Less Alcohol - March 2018- One day at a Time
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My Friday night March Madness Party wasn’t bad at all! Started with a beer, then water, then small glass of wine, then water, etc. all told I think I had 3 full drinks because I couldn’t find a wine I liked - I really think my taste buds are changing. I drank lots of water and was home in bed before 11:30. This was a night I was really concerned about overdoing it. Some signs I have overdone it in the past:
Friend one, “are you drinking beer? I never see you without a glass of wine in your hand!”
Friend two, “water? Are you feeling ok?”
Friend ‘s husband as I was struggling to get a bottle of wine open, “gosh I didn’t think you’d have a problem with that as many bottles as you’ve opened in your life”.
Sigh. That last one stung a little.
Anyway I drank far less than usual at something like this, so I was happy to be present and alert and my husband even asked if I was driving or he was on our way home, usually it’s just assumed that he would since he doesn’t drink and I usually overindulge.
I didn’t sleep very well though, I do wonder if that was from the alcohol, but this morning I don’t have any, “oh my gosh what did I say to do and so” panicked moments running through my head. I remember all the conversations, the scores of the games, what I ate, what I drank, and what the babysitter told me about the kids night when I got home.
Now on to St Pats!9 -
How nice to 'remember' the good time you had. Congrats.WinoGelato wrote: »
I didn’t sleep very well though, I do wonder if that was from the alcohol, but this morning I don’t have any, “oh my gosh what did I say to do and so” panicked moments running through my head. I remember all the conversations, the scores of the games, what I ate, what I drank, and what the babysitter told me about the kids night when I got home.
Now on to St Pats!
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WinoGelato wrote: »
I didn’t sleep very well though, I do wonder if that was from the alcohol, but this morning I don’t have any, “oh my gosh what did I say to do and so” panicked moments running through my head.It's insane how much energy alcohol takes from our lives: drinking it, thinking about drinking it, thinking about not drinking it, suffering from drinking it! Aeeiiii, it's enough to drive one to ???... go to gym?
Big thumbs up to you both. Can relate to both of those statements.
Last night was the reopening of a waterfront eatery near us. They were having a band early (5:30PM) which is why I really wanted to go. Knowing it was St. Pats today I used last night to indulge just a little after being none alcohol for 4 consecutive days. I nursed a horrible drink the bartender tried making an Irish coffee without the correct ingredients. Which turned out better for me because I did not want a second after my taste buds being destroyed from the taste. Early night home.
So the plan today/ night is to be the only totally sober St.Patricks Day adult in town. Wait until they hear me order a virgin bloody Irishman drink. Hahaha.1 -
Saturday St.Pattys Day, the only thing I REALLY want to do is find some place serving Irish lamb stew or bangers and mash. I won't be participating in any drinking of alcohol that day because I know how quickly it can go South. Oh and I want to listen to Irish music. (Sorry erik...lol)
I love the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, here's a link to their concert at Carnegie Hall, I have the whole thing memorized. What a great group they were. There are 3 drinking songs, (which will probably make you NOT want to drink
) and plenty of IRA songs...those were just the times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaTM5Ex-_cU 3 -
What a pleasant surprise to see this. I saw them live more times than I can count. They were the best. Liam had the most wonderful voice for ballads. Thanks for posting. I'll be listening while I make colcannon to go with the ribs. We already ate the corned beef; just couldn't wait.dressagerider1020 wrote: »Saturday St.Pattys Day, the only thing I REALLY want to do is find some place serving Irish lamb stew or bangers and mash. I won't be participating in any drinking of alcohol that day because I know how quickly it can go South. Oh and I want to listen to Irish music. (Sorry erik...lol)
I love the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, here's a link to their concert at Carnegie Hall, I have the whole thing memorized. What a great group they were. There are 3 drinking songs, (which will probably make you NOT want to drink ) and plenty of IRA songs...those were just the times.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaTM5Ex-_cU3 -
@dressagerider1020 thanks for the link.
Just found out there is St.Patty's karaoke tonight. So I will be belting out some Irish tunes myself. Hahahaha.
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Chilly St Pats here. Walked to the parade with a baileys and coffee. Too cold to drink beer during the parade. Walked home. 12k steps before 1pm. Went to the store, passed right by all the vendors offering wine samples - first time ever that I didn’t hit them all and buy some of what they were promoting. Tonight low key night at home with basketball (Rock Chalk Jayhawks!) and baked potato soup. May have a beer, don’t really want to open a bottle of wine, but we’ll see. No pressure and feeling really good about how I did this weekend that i was previously nervous about!6
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WinoGelato wrote: »Chilly St Pats here. Walked to the parade with a baileys and coffee. Too cold to drink beer during the parade. Walked home. 12k steps before 1pm. Went to the store, passed right by all the vendors offering wine samples - first time ever that I didn’t hit them all and buy some of what they were promoting. Tonight low key night at home with basketball (Rock Chalk Jayhawks!) and baked potato soup. May have a beer, don’t really want to open a bottle of wine, but we’ll see. No pressure and feeling really good about how I did this weekend that i was previously nervous about!
haha, made me chuckle...
good on ya
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HI! Happy St Patty's day! Got home from the horse show last night....so exhausted so I ate pizza and drank wine. Back to it tomorrow though and I HAVE to lose these extra pounds as they are probably the reason I'm so exhausted after a show.
