Great job Hope. Excellent job at the party.

Ok so day 4, ...drank more than I would have liked but drank definately slower.

I had 2 glasses of vino in the restaurant ...but my friend had finished hers well before me !!

We went home and I drank 3/4 of a bottle of wine.

So 4 drinks ...need to check units.

Day 5 today ...Monday and it's my birthday !!

Happy birthday me....feeling a bit ropey after yesterday with a bit of a thick head . My folks are taking me for lunch so I will report later

Happy Birthday Hope,

I do hope you have a Happy, Happy birthday! Just think by this time next year your life will have changed! I think you have given yourself the best gift by doing TSM.

I am in the U.S. so I do not know what "ropey" means, but I am assuming you are not feeling that great. I believe you may be experiencing a hangover...or a nal. over. I never had many hangovers, but those nal. overs made me think twice about my intake. I think it took me 2 really bad nal overs (bad to the point I thought I may need to go to the E.R.) and one slight nal. over (felt icky, almost like a normal hangover), before I figured out my "limit". I have a theory that the nal. will tell you what your limit should be. It happens to some sooner than others, but most people will not be able to drink like they used to without repercussion. It may not happen again with the same amount or more, but it will most likely happen. I think UKBlonde said that nal. overs can happen without rhyme or reason. I have found out for me if I have been drinking frequently and drink over 3 glasses of wine I will most likely get one. BUT, remember everyone is different, and every experience through this process will be different. At times, I do wish we responded just like the lab mice (or was it rats), for then everyone would be hitting that progress mark at three months!

I hope you have fun today,

Jaba

Welcome to the forum, Hope, and happy birthday. What a wonderful birthday gift you are giving yourself by changing your life with TSM. Keep us posted!

Happy Birthday Hope!!!

Thanks everybody !! Had an ok day ...well to be honest it's been a bit pants my other half Poughkeepsie me run I g clothes and shoes and watch .....he asked me what I wanted and I said a bangle !!

So...went for lunch with my folks......glass of vino....went to docs ...and did some ironing ! Rock and roll !!

Had 2 beers tonight and half glass of vino to finish bottle from yesterday.

Soooo......4 drinks....9 units...can't believe it's day 6 tomorrow !!!

Happy Birthday Hope. I just celebrated mine yesterday too. Wooot October babies!

Anyway I started TSM 4 months ago and remember thinking that sobriety would be my next birthday gift to myself and so far I could not have asked for a better present then anything else ever.

I'm a bit of an amateur linguist, so allow me to translate, if I might. "Bangle" in Man-speak = "watch".

I get that "run I g" = "running", but "Poughkeepsie" leaves me scratching my head a bit. Not sure how any word that makes sense there (gave? bought? purchased?) could be auto-corrupted into "Poughkeepsie"! Oh, how I love language!

And I'm sorry that your day was "pants", but that's another one that makes me smile. I get you about the ironing and rock and roll. I turned 40 a week ago and my big birthday bash was a sewing lesson at my mom's.

Hang in there; your units will come down. You don't need to white-knuckle it as long as you follow the golden rule. It's still early days, and when taking the pill and waiting the hour get to be a habit, then you can start working on the rest. It's like antidepressants. They don't fix you; they just make you well enough to get to work in therapy and finish the job yourself.

Hahaha I didn't get the speak so well either but got a handle on the context. Poughkeepsie is a little town in New York along the Hudson River and I think is probably a Native American name.

Happy Birthday Hope. Keep us posted on your progress!

And thank you DM for helping me understand the post!