Less Alcohol - MAY 2020 - One Day at a Time

MissMay

forestdweller1 wrote: »

SouthSide Pittsburgh. Thought I would have a snack & a glass of vino [banished that bad bad thought] then sleep while the dumpster fires flamed downtown. Just a minute ago a car ran through SS , guns pointed at pedestrians, dropped off a group who are now smashing store windows, while the car sped back over a bridge, back downtown. Police broke off the chase due to too many protesters. I'm a quarter mile uphill, figuring its way too steep for anyone to bother. Anywho, there's a lot of legal firepower on this hilltop...deerhunters with scanners.
Feels like I'm back in DC, 1968.
Still AF #4...

That is so terrible. Pitts had come such a long way from years ago. I was born and Ilived less than an hour from there and what you are describing is how it was back then. I was amazed, decades later when I flew into PIT, it was a safer changed city.

Hold onto your AF's in case you need to evacuate. You will need your wits about you. 💜

Tesha231

At some point this month, someone mentioned ginger beer and a splash of cranberry. I was getting strong urges early in the day, so weird for me. So while grocery shopping, in the booze aisles, I thought of that post and a response of how that mocktail helped a fellow poster. Fortunately, ginger beer (which I had never heard of before) was the first beverage I saw as I rounded the corner into the soft drink aisle. This weekend i tried it with tart cherry juice which I may like better as it is less sweet. Long story just to say THANK YOU to fellow posters who share their struggles, insights and solutions.

forestdweller1

@MissMay Da 'Burgh is STILL a cool place to live now. As soon as the "outsiders" who brought bats, spray paint and lighter fluid to mar a peaceful expression of outrage GO HOME to their caves...we will clean up and be even better.
Shoulda' hitched a ride to Maine when Eldest snowbirded back to the Isle this month. Drama free & alcohol free up there.

@dawnbgethealthy ...maybe your tolerance for alcohol is decreasing as your AF days are increasing ?? And congrats on getting ready to match your April record !!

"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well" Dame Julian of Norwich

looneycatblue

I committed to staying AF yesterday and am happy to report I did it. I was kinda surprised that the urge really wasn't there, even though my husband was BBQing, and he drank, alot... but spread over the day/night, so not drunk... just feeling really good! He kept asking if I we going to pour us some mixed drinks, but kept having to remind him that I was taking a day off from the spirits since I had really overdid the night before. Guess this was a good thing for both of us, cause then he just stuck with beer. I am planning another AF day today, I love how I feel the mornings after, sleep is much better.

Stay safe everyone, I hope the riots are over now. My Nephew lives in Minneapolis, just a couple of miles from the destruction. He has been volunteering with the clean-up. I am so very proud of him!

dawnbgethealthy

As usual, I am going to try for 16-20 AF days for the month.
My goal used to be 8AF days per month, I am pretty happy to try to cruise between 16-20 so as not to put too much pressure on myself. If I get more that is just gravy.
I managed 22AF days somehow in April!!
Thanks @MissMay for keeping us going : - )



Friday May 29 - AF - I did the 6 minute wait quite a few times. Worked my butt off in the yard again in the hot sun today. At one point I opened the fridge and there was a Labatt .5 (na beer). I had that on my front porch in the shade, and it did the trick! I will have to get some more of those. I am never a beer drinker, but it tasted good and really quenched my thirst for a treat drink after such physical hot labour. (I would have had a rum punch). I said that I was planning not to have any more drinks days the rest of the month. 2 more to go.
Saturday May 30 - 2 1/2 drinks - really had planned on AF until the end of the month, delayed and delayed...then ... didn't. Couldn't finish my 3rd drink. Normally if I am not going to have an AF day I will have 3 drinks, just for the little "buzz", but I was starting to feel drunk, not buzzed, and drunk means that I puke, so I put it in the freezer. Still happy to have exceeded my 16-20 AF days per month.
Sunday May 31 - AF - Final check in for the month. As I am looking back, the days (like today) when I felt fine the next day after having drinks were days when I drank 2 litres of water during the day.
I also believe, like @forestdweller1 suggested, I am becoming less tolerant to booze now that I have been getting in more AF days. I don't really eat much during the day, so I am always on an empty stomach when I do imbibe.

22AF days out of 31 days for the month. Matched my April record, thanks for noticing @forestdweller1 : - )

dawnbgethealthy

I am sorry to my American friends that all of this crap is happening in your country. Chaos exists for many reasons.
Thank you for sharing first hand experiences.
Way to go for going through this and not hitting the bottle!!!

See y'all in the June thread.

looneycatblue

dawnbgethealthy wrote: »

I am sorry to my American friends that all of this crap is happening in your country. Chaos exists for many reasons.
Thank you for sharing first hand experiences.
Way to go for going through this and not hitting the bottle!!!

See y'all in the June thread.

Thank you Dawn, this has been tough. My boss's business destroyed last night. Today the looters are in Long Beach CA, my hometown and where my oldest Son and my oldest Brother live. Also in Lakewood CA, where my youngest Son lives with his Fiance. In Santa Ana CA, one city over from where I live with my husband. It feels like we are in a war zone. Sober today.

MissMay

Way to go @dawnbgethealthy by exceeding your high goal for the month 👍👍👍