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[KAS40]

Hi! I am new here 😃 I have been alcohol free for 3 weeks now and ideally would like to cut it out of my life completely. I have given up for 6 weeks in the past and saw the difference it made to my life. I drank again when I went to a wedding unfortunately. Quitting then did help me cut down for a while but the amount I was drinking slowly crept back up. So once again I am experiencing how much better life is without alcohol and I want to keep it that way! 🤞🙏❤️ Hello everyone and I hope I can be of some support to someone 🌟

[gnillo]

KAS40 welcome. I’m new here too. Congrats on ur continued sobriety and I hope u keep it up. I’m going on 61 days sober and haven’t felt better. Still dealing with other health issues but that’s a whole different story. Cheers.

[KAS40 in reply to gnillo]

Hi! That’s brilliant! 👏💪🙌 I’m feeling so much better just after 3 weeks so can’t wait to see how I will feel after 2 months!

Sorry to hear that you have other health issues going on and hope they are not too serious 🙏

How much weight are you aiming to lose?

[gnillo in reply to KAS40]

KAS40 That’s great. Keep up the good work. I’m trying to do the opposite and gain the 20 pounds of unexplained weight I’ve lost since July. Docs think it’s stress/anxiety but I was also recently diagnosed with Gilbert’s Syndrome (was jaundice in eyes/skin) with high bilirubin and a genetic test confirmed it. Still the most scary wake up call I’ve had so booze is a no go for me. Plus I have a wife and daughter to take care of and I’ve let alcohol impact my life in more ways than one.

[KAS40 in reply to gnillo]

Amazing that you are taking positive steps to improve your life! I wish you all the best! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[gnillo in reply to KAS40]

KAS40 thank you so much. Wishing u the best too. Keep me updated on ur progress! 🙂

[KAS40 in reply to gnillo]

Will do! 😃

[CiggieStardust]

Hi Newbie, I feel exactly the same. I finally got through 6 weeks AF about 18 months ago but slowly relapsed. From drinking once a week to 3 times a week and not just 1 bottle of wine on occasions. I have to be totally AF now

[KAS40 in reply to CiggieStardust]

Hi Ciggie!

Yes, I found that I got so used to drinking wine every night, that I couldn’t go without. So like you, I think I need to cut it out completely too. I am much happier without it but I haven’t been to any social occasion yet and not drank so that will be the real test! Right now, I feel like I can do it but I don’t know about when the time actually comes....

Are you reading any books to help? I have downloaded a load to my Kindle and am just going to keep reading a couple of chapters each day.

Let me know if I can be of any support to you if you feel like you are going to have a wobble! 🌟🙏🍀❤️

[CiggieStardust in reply to KAS40]

Finally got back onto Bright Eye Counselling website - it's a bit like this one but for alcohol. I'm doing ok so far with not smoking but still early days

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Hi glad your doing well I stopped for 3 month's had to live with my mam to do so I moved back thinking had it under control and sometimes I can have one or 2 but I tend to binge don't think there's cure other than don't have much in how much were you drinking please, I'm 56 live alone I'm unhappy with my house and can't risk moving incase don't get one further down over looking park and still near my mam, but I don't like been at my end it's close to a junction I had some upset to about a relations health and been drinking more I think if I just go to bed early it will help but couldn't sleep last night had some out of a box fatal won't get too much in anymore have a nice day 🌝🌟