Less Alcohol - APRIL 2020 - One Day at a Time

LoveyChar

mainelylisa wrote: »

@Beka3695 Luxurious Prisoner--love it! And way to go on the almost 2 months!!!
@morrisjen2014 I think everyone's feeling more restless than usual. I also drink from boredom. And since I'm not drinking and I'm so over this #@$*$#@ weather, I'm grumpy. Really, Maine--not a single day above 60 this month? I miss Texas!!! Sorry, I'm digressing. I'm trying to figure out why I'm bored. I didn't drink as a kid or teen and I was rarely bored. What happens to us? Figure out what gets you amped and go for it! (I'm talking to both of us, lol.) I'm disappointed I'm not losing more weight, but not gaining at least.
Congrats to @dawnbgethealthy and @LoveyChar and @globalhiker and others who are rocking their goals!

I did not give you a disagree, and I doubt whoever did it meant to disagree but rather that person meant to hug you and hit the wrong button (I've done it). But I disagree with you about this Texas weather. I have lived here for seventeen years and today our heat pushed 90; I hate the heat!!! I'd rather have your weather! We have 9 months of summer here!

Doxmum

Check-in #19: Twice in one day! Tonight I'm only drinking my 375ml baseline bubbles can (11% EtOH). I'm going to try working in some AF days in May. I like what @dawnbegethealthy said about starting with just one AF day a month. You also said, "...but I didn't die or anything." Good point. And look at you now! I'm blown away by how much progress everyone has made since I started lurking in DEC -> looking at you @shorepine. You are doing sooo well!! Especially considering the kind of pressure you are under. I hope you had some good news this week about staying employed.

I Love this message board because there is no judgement. @mainleylisa is right: no guilt, no embarrassment. Just. Keep.Checking.In. Sober, a little high, a lot high, drunk, doesn't matter. If it's any consolation, I would have drank half-again as much as you did given the same circumstances. Lord knows, I have in the past. Once, maybe twice. Don't ask after that

Namaste
(Just because I do yoga doesn't mean I don't swear )

anglilacs

Finishing out the month with 5 AF days in a row and 16 AF days this month. Definitely better than I would have done without the support of this group!

dawnbgethealthy

As usual, I am going to try for 16-20 AF days for the month.
I had 18AF days for January
I had a surprising (and record setting for me) 21AF days for the short month of February!
18AF days for March
Onward to April : - )

Wednesday April 01 - AF
Thursday April 02 - AF - Felt like having drinks, but really determined to get back to at least 2AF days in between.
Friday April 03 - AF because I have a webinar in the morning that I want to be sharp for. Planned wine with a friend for her birthday - yes, we will stay 2 metres apart and likely outside.
Saturday April 04 - Drinks
Sunday April 05 - AF
Monday April 06 - AF
Tuesday April 07 - AF - My Tuesdays have changed, no longer working my tail off and stressed out for the first Tuesday "off". Normally my drinks day. I am really battling to get off the March weight gain, and I know that being more AF helps.
Wednesday April 08 - 3 drinks
Thursday April 09 - AF - I need to be AF again tomorrow so as to have at least 2AF days in between. It has been warm and beautiful here, but it is supposed to drop drastically for a week starting Saturday with more snow. I have done work in the garden hoping to get planting soon, but apparently I need to wait.
Friday April 10 - 3 drinks, broke my own rule of always 2AF days in a row. Just didn't have the willpower today I guess.
Saturday April 11 - AF
Sunday April 12 - AF
Monday April 13 - AF
Tuesday April 14 - AF - Tuesdays no longer stress me out because I don't go out to work anymore. I have time to work out more, prepare healthy food, get out on the trails everyday. I do work on my little Amazon business at home and have a learning seminar tomorrow morning early, so AF tonight so that I hopefully absorb a bunch.
Wednesday April 15 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow. Hey, that was 5 AF days in a row!!
Thursday April 16 - 3 drinks
Friday April 17 - AF - Woke up 2 pounds heavier from having drinks. All the more reason to have lots of AF days. Having said that, I am invited for wine and cheese tomorrow afternoon on my friend's patio where we can stay 6 feet away easily. We'll see. I work very very hard at losing weight and really know that the less alcohol days the better for that.
Saturday April 18 - AF - It was rainy and grey today, so no sitting out on my friend's deck. Tomorrow will be AF also because I have joined a weight challenge that weighs Mondays, so that is my short term motivation to not drink on Sunday. (I seem to gain like 2 pounds the morning after drinking for some reason)
Sunday April 19 - Drinks on my friend's patio in the hot sun after turning over and weeding 2/3 of my snap pea area.
Monday April 20 - AF - Finished the Snap Pea area, very hard work with a shovel, lots of bending, squatting, lunging. I would have enjoyed a drink (or 3), but need 2 AF days in a row at least, so tomorrow too.
Tuesday April 21 - AF - Another afternoon digging in the garden, I really wanted a couple of drinks after that, but I have a learning Webinar tomorrow, and one the next day so I didn't, plus I wanted my 2AF days in a row. Hit the bottom half of my monthly goal today : - )
Wednesday April 22 - AF
Thursday April 23 - Drinks
Friday April 24 - AF - Felt pretty crappy this morning, but weirdly enough really wanted to have drinks tonight. Keeping to my own rule of 2AF days in between.
Saturday April 25 - 3 drinks - broke my own 2AF day rule for in between.
Sunday April 26 - AF
Monday April 27 - 2 drinks. Not a planned drink day at all. Glad that I stopped at 2.
Tuesday April 28 - AF - Going to try for AF tomorrow also.
Wednesday April 29 - AF - Really wanted drinks, but end of the month weigh-in tomorrow morning is giving me a reason not to. Pretty pleased to hit 21AF days for the second time ever.
Thursday April 31 - AF - So grateful to have y'all!!!!

22AF days out of 30 days for the month of April

MissMay

ADIOS April......

EXCELLENT less drinking accountability to all of you.

😎