Less Alcohol - March 2019 - One Day at a Time
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Hey I am back in for March and I was able to finish out the last week of February without drinking. I drank a total of 6 times last month and I was overall pleased with my moderation when I did drink. My goal for March is to have no more than 4 drinking days and continue consistently working out. I would also like to get into yoga and work on my flexibility.4
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Friday night, stayed in and cooked and only had one glass of wine instead of my usual 3! I figured out that the earlier I start drinking, the more I drink. The more lengthy the meal prep, the more I drink. So, I held off until 7:30 and by then my “happy hour” craving was gone. Yay!9
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@Womona congrats!!! My DIL mentioned the same thing to me once. She reduced the amount of wine she drinks in a similar fashion as your Friday night experience ... no longer starting at 5pm or with dinner prep and waits until she actually sits at the table for dinner.
Your 1 wine on Friday is huge!!! Wonderful success.6 -
My goals for March will be the same as the previous months - 4 AF days per week. I have found it to be a realistic goal for me. I hit my goal in February (and surpassed it a little). Daily accountability is good. I was a daily drinker before making this resolve.
March 01 - 3 drinks - yes, chose to do that because I have a free Saturday to sleep in, basically no responsibilities or commitments. I had a very busy week and it was so nice to finally kick back, have a great dinner and a few drinks.
0 AF days out of 1 day
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I am not sure why that went in 3 times! Sorry!0
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We had dinner out and I had wine and I think that was fine. We also ended up sitting down and watching TV and I had another glass of wine but after thinking about it there was just no point to it. I just added up empty calories. I should have made my tea. I think I got caught in the 'habit' and maybe a bit of 'it's Friday!'. We also decided to sit outside last night and I couldn't resist this Grand Marnier type drink as that's warming and it was cold out, I only had about and ounce. I know others have said that the craving go in about 2 weeks but I've been at this about 3 weeks and definitely still have a urge or craving each night. I'm actually really happy with my progress but when I have something to drink like last night I want to take the time to think it over....I think if I was to do it again I would skip the evening wine. So glad I got the little 4 pack bottles because even though I had a glass I don't have bottle open that I would have had more of last night or I would be drinking tonight.3
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mabelsdaddy wrote: »OK, so I've been looking forward to this day to look back on my diary.
January, about 16,000 calories of alcoholic drinks
February, 8,000!
Here's to seeing if i can get to 5,000 total for March.
Thanks for all the support in February! You all are awesome!
Great way to look at it. I just checked and I was having about 1700 cals/week in wine! That's a whole extra day of food I can eat during the week!1 -
My goals for March will be the same as the previous months - 4 AF days per week. I have found it to be a realistic goal for me. I hit my goal in February (and surpassed it a little). Daily accountability is good. I was a daily drinker before making this resolve.
March 01 - 3 drinks - yes, chose to do that because I have a free Saturday to sleep in, basically no responsibilities or commitments. I had a very busy week and it was so nice to finally kick back, have a great dinner and a few drinks.
March 02 - AF
1 AF days out of 2 days so far2 -
I am glad to have found this group. I can easily drink too much wine on too many days. These are some of the things I'm looking forward to by cutting back:
1. Save Calories
2. Experience fewer migraines
3. Use mindfulness to cope with anxiety instead of wine
4. Be more real with others in social situations (my drinking personality is much different than who I really am).
5. Face the worry that people won't like the real me. Be authentic with myself and others.
6. Provide a better example for my kids
7. Confront my worries, fears, negative emotions rather than obfuscating them in wine
8. Use that awareness to make real progress in my life.
9. Eliminate the regret that occasionally results from my actions while drinking.
10. Enjoy better sleep which will lead to greater energy in the day.
March will be a tough month to begin this challenge. We are going on an RV camping trip for Spring Break. While we do a lot of healthy things like hiking on these trips, we also drink at the campsite. I'm up for the challenge!
Those are excellent goals!
This is a great place to work on those.
Welcome!1 -
March accountability ~3 days so far
No Alcohol: 1 days
Alcohol: 2 days (4 drinks)
Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
Including the last few days of February to monitor my weekly goal!
Feb 25 - AF
Feb 26 - 2 glasses of wine
Feb 27 - AF
Feb 28 - AF - @ fishing camp for long weekend which is always a challenge!
Mar 1 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 2 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 3 - AF - driving this evening 5 hrs4 -
Off to a bad start so far this month (from this weekend) between having more to drink than I wanted and eating poorly at dinner time both days. I definitely need to make up for it this week, I said AF 4 days and limit my 2 days for the weekend. Just means I NEED to be stronger this week and not be lazy and give in to my stress or anxiety.5
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I will join this challenge, I drink almost every day so need to cut back.
Love my wine, Jack and Vodka....8 -
I'm in for March! This week my game plan is to allow drinking only at dinner between 5pm and 7:30pm & have a glass of sparkling water in between each drink. Good luck to everyone!9
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New so looking for friends for motivation.6
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Hi everyone.
In the past during my annual tax prep time I would indulge in too much alcohol after getting it all together to send out to my tax guy.
This year( meaning this past weekend) not a drop
Funny, I found I even got them together quicker this year to. With out as much use of white out or re-calculations.
Headed forward in small ways.
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Welcome @globalhiker and @robertkimble you will find we are super supportive and all at different stages of our less alcohol journeys.
@globalhiker that is a great goal. I like the time restriction added in there.
@robertkimble you will get tons of motivation on here. These folks are "fierce" to drink less!
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Lilylady3k wrote: »March accountability ~3 days so far
No Alcohol: 1 days
Alcohol: 2 days (4 drinks)
Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
Including the last few days of February to monitor my weekly goal!
