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Back again - Am I fooling myself?

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sadie_dee70150
sadie_dee70150

Hi guys!

So I'm back here again looking for support. A few weeks ago I posted here for the first time & it really gave me encouragement to try & cut back my drinking & go see my doctor. I had every intention & with the support of everyone's kind words I thought I'd do it. I failed!!! I'm still drinking heavily at the weekend & maybe a night during the week a half bottle of vodka at a time. This has been the the last 12 years - I'm 36 .

I'm lost I don't know how to approach this anymore I'm scared of losing my best friend the alcohol. My husband knows I've had a bit of a problem but not the extent of it as I hide the drinking from him most of the time.

My plan is to only drink this Saturday & cut out the rest of it & try stick to that. It's hard though on Sunday's I do want to drink again. I drank last night & I want to drink again tonight. The thought just popped into my head a while ago & I'm thinking jut tonight & then Saturday & from then on only once a week.

Am i kidding myself?

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  • sadie_dee70150
    sadie_dee70150

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    Hey everyone!

    Thank you all for your replies & sorry I didn't get back to everyone. Last week I managed to just drink on Sat & Sun & had none at all during the week. This week I said to myself I'll just drink on Sat openly with my husband no secret drinking & I did that & tonight being Sunday I want to cut Sunday's out. This is going to be hard as Sunday along with Saturday is a habit I've had for years . I'm trying to stay strong & noy drink tonight. It keeps popping into my head ah go on just even a couple & I'm trying to shake it off. If I manage not to I feel I'll break the cycle & be down to one night a week which isn't that bad & no secret drinking. I hope I do it.

    • Robin2015
      Robin2015 sadie_dee70150

      Posted

      you are certainly on the right track and cutting down. Changing habits is not easy and you are trying to hard!! well done to you Sadie and a big pat on your shoulder from Robin
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 sadie_dee70150

      Posted

      How did you do? Proud of you that you are taking a stand against the alcohol demon!
    • sadie_dee70150
      sadie_dee70150 Misssy2

      Posted

      Hi Missy!

      I caved & drank Sunday night too! I'm disappointed but I have to try look at the fact I cut out during the week. I plan again to wait until Saturday & I've figured out that I need to change my Sunday evening routine to help me not drink. Once the day went on last Sunday I started to look forward to the drink - I secret drank because there was alcohol there still hidden. I'm trying to learn from this & this week I will only buy enough for 1 night & I'm going to try use Sunday evening to work on my hobby instead. I knew it would be hard & it got into my head on Sunday & because the alcohol was there it was so easy to say sure I'll wait until next week. I just have to do it a couple of times as this is how I cut out my Friday night drinking which I stopped over a year ago. For me it's breaking the habit. Thank you for your support & I hope I have better news after this weekend. X

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