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

[neney]

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

Newbie too, Support each other?

Hi there,
I'm starting day One today ,after 10 years on and off with alcohol dependency. The past 16 months have developed into a full blown addiction and I want to stop. Stop to get my life back in control and stop because I have two young boys and I don't want to ruin them- i love them so much and alcohol will not come first anymore. I would love to support you and I would love support as well from anyone happy to help. Congratulations on starting a brand new way of living. :goodjob:
Cheers.

Enough!;1145150 wrote: After wasting the last 15 plus years gulping down bottle after bottle of wine. The bottles getting bigger and cheaper so I can talk myself into believing I don't have a problem. Guess what .... I am a Alcoholic! there I said it. Now I have the huge job of fixing it. Threw out the mostly empty 1.5 L left from yesterday. Big step.... Hid the corksrew and decanter and wine picture. I may be insane, but I believe can do this?

Now have to go shopping NOT buy wine and make it to day 2.
A little scared of day 2. Support welcomed.
Enough! :new:

[Caper]

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

I check this thread every so often and there are so many names that haven’t been seen here for quite some time: shueaddict, crazy cat lady, SpiritGirl, not tonight, Queenbug, lifechange, Juja, scottish lass, and many others. I’m glad to see mya and FlyAway back here and on other threads. But seeing neney’s post tonight in response to Enough!’s first comments, I wonder how she and the others are doing – hard to believe it’s been almost a year since Enough! first started this post.

[FlyAway]

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

Caper;1328621 wrote: I check this thread every so often and there are so many names that haven?t been seen here for quite some time: shueaddict, crazy cat lady, SpiritGirl, not tonight, Queenbug, lifechange, Juja, scottish lass, and many others. I?m glad to see mya and FlyAway back here and on other threads. But seeing neney?s post tonight in response to Enough!?s first comments, I wonder how she and the others are doing ? hard to believe it?s been almost a year since Enough! first started this post.

Just so you know, Shue posts nearly every day in the Monthly Abstinence section. I miss the others too.

[FlyAway]

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

neney;1328608 wrote: Hi there,
I'm starting day One today ,after 10 years on and off with alcohol dependency. The past 16 months have developed into a full blown addiction and I want to stop. Stop to get my life back in control and stop because I have two young boys and I don't want to ruin them- i love them so much and alcohol will not come first anymore. I would love to support you and I would love support as well from anyone happy to help. Congratulations on starting a brand new way of living. :goodjob:
Cheers.

Welcome Neney! Do you have a plan for quitting? Willpower is not enough.

[paula]

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

I hope you dont mind me joining this thread. I have been struggling for some time now, I dont seem to be able to keep motivated, my sister died recently and I just used it as an excuse to drink.I'm so scared and have had so many day 1s.I have a lovely husband and grown up children, I just want to be free of this obsession, and enjoy my life. I know that willpower is not enough, but thats all I have at the moment. I have the mwo book and also the aa twelve steps. I went to aa meetings a few years ago but unfortunately it did'nt really help

[FlyAway]

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

paula;1328716 wrote: I hope you dont mind me joining this thread. I have been struggling for some time now, I dont seem to be able to keep motivated, my sister died recently and I just used it as an excuse to drink.I'm so scared and have had so many day 1s.I have a lovely husband and grown up children, I just want to be free of this obsession, and enjoy my life. I know that willpower is not enough, but thats all I have at the moment. I have the mwo book and also the aa twelve steps. I went to aa meetings a few years ago but unfortunately it did'nt really help

Paula have you read the MWO book? Do you have supplements? I found L-Glutamine helped me a lot with cravings. I took around 5000mg total in divided doses throughout the day. The MWO book also recommends Kudzu, but I haven't tried that. There are hypnosis tapes that can help, prescription meds that you can get from your doctor or order from an overseas pharmacy, and lots of reading. The book I found most helpful to me was called Kick The Drink Easily by Jason Vale. It will change the way you think about alcohol and so much of this addiction is psychological. The first thread in the Monthly Abstinence forum is what is referred to as the Tool Box. It's a thread about what helped people get sober. Very helpful.

