Less Alcohol - JULY 2020 - One Day at a Time

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  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    6:35 am in Vegas another 24 💖
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,932 Member
    Tesha231 wrote: »
    GREAT NEWS from my camp! My non-household families have all recovered from COVID-19 and are off the quarantine list. My parents are still tired and doubt they will go anywhere anyway but they are happy to be clear. Their cleaning service dropped off hospital grade cleaner to use before their next scheduled appointment, even though they said the virus does not live long on hard surfaces. Also, my COVID antibody test (as part of my blood donation) came back negative which means I have likely NOT been exposed to the virus. Key word: "likely". One more week of self-prescribed quarantine and I can hold my 4 mo old grandson again. <3

    Actually, it is opposite, it can live on hard surfaces for 14 days, soft surfaces less.

    So glad to hear that your family is out of the weeds! It can take months for people to recover, we have an athlete here in Canada who was super healthy before contracting and is just going into month 4, thinking that she would be over it in 2 weeks and is not.
    Our "super-spreader" here in Canada now are people in their 20s - obviously they are selfish and don't care - they might think that they are invincible, or don't love their elders or respect that they can infect others. A 27 year old died here of Covid19, don't they listen?
    Do we really need to lockdown in order for people to be careful??? Aren't we adults? Don't we want to keep our communities safe?

    Argh. Sorry for the rant, just...
  • Samand303
    Samand303 Posts: 123 Member
    @dawnbgethealthy
    Ranting right alongside you 😒😠
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,932 Member
    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.
    Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
    Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
    Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
    Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
    Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
    Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
    Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
    Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
    Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
    Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
    Monday July 13 - AF
    Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
    Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
    Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
    Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
    Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
    Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
    Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
    Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
    Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
    Thursday July 23 - Drinks after getting home from floating on a lake with my guitar player. Awesome day.

    Rolling total: 17AF days out of 23 days.
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