Another Friday
03/02/12 • 2 Comments

I keep having doubts now. I think that I am becoming boring and stay in and watch TV now in the evenings instead of going out. Last night I went to a concert at the festival hall with some friends which was lovely and they drank wine in the interval but I had ginger beer. That was fine, but afterwards they went to the pub and I just didn’t fancy it, as well as having work this morning, so went home. And tonight hubby has gone to the pub but I’ve stayed in watching TV. I don’t want to turn into an anti-social stay-at-home person. But after the last few Fridays being in the pub not drinking, to be honest, it’s a bit boring. I think tonight if I had gone I would have had a drink, which is why I stayed in.  On the plus side, I love not [...]

Birthday blues
26/01/12 • 2 Comments

I messed up on my birthday, which was Tuesday. I had managed over 3 weeks quite well, but the last few days I was wondering whether I would actually be able to do it for the whole three months. I took the day off on my birthday, and arranged to go for a country walk with a friend, and of course we ended up at a pub having lunch, she had a glass of wine, and it looked so nice, and I thought it is my birthday, so I ended up having a glass of wine as well. Perhaps it would have been better if I had gone to work after all, and then organised something like going to the pictures, where alcohol would not have been a problem. Of course then I had more wine in the evening and ended up with a hangover on Tuesday, which was not [...]

Friday night
07/01/12 • 0 Comments

Well I managed it, and it was a friend\’s birthday as well, otherwise I wasn\’t going to go to the pub. Got quite a few comments, about you only need to stop drinking for one day for your liver to recover, three months – you\’ll never do it , etc. But they don\’t understand that it\’s not just about the liver recovering, it\’s about needing to find other ways to enjoy life and do things without being tired all the time or always either drinking or thinking about drinking. Hubby has gone to the pub on the way to get fish and chips now, and I have applied for 2 jobs while he\’s been gone which I probably wouldn\’t have got around to before. I found I was more lively in the pub last night but wanted to go home after about 2 hours – i\’d had enough. I noticed [...]

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03/01/12 • 0 Comments

I first read about Hello Sunday Morning in the Observer (UK) a few weeks ago, and really wanted to give it a go for three months, but didn\’t have the confidence that I could manage it through Christmas, so started on Jan 1st after a really boring new year\’s eve consisting of several pints and glasses of wine, and feeling rubbish. So far it has been fine, as I\’m feeling really positive this time. I\’ve made a commitment to myself for 3 months, but have told other people I\’m doing it for a month, as I think they will think 3 months is mental. It will be great though (hopefully) to really find other things to do, and to change my attitude to drink permanently. It is always at the back of my mind after any activitiy, like being at work or gardening or anything else, that when I get [...]