Coz

The concept of 'dry Feb' was a concept my friends and I concocted back in high school days. February was the shortest month, so if we were going to have a dry month, the shortest month was the best.

I know a few people (without alcoholism) that do a dry Feb - January is still holiday time, so February is an easier time with the socialising easing off.

In my current situation, 'Dry February' is the starting month for 'Dry Life'!

Coz

Day 10 today - if I can get through the day I will have made double digits.

Not feeling so confident today. It's early morning and the craving for a drink to start the day is very strong - hence posting to remind myself that this feeling will go away soon and if I take that drink, I won't get to double digits.

It is bizarre - no real triggers as an excuse. All is stable in life and I had the best night sleep since day 1. Hubby asked how I was going with not drinking last night and all I could say is that it was really tough to not have a drink.

Oh well. I guess it is my choice. Fight this AV or give in and go back to where I was a couple of weeks ago - and that wasn't a good place.

Hope everyone else is having (or will have) a lovely sober Sunday.

Hevyn

10 days is wonderful Coz. The cravings will lessen. I never thought there'd be a day I didn't want a drink - but I rarely think of it now. You're doing a great thing for yourself.

soupcon

You are doing so well. Think through the drink. You know where it will take you.
Remember the list you made on why you wanted to quit drinking in the first place. 10 days-wow!!

Coz

Thanks Hevyn and soupcon - really needed that bit of encouragement today!

Coz

Wow - AV has got real life people helping! This came in the mail for me today:

least

Congrats on your sober time so far! Ten days should be the end of the physical withdrawal so most of your symptoms should be getting better by now.

It can still be a bumpy ride for a while but it will get better. Post often and especially post if you have the urge to drink, so we can talk you out of it.

Coz

Thanks least

You are right. Trembles and tingling have gone and feeling a lot better.
I'm still waking up with a headache each day, eyes are still bloodshot and puffy, and skin still blotchy.
Toughest bit now is the fuzzy brain and the almost irresistible cravings for a drink. I'm also a bit on the sensitive emotional side of the scale and a bit short tempered with poor hubby.
Hanging in there and knowing that each day will get better if I stick with my plan!
Happy sober weekend to all!

Hevyn

Very proud of you, Coz. You're growing stronger each day.

ZIP

Great commitment, Coz! Do stick with the plan. Being AF has huge benefits.

August252015

Keep going Coz- it's not a linear process, but on the whole we keep getting better if we stay sober.

soupcon

How are things going today?

Coz

All great today - day 13 so my two-week second target is getting closer!

I had a specialist appointment at the hospital yesterday. Looks like they will need me to go to the big city for an operation to remove a really large cyst which is growing rather than shrinking. Normally that would have sent me running home to drown my anxious self. But, I went to the shop and bought a few clothes from my savings from not buying wine and vodka and had some time in the car to think. Rationally, it might be a benign cyst and getting rid of it is a good thing (despite really not liking hospitals) and there is no point worrying about it being cancerous as my worry won't change anything. Also decided that I am more likely to recover from an op better if my body is as healthy as I can get it. All that made it easier to not go to the liquor cabinet when I got home.

Thanks for checking in on me and all the support. I, and many others, keep saying that this not-drinking would be impossible without SR.

soupcon

It is good that you are getting the cyst removed and most likely it is benign. I am so glad that you did not pick up a drink. It is such a natural impulse to think of drinking whenever any negative emotion arises, but you handled this so well. Anything is more manageable when you are sober and are thinking clearly. Yea on thirteen days!

fishkiller

Happy day 14!

Coz

Thanks Fishkiller!
Always lovely to receive congrats and support here - really appreciate it.
Only eight more hours and I'll have made 2 weeks!
Feeling pretty good today - quite relaxed really.

Hawkeye13

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your two week soberversiry Coz

That’s called a fortnight in your part of the world isn’t it?

Keep going and stay strong. It will get easier the more time that passes.

Coz

Thanks Hawkeye
Yes a fortnight done! I am looking forward to the day that I can really say I'm free from drink and AV stops telling me that one would be OK.
So pleased to have found this site and learn from others that one might be OK, but it is never enough once the one has been drunk and I would end up where I started again. Don't want to go there.

Hevyn

Two whole weeks - look at you go, Coz.

soupcon

Coz, how are you doing now? Any updates health-wise? I read fatty liver can be reversed in two weeks with abstinence from alcohol.