tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post7867724645589167779..comments2024-03-27T00:48:06.021-07:00Comments on Mummy was a Secret Drinker: Mummy Was a Secret Drinker....SoberMummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-38320723300042721142022-09-15T04:11:22.659-07:002022-09-15T04:11:22.659-07:00Je viens de découvrir votre blog maintenant, nous ...Je viens de découvrir votre blog maintenant, nous sommes en 2022 mais les mots sont tout aussi pertinents 7 ans plus tard. Je fais le chemin tel que vous l'avez fait. J'ai 10 jours de fait et je compte bien poursuivre. Tu as tracé le chemin et je le suivrai . Merci. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-34381846973068711472022-06-04T10:42:10.283-07:002022-06-04T10:42:10.283-07:00Today will be day one of giving up the booze and c...Today will be day one of giving up the booze and cigarettes. This blog and everyone’s comments give me hope it is possible…even at 50! Life is passing by so fast and I feel like NOW is the time to just start once and for all! Luck to everyone here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-72608616594679754662022-04-19T12:28:35.597-07:002022-04-19T12:28:35.597-07:00I have come here to hopefully find the courage and...I have come here to hopefully find the courage and determination among your comments to live the life i deserve, my children deserve and my husband deserves. And my dog. I'm hoping he will enjoy all the early morning and wine o'clock walks that he will accompany me on!SoLongSauvignonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-35061090793603137532021-05-11T10:36:26.101-07:002021-05-11T10:36:26.101-07:00Thank you, SM, for making me feel less alone.
You ...Thank you, SM, for making me feel less alone.<br />You have inspired me to think that maybe I need to write these things down too. It has made me feel a little stronger. Like - 'well, I've said it now, I'll have to stick to it'.<br />Day 2. https://anaesthetisedlife.blogspot.com/2021/05/day-2.html?m=1The Anaesthetisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891485856638344862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-51843163620146558462020-08-04T17:30:55.909-07:002020-08-04T17:30:55.909-07:00Hi I just finished your book and I’m on 83 days so...Hi I just finished your book and I’m on 83 days sober!! Your book and story has given me so much HOPE and I can’t thank you enough!!! ❤️❤️Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04584928638612852997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-19117086103523851542020-08-02T02:22:47.110-07:002020-08-02T02:22:47.110-07:00Hi, I'm on day 27 and have just found your blo...Hi, I'm on day 27 and have just found your blog. Just going to start at the beginning and read everything . Stu . Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864653251604334400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-44742189962165937822020-04-11T14:42:35.780-07:002020-04-11T14:42:35.780-07:00You are my inspiration. Your book is amazing and s...You are my inspiration. Your book is amazing and sits on my bedside table as a reminder that I don't need a wine. I'm 7 days sober and feeling good. I have a long journey ahead but my two young daughters need a healthy, strong and inspiring mum, they are a constant reminder to stay sober and healthy. Thank you. XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-18491174116364426362020-02-05T14:38:33.421-08:002020-02-05T14:38:33.421-08:00Hi Julie, I am reading your book at the moment, wh...Hi Julie, I am reading your book at the moment, which I find not only brilliant but I see every trait in me. I have gone 3 days sober? It’s been hard but I think I do feel better. Today I am on day 4, my husband is on nights and guess what? I have had a bottle of wine. Not only have I let him down and he has been so much better with me these last few days but I have let myself down. Don’t know if you will answer me, but if you do, please help xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-48113632030105702442019-08-05T18:51:16.077-07:002019-08-05T18:51:16.077-07:00I know this is years later but I am listening to y...I know this is years later but I am listening to your book and really wanted to come back to the beginning so I can follow your journey as I go through it at the same time. I'm so proud of you and hope to be as proud of myself one day. I've already gotten past the first weekend, 2 parties, and a serious craving to stop at a liquor store on the way home. Hope you're well and I hope you know how much you and your messages are appreciated!What's Next?https://www.blogger.com/profile/06371541092924065637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-18593626735137379452019-02-25T13:56:27.733-08:002019-02-25T13:56:27.733-08:00Hi,
I am Wine witch No: 4654844613136
I am 24, ...Hi,<br /><br />I am Wine witch No: 4654844613136 <br /><br />I am 24, I've been drinking heavily since the age of 19. Ive read every self help book tried the stop October thingy! and still continue to write this drinking my favorite tipple a "gin tin"<br />Gordan and me are best friends, until I take the absolute piss and destroy our relationship and most relationships around me.<br /><br />I got into drinking to relax, to stop over thinking constantly, to block anything out. To have fun to be the party girl who could drink the most, when in reality I am the unhappiest girl in the room.<br /><br />I got into drink whilst in a vile relationship for five years and havent stopped since.<br /><br />Every week I come up with new ideas on how to stop. But fail miserably every single time. I think my family think i am ridiculous as I come up with bright ideas all the time while sipping gin or white wine.<br /><br />I can not have one, I am all or nothing. I wish i did not like alcohol, and I wish I could drink sensibly.<br /><br />I drink every night, manage 3 jobs and manage to function pretty well considering the tole it takes on my body. I still do it every single day without fail. Its like I owe it to myself.<br /><br />In reality it will destroy me if I do not take control.<br /><br />B XBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-70405167655554407122019-02-24T13:24:54.261-08:002019-02-24T13:24:54.261-08:00I'm 54...worked out a few days ago that I'...I'm 54...worked out a few days ago that I've been binge drinking for 38 years! 38 years..sweet mother of Jesus! Bar 2 pregnancies, almost most weekends, mine start on a Thursday btw....but on holiday, every day of course...hating myself with each hangover etc...the thought of sitting with my partner in a cosy country pub sipping diet coke instead of a g+t is utterly depressing...but I need to stop, probably permanently! I hope I can find the next section of your blog xxIrishLushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-50960289738108500432019-01-26T02:47:27.908-08:002019-01-26T02:47:27.908-08:00I've just finished reading your book and now f...I've just finished reading your book and now found your blog. It has completely inspired me.<br /><br />I'm a one (occasionally two) bottle of red wine a night girl - more at weekends. Have not long turned 50 I am overweight, my face feels puffy and have now hit to menopause. I need to get my life under control.<br /><br />I function perfectly - nice clean house, happy husband, two happy children, part time job I love and lots of hobbies but the wine always has to be there in an evening.<br /><br />I haven't stopped. At the moment I don't feel ready to stop completely. But I now have no alcohol in the house. I haven't had a glass of wine (or beer, or port, or prosecco or gin and tonic) for 10 days and have only been out one night - last night. Shared a bottle of wine with a friend and after having just one and a half glasses last night woke up as fresh as a daisy this morning.<br /><br />I am already sleeping better and feel as though I have more energy. I never really realised that I was always a little hungover and jaded on a weekday morning - I never felt drunk after a bottle of wine. Its only now, waking up each morning having had no alcohol the night before, that I realise that I was never feeling 100% in a morning.<br /><br />Off to discover the rest of your blog. Deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-71311016954591145242018-10-24T06:28:01.824-07:002018-10-24T06:28:01.824-07:00Hello... I am SO inspired by your journey that I h...Hello... I am SO inspired by your journey that I have just joined up and wanted to test out my pseudonym ... it's all a bit techy..<br />Thank you for sharing your story, I feel I know you very well and really really like and admire you :) xodesperatelyseekingsoberhttp://desperatelyseekingsober.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-66558476297232868552018-08-06T08:01:18.674-07:002018-08-06T08:01:18.674-07:00Hi I have had the worst two weeks of a "stayc...Hi I have had the worst two weeks of a "staycation" at home and a result (because he has seen how much I have been drinking) I have been given the long overdue ultimatum from my husband to sort myself out. I read 3/4 of your book yesterday and intend to finish it tonight. I have also gone back to day one here on your blog and intend to read all of it. I am a high functioning alcoholic with a beautiful 8 year old who I adore with all of my heart, a great husband and my forever home. Consuming 2 bottles of Pinot every single day - never anything else. Its slowly poisoning me hence my name like death by chocolate..... Day one today - I have some becks blue's ready chilling in my fridge and zero alcohol in the house so fingers crossed. Here goes. Thank you for doing this - this - your book and this blog are going to change and hopefully save my life - much respect. Death by Pinot Grigionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-7489468888051642622018-08-04T11:06:29.008-07:002018-08-04T11:06:29.008-07:00Just starting ( again).
