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

[hadit]

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

Enough, Are you in the US somewhere? How has it been today?

[available]

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

I made it, i made it. went to aldi and got food for dinner to cook, yes food, amazing i think as i dont cook, too busy having a wine and relaxing. I looked at the alcohol section and turned away. I was in such a hurry to leave i left the loo paper on the counter. I needed to get away sigh. I did go back and get the loo paper lol. I got home and yelled at the boys for not having the house tidy, lazy shits. I manage to get to work is all i will say about that. I know i am edgy tonight but I am happily on day 3 and not a drop of alcohol has passed my lips. Dinner is on and I needed to MWO to see that a lot of us nesters are in the same boat and i feel more settled knowing i am not alone.

Hadit I agree its 1 or 2 bottles or nothing really but its now nearly 7pm and I am two hours over my first drink time so i'm settled with a coffee. Picked me up some sweet stuff and lots of vegetable juice.

I hope everyone is having an AL night also.

[hadit]

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

Well done available. Once you get passed that "peak" the cravings seemed to subside until the next night. My problem is the cravings after about 3 or 4 days is just so intense that I just cave. (Wished I could wire my mouth up ha ha !) Good Luck tomorrow, I will check in in the morning. :goodjob: Have an 18 th coming up on Friday. Lots of friends, relatives etc And heaps of booze. It would be good to avoid these situations for a while, but that's pretty much impossible.:goodjob:

[hadit]

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

I quit once for 40 days and part of my approach was to purposely confront al on the shelves and various other places just like you did tonight. I figured it would strengthen my resolve and it did for a while. SOMEWHERE I lossed my way (again!)

[available]

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

Thanks Hadit, i'm getting there slowly and yes the "peak" drives me nuts. I was not a day drinker which i suppose is a blessing but 5pm onwards till oblivion was a daily occurrence. Every morning was an "I wont drink today", every afternoon was a "which bottlo was I at yesterday" and the cycle continued. I am supposed to be going out of a date on Friday and that is going to be really hard. I am not sure whether to just cancel atm but hey hes cute lol. The last family event I went to i was the drunken fool so it was a big deciding factor in me giving up AL. Maybe if your family see you without AL they will be proud of you, its just the fam that piss you off that make not drinking hard. Good luck anyways and I will be thinking of you. Also the weather is getting nice and thats a trigger factor also but everything is a trigger factor really. 4 walls are good.

Sorry for waffling but keeps my mind of AL.

[Enough!]

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

Hi to all!
Happy to say really good morning. Looks like we had some struggles... But great success on the other side of the planet yesterday !!! Great to hear!!! I live in SE US and Summer is hot hot hot. I am a retail manager so I spend my days inside ice cold air so not so bad.

Home yesterday at 10pm and had a itsy bitsy glass of wine ( what was left in bottle from before)... moved on to calm tea instead of opening up the vodka or some other poison in the cabinet. Slept forever and really feel dam good.
MY witching hour was of course the worst ( like you guys) in the eve.. but the past few months I was overboard . Needing a little something to get me going before I could manage to go to work and face my stressful day. I can say today this was the next downward phase in the never ending cycle that was getting worse and worse. I was unbeknownst to me... FEEDING my ADDICTION. Anyway off to my retail land.. Today with less anxiety and hopeful. Hope everyone has a successful and great day. So glad I posted and brought the thread to life again.
E!
Xoxo

[available]

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

Hi to all

Enough I just know i could not have one drop of AL in the house or it would be gone for sure so better safe than sorry. I seem not to be a spirit drinker for some reason just wine, wine and more wine. Some mornings on the weekend there would be wine left in the bottle when i woke up so i would drink the rest and god knows why i did that as then it put me pissed again and the day started horrible.

I do hope the witching hour gets better and I think of it less.

