Less Alcohol - NOVEMBER 2019 - One Day at a Time
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Came across this article. Sounds very appropriate for the upcoming weeks. Every little tidbit helps
How To Increase Your Drinking Tolerance (So You Don't Make an Azz of Yourself at a Holiday Party)https://gizmodo.com/how-to-increase-your-drinking-tolerance-so-you-dont-ma-5962095
Not real sure I like how they worded the title of the article. At first glance I took it as, Let's see how much we can drink and still stay upright.
Ideally setting a sensible goal limit per day when drinking is to me, my safe bet.
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Found out that I need to have surgery next Wednesday. Was freaked for a bit and I overdrank last night. It was a planned drinking night but I had 1 too many. Only ended up getting 5 hours of sleep. Ugh. Hoping to sleep more tonight!
I didn’t really set a goal for myself this month but I like to keep the drinking days to 2x/week. Going to try to only drink two more days this month.
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Found out that I need to have surgery next Wednesday. Was freaked for a bit and I overdrank last night. It was a planned drinking night but I had 1 too many. Only ended up getting 5 hours of sleep. Ugh. Hoping to sleep more tonight!
I didn’t really set a goal for myself this month but I like to keep the drinking days to 2x/week. Going to try to only drink two more days this month.
15/21 AF days
Sorry to hear you need to have surgery. Hope you will have a speedy recovery.😊
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This has been an interesting week so far... my tumble on Saturday, then last night while just sitting in my chair, I felt the room spinning so much, I was afraid to move. My husband took me to the emergency room, they ran a battery of tests, gave me some fluids, even a CT scan, everything came back in the normal / good range, except potassium was pretty low. But they didn't think that would cause my dizziness. They are fairly certain it is Vertigo, I had never felt this before, except when I drank too much... and I have not had a drop or even a craving since Saturdays escapades. Have any of you had Vertigo before? I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with it. Better today, back to work tomorrow thank goodness.4
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@anglilacs I am sorry to hear that you need surgery, do you mind me asking what for? I hope everything goes well for you, any surgery is scary!2
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looneycatblue wrote: »This has been an interesting week so far... my tumble on Saturday, then last night while just sitting in my chair, I felt the room spinning so much, I was afraid to move. My husband took me to the emergency room, they ran a battery of tests, gave me some fluids, even a CT scan, everything came back in the normal / good range, except potassium was pretty low. But they didn't think that would cause my dizziness. They are fairly certain it is Vertigo, I had never felt this before, except when I drank too much... and I have not had a drop or even a craving since Saturdays escapades. Have any of you had Vertigo before? I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with it. Better today, back to work tomorrow thank goodness.
Oh no that is very scary not to know what it is causing the dizziness. I have never had diagnosed vertigo, only some dizzieness if I need to eat and I am burning up calories faster than taking in fuel.
Maybe....just maybe your fall last week was more fault of the unknown dizzy spell and not so much alcohol. 🤔
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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.
Running tally 13AF days out of 21 days so far.2 -
looneycatblue wrote: »This has been an interesting week so far... my tumble on Saturday, then last night while just sitting in my chair, I felt the room spinning so much, I was afraid to move. My husband took me to the emergency room, they ran a battery of tests, gave me some fluids, even a CT scan, everything came back in the normal / good range, except potassium was pretty low. But they didn't think that would cause my dizziness. They are fairly certain it is Vertigo, I had never felt this before, except when I drank too much... and I have not had a drop or even a craving since Saturdays escapades. Have any of you had Vertigo before? I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with it. Better today, back to work tomorrow thank goodness.
Yes, I have had it, twice. Debilitating.
So horrible, I couldn't even tilt my chin slightly to spit out my toothpaste or the room started wildly spinning. I couldn't drive. Laying down to go to sleep was awful and if I moved once I got laid down it almost made me throw up. Became very sleep-deprived which only seemed to exacerbate it. I was lucky to have workmates pick me up and drop me off, can't believe that I was able to work, but I quickly became very careful about not moving my head.
The first time lasted many to 6 months and the doctors put me on all sorts of pills that did not make it better but made me feel out of it and sick.
I went to the emergency room where I got the first batch (because I thought that I was having a stroke!). The nurse at the desk told me that she got vertigo when she was entering menopause...it was 6 years after that when I got my menopause, but I could have been in the perio state?
My own doctor was away, so it was a different doctor that put me on more of those same pills.
When I finally saw my own doctor (6 months later because I was not mobile or in any shape to make an appointment) he sent me down to the physio place where there was a guy that specialized in it.
The physio guy talked about the inner ear. He specialized in it because it had happened to him. He wanted to see me only when I was having an episode (which at that time was pretty much constant) because the eyes torque (left to right, up and down, or in a circle) and that tells the specialist what to do. Apparently it is a little tiny crystal that lodges itself screwing up our balance and telling our brain that our head is spinning around. Anyway, I was up on the table, he said that he was going to begin moving me and not to worry that he would not let me fall. He moved me incrementally causing awful vertigo at each stage, basically turning me completely. After that...I was better!! He dislodged it apparently, after 6 months of suffering! He said that if I was ever having an episode to come in right away. I had one about a year later and marched right in there but the *kittens* at the front desk wanted to make me an appointment for 2 weeks from then!! He was walking by and intercepted and took me immediately, did the same procedure and I was better.
