we’ll I set out to do dry Jan just tommorrow to go and I will have made it. I have fancied a drink on a few occasions but got past it. Now the test is do I have a drink one’s dry Jan is over. My mind doesn’t want to I feel so well and can do much more I feel other people try to get you to drink which is annoying . I’m getting anxiety around it but wud have worse anxiety if I drank I’m sure.
dry jan: we’ll I set out to do dry Jan just... - Drink Free
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hi congratulations well i stopped srinking 3 months 8 year ago for health but when i got my health ok i started drinking once week due to pressure from a boyfriend then it became a few more nights, back then, i stopped twice for 2 weeks before xmas as read takes 2 weeks to break a habit but since found out not alcohol, i drank after the 2 weeks was up i thought well xmas is coming up, why dont you try for dry february the longer you go without the less yul be bothered at one point i wasnt bothered at all and regretted all the drjnking id done in my life the organs it may have damadged to a degree im sure and the money work out how much youve saved 😊
wow! Well done. If you’ve managed January I would continue into February. I am on day one.
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Why do you want to go back to a drinking life? Keep in mind the reasons you stopped in the first place. When I first was getting sober people told me to try 90 days. And if at the end of that, my misery would be cheerfully refunded.
Well done to you. You know you can do it whenever it's needed. The choice is yours 😊
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hello moon how are you getting on are you still in control i am not bothered about drinking currantly im foccusing on stopping now, not cutting down 🤗
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Hi 👋 yeah all is good thanks. Haven't found the right app yet so I'm trying sort that out. Going start back fitness sessions tomorrow and I've taken on a couple of clients for my volunteering role so hopefully my nights will start filling up for the nights I've not got kids. Good luck with your journey. Are you trying for t total now then ?
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thats good your been proactive and making plans, yes im trying for it after my experience in trying ale lol 🤮as dont binge on that dont even want one,and i cant just have one or 2 glasses of wine so ill give it a go, ill be biking when it gets bit warmer very windy today and foccus on health i wake up feeling like ive a hangover when i havnt drank must be old age or perhaps the past drinkings aged my organs all the more dont know ill look it up, after saturdays wine i fancied a hair if the dog was so thirsty and had bottle of goldern beer in but i just drank loads tea by day and enjoyed my romance film channel 5o on the night its on every night so im not bored now,and i got some malted milk biscuits lol 😊
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I find apple juice helps if I've ever wanted hair of the dog..that's only after a night out though and been on shots. When did u try ale ? I can't stand that stuff either lol.i always feel shitty through being poorly or my face pain so have in the past said. ..I may aswel drink if I feel this rough....but my mind set has changed now ..after doing a few weeks of 1 or 2 nights on an rest off I can feel the change in my mood,energy, sleep (though falling asleep is still hard)..bet cycling is great for the body and mind. I'm still on look out for cheap bike so I can take my son a decent run out.A target I'll have to do next is ...not reward myself with a wine after an activity. ...it will just add the calories back that I worked off.
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i bought bottles pale ale a pound lol each time i went to supermarket i ended up with 3 in i had one one night last week then another night had another and one night i had wine and a ale 17 units that week most in one night week before i had 14 units i dont mind goldern beer in summer 1.7 units per bottle i thought about alcohol today but never got any ill have cocoa and a frys choc cream bar 😊
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Good for you Hun. After that speal of me not getting a drink when feeling shitty. ...I've been and got 2 can tonight that fight just wasn't in me to drink pop.
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well its bound to happen 2 cans of what you never got anything strong so thats good x
well I put the money I saved in dry Jan in a sobriety account snd treat myself to 2 sets of sports wear going to go walking instead of sitting drinking well that’s the plan for February 👍
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its a good time to stop drinking with spring around the corner i used to tire myself out swimming and doing sport helps stay in health mode, it releasrs seratonin the natural way not out of a bottle which that bottle type has the reverse effect the day after sometimes even while drinking it ☹️
I know it’s psychological for me I think I’ve done dry Jan I can have a drink now but my heads telling me I really really don’t want one I can’t bare that anxiety I would have the next day and the I’ll feeling which I do not miss.
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