Wow Hadit i would love to do 40 days and hopefully we can get there this time. I am thinking about the weekend already, god its the weekend lets celebrate but i think my celebration will be retail shopping without anxiety for once.

have a great day everyone. Bring on Day 4, cant wait for Day 7!

[hadit]

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

Morning Guys, Fortunetly I never drank first thing in the morning but have to admit there were times when I thought about it. I was such a mess, I thought well bugger it, might as well drink, I just can,t beat the beast so might as well give in to al for another day!! Besides, everyone else drinks so I might as well join them. Of course we no that's our addictive brains at work trying to justify our terrible habit. Lots of my friends do drink................................normally!!! I have to Share a funny moment though in my drinking career. We still need to keep a sense of humour about us. I drove the family car into a creek once; it was dark and of course I was drunk! Woke up the next morning wondering what the hell all these little ducks were doing floating past the car window!!! Geez I have done some really crazing things when under hammered. Nearly drowned falling out of a Canoe once and yep, it was dark and I was pissed. Hope you all have a nice day will catch up later. Last night I was on my own and could have easily drank, but I didn,t. Probably would have finished up falling down a culvert knowing my luck !!! Tell us about some of the weird things you have done. cheers:groupluv:

[Enough!]

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

My 10 day progress

Hello!!!!
I know I said... No counting days here... But thought a little recap since my first post 10 days again would not hurt 😃
Since Aug 19th... I have been sober
Changes in my life so far....
😀 I remember every detail of everyday
😊 I feel less exhausted
😍 I kiss my boys good night with a big hug and I love you
😳 No real fighting with Hubby
😛 Don't feel totally dehydrated in the middle of the night and morning
😁 Beginning to sleep like a normal human
😌 On the ball at work
🚀 Went hang gliding with my son as Birthday surprise
😎 Off from work today and planning to do some errands... Not stopping for 1.5L and the day is shot
😇 wake up at 6 am not thinking ARHHH ( still want more sleep though )
🚷 No fear that I have done something stupid to embarrass myself

Have a great sober day all! Please check in soon!!
Enough!

[little beagle]

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

I hate the day After embarrassment. Keep up the good work!!

[Enough!]

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

Beagle ... How are you doing.
E!

[hadit]

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

Just checking in guys about to head off to work. A a couple of wines last night damn it!! Catch up later must fly :l:l

[available]

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

Hi nesters

I can relate to your post Enough with how good it feels to be sober. I think yesterday I actually came home happy and chatted to my boys and cooked dinner and we actually talked instead of me getting my wine and going on the computer and drinking and drinking to oblivion. I so could not hang glide so good on you. Its a great feeling being sober.

The reason I am trying to be AF is the embarrassment Beagle. My last episode wont leave my mind and thats what keeps me going on this journey.

Hadit dont beat yourself up, a couple is better than a bottle or two. Why did you have a couple if i may ask? I still crave at 5pm but marathon it through the shops at the moment to avoid temptation. The boys cant believe I am cooking dinner each night but I am so hungry lol

[hadit]

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

Hi Nesters................ Available, the usual, tired and a hard day at work and mentally exhausted. The work I do is draining and somedays really tough. No excuses though, it was my decision to drink. The embarrassment is always the worst when you are not sure of what you have said the night before. That 4th night for me is the killer. I guess its because the weekend is usually spent drinking a fair bit and it takes a few days to recover fully.
Enough, I don,t really like the counting bit either, even though I kind of keep one eye on it, but I do like your approach of documenting the positive changes we can achieve when the al is ditched. A much more sensible thing to do I think. Catch up later ALL.

[available]

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

Hadit I think tomorrow is going to be my test as i am going on a date, thinking tactics now. A patient said to me today that i looked really well and she just had to tell me, i'm like wtf god i must have looked bad before. I suppose you dont realise it that AL does horrible things to you. A compliment was nice. Gives me more incentive, god I may look twenty years younger soon.

We are responsible for our own actions but dont beat yourself up, stay positive.