Less Alcohol - NOVEMBER 2019 - One Day at a Time
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I decided not to drink in 2019. Made it from Jan 1st to mid-August, then had a couple beers.
In September I drank once...one beer.
Then I had a horrible inner ear infection, vertigo and extreme visual symptoms. Now I am terrified to drink alcohol ever again because some of that experience reminded me of the spinning feeling of being buzzed and/or drunk.
I don't know if I will ever drink again and if I do, I doubt it will be more than one beer. Sort of a shame as I love craft beer. I recently bought some very good non-alcoholic beers though as my husband also stopped drinking and we both like the taste.7 -
looneycatblue wrote: »I will not drink, I will not drink, I will not drink... no matter how much I want to right now!!! I don't understand why some people (step daughter), cannot enjoy the holiday without drama!
Thank you, just needed to get this out, hoping it keeps me away from the bottle!
Hold on tight, bite your lip, step outside and take a deep breath the day is almost over. 🤐4 -
@seltzermint555 we were just discussing vertigo on here a few days ago. Horrible feeling from what everyone described. You have done well with drinking less in 2019 from what you stated. Congrats, hope you can keep on your successful path.5
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My goal is 16-20 AF days for the month.
I didn't get there in October, ended up with 10 or 11AF days. Daily drinking is so very easy to slip back into!
November 15 - AF
November 16 - A bunch of red wine (not my drink of choice) at a girlfriend's who invited me for Lasagna. Although I had one glass or two glasses each night in Dallas, it made me feel lovely. Did not feel lovely, thought that I was going to puke, did not feel well in the morning.
November 17 - AF
November 18 - AF
November 19 - Tuesday, 3 drinks. I like my decision to allow myself drinks on stressful Tuesdays, I haven't always had drinks on Tuesdays since starting this, but mostly.
November 20 - AF - getting towards that 16-20 AF days : - )
November 21 - AF - really really felt like having drinks, had a long stressful workday. I managed to resist.
November 22 - 3 drinks - I made a drink before I even got out of my work clothes today!
November 23 - AF - 7 days left in the month only! That went by fast.
November 24 - AF - planning on hitting the 16th AF day for the month tomorrow. If I could keep up putting 2 AF days in between drinks days I would be good with that plan.
November 25 - AF - Happy to make it to 16AF days. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is my designated drinks day, but I am going out to the Ballet on Wednesday so don't want to look all puffy and haggard and bloated so I will try to skip my drinks day.
November 26 - 3 drinks. Tuesday. Didn't make it to my 4th AF day in a row, but maybe some day : - ) 14 hour day, like pretty much every Tuesday. No regrets.
November 27 - AF. I was offered wine out at dinner, and a few times at the Ballet, but I abstained since I had drinks yesterday.
November 28 - AF. Worked hard, felt like having drinks, but Black Friday is looming and I have a small Amazon business that will require me to monitor my sale and change my bids/tactics continuously throughout the day and night. I want to be as sharp as possible.
Running tally 18AF days out of 28 days so far.2 -
This was the date that I joined this thread exactly a year ago. My goal for that first week was to have 1 AF day for the week. It was hard!!!
This is also the date of my late Dad's birthday.
And this year it is Thanksgiving day!
Since I began with this forum, it has been such a wonderful place to come to. Our little MFP family : - )
I am happy to "see" you all and hearing about what everyone is up to.
The hugest thanks to @MissMay who has kept us all safe and warm
Happy Thanksgiving all of you American Cousins.
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Awwwwww thank you @dawnbgethealthy for your sediments and gratitude. There were times I would get in here to check out this thread and no one would be posting for days(way before the duty of O.P. was given to me). So I would just keep accountability for myself and post to keep it open, on top of the community board and fresh. I thought well....if we have lurkers they would at least be reading and hopefully be getting something good out of my rambles. And so here we all are! Like you said, our little fam.