On a positive note...show was successful and ended up in 3rd place!
Happy weekend to everyone and welcome newcomers! Now I'm off to catch up on the 115 posts I missed, lol11 -
Wow !!! I had a real fun Saint Patrick's day and evening AF. Who knew ?!? Went downtown to a couple of bars with the hubby; then off to some friends house for a couple of hours visiting and drinks. Planned ahead and had my sparkling water and lime. Loved loved loved driving everywhere, even through a huge snow storm feeling confident and sober. Can't tell you how many times we've drove home when we really shouldn't have. Feeling hopeful love reading the updates with everyone
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Hello my family friends
I felt the celebration vibes and splashed out with Chivas regal only b coz they didn't have Irish whiskey.
I feel in myself i have it under better control now than as b4 I would have normally wanted more and not be caring. I say now I have more respect for my health and well being.
This time I feel my body can take a certain amount before resisting it.
I guess its bcoz of my sugar diabetes tendencies (family inherit) I feel the fluid build up and it turns me off. I stay aware of how Im reacting, and how hard I have to work to work it off to get to my weight loss goal.
Happy days to all remembering we don't have to have alcohol to have happiness
Glad to have u all as a team.
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Hello my family friends
I felt the celebration vibes and splashed out with Chivas regal only b coz they didn't have Irish whiskey.
I feel in myself i have it under better control now than as b4 I would have normally wanted more and not be caring. I say now I have more respect for my health and well being.
This time I feel my body can take a certain amount before resisting it.
I guess its bcoz of my sugar diabetes tendencies (family inherit) I feel the fluid build up and it turns me off. I stay aware of how Im reacting, and how hard I have to work to work it off to get to my weight loss goal.
Happy days to all remembering we don't have to have alcohol to have happiness
Glad to have u all as a team.
I don't know if I worded that right. It sounds like I went hard at it. To make it clear, I had 2 standard drinks was my quota. Now back into the clean healthy way.7 -
Congrats on all the successful St. Pats. The norm here in Italy in restaurants seems to be a huge bottle of mineral water (sparkling or still) and one very modest glass of Chianti. Very civilized.
Off the subject, I wish American men would take a lesson in dressing from their Italian counterparts! Bellissimo. I’m shopping for my husband.8 -
I will tell you that instead of drinking yesterday, I bought a new dress!! A smaller sized one. Happy! I really wanted to drink. Went to a tea tasting instead! Watched and learned how to make Matcha (from ground Japanese tea leaves). Was given an Irish breakfast tea by mistake. The only disappointment was that I forgot to take it with me! Got to talking and learned from someone new on how to buy some of the tea pottery and supplies at the year round farmer's market's. It should be more inexpensive that way. There are so many market's year round that I did not know about. I live in snow country in the winter here. Maybe I will try that next month. I did fall in love with a very smooth, soft to the touch, small tea pot. That would be a very relaxing pot to put the tea in to steep.10
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@salleewins that is fantastic about the smaller dress size! What a great feeling that is. And it IS fun discovering new teas isn't it?3
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Bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning after 11 hours of festivities yesterday. Stood my ground at being alcohol free all day and night. My post could read nearly to the word of @ali3boys ( minus the snow storm) above the thread.
It was sad to see the decline of my dh who was drinking far more than he should have. He started out in a great mood and gradually became that person in the room that complained about everyone. And nothing was good enough. He was especially mad at the fact that I was not drinking. " You can have one" he would say every place we went. But I was just fine taking in the events having my non alcoholic beverages. And today... bonus... I can remember every lovely detail of yesterday without questioning myself.
It sounds like everyone had win win days as well from your posts.
YAY to us.
@salleewins WOW a new smaller sized dress. That is fantastic. You must be so proud of yourself.7 -
Well it's Sunday. And I'm down 3 lbs!!! Hard to understand but soo happy.9
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@salleewins And it IS fun discovering new teas isn't it?
@JenT304 - It IS fun discovering new teas! I've put my teabag collection in a big glass jar right out on the counter where I can see it. That at least makes me think before I pour a glass of wine. I use a tall insulated cup with a screw on top to make mine. I'm finding that it kinda works for me to tell myself that the tea is capping off the evening and I'm done drinking and/or eating. Sort of like punctuation - a period.
For anyone who's interested Wirecutter has reviewed tea steepers and travel mugs. The comments are also pretty interesting, with people recommending other things. I haven't gotten into loose tea yet, but would like to. Appreciate any advice as to how to get started. I guess I just need to find a nice tea specialty shop and hope they let me taste.
On the wine front, headed for another good weekend. I had two glasses at a concert Friday night and one glass last night. I enjoyed them but they were enough. If I could be as moderate about snacking on sweets as I am about wine I'd be totally good!7 -
Well done!! Awesome job. Such a great idea to go shopping for clothes I stead if drinking, that's the best yet idea. Its focusing your accomplishments and rewarding you for the effort!! Great work, thanks for the inspiration3
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »All my angst about breaking my streak was for nothing; I did just fine and didnt feel the need to continue drinking. Xo
@JulieAL1969 - SO great to get your report. Was thinking about you yesterday and hoping all was well. Congrats on being in control, making conscious decisions about how much was enough for you and moving on. You are an inspiration.
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