100 and counting...

Hello all,

I wanted to update you since my last posts that today sees my 100th day without so much as a sniff of alcohol! And I am delighted that i have done this without, truly, too much of a battle......makes me wonder why I didn't do it many years ago.

I haven't yet been to my GP, my right sided aches and pains have all disappeared totally, my skin is brighter, my eyes clear and I know that I should go but truly am scared.....have always been a coward, despite being a nurse for 2 thirds of my life.

I very rarely comment because I don't have the knowledge gained from experience that you all have, but I read every night before I go to bed, without fail. Today I just wanted to mark my 100th day - seeing it in black and white will spur me on to my next 100th day!

Bless you all, and thank you for taking the time to read

x

[CocoChannel]

That’s brilliant, DL! The next 100 days will be much easier. If the pains have now gone, I’d be a lot less worried, if at all. You’ll make your GP’s day if you go in and tell him/her what you wrote above, especially if you mentioned you’ve quit for good.

Just one piece of advice from someone who quit a year ago (I did have some brandy butter at Xmas though!), you need something to replace the drinking, preferably an activity which doesn’t go with drinking, e.g. a sport.

[alfredthegreat]

Well done DL.

Really pleased for you that your health is improving.

Brilliant on the 100 days without drink!

Keep posting with your progress

will be looking forward to seeing your 200 days

Very best wishes.

Alf

[ThreeSmiles]

Great stuff DL! Keep it up 👍.

But you really ought to go to docs - it might put you worry to bed 🤞🤞. You know you should and you know you can - especially with your background!

And weren’t you supposed to go 6 weeks ago?

Go for it 👍

Miles

[Hidden in reply to ThreeSmiles]

Yes I was, you are right, but I just am too scared. I will, I really will. 😊

[ThreeSmiles in reply to Hidden]

Good!!

[Hidden]

Congratulations! What a great achievement. Success is rewarding in itself but I hope you have a plan to reward yourself with something fitting to mark the first 100 days! 👍

[Hidden]

Congratulations on a wonderful achievement!

Keep us posted

[davianne]

very well done DL👍👍👍. Like you, I found it easy to give up, and wished I had done so a lot earlier.

As Miles says. you really should bite the bullet, and go to the Doc's for a few tests. Your bloods will be a lot better after 100 days, and might even be normal.

Looking forward to your next report at 200 days😊😊😊

David

[CocoChannel]

Yes, a 200 day report would be great. You’ll be surprised how many people stop and take notice of posts like yours and see them as a sort of inspiration.

I keep getting nagged to do my one year (as of 1 January) post, but until I do it’s important to realise our drinking days are over. Once we accept that - it takes years to do so - it’s fairly easy to quit.

From what I’ve read elsewhere, one drink can send us back to our old ways and has been the undoing of many normal intelligent people. What’s more is that it gets harder to give up on subsequent occasions. There’s only one way to not find out.

One year post soon (maybe) 🖊

[ThreeSmiles in reply to CocoChannel]

JDI - and stop procrastinating 😀

[CocoChannel in reply to ThreeSmiles]

I will, in 348 days time. I had a big scoop of brandy butter on Xmas day ☹️

[ThreeSmiles in reply to CocoChannel]

You know what I meant 😀👍. Butt I’ll excuse this time! No excuses next time - OK? 👎

[CocoChannel in reply to ThreeSmiles]

So brandy butter is OK in moderation?

[ThreeSmiles in reply to CocoChannel]

Well who am I to say. I read that a portion contains 0.3 units....doesn’t say how big the portion is though! .

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Careful otherwise we’ll get into another alc free drinks are OK - oh no they’re not discussion. And we certainly don’t want that - do we? Or do we? 😀

[CocoChannel in reply to ThreeSmiles]

I’m not making this up, but my wife (who’s not touched alcohol in her life) tried brandy butter on toast - and liked it!

[ThreeSmiles in reply to CocoChannel]

Well I have never heard of that combination! Bet you suggested it Coco 😀

[CocoChannel in reply to ThreeSmiles]

I don’t eat bread. All those carbs!

[Hidden]

Congratulations DL! Please accept this 100 day🎖which I truly believe you deserve!'

Well Done !

ShropshireLass

[Nictesla]

WELL DONE YOU , KEEP IT UP.

[mauschen]

Well done and keep going. May I suggest that you go to your local doctor and explain what you are doing and proudly announce what you have achieved. Ask for support in the way of regular check ups and discussions about how you feel and any symptoms you might be experiencing.

Keep up the good work!

[Hidden]

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments, and immensely supportive suggestions.

I am today at 115, it was our anniversary last night and we went for a meal, I had sparkling water and coffee didn't even think about wine. And I just politely informed people before christmas that I wasn't drinking......and it did the trick perfectly, not one bottle of wine or Baileys as a gift lol!!

I have been having some aches in my right side since posting on 100 days....I do heave health anxiety so am tending to consider that it is more that. I will make an appointment for GP maybe after I have lost a little weight.....as I know that will be the first thing he will focus on.

Thank you again, I was very moved to receive such lovely support! xx

[CocoChannel in reply to Hidden]

Thank you , DL, for the update, and well done. Sounds like your alcohol cravings are on the wane. I thought mine would come and go until the end of time, albeit reduced, but in the last six weeks I’ve not wanted a drink at all. Mind you, that’s taken a year of no booze (except the brandy butter on xmas day 🙁 ) So all the likes of us need to do is steer clear of booze as we’ve done the hard part.

I also had minor aches and twinges for around eight months after I quit. Then I had a fibroscan (all nice and supple and fat free), and the pains pretty much vanished that day. It could be mental as you say, but you’re right to see your doc to be sure.

I’d be interested in what your GP says. The fibroscan I mentioned was done privately overseas along with LFTs as part of a general blood test. When I saw my GP some time later, I could tell she wasn’t convinced I’d quit, so she was pleased to see the results.

[Hidden]

💯+15% Better. 🙄👍

[Ellewoods1]

Very proud of you. Write down a note each day that you’re clean and something wonderful about your day.