Congrats on your one year with us. I remember when you started and how difficult squeaking out that one AF day was for you. Ya come a long way BABY !
My husbands birthday is also Nov 28th, like your Fathers. Luckily he remained very sober yesterday because he was trying to learn how to use a new fancy cell phone and did not want to screw it up. Little steps.......
Couple days left here in November. How has everyones goals been doing? Tough time of year I know to be wanting to make less alcohol a part of your life. But is there ever really a "better" time to start?
Have a wonderful day all, the weekend and a new exciting month is around the bend. 😎4 -
I've been reading and lurking and may start posting properly in December, but quite proud of myself. I had work events the last two nights. Usually these involve free wine and bar snacks and that sort of stuff, and I got through them both just drinking water.
I did sober October (and a bit, up to about 8 November I think) but have had a few more drinks this month. Definitely trying to limit them to when I'm out doing something rather than drinking at home though.6 -
7 am in Vegas another 24 💖 hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday,ours was quiet and I'm fine with that 🦃3
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@seltzermint555 we were just discussing vertigo on here a few days ago. Horrible feeling from what everyone described. You have done well with drinking less in 2019 from what you stated. Congrats, hope you can keep on your successful path.
Thank you so much! I'll read back through the thread further.2 -
Yeah, we had a very nice Thanksgiving yesterday, and my 1st AF one in many years 😁
I made up for it with yummy desserts 🥧
Thank you @MissMay for your encouraging words. I need to remember that no matter how miserable some people around you are, I am still in control of my own actions. 💙3 -
Hey gang new thread has been created.
I am having trouble with some functions on here.
Can someone find it in the community /challenges category and paste the link in here?
Thank you in advance..0 -
helen_goldthorpe wrote: »I've been reading and lurking and may start posting properly in December, but quite proud of myself. I had work events the last two nights. Usually these involve free wine and bar snacks and that sort of stuff, and I got through them both just drinking water.
I did sober October (and a bit, up to about 8 November I think) but have had a few more drinks this month. Definitely trying to limit them to when I'm out doing something rather than drinking at home though.
Welcome. So thrilled you were lurking us.🤣. Sounds like your on the right path. But no harm getting in here for some accountability. Nice to have you.0 -
My goal is 16-20 AF days for the month.
I didn't get there in October, ended up with 10 or 11AF days. Daily drinking is so very easy to slip back into!
November 15 - AF
November 16 - A bunch of red wine (not my drink of choice) at a girlfriend's who invited me for Lasagna. Although I had one glass or two glasses each night in Dallas, it made me feel lovely. Did not feel lovely, thought that I was going to puke, did not feel well in the morning.
November 17 - AF
November 18 - AF
November 19 - Tuesday, 3 drinks. I like my decision to allow myself drinks on stressful Tuesdays, I haven't always had drinks on Tuesdays since starting this, but mostly.
November 20 - AF - getting towards that 16-20 AF days : - )
November 21 - AF - really really felt like having drinks, had a long stressful workday. I managed to resist.
November 22 - 3 drinks - I made a drink before I even got out of my work clothes today!
November 23 - AF - 7 days left in the month only! That went by fast.
November 24 - AF - planning on hitting the 16th AF day for the month tomorrow. If I could keep up putting 2 AF days in between drinks days I would be good with that plan.
November 25 - AF - Happy to make it to 16AF days. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is my designated drinks day, but I am going out to the Ballet on Wednesday so don't want to look all puffy and haggard and bloated so I will try to skip my drinks day.
November 26 - 3 drinks. Tuesday. Didn't make it to my 4th AF day in a row, but maybe some day : - ) 14 hour day, like pretty much every Tuesday. No regrets.
November 27 - AF. I was offered wine out at dinner, and a few times at the Ballet, but I abstained since I had drinks yesterday.
November 28 - AF. Worked hard, felt like having drinks, but Black Friday is looming and I have a small Amazon business that will require me to monitor my sale and change my bids/tactics continuously throughout the day and night. I want to be as sharp as possible.
