Less Alcohol - APRIL 2021 - One Day At A Time

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  • TinaLeigh67
    TinaLeigh67 Posts: 669 Member
    @chocolate_owl
    True on the menopause. I actually haven't gone through it yet, but I know I am getting very close. I hadn't even considered that.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,927 Member
    @lmlmrn

    OM gosh, the sinus stuff is back again??!!??

    Oh no!!

    I hope that you get to the bottom of it.
    Really sorry to hear this.
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,023 Member
    edited April 2021
    chocolate_owl wrote: »

    @Lilylady3k So glad to hear that your husband is willing to take a mini vacation without much alcohol and is starting to take a harder look at his health. I can't imagine my husband thinking we could go away for 5 nights and only have 2 bottles of wine. He's starting to lose fine motor control in his hands, and I'm worried it's CNS damage from decades of drinking heavily.

    Yes less alcohol statement from DH for our trip to the camp was something I could be on board with too. Even though we ended up bringing a "surprise" whiskey tasting experience I was not aware that his company sent us. But DH looking at his health and drinking less even if it is 2 drinks an evening vs the past untold # will be a wonderful accomplishment. It is the mental state of all or nothing we all must battle. I know he can do it ... and drinking depression away sinks him further into depression. And physically he's now thinking it might be a problem ... I hope not.

    @chocolate_owl - I'm sorry to hear that your DH is losing fine motor control in his hands ... hope that there is a way he can turn it around too.

    Here's the picture I showed DH about our spending on alcohol ... this is just at SPECS liquor store and not anything purchased at restaurants, grocery stores, bar, etc. I retired at 58 and now he is considering retiring at either 60 or 62. Definitely a place we can cut back to help with the retirement budget! Like I've mentioned before ... we like our wine which usually runs $18-25 per bottle which adds up quickly. This doesn't include those $100+ of wine we acquired at the anniversary party when the venue was trying to make us whole toward our minimum contract spend either. (tracking expenses using mint.com)
    FYI - if he had purchased more wine for our trip we would have been over budget for April ... wonder if that was a factor as well.
    Interesting thinking back ... the average monthly spend last year April-July was ~$800/mo before I reset my goals in August. So me limiting to 1-2 glasses has helped the budget!

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  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,813 Member
    lmlmrn wrote: »
    Some of you can remember I have been battling a sinus infection for over two months now, round one of antibiotics I did great for about 7 days when the drugs where done and now it has come back with a vengeance. I have an appointment tomorrow with an ENT to hopefully get me on the right path to better health. The pain in; my throat is so bad that it feels like there is glass going down and a big sense of phlegm stuck there. So with the post nasal drip into my throat makes me cough and I cough so hard I gag and well you know...I have had almost no sleep for three night. Poor DH he tries so hard to help and I have done nothing but keep him up.

    April 1-4, ....3 AF day 1 A,- 3 spirits
    April 5-11... 7 days AF
    April 12-18 ...5 days AF, 2 days A- 3 wine, 4 spirits
    April 19-25....5 days AF, @ days A 4 wine, 4 spirits
    April 26-30
    ....April 26----2 spirits in the from of hot toddies
    ....April 27--tried a hot toddy it tasted awful and went back to sipping broth
    ...April 28
    ...April 29
    ....April 30

    MAY first week on vacation

    Oh you poor thing! I hope you feel better soon. Sinus infections are awful- especially when the one you had went away and you get a new one on it’s heels! Ugh!

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