Less Alcohol - OCTOBER 2020 - One Day at a Time (Try a Sober October)

MissMay

A little fun holiday pic
LESS ALCOHOL ~ MORE HUMOR

Samand303

Long-time friends are rare because I’ve moved all over the country (8 states in 30 years). I spent yesterday with my freshman year college BFF, cleaning out her MIL’S house. Quite the work out and a bit sore today. But SO worth it. I don’t mind doing physical work if I’m accomplishing something (yard, garden, helping out someone). I just have a hard time doing exercise for exercise sake. Gotta find a way to make workouts, just for me and my health, seem worth it

Oh yeah, moderation thread — I brought AF beers with me yesterday. Before this group I never would have considered anything except a 6-pack. Brooklyn Special Effects Totally hit the spot and no worries about each of us driving an hour home in opposite directions!

See you all on the November thread!

LoveyChar

5k this morning and I won second place in my age category!!! 30:20:04 (9:46 minute miles) Somewhat shocked and very proud of what these short legs did for me today! Good strong finish to the month and I could not be any happier! Have a Happy Halloween, everyone!!!

chocolate_owl

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days
Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days
Oct 15-21: 9.5 drinks, 2 AF days
Oct 22: 5 drinks
Oct 23: AF
Oct 24: AF
Oct 25: 1 wine
Oct 26: 1 wine
Oct 27: AF
Oct 28: 3 wine
Oct 29: AF
Oct 30: 5 drinks
Oct 31: AF

Month totals: 15 AF days, 45.5 drinks, 10.3 drinks/week avg

Got to our cabin for our vacation today, so I'm going to post here to close out the month and then go back to tending my simmering octopus. I got my 15 AF days in, but my drink tally was a bit high. I think next month there will be fewer AF days but also fewer drinks. It's a lot easier to open a bottle of wine and tell myself I'll finish it tomorrow and the next day rather choosing to drink ALL the wine because the next couple of days are supposed to be AF. Naturally, November is starting off with a vacation and a weekend with a friend, then ending with a holiday, so who knows how things will really go. Lots of practice at setting limits and sticking to them ahead.

I may or may not actually join the November thread. There's a lot going on and I'm feeling like I've been a little too public with it all right now. Best of luck to all of you, you're lovely people.

Samand303

@chocolate_owl Join us if you’d like. I do a lot more lurking than posting. I get inspired just by reading of others’ adventures. I’ve stopped feeling guilty at not replying to everyone’s stories. Just going with the flow and found a good place to vent when needed.

Lilylady3k

Wrapping it up. We had wine and traditional Halloween chili with pumpkin cookies for dessert. Very fun evening sitting outside with our daughter and her husband. They bought costumes for the dogs (golden doodle and standard poodle). The neighborhood kids were in full kid spirit! Handed out our candy from 6-8pm then headed inside. I switched over to water again like last night after a few glasses.

Oct accountability: 9/31 days AF