Less Alcohol ~ AUGUST 2021 ~ One Day At A Time

tmbg1

I'm ready for less A in August!!!

spygirl2014

Hello All, long-time listener, first-time poster here. Going all-in AF in August as I did in January then April. This Thread is inspirational for countless lurkers on MFP, so thank you for keeping it going, for the humor, and for the reminders to be kind to ourselves.

lmlmrn

Hello to all today
Whew survived another night of AF so rolling 6 out of 6 AF days. Downside, DH bought some spirits today. I am going to try to avoid it this evening. Tomorrow we are taking my mother to her first movie since lock down. But they assigned you seats so that is a +.
After the movie I think we are going to have a meal out....this won't be a temptation for me since I will have my mother with us. I really don't drink when we go out, that whole drink and drive thingy LOL.
When it does happen, the scenario goes, pub 2.5 miles from house, meal and 2 beers then straight home for a nap. Don't cross go and don't take the main drag home.......

Welcome our new posters! Can't wait to learn more about your journeys! Really! To be able to read others stories, even the good-bad and the ugly.
They all make us pause, reflect, laugh, cry...want to hug, want a hug..or just plain need to vent...all the makings of a soap opera....of course we will need a running title for our saga's:
hmmm........'One Life to Live'----taken, We already are 'Bold and the Beautiful', We need to avoid 'General Hospital' and some of us are not very 'Young and Restless'. Now I have to get my creative juice going to find a perfect name. "As the liver turns" "Empties or Us" the list could get long.....

back later

Lilylady3k

Hello weekend!

DH & I were fasting for physical & bloodwork which went well today. Then we went to Pappadeaux’s for a really nice lunch! Changed my plan for dinner … moved salmon night out to next Friday since I had not yet purchased the fish. I was able to take last night’s smoked chicken and make chicken salad wraps to go with our wine for a relaxing TGIF at home!

2 glasses of wine as planned.

GiveHerGrace

August goal is at least 2 AF days for every 1 drinking day (So 21 AF and 10 drinks days max). On the drinks days I plan to have no more than 2.

AF again today. Considered having a drink tonight after babysitting my 4 year old and 11 month old grandbabies. Decided to read a book to wind down instead. Previously I would have done both.

8/1 AF
8/2 AF
8/3 AF
8/4 2 Michelob Ultra
8/5 AF
8/6 AF

Happy Saturday tomorrow!

Mellie289

8/1 AF
8/2 AF
8/3 AF
8/4 AF
8/5 AF
8/6 AF
Tough day today. I was going to the supermarket and really wanted to grab a bottle of wine for tonight. Managed to keep strong. One more day will make a whole week.

LazyBlondeChef

AF 6/6 days.

Today was good because my partner and I often have a rum beverage in the pool especially on Friday. Instead I drank San Pellegrino Essenza Dark Morello Cherry & Pomegranate sparkling water. I told him he could have a drink if he wanted as it wasn't a problem for me but he said he wanted to support me so he had a San Pellegrino Sparkling Blood Orange. I appreciate it seeing as how some of you don't get that from your mate.

MissMay

Hello hello and welcome @spygirl2014 . Glad we did not scare you away with our sometimes silliness, that helps us make it through tuff cravings days.
Thanks for the kind words and I know there are others on here doing dry August. I did one last Summer and it was pretty much a breeze.

@lillylady3k CONGRATS on your 4 day AF streