Less alcohol - Nov 2017 - one day at a time
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I am in, I drink almost everyday and quite a bit. Need to control5
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I'm in. It's a daily struggle. I drink two pints of beer a day and none on Sundays, but I'm going to try cutting out entirely a few more days each week. Baby steps.5
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Last night, I did pretty well. Only three glasses of wine when I went out with my friend. I set a limit of 2, but the third glass snuck in. BUT it could have been 4-5, so I consider it a small achievement.8
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Three glasses of wine last night for dinner and world series watching. Gonna try to have wine only once per week until Thanksgiving dinner. Hope nobody brings over a good bottle!6
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Well... Saturday Didn't go exactly as I had planned; plans came up that was unexpected. So i volunteered to be DD which helped me when I was out; however when I came home some friends stopped by, again unexpected and we had some wine. Still tried to cut back, but still was more then I was planning. Today is football Sunday; and friends usually stop in. Good luck to you all on your goals !!! Any cut back is better then none :-)3
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I quit completely years ago. Much easier in every way than trying to drink "sometimes, but only a couple."3
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The only control that counts in life is self control. Don't want to admit that I cannot exercise self control of alcohol along with the rest of a healthy diet.
A day without wine is like a day without sunshine, which makes Wisconsin in November even more gloomy! LOL
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I’m in!3
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I did awesome last night. Only one vodka and water. Tonight I bought a beautiful wine and shared with my dinner guests. I only had about 2
5oz glasses. Getting better.6 -
I'm so in! Started a new job in a new state and happy hours to make friends is not helping me be healthy.4
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So last night went okay; I made my "mini" goal weight today; but I can do better. So far I just been cautious of how much I'm drinking; but tonight I'm going to try and visualize before I even start what exactly I'm going to have and stick to it !!! any other ideas ?!? I think keeping my goal weight over the weekend will help. Hopefully... Lol
Day by day! My husband and I both love wine so we agree before hand - okay, only one bottle between us. that makes 375mls each. Also we use specific wine glasses and know the volume of each. When the bottle is done, it is done. Maybe you can figure something similar out?
Goo luck, K4 -
AmandaPoole2 wrote: »I did awesome last night. Only one vodka and water. Tonight I bought a beautiful wine and shared with my dinner guests. I only had about 2
5oz glasses. Getting better.
Great!!!
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Westschmeis wrote: »The only control that counts in life is self control. Don't want to admit that I cannot exercise self control of alcohol along with the rest of a healthy diet.
A day without wine is like a day without sunshine, which makes Wisconsin in November even more gloomy! LOL
Oh, la. you his the nail o the head with your second sentence.That is why I am here - to prove to my self that I can control this! And you can too!1 -
Okay! Monday is here. Back on track. I enjoyed some wine Fri, Sat and Sun as I had planned and now no wine until Friday.
Anyone else joining me?
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I'm in! Been thinking of doing alcohol free November all weekend. Like another poster it's not the wine but what I eat along with/after it!!2
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I've been in the Sober October thread and it has definitely helped me redefine how I treat alcohol. I don't want to completely live without something I feel CAN be a part of life, but that sometimes crosses over from being a good experience – nice flavour, a nice way to wind down at the end of a day or socialise with friends into a downward spiral of head-spinning, drinking for the hell of it and not for taste and waking up the next day having thrown my plans out the window.
I’ve done well so far – originally I planned a completely sober October, but for various reasons that didn’t happen and I’m not beating myself up for that. Only ONE of the days I drank did I go overboard (good to have a reminder of why to slow it down!1) and the rest I had only the one glass and felt good with that.
I’m keen to continue exploring alcohol as something to enjoy and not to push the limits with. I’m recording my drinks with an app called Drink Less, which is helping show me what I’m consuming over the month.
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Absolutely in on this one! Working retail (especially before the Holidays and dreaded Black Friday) it is so easy to use a hard day as an excuse to have a couple cocktails after work to ease the stress. It's definitely time to slow it down a bit and start fresh. Good luck everyone!4
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OK I'm in for this one. I tried one of the earlier "challenges" and failed pretty much the day after I started! My own rules are no alcohol on work nights, and trying to stick to only one or two nights per month (Nov. 11 I already have a planned party) so we'll see how that goes!2
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Blew it over the weekend. Got together with friends and had a little too much. It's Monday. a clean slate to start all over. Lets see how good we can all be this week. Nothing til Friday!!!!2
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dmarsh1018 wrote: »OK I'm in for this one. I tried one of the earlier "challenges" and failed pretty much the day after I started! My own rules are no alcohol on work nights, and trying to stick to only one or two nights per month (Nov. 11 I already have a planned party) so we'll see how that goes!
I'm taking a note from your rule book. The challenge begins today for me!2
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