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[Ripley]

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oh louise thatis SO SO useful! I'm waiting on Kudzu ordered from MWO as the supps and willpower alone make no difference to my drinking yet I am DESPERATE to start AF (pathetic isn't it how you can want something so much and not be able to do it...)

I'm off to the local Chinese Herbalists tomorrow! XXXX

K

[Bella]

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Thanx for your v kind words Louise and for the advice. i hav never heard of kudzu so i think i will try it. I am really trying to appreciate the simple things in life at the moment but i seem to be constantly tired. I thought by not drinking i would have loads of energy but maybe i need to give it time. thankyou. Bella

[sri]

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Welcome Bella! Congrats on your progress so far -- seems we all have our reasons that brought us here, but the most important thing is that we're all moving forward together. My husband is at wits end with me -- he's supportive as he can be but he's tired of my failures and he doesn't get it. I have to do this for me, not him. He'll be a benefactor on the side! Good luck - join us on our journey. I'm only Day 16 AF...

[Flip]

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Bella, you need to get a few more support people around you just so that if one isn't available you have another to turn to.

I used to be embarrassed about this problem but now I realise that I am not the only person and that in fact, most people who drink anything at all have a problem of one degree or another. You'll be surprised how people will react when you tell them you've licked the problem (and I'm sure you will!).

The obsession with thinking about drinking does dissapate eventually. I continued to think about having a drink for about 8 weeks, but then it turned into thinking about drinking - for example, before I would think about actually going for a drink, tasting it, craving it... but then it turned into thinking about occasions when I "used" to drink, and how in certain circumstances I would have had a drink. do you understand the difference?

These days (day 84) I don't really think about it at all unless it comes up in converstaion. Even when posting on here I don't think about drinking per se, but rather talk about how I feel about my drinking habits and what happeend when I drank.

I was extremely tired for the first month, I thought it would never end. But now I am full of energy, sleep less and exercise every day (I am not a thin person and was very unfit due to the drinking). I can't believe the difference after only three months!!!!

Use this site and opportunity to open up and discuss those issues you can't with people in your life. We have all been there and know exactly what you are going through. Nobody will judge you. Promise.

Flip

[Tahlula]

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Hello Bella, I am brand new at this! Just dropping in to wish you all the very best. Take care of you, and be proud of yourself for what you have already achieved! You can do it & so can I! :h :goodjob:

[Bella]

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Flip- Thankyou
Bella

[Bella]

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Tahlula
Good luck to you too! Sometimes i think i'm going mad as it is all so hard but then i think so what! A little madness just makes me a little more interesting! We are all struggling in various ways but it helps to have a few 'distant' friends to share the load and be supportive aswell as have support.
All the best to you.

Bella