Yes ! See you down the finishing line soon .
that was quickish too .

Hi Soul - just saw your note back to me - that's great! I love my SAM-E and so glad it is working for you too...I've never taken anti-depressants but I can't imagine them helping me much more than this stuff does.


I am home full time with the kids now, thank you for remembering. This is week 2. Week 1 was great. I'll leave it at that : ). I have to get on some type of schedule with these kids...it can really get crazy but I'm still glad I did it and my son's behavior has improved dramatically already, which was the real reason I did this.

Elfern - look at your siggy! I always notice it in your posts on other's threads never on your progress report - you are doing great! October is going to be the month for you too, so exciting!

Week 16 29.5 UK (14 US) 2AF

Final report of the week. Roughly the same units the past 3 weeks. This week i drank more days but my average drink per session is decreasing each week. I'm feeling tentatively optimistic. Its exciting but i don't want to get to fixated on the finish line just yet as i have learned this process has its own pace and i might still uncover hidden triggers- like my final divorce papers which are due soon. . It just occurs to me sh*t i've dealt with all the major crap events in my life by getting plastered what will i do now?
I was also thinking when i responded to Elf's great news that this board is the wierdest thing i've ever been involved in. Over the years i've participated in lots of support and personal development groups I've never been involved in anything on the internet before. When you think about it it is truly bizarre. Here we are a group of people spreading over thousands of miles and different countries; of many religions and none; all kinds of professions and politics; very varied economic, educational and personal circumstances; with only two things in common- we are all on this strange experimental journey towards extinguishing our addiction and changing our relationship with alcohol. Oh and the second thing we have in common is we are not Finnish
How strange it is and moving how we reach out to each other to offer endless support and encouragement; to share our pain and our triumphs; to fight and disagree sometimes, but ultimately to show immense caring. What a thing of beauty we are!

speak for yourself misslady, even the dogs cross the street when they see me coming

Yes , it is truly extra-ordinary !

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Love it ! LOL

Week 17 30.5 Uk Units 17.6 US

Units slightly up on last week but only cos i decided on Sunday night to try planning one small glass of wine and i managed it. In fact i found it hard to finish it. I had two heavy nights wed and thur each time drinking about a bottle of wine and i was drunker than i have felt in a long time and ended up falling asleep in the sofa which is something i haven't done in a long time. I woke feeling pissed off and wondering if there may be some truth in the thing about the nal being not a good batch. Anyway next night the wine tasted as though it was corked and i only managed a couple of glasses, same again next night- finding myself drinking really slowly with little effort. so thats why i decided to test it again on sun. One thing i have noticed is that when i start drinking at the begining of my week/end my units are only slightly down but as the days go on i become less interested. I was wondering if there is a cumulative effect with the nal. I hate the idea of my lovely rioja tasting like cooking sherry and am hoping that will pass. anyway onward and downward.

Steady as she goes, soulby.

I'm at a stage where I'm buying better wine than usual because it now lasts two days instead of being gone in one. Instead of cutting my budget in half, I'm keeping it the same and doubling the quality

When and if it all starts to taste like plonk, not sure what I'll do.

Its sunday morning and have had another quiet sat night in sitting all night nursing one glass of wine. Thats three nights of much lower than previous weekend consumption. 5 units/4/ and 2 on each night. I don't usually drink sun/mon and tue so. Like nick am not going to declare just yet but ...... I am intrigued though about the fact that each week recently my heaviest consumption is always after the AF days then it decreases each day. I wonder has anyone else had this effect.

Hi Soulby,

It's great to hear you're doing so well! I also find that my heavier drinking days follow an AF day. I'm kind of forcing a couple of AF days mid-week, usually with little effort because I'm trying to get back to 'weekend only' drinking. As soon as I allow myself to drink after going AF, I think I see it as an opportunity to splurge. I believe it's a bit of the ADE (Alcohol Deprivation Effect) coming into play.