

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Ready... Finally!

Good morning. After going around in circles for the past few weeks... Pissing myself off ( and my hubby).... I am FINALLY getting a AF day.

Welcome to conquering! This is where the winners hang out
E!

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Routine

Fly... You are right on with breaking the routine. Instead of getting home and pouring wine... I am going to brush the cobwebs off the rollerblades and find my abs!
E!

Shue... Great to hear the positive news. Keep it going.

[mauritiusdodo]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Enough go you with the rollerblades can I come?

[texasred]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Hi all. I've lurked for awhile and have known deep down for quite a while that I've got a problem. I can't drink like others can. Once I have one something changes in my brain and that's all I can think about. Really hoping spending time here with others will help me finally kick it...

[patricia]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Hi

Welcome. Hope you get what you want from this really friendly helpful site. Px

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Maur... Absolutely.

Texas... Warm welcome. Congrats on your first post. Stay close and best of luck.
E!

[bcineed2]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

I'm in for an AL free day! How good would it feel to wake up without a hangover??

[shueaddict]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Enough!;1298622 wrote: Good morning. After going around in circles for the past few weeks... Pissing myself off ( and my hubby).... I am FINALLY getting a AF day.

Welcome to conquering! This is where the winners hang out
E!

HOOORAAYYY!!!

Enough, that is an awesome step ....

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Progress....

I found my rollerblades ( and yes there were some cobwebs ) but felt great getting them back on and modifying the routine. Went out for a half hour while hubby started dinner ( ok now we are in upside down land. ) Home and poured a Gatorade. My boys were like "'what's that" when I brought it to the dinner table. They asked if they can taste it because obviously it was a trick! Mom drinks wine at dinner. Period. I actually can not remember the last time I didn't have a glass with dinner ( followed by the rest of the bottle later ).

Kids were in bed finally at 10 and I did have two glasses then, but after 1-2 bottles
a day this was a breakthrough.

Feel great today and have the day off. No need to go back to bed and here I am enjoying a peaceful bright morning. Yeh!

Conquering ... Where the winners hang out! Please keep on posting... I failed many times before winning.
E!

[mya]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

HI all! Long time! I'm in the middle of day 4.
I feel very yucky today, I started doing low carb yesterday and really feel like crap today.
I don't know if going AF and low carb at the same time was a good idea.

[bcineed2]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Hi all....
ok, so not the AL free day I so hoped for, but far better than in recent days/weeks so it feels better.
Good for rollerblading Enough! I wish I could motivate enough to get some much needed physical activity. I have been taking many supplements/vitamins which do seem to help how I feel during the day.
I feel like I'm getting sooo close to being able to let go of the AL. That would be good!

And congrats to Mya on day 4! I want to be where you are!

[bcineed2]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

to texasred and all

I think all of us have a lot in common when it comes to our drinking. I absolutely relate to what you said about the brain changes after the first drink. All of us are on this site because we want to change...let's do this!

[FlyAway]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Welcome Texas! I agree about something happening to your brain. One drink and I can't stop. It's easier for me to not drink at all than to have "just one."

Good job Enough on just having 2 glasses. I think I read in something that Mario posted that just thinking about quitting is the first step in recovery.

Mya! Long time no see! Going low carb and quitting drinking at the same time would be extremely difficult. I have eaten low carb since 2007 and when I quit drinking I craved sweets like you wouldn't believe. Cookies, ice cream, etc. Now that my booze cravings are gone I'm trying to address the sugar.

Bcineed have you heard of the book Kick the Drink Easily by Jason Vale? You'll see lots of people talking about it on this site. I think it's an extraordinary book and it will change the way you think about alcohol. I can't recommend it enough.