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Hello hope everyone is having a good weekend. I have not had any drink tonight (most unsual for a weekend) and in fact went out running instead!! I felt annoyed earlier today because I wanted to drink but knew really I shouldnt because everytime I start it doesnt just last one day normally 3 or 4. Anyway im feeling healthier even from being off it a week. Hope everyone is doing well anyway know the weekends can be espescially tough!
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Well done!
I have decided to give up alcohol for a month on the 'Dryathlon' to raise money for Cancer Research UK (the whole of September - eek!) No booze for 4 days so far.
I wouldn't call myself a heavy drinker although I was getting there about 6 years ago and managed to get a grip (with the help of a friend) and now I drink at weekends only. What I didn't realise was how much that weekend drinking meant to me until last night! I went out for a meal with my boyfriend and I was so irritable and grumpy!! I really craved a glass of wine. I think the only reason I didn't give in was because I was the designated driver!!
I work in the field of Substance Misuse so you would think I would know better wouldn't you?
Anyway, keep it up. This site is great for support. Don't beat yourself up for craving - alcohol is a powerful drug. Pat yourself on the back every day you do well and keep running. I can't run due to arthritis but I have started doing yoga and I think that helps. I think the more you look after your body, the less likely you are going to want to mess it up by drinking alcohol.
Good luck
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Good for you!
I hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend.
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It is so good to feel healthier isn't it.?...you will feel better and better both physically and emotionally...
I had a very, very bad !!! Problem...it nearly killed me many times...so I am so, sooooo happy to come out the other side....
I wish you so much luck and very best wishes.....big hugs...Deirdre xxx
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I am off it for a week myself, after a terrible binge last Thursday and Friday which left me with alcohol poisoning and contributed to me being in hospital thereafter for 3 days (though they didn't properly detox me while there - they concentrated on treating tachycardia and a chest infection I had while there).
I know it's easier said than done, but it's just not worth it.
During my 25 years of social drinking, I sometimes thought about those who didn't drink and thought they were missing-out. Now, having had an awful year of heavy drinking on-and-off and been worried all week about symptoms very suspicious of cirrhosis, I can well-understand why people choose not to drink.
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