I'm gonna make it thi...Just starting ( again). <br />I'm gonna make it this time. <br />Thanks for your very real, hilarious commentary on what is for me a serious situation.Temperancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-86704207446856802572018-04-16T10:47:47.618-07:002018-04-16T10:47:47.618-07:00Hi....I realize this is years after your initial q...Hi....I realize this is years after your initial quit...thank you for this blog, i just found it by googling...your story resontates with me just the same as Viviennes above...I am 7 days in, I'm mad because I can't stop thinking about wanting it....I'm just mad and frustrated and hate that I need something somuch...I wish I could be like others and just have one, maybe two glasses..I love the taste of wine, I love it...but two to three bottles at night, EVERY night plus more on the weekends and sometime throw in a vodka so it doesn't look like I drank so much wine...I have the shakes and a permanent headache...I'm in hate with myself right now....not sure if I can do this....high functioning alcoholic describes me to a T.....I am going to read through your blog starting from this first post every chance I get...wish me luck...Donna from CanadaTerry's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12604141791548896618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-46316178307969098072018-01-22T05:24:45.493-08:002018-01-22T05:24:45.493-08:00I found you here a few days ago and already read y...I found you here a few days ago and already read your book on Kindle. Thank you! I am 5 days without wine today. I am one of those high functioning alcohol drinkers...I have a full time job, will receive my Master's degree in IT in two weeks, raised two wonderful sons, have a wonderful husband, trained for and ran 9 marathons, and have never been in trouble due to drinking. However there was obviously something missing in my life as I could finish a box of wine (4 bottles) in two days by myself. It got worse and worse over the years until a few days ago when I said "Enough!". I have been gaining weight the past few years...first blaming it on large fibroids and then on blood pressure medication. After many diets and no weight loss I finally decided to give up the drink - which I knew I have had to do for many years now. I feel pretty good, dropped a couple pounds already, and look forward to feeling even better day by day. I still think about wine constantly...even now although it is only 8am where I am. Cheers to us all for pursuing this.MoJoRunsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-60654755323152145482018-01-05T01:56:55.332-08:002018-01-05T01:56:55.332-08:00Hi Clare I heard you on Steve Wright and really re...Hi Clare I heard you on Steve Wright and really resonated with what you say. I too drink really heavily and yes, I am an functioning alcoholic. I work in advertising like yourself. I am really wanting to quit for many reasons. And have done for a time. I have a bottle of Disulfiram on my bathroom cabinet and keep wanting to get back on it. I lost weight, I slept great, and I felt great. But then the Wine Witch came to my attention again and I came off the pills. Stupidly I thought I could manage without them. So hear I am again 3 dress sizes later and feeling very sorry for myself. I have ordered your book and the Jason Vale one. And I am going to my counsellor again tomorrow. Keep fingers crossed! Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-47616713420090290132018-01-02T16:22:22.243-08:002018-01-02T16:22:22.243-08:00Decided to revisit your beginning, as I am now rev...Decided to revisit your beginning, as I am now revisiting mine. Day 2. Thank you for putting yourself out there, and in doing so, you have united and uncovered a wonderful community of so many of us alcohol dependents that are lost in this grey zone of drinking addiction. xo.Break the Mundanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611247631512303708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-28443864134534776122017-08-04T06:53:33.872-07:002017-08-04T06:53:33.872-07:00I am so happy I found this. I cannot believe ther...I am so happy I found this. I cannot believe there are so many women just like me. It helps. Day 1. Again. But this really gives me hope. I was sober for 2 years. Now I make it about 10 days before the wine trouble sets in. I know I can do it though! Thank you.<br />clark123https://www.blogger.com/profile/01588143782841759456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-7585683198213253402017-06-25T10:19:59.947-07:002017-06-25T10:19:59.947-07:00I've just found your blog after deciding 2 day...I've just found your blog after deciding 2 days ago that enough is enough. Can't count how many times I've failed to quit but I know that somehow, I have to do this. It's been 15 years of self loathing after I drink, after I fail to quit, and after I'm irritable with the children yet again. Those around me don't see the problem so I'm glad that I've found a group of people that do! XLulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105364387594403810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-9004424763974342532017-03-04T03:40:26.584-08:002017-03-04T03:40:26.584-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lauren Hawkins Realtorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424500517033586190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-4839653493736651692016-07-25T12:52:41.932-07:002016-07-25T12:52:41.932-07:00DAY 1 today. I have got to do it this time, your b...DAY 1 today. I have got to do it this time, your blog is very helpful. Alcohol messes with me. I have a great hubby and two lovely little girls but after many failed attempts I need to do this. I eat really healthy and I work out BUT alcohol is ruining me! So after a great weekend away with my lovely family which consisted of 4 glasses of wine & 3 beers Friday and about the same on saturday and sunday Ive decided its time to do this. BUT my hubby is a drinker as are my parents, family and close friends. We are off to Spain in 3 weeks for a week with friends, how the hell am I going to get through it?? xKelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995295076034456421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-72720804942264140612016-06-13T05:14:01.591-07:002016-06-13T05:14:01.591-07:00Day One here - day one was yesterday but I was bea...Day One here - day one was yesterday but I was beaten by the wine witch for no good reason at all. I have been inspired by your blog and have ordered Jason V today. Thank you for your blog xBye to the Boozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341732741142118141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-1236734839167745932016-05-19T22:27:39.608-07:002016-05-19T22:27:39.608-07:00Welcome, Dark Angels! So glad you found me! Keep o...Welcome, Dark Angels! So glad you found me! Keep on at it - it's worth it xxxSoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.com