November 29 - Drinks. Started out with 1/2 shots of Peppermint Schnapps in Hot Chocolates, then continued from there. Hope that I don't feel sick in the morning!!
Running tally 18AF days out of 29 days so far.4 -
Finally was able to copy December thread link for easy access:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10774010/less-alcohol-december-2019-one-day-at-a-time#latest2 -
Yesterday could have ended on a very bad note. Came home from work and had multiple episodes of anger being thrown my direction(won't get into detail).
Anyhow, after literally trying to escape from the toxic yelling and go to my happy place. A quick thought of getting lost in many many drinks flashed across my mind, because I "thought" it had worked years ago and I just wanted the noise to stop.
Then the little voice in my head 😇reminded me it never worked in the past, WHY would it work this time? It always made the situation worse.
Rebounded a bit later and never got to the critical stage of even opening up the liquor cabinet door.
Holiday time is not always fun.9 -
Thank you for starting the December thread @MissMay!
I have been lax about checking in. Drank three more days than I wanted to for a grand total of 19/30 days AF in November. That is, if I stick to my plan today.
much better than I would have done in the past and I have usually been drinking less each time.
My surgery went well - thanks for the kind words and thoughts all! Sleeping has been a challenge but hoping that will get better too.
I have to work this weekend and next to finish up some work stuff. I’m going to plan little breaks and fun things at night so I don’t get too stressed and drink, which only makes me more tired and more stressed.
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My goal is 16-20 AF days for the month.
I didn't get there in October, ended up with 10 or 11AF days. Daily drinking is so very easy to slip back into!
November 15 - AF
November 16 - A bunch of red wine (not my drink of choice) at a girlfriend's who invited me for Lasagna. Although I had one glass or two glasses each night in Dallas, it made me feel lovely. Did not feel lovely, thought that I was going to puke, did not feel well in the morning.
November 17 - AF
November 18 - AF
November 19 - Tuesday, 3 drinks. I like my decision to allow myself drinks on stressful Tuesdays, I haven't always had drinks on Tuesdays since starting this, but mostly.
November 20 - AF - getting towards that 16-20 AF days : - )
November 21 - AF - really really felt like having drinks, had a long stressful workday. I managed to resist.
November 22 - 3 drinks - I made a drink before I even got out of my work clothes today!
November 23 - AF - 7 days left in the month only! That went by fast.
November 24 - AF - planning on hitting the 16th AF day for the month tomorrow. If I could keep up putting 2 AF days in between drinks days I would be good with that plan.
November 25 - AF - Happy to make it to 16AF days. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is my designated drinks day, but I am going out to the Ballet on Wednesday so don't want to look all puffy and haggard and bloated so I will try to skip my drinks day.
November 26 - 3 drinks. Tuesday. Didn't make it to my 4th AF day in a row, but maybe some day : - ) 14 hour day, like pretty much every Tuesday. No regrets.
November 27 - AF. I was offered wine out at dinner, and a few times at the Ballet, but I abstained since I had drinks yesterday.
November 28 - AF. Worked hard, felt like having drinks, but Black Friday is looming and I have a small Amazon business that will require me to monitor my sale and change my bids/tactics continuously throughout the day and night. I want to be as sharp as possible.
November 29 - Drinks. Started out with 1/2 shots of Peppermint Schnapps in Hot Chocolates, then continued from there. Hope that I don't feel sick in the morning!!
November 30 - AF. Really wanted to get back into the hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps, it was pretty cold out. Abstained. Pleased with my count for the month.
November tally 19AF days out of 30 days.3 -
November accountability check in
Compared to last year I went over my months tally by half a drink. My goal was to match 2018 (it was a heavy pour on one drink and I absolutely calculated it in for honesty)
Compared to the year before that(2017) I am down by over 90%.
WOW. Surprises come in al kinds of packages.
See you on the December 2019 thread.😎6
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