I am on day 86 af and happy to say just living each day now not so much counting or thinking about it which is such a good place to be at. I no longer think about not drinking I just do it. A very positive thing to come out of all this is that I now have the faith and confidence in myself to achieve other things and have a new mind set towards them. I think if I could give up the booze I can do anything. Soooooooooooo with this in mind I have joined a slimming club and plan to loose 2 stone ( 28 pounds). I am applying the same principle I did for my quit I am just thinking about each day and keep reminding myself how quickly the af have mounted up and now I look back at day one and wonder where the days went. I plan to do the same with the diet. Being af I am hoping will also keep me in track as al had lots of wasted calories and once you have had a few drinks its very easy to over eat and a hangover cry's out for comfort high fat/sugar foods.
Being af is now just a way of life for me and is so liberating and refreshing . We have been invited out at the weekend with friends and I can accept the invite without sending the whole week prior to the event worrying, panicing and planning( and usually failing) to formulate a plan of attack not to over drink or get drunk. Now its easy I know I will drive and not drink done job !!!! and that feels bloody amazing will feel even better when I have lost the weight.
Facing my al demon and beating it is the best thing I ever did, I do have regrets that I did not do it a whole lot earier but at least I did it and now if I am ever faced with the choice of a lottery win or not drinking I can choose the money as I did the not drinking bit !!!!! way to blinking go !!!!!!
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