Feb 25 - AF
Feb 26 - 2 glasses of wine
Feb 27 - AF
Feb 28 - AF - @ fishing camp for long weekend which is always a challenge!
Mar 1 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 2 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 3 - AF - driving this evening 5 hrs
You're doing good Lily!2 -
Off to a bad start so far this month (from this weekend) between having more to drink than I wanted and eating poorly at dinner time both days. I definitely need to make up for it this week, I said AF 4 days and limit my 2 days for the weekend. Just means I NEED to be stronger this week and not be lazy and give in to my stress or anxiety.
I'm learning....slowly....it's a slow process. Keep getting back up and trying again.3 -
robertkimble wrote: »I will join this challenge, I drink almost every day so need to cut back.
Love my wine, Jack and Vodka....
Understand....I really enjoy my drinks. Wheter it be wine, whiskey or rum or beer. But I am working on disliking all the negatives about them more....foggy next day, hang over, shame, extra calories, $'s...
We shall over come!2 -
@FeelinFooFoo .... I have had such a wonderful, hangover free day!!!! Aaahhh, like a breath of fresh air!4
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@MissMay
Lol, Great job!!!0 -
@AbandondedKSCharger I find I have a harder time when my spouse has something when I am trying to do better. We both said AF all week this week!6
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Not off to a great start for March! I had planned AF last night but then had 2 glasses of wine. When leaving my sister's home she made a comment ... "ya'll have really cut back you only drank 1 bottle of wine for the 2 of you" ... she had 1 bottle herself. There were 4 unopened bottles of wine
Reflecting back I'm not beating myself up this morning. I'm not daily drinking like last year. I'm drinking less when I do drink. So drinking less is drinking less ... it does not have to be perfect.
March accountability ~3 days so far
No Alcohol: 0 days
Alcohol: 3 days (6 drinks)
Goal: AF days 4 per week / 16 per month
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
Including the last few days of February to monitor my weekly goal which I missed this time around.
Feb 25 - AF
Feb 26 - 2 glasses of wine
Feb 27 - AF
Feb 28 - AF - @ fishing camp for long weekend which is always a challenge!
Mar 1 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 2 - 2 glasses of wine
Mar 3 - 2 glasses of wine - driving this evening 5 hrs but then unexpected dinner at my sisters afterwards for spaghetti & wine
This week's plan
Mar 4 - Plan AF
Mar 5 - Plan AF: Don’t order alcohol on plane even though you have free drink tickets!
Mar 6 - San Fran: Plan 2 glass
Mar 7 - San Fran: Plan 2 glass
Mar 8 - Plan AF
Mar 9 -?
Mar 10 - Plan AF
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March has started STRONG for me and i intend to keep it that way. Had a glass of prosecco March 1 and 3 shots. Then for the first time in a LOOOOOOOOONG time I went the entire weekend without a single drop and without WANTING IT!!
I dont know if anyone has heard of Rachel Hart, but I joined this 5 day reset challenge and listening to this has been awesome!! LISTEN IN!! I am a bit ahead of the challenge by mistake lol- i started listening saturday when i was already a day in, which is FINE BY ME!!
ENJOY- 5 DAY CHALLENGE
https://www.rachelhart.com/resetwelcome/
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We had dinner out and I had wine and I think that was fine. We also ended up sitting down and watching TV and I had another glass of wine but after thinking about it there was just no point to it. I just added up empty calories. I should have made my tea. I think I got caught in the 'habit' and maybe a bit of 'it's Friday!'. We also decided to sit outside last night and I couldn't resist this Grand Marnier type drink as that's warming and it was cold out, I only had about and ounce. I know others have said that the craving go in about 2 weeks but I've been at this about 3 weeks and definitely still have a urge or craving each night. I'm actually really happy with my progress but when I have something to drink like last night I want to take the time to think it over....I think if I was to do it again I would skip the evening wine. So glad I got the little 4 pack bottles because even though I had a glass I don't have bottle open that I would have had more of last night or I would be drinking tonight.
Listen to this! It talks about "urges" and habits!!
https://www.rachelhart.com/resetwelcome/
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gladys0919 wrote: »March has started STRONG for me and i intend to keep it that way. Had a glass of prosecco March 1 and 3 shots. Then for the first time in a LOOOOOOOOONG time I went the entire weekend without a single drop and without WANTING IT!!
I dont know if anyone has heard of Rachel Hart, but I joined this 5 day reset challenge and listening to this has been awesome!! LISTEN IN!! I am a bit ahead of the challenge by mistake lol- i started listening saturday when i was already a day in, which is FINE BY ME!!
ENJOY- 5 DAY CHALLENGE
https://www.rachelhart.com/resetwelcome/
This is the stuff i'm here for! Proud of you2 -
Eh, had 5 low calorie beers last night but didnt drink 3/1 and 3/2. Not terrible, i reckon!7
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robertkimble wrote: »I will join this challenge, I drink almost every day so need to cut back.
Love my wine, Jack and Vodka....
SAME!!! Glad to know I am not the only one slamming back hard alcohol LOL3 -
I think I'm ready to do this, I need to do this. After drinking hard spirits all weekend I'm feeling utterly crap today. Missed my gym session for the first time in the last six weeks and have been a couch potato all day. Alcohol is making me feel old and slow when my goals are the exact opposite. Time to break free of this pointless nonsense.11
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gladys0919 wrote: »robertkimble wrote: »I will join this challenge, I drink almost every day so need to cut back.
Love my wine, Jack and Vodka....
SAME!!! Glad to know I am not the only one slamming back hard alcohol LOL
We always have sailor Jerry in the house, a single night cap turns into, well more. So I'm right there with ya! We just finished the bottle last night and I said I'm not buying another. Out of sight, out of mind!3
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