Less Alcohol - JULY 2020 - One Day at a Time
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Yesterday was supposed to be day 3 AF in my latest streak. Then the hubs saw a friend was at dollar beer night and asked if I wanted to go. You may recall (before I changed MFP name) that my hubs is the one who called me out for my daily drinking a couple months before. We went and had our usual 3, then headed home, where I would formerly sneak a few drinks while cooking dinner for us. Though I wanted to follow past habit, I didn't. Despite breaking my potential streak, I felt the win! While still going for a streak, my goal for July is to not drink by myself at home.
I absolutely admire your goal to not drink by yourself at home. Good work on curving that past habit.
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RubyRed427 wrote: »Hi! I'm 75 days sober and loving it. I know this thread is "less alcohol" but I still love reading your comments; they motivate me.
Hello hello @RubyRed427. Congrats on your 75 days sober. "Less Alcohol" can be broken down in so many different ways as you well know. You know you are always a special guest when you post back in here and motivate us to. 🌞10 -
@dawnbgethealthy I can not recall if I congratulated you on ANOTHER 22 days AF for the month of June. Woo-Hoo that is fantastic.
A happy Canada Day to all of you North of the USA.5 -
@whitpauly extremely understandable why you had a drink count for March. You re-bounded so quickly and are back to your "another 24AF in Vegas". ❤👍6
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I'm in for july. I managed 13 days af in june. I was thinking of doing the whole of july but looking back I know I feel like a failure if I dont achieve that so am going for at least 20 days any extra is a bonus.
@Vicky3725 13 days AF is pretty much TWO WEEKS of the entire month. That is an excellent tally. Remember it is fine if you want to change your goal later in the month. We have no rules for how you go about drinking less. Welcome.7 -
darshah555 wrote: »Greetings from Germany!
Not sure what my goal will be for the month. I’m not used to thinking about how much I drink. I may participate the first few weeks by observing how my I drink in the first place.
Welcome. Nice to have you.7 -
Yesterday I went to visit a gal pal. I showed up, with a large beach bag style tote. We were talking on the patio when I reached into the bag and set two plastic stemmed glasses on the table with little paper umbrellas. Her eyes widened and a huge smile came over her face. Then I pulled out cocktail napkins. Oh my she said, this is a surprise. THEN .......I pulled out a bottle of........wait for it.......KOMBUCHA, it was so funny to see her smile go to a frown and her eyes get sad. I thought you brought wine, she remarked. Then I started to laugh, yea right, like that would ever happen. Your going to try my non-alcoholic beverage with me.
It was a lovely visit and no one died from drinking kombucha. LOL 😂13 -
I'm in! 4 months AF today. MFP says I'm 13 pounds down from this date last year. TOTALLY attributed to lackohol (my made up word of the day).
@Doxmum Such sweet, sweet eyes (I'm sure the poop didn't stink) and thank you so much for opening your furever home! @dawnbgethealthy love your words about words! If we were all drinking, I'd say, "Say witty reparte" 3x fast! Actually if we could all sit around a table, I think we could hoot it up with Kombucha or coffee.
I've had a week that involved a work-related bawling session (luckily not on Zoom), no time to exercise, and a cabin closing that just isn't happening until ? All making me want WINE, but momentum, building new habits, and support here (and sometimes from the angel voice on my shoulder) keeping me strong. I honestly don't ever want to drink to smoosh feelings (well I *want* to do that, but I don't want to want to
). I hope to moderate some day and drink only occasionally and when it's just because I'm going to enjoy a nice glass of wine, rather than to drown sorrows or because there are so many stupid people in this great US of A (sorry--just coming off the news, lol).
@MissMay Thank you from the bottom of my for your continued leadership and support and keeping us goin! And so funny about the Kombucha, @MissMay . (I might be getting addicted to it, BTW.) 8 -
0 drinks/1 day....looking forward to losing another 3 lbs this month by avoiding alcohol. I lost 2.5 lbs in June, mostly from reducing alcohol. I did notice the 4 days I did drink that it caused me to overindulge in food.
This month I also want to focus on eating more antioxidant rich foods. Pomegranate, watermelon, and berries are replacing chocolate, cheese, and popcorn.....my 3 other addictions!10 -
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What I've been concentrating on lately. 16 year old grandson took this self portrait while on Little Deer last month, visiting his Mom.