Vertigo free now for 12 years, but still terrified and careful.
It is awful. I am sorry to hear that you went through it.
It is possible that Saturday night's fall had nothing to do with alcohol as @MissMay has already said.7 -
@dawnbgethealthy your last post was informative and frightening at the same time. I never, never knew it was a crystal in the inner ear. WOW! Not to mention an inner ear Guru knew how to dislodge it for you. You are extremely lucky to have been refered to him.
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My strength held as I calmly repeated to my husband I was not going to be around his Mother while she was in town this weekend. Bringing up obvious past facts and episodes to support my decision. Letting him know I was a perfectly happy human being not to be drawn into and subjected to his families odd and sick behavior of how they treat people.
Yes alcohol is a huge problem in his family and they use it as the main crutch to defend hideous situations that have occured. Such as, "Oh....so and so didn't mean to punch you in the face and put you in a choke hold last night. They were having a good time and a few to many drinks on Christmas Eve. Your still coming over to open presents this morning aren't you? You face doesn't look that bad."
Thank goodness I had the balls to get in my car and drive back home thru 3 states early that Christmas morning from the hotel. No regrets, because I refuse to encourage or support bad behavior from anyone. Even on Christmas.
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@MissMay good for you for not giving in! That seems like such a toxic situation! I also read the article you posted above and one particular sentence stuck out and made me think. "Alcohol is a toxin, and our bodies adapt to metabolize and deal with it." I know this, but to say to your body "I know I am doing this to you, just deal with it" is a sobering thought.
I wasn't a good drinker yesterday. Four drinks, too fast, not needed. That is the most I have had in months, and I can feel it today. I know I have to pick myself up and move forward, and I will, but for now, I am going to focus too much on my fail because that is how my brain is wired. Cheers to the weekend, mine will be alcohol free.6 -
Yes @lilann1961, I read that also and of course know it as well. If it were not for having livers in our bodies a sip of alcohol would more than likely kill us within hours. That is why liver damage is so sad. Not only alcohol but inhaled toxins such as fumes do not get filtered when the liver is not healthy.
New day for you. I am sure it will be a much brighter one 😎.5 -
@anglilacs sorry you hafta have surgery,hope it all goes smoothly 💗 @MissMay that family sounds like something out of a crazy Christmas movie! That'd stress me the kitten out! On the vertigo I get it when TOM is starting/going on and I defo think(for me) it's a peri symptom hope you get some relief,I'm sorry I can't remember the OP and it's a pain on the phone to scroll back and remember the exact username 😩 6:48 am in Vegas another 24,had a terrible drinking dream this morning as I was waking up,it's the same as in real life when I debated with myself 😒 glad I woke up so I don't know the outcome haha! Have a fab day all5
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@dawnbgethealthy thank you so much for sharing your experience, it helped me to understand mine more. I think mine was also due to a crystal floating around, it was so sudden, no warning, lucky for me I was sitting at the time. I am back at work today, a little drained, and feeling a little off, but so much better. I don't know how you dealt with it for 6 months and then a second round. So good that you found a doctor that knew exactly how to help you!
@anglilacs I am way past TOMs. I am sorry that you also get Vertigo, what do you do to make it better? (I also have that problem if I am trying to enter replies on my phone, gets so frustrating!
@MissMay I know that I drank way too much on Saturday, maybe I also had a Vertigo episode at the time, but I think it was mostly due to the TQ. Maybe the fall dislodged the crystal??? Don't know, just know I don't want to experience either of these again.
Thank you everyone for your kind words and your shares. It is nice to know that I can come here to sound off sometimes, and I will get some great feedback from you. I hope I can be of some support to you too!
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@MissMay Wow, what a terrible ordeal for you to go through! Punched, Choked, and then, just sorry, they were drinking too much, and expected to come back in the morning to open gifts!!! I totally understand you not wanting to be anywhere near them! Your Husband should understand this too, and support your mental health.
Something similar happened many moons ago between my 1st husband had his father, his father started drinking as soon as I left to go play bingo with his step Mom. Husband, and our 2 very young Sons stayed at the house. When we came back home from bingo, his father had him on the ground, punching and choking him, by boys were hiding out in one of the bedrooms... we packed up and drove home. 9 hour trip from Northern back down to Southern CA. We did not see him again after that, until his funeral.3 -
Really struggling this month. October I went completely sober with my husband, and November we aimed to drink but much less than we used to. Unfortunately I have not been able to stick with it. No surprise my weight has gone up and my craving for bad/excessive foods have as well. Mentally my mood has been all over the place, and my only comfort still seems to be high-calorie, fatty foods that don't fit into my daily goals.
Thinking about going drastic for 2020 and being completely sober. I don't know if I can/want to do so, but it seems to be the most effective thing for steady weight loss and maintenance
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@ellie117 I am right there with you.
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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 21 - 3 drinks - nope, haven't had 4AF days in a row yet since joining this challenge, hadn't really occurred to me. Kind of happy to get 2 in a row once in awhile though. I made a drink before I even got out of my work clothes today!
Running tally 13AF days out of 22 days so far.3 -
@looneycatblue
Wow, how traumatizing for your sons!! So sorry that happened!
I am curious to know now how your sons view alcohol, I expect that they are fully grown now. Do they ever talk about the incident?
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