[Destiniey]

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

Welcome Neney and Paula! Just being here and posting is a great first step! You will find that the support here is awesome! I take the supplements that Fly was talking about.....L-Glut, Kudzu, Milk Thistle and Omega 3.....they seem to do the trick!!!!!

[paula]

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

Thank you for your response, I have the book and milk thistle, I will get the other supps tomorrow. My problems are no different to anybody else's. I just can't get over that first drink.

[Enough!]

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

Back

Caper.... Fly...
Yes, almost a year later and really no better off then when I first started this crap.
So.... Here I am ready to give it another go just in time to celebrate my 39th birthday tomorrow.

My loving husband recently told me my drinking is giving him nightmares ( I am so sorry sweetheart ).... I believe it has brought me nightmares too ( battling tornados has to be symbolic )...Please honey...( if you stop by my thread)... Don't bring home any more bottles of tequila.

I have everything in the world going for me... Except this one tiny thing.

All the best to everyone.
Enough!

[yorki2]

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

Hello everyone. I have been a lurker on this site since 2008 when I went 16 days AF. I was Raregal back then. In the past few days I have decided I can't do it anymore. I feel like shit. My relationship with my girls is strained. I recently have started a new job and have missed two days already and am so afraid of losing my job.
It's 2012 - the year of change. I'll be 50 and I do NOT want to continue with wasting precious time laying on the couch drinking my poison. WINE. I don't think twice about downing one of those 1.5 bottles but I know my body cannot handle it anymore. I have lost freinds (or am hiding from them or potential new ones). It's a beautiful day today but can I enjoy it - no - I am detoxing right now (which means I missed another day of work). I'm so tired and cranky. Yesterday I had major panick attacks and I thought I was going crazy. Today none. Which is a positive.
When will I start to feel better? I just want to feel normal again. I haven't felt "normal" in YEARS.
Sorry for sounding so lame but WINE REALLY DOES SUCK!
Thanks for listening - Yorki

PS to Enough - I have had those tornado nightmares for years. True anxiety dreams.

[Enough!]

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

Hi yorki... Does not take long to feel better... 2 maybe 3 days. It is staying feeling better that is the key. I am so smart... But soooo stupid in dealing with my drinking. Don't get that.

Good luck. I hope you find success.
E!

[Caper]

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

Enough! What a nice surprise to see you back!. Congratulations not only on your birthday tomorrow, but especially for giving this AF thing another go. It isn’t easy, believe me I know; I tried for many, many years to give up my nightly 1.5 bottle of wine. I could only do so by replacing it with Vodka… how stupid is that? But by the grace of God, this time it seems to be working – 157 days so far! I’d hate to see any of you (neney, Paula, Yorki) wait as long as I did to stop drinking. What I wouldn’t give to be 39 or even 50 again. I’m telling you ladies, you will never regret your decision to stop, no matter how many tries it takes, or how hard a battle you have to fight. You will do it sooner or later; my advice is to do it sooner and enjoy all those years that I foolishly frittered away, drinking.

[resrchqueen]

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

I so feel your pain.... I went to a birthday party last night and had way too much wine... and I feel like crap today. I remember waking up yesterday feeling so awesome because I drank nothing Sunday......I want more days like Sunday but I have to commit to that.

[Destiniey]

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

Happy Birthday Enough!!!!! It's amazing how easy it is for this nasty "beast" to talk us back into drinking...ugh! Sorry that you and Resrchqueen hit a "bump" in the road..but tomorrow is another day! I lost count on how many day 1's that I have had...the important thing is that you are on here posting and getting the support and advice to help you on the journey!

[ronnie]

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

Is it ok for me to join this thread, I have been trying to be A/F for a few weeks now but I always fall on day 3. I really want to beat this I remembered how great I felt the last time I was A/F & went for over 70 days. I want to feel like that again, I dont get any support from my hubbie so it would be good to get lots of support here xx