Less alcohol- February 2018- one day at a time
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@louisepaul16 I'm wondering myself if my weekend drinking is just going to make it harder. I was dry all through Jan and then drank Fri-Sun. I found it a little hard to get back on track yesterday, but did. Just switched back to tea and it wasn't bad, but still it was a little tough. Just pondering what it's going to take to be "moderate."
I am worried about that with myself. I am almost scared to take the first sip after all this time since Jan. 1st. I'm wondering if I am better off just not drinking and then I wont have to worry about it. Let me know how it goes after being dry back to moderating. Wishing you well:)5 -
JulieAL1969 wrote: »I am worried about that with myself. I am almost scared to take the first sip after all this time since Jan. 1st. I'm wondering if I am better off just not drinking and then I wont have to worry about it. Let me know how it goes after being dry back to moderating. Wishing you well:)
On another board someone called alcohol a wolf waiting in the woods. It waited 17 years and it got her again. She ended her story with this, "It is easier to stay out, than to get out."
I have been repeating that to myself all day and hope I am able to stay out permanently.
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I been struggling too a bit. I had beer last Friday. Since then I been thinking about it again. I opened the door by only doing Dry January. I need to work hard to switch to longer abstinence as I feel I might drink again.13
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6/6 here and going strong. Major victory this evening by going to grocery store with my hubs and as I passed by the liquor department he followed me. Neither of us saying anything just continuing to get the rest of the groceries!7
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@islandbeez That quote is BRILLIANT. I will try to keep that wolf in the woods analogy in my mind. I was meeting 2 friends for lunch today and we ALWAYS drink wine, usually 2 bottles between the 3 of us. I was nervous about my resolve to stay dry falling apart. I had told one of the girls yesterday I was trying to have a dry February. When I got to the restaurant I saw they each had seltzers and cranberries in front of them and no wine. They said, "yeah we decided we could have a dry lunch with you. It will be good for us." It was really sweet of them. We were shocked by the bill being 1/3 of the usual amount. Another bonus! And, I get to put another sticker on my sobriety chart tonight. I'm happy.
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islandbeez wrote: »JulieAL1969 wrote: »I am worried about that with myself. I am almost scared to take the first sip after all this time since Jan. 1st. I'm wondering if I am better off just not drinking and then I wont have to worry about it. Let me know how it goes after being dry back to moderating. Wishing you well:)
On another board someone called alcohol a wolf waiting in the woods. It waited 17 years and it got her again. She ended her story with this, "It is easier to stay out, than to get out."
I have been repeating that to myself all day and hope I am able to stay out permanently.
Amazing quote! I will write that down. I believe it. I know that wolf can bite me if i let my guard down. We've worked too hard to let that happen. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Those are some wonderful, true friends! Such supportive friends!@islandbeez That quote is BRILLIANT. I will try to keep that wolf in the woods analogy in my mind. I was meeting 2 friends for lunch today and we ALWAYS drink wine, usually 2 bottles between the 3 of us. I was nervous about my resolve to stay dry falling apart. I had told one of the girls yesterday I was trying to have a dry February. When I got to the restaurant I saw they each had seltzers and cranberries in front of them and no wine. They said, "yeah we decided we could have a dry lunch with you. It will be good for us." It was really sweet of them. We were shocked by the bill being 1/3 of the usual amount. Another bonus! And, I get to put another sticker on my sobriety chart tonight. I'm happy.
Tomorrow, I'll be meeting my two friends for our monthly wine and appetizers after work. We didnt meet last month, so this will be the first month that I am dry and meeting them. I will be fine, and just eat some delicious appetizers.I thought that maybe I'll see if this restaurant has delicious coffees (cappuccino) and try that treat.
Love your sticker chart! Visuals are great reminders and there is satisfaction with seeing those stickers add up.
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Before I go to bed, I try to read a blog or article about being alcohol free. One of my fav sites is psychologytoday.com.
Here's a good link for people (like me) who are worried about a relapse. It says that now the studies have shown even if someone relapses, it is not viewed as a failure. It is viewed as another step in the learning process. Relapses provide useful information. It says once addiction has set in, it takes the form of a chronic illness. (Like the wolf analogy in previous post). And a relapse provides an opportunity learn better techniques for overcoming or resisting urges.