Few AF days last month, but not exceeding the 7 a week limit posted by @MissMay . Will try to do better this month.
No puppy photos here...I'm allergic...especially to the many in my 'hood that Bark. All. Day. And. All. Night. Long.10 -
lackohol
Love it @mainelylisa !!4 -
Sorry for the weird previous post....could not erase and don't know where it came from.
Signed,
Ms, Com Puter Challenged5 -
I'm gonna say if anyone clicked on @forestdweller1 's link, be sure and delete it from your downloads--don't open it.
Signed,
I work for a Cybersecurity Company and should know better than to click it, but I did (but at least deleted it)5 -
Thanks, @FeelinFooFoo. I think this is my longest AF streak since I started drinking FORTY YEARS ago legally at 18 (except for 18 months of pregnancies).
Love your grandson's self portrait, @forestdweller1 ! It has a retro look that for some reason reminds me of pics from the 1940's.
After a week of no exercise, I went for a 2 mile wog. The former me with former drinking habits would have just felt crushed after too much coffee, and the hot sun blaring down (70 degrees=hot???--this Texas Girl has gone Mainestream!) But I found myself going almost a mile without needing to walk, and then only for a minute before taking off jogging again. So, it was either the breakfast of homemade bread with peanut butter, or the 20 minute HiiT(ish) workouts I've been doing for a few months minus the past week, or could it be..no alcohol in my system for 120 days?12 -
mainelylisa wrote: »Thanks, @FeelinFooFoo. I think this is my longest AF streak since I started drinking FORTY YEARS ago legally at 18 (except for 18 months of pregnancies).
Love your grandson's self portrait, @forestdweller1 ! It has a retro look that for some reason reminds me of pics from the 1940's.
After a week of no exercise, I went for a 2 mile wog. The former me with former drinking habits would have just felt crushed after too much coffee, and the hot sun blaring down (70 degrees=hot???--this Texas Girl has gone Mainestream!) But I found myself going almost a mile without needing to walk, and then only for a minute before taking off jogging again. So, it was either the breakfast of homemade bread with peanut butter, or the 20 minute HiiT(ish) workouts I've been doing for a few months minus the past week, or could it be..no alcohol in my system for 120 days?
I'm opposite direction, PA girl turned Texan since I've been here seventeen years now. I ran in 104 degree heat last summer. Nice job on the streak and the Hiit workouts! If I had any coordination, I'd try one 😕.6 -
Hello! Here I am, arriving in July. My yearly recap so far:
Jan: 23 days AF
Feb: 16 days AF
Mar: 22 days AF
April: 19 days AF
May: 12 days AF
June: 16 days AF
Total for 2020: 108/182 days AF
My goal for July is 20 AF days. It's going to be hard in the summer, I think. Yesterday, I split a bottle of wine with a friend. We are taking turns watching each other's kids while we work and we both had a rough day yesterday. Everything just continues to feel so hard in this time- work, no childcare, financial stress, etc. She brought over a bottle when she came to pick up her kids and we sat outside and savored it and talked. I needed the conversation, feeling better today.
July 1: shared a bottle of wine
So far in July: 0/1 days AF
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@dawnbgethealthy I can not recall if I congratulated you on ANOTHER 22 days AF for the month of June. Woo-Hoo that is fantastic.
A happy Canada Day to all of you North of the USA.
Thank you for the congrats on my 22 days lackahol. I wanted to have drinks probably 22 of those days.
Can't resist this...
So, you and I are about the same age and love a lot of the same music.
Remember the Journey song "Don't Stop Believing" with the great lyric "Born and raised in South Detroit"?
Well, actually South Detroit would be Canada, since Detroit is North of Canada in that spot geographically.
Okay, I am such a nerd. And thanks for wishing those of us North of the USA a Happy Canada Day. : - )4 -
Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.
Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Rolling total: 2AF days out of 2 days.7 -
@dawnbgethealthy that is weird you brought up music. I have been tuned into the 70's music station on cable tv for the past few months. Those great songs trigger some very happy carefree moments in my life. "South Detroit" is perfect!
Yes our birthdays are within a week or so of each other in the Fall. BUT I turned 60 last year. I did not want a lot of hooplah on my 60th. Although the few drinks I had to celebrate hit me like a cast iron skillet. Which was a good reminder that my body does not want all that alcohol in it. The girl making the drinks had a heavy handed pour. And once again I recalled how vodka hates me.8
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