Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

[Summerstar]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Hey, guys...mind if I jump in here? I too am a forum hopper and there is no way I am going to AA. I have started over 3 times this week. BUT, for me, that is 3 booze free days in a week. I didn't drink yesterday and I just need people to talk to so I keep focused. I am a mother, wife, teacher and a closet drinker. I don't get drunk, but drinking makes me feel like crap and I am ashamed and want to be done! Thanks for being here!

[available]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Hi SS course u can jump in here the more the merrier without AL i say. I have. never had 3 booze free days for years so AL was starting to be a real problem for me. Its all up to you SS to make the step to be AF. i am on day 8 now and feel so much better for it. dont know what made me decided really to stop drinking but i am glad i did. AL was affecting my work, my life (which i didnt have) and everyday life. Now i wake up and after 8 days wake without that heavy feeling of a hangover and the tremors are lessening. I could not even sign my name some days and put it down to anxiety. Denial is a funny thing but now i realise it was the drink. I dont really miss it and i am so much happier and not ashamed anymore as you say. Its not easy but its worth it. Stay on this site and read read read.

Hey DQ where are you hanging. no reply to my msg lol

GOAL day 9

[DQ]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

hheeeeeeyyyyyyy ,i have pmd ,you ...so sorry ive been shit at messaging the last few days...tired...vey tired..by the way ,thats bloody brilliant for your 8 days!!!!! sounds like youve had some withdrawal symptoms aswell...you can only continue to feel better and better now as the days roll on ,those tremors will die down..i think thats amazing that youve drank everyday for years and now done over a week without :-)whooooo hoooo!

hey summerstar..! yeah come join in for sure..available and me are both pissed right off with the trap of alcohol also,so you will fit in well! x

[Summerstar]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Thanks, guys! I really need this. I'm so tired of being tired all of the time. Ugh. Looking back I wonder how many people in town have smelled wine or beer on my breath when I'm out and about. Thank God I don't teach in the same town I live! Still, I want to stop this before something happens. I've been drinking forever and this feels like the place to be just to talk. I need it.

[DQ]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Haha funny those times where you are not aware of how much you must stink of booze lol..probably coz your inhibitions are down,and you dont really care anymore..im so with you on the tiredness thing,even though I binge and sometimes dont drink for weeks,energy is still sparse.mind you,the fags dont help with that either....gawd :-(..hey nice one for your alcohol free days!cutting down I think is a really good start,i feel better for the fact that I havnt had a bender for several months ,and gaps between drinking are much longer..its still not good enough for me,but it is making a difference :-)

[available]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Hey DQ glad u are back. God i used to get to work and live on "fishermans friends" a strong lozenger so that no one would smell me. wonder if that worked. bought some today and cant stand them now lol.

I am still tired, i think i am more tired the last few days than i have been in a long time but i am sleeping all night, no tossing and turning, no sweats, no bad dreams, just a good nights sleep and i wake feeling groggy still but good.

SS i feel as if i have been drinking more than forever but it has gotten way worse. Take the bull by the horns DQ and just do it i say. cant give up the fags for the life of me though but i am going to def do that sometime. not stressing about that one just yet, need my body to heal from the grog. I am sometimes amazed that i have not had a drink but i dont really feel like one except just befor i leave to go home from work and thats when i used to call at one of my 4 fav bottleshops to get wine. no more of that from this black duck.

have a great day guys. got woken up to a thunderstorm this am but still warm in Aus.
xx

[DQ]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

yeah,well dont rub it in ...freezing here lol..omg ,i havnt had fishermans friends for years!i just remember them being .....painful.

thats a good thing (no sweats/nightmares) you are on your way up now.now its tackling some of the emotional stuff next that hasnt been dealt with..maybe...?

my sweats usualy start about 4-5 days after drinking ,i wake up in the morning boiling and wringing..i get a bit of anxiety and crappy sleep also,but it is nothing like it used to be..

im glad you are feeling ok A...:-) we.ve got to keep it going..i dunno if i said ,but i am not drinking til christmas..i bet i already did tell you that didnt i lmao? well in anycase im not! end of....simple.. xxx

[Summerstar]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

I DID IT! Thanks guys, 2 days. I haven't had a drink since 9pm Saturday night and I feel GREAT. Thanks to all the help here.

[available]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

DQ i think u did mention until xmas, i am still fighting with myself about my mums 75th birthday but have had some good advice off the guys here. i dont want to go back to day 1 and the competition here is fierce to say the least. i am feeling human on day 11 but have been getting headaches everyday and i am so over them. another AF weekend coming up, daughter coming over and staying so that should be lovely, might go to the markets to do some fruit and vege shopping and def going to chemist to get some vitamins as i am sure my poor body is craving for something.

Congrats SS on day two, keep going and before long that 7 days will be up and that gives you a big high. never have i gone 11 days without AL

[DQ]

Hello,im a forum hopper :-)

Hi A?i did reply to your message to me ,but im not sure if you got it?im not sure if you will even see this...but if you do..i hooe all is ok for you?I have drank once (on christmas eve) in the last 3 months so not touched a drop in 2 :-) ive had alot of emotional challenges in that time ,and many kind of knee jerk cravings...i just say no..lol I remind myself of the challenge ive decided to take on,and of sll the absaloute bullshit that goes hand in hand with drinking too much and its enough to keep me going..and im enjoying the process of allowing myself to actualy feel the discomfort life chucks at me instead of trying to drown it out...all is good..but needs spring now!..let me know whats up if and when you read this x