Good night , my friends. I think that's enough heavy stuff from me today. I'll give my brain a break:) xo
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201007/the-new-quitter8 -
Another day without wineries (wine calories). Yay me!8
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »Before I go to bed, I try to read a blog or article about being alcohol free. One of my fav sites is psychologytoday.com.
Here's a good link for people (like me) who are worried about a relapse. It says that now the studies have shown even if someone relapses, it is not viewed as a failure. It is viewed as another step in the learning process. Relapses provide useful information. It says once addiction has set in, it takes the form of a chronic illness. (Like the wolf analogy in previous post). And a relapse provides an opportunity learn better techniques for overcoming or resisting urges.
Good night , my friends. I think that's enough heavy stuff from me today. I'll give my brain a break:) xo
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201007/the-new-quitter
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »Before I go to bed, I try to read a blog or article about being alcohol free. One of my fav sites is psychologytoday.com.
Here's a good link for people (like me) who are worried about a relapse. It says that now the studies have shown even if someone relapses, it is not viewed as a failure. It is viewed as another step in the learning process. Relapses provide useful information. It says once addiction has set in, it takes the form of a chronic illness. (Like the wolf analogy in previous post). And a relapse provides an opportunity learn better techniques for overcoming or resisting urges.
Good night , my friends. I think that's enough heavy stuff from me today. I'll give my brain a break:) xo
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201007/the-new-quitter
Thank you for that Julie! I was beating myself up instead of looking at how much success I've had in the last year. Its not failure if you overcome it.5 -
Day 1 of this challenge for me. I am inspired by all y'all!
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So I had wine on saturday and sunday, much less then I usually have and really happy about it, nothing on Monday & Tuesday so far and I lost 1.8lbs since.10
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Feb. 01 - no
Feb. 02Fri- yes
Feb. 03Sat - no
Feb. 04-yes
Feb. 05- no
Feb. 06-no
Feb. 07- dont plan too-
28.6 % - still enjoy doing this percentage really keeps me motivated to see this number below 50%4 -
JulieAL1969 wrote: »I am worried about that with myself. I am almost scared to take the first sip after all this time since Jan. 1st. I'm wondering if I am better off just not drinking and then I wont have to worry about it. Let me know how it goes after being dry back to moderating. Wishing you well:)
@JulieAL1969 - I know what you mean. This is dry day 3 after drinking over the weekend. I'm getting together with some girlfriends tonight and we have always drunk wine in the past, me to excess, typically. So, tonight will be harder than the past two, when I had nothing going on. One of my friends lost her job yesterday, so there's going to be some drunken commiserating, I know. Making a plan to bring my tea in my sippy cup and maybe a can of diet gingerale as well. Huge respect to you, BTW, for getting through that weekend with your girlfriends! THAT is tough.
Bottom line right now is that I found it a bit tough to get back to being dry after a weekend of drinking. And I didn't think much of that weekend drinking was worth it in retrospect. I know myself, and one glass is rarely enough. I was happy that I had one glass on Saturday afternoon when my husband and I went out. I'd like to stick to that pattern, instead of three glasses and beyond, which I'm prone to do.
You continue to be my role model!
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Back on the wagon! No wine last night. Had water, and did my laundry to keep myself busy. Went to bed early so that we could go on an early morning run.
We ran 3.6 miles! Mostly ran anyways
It felt amazing! So much better than any glass of wine.
I was down 1.2 pounds. I think its a scale trick.4 -
Bottom line right now is that I found it a bit tough to get back to being dry after a weekend of drinking. And I didn't think much of that weekend drinking was worth it in retrospect. I know myself, and one glass is rarely enough. I was happy that I had one glass on Saturday afternoon when my husband and I went out. I'd like to stick to that pattern, instead of three glasses and beyond, which I'm prone to do.
@kittyben Same with me ... it's the winding down after that seems to be tough.... I've always been kind of easy on myself ... that's why I didn't start dry Jan until the 2nd! Once there is a few AF nights in the bag, I'm less likely to want to drink, and when I do I wonder why I did, lol! Though, in the past, when I have been able to enjoy one glass of wine only, I'm right proud of myself, as you should be!3 -
Is Rum and Rasin choc counted, it probably the only next thing i have a weakness for ...
The trouble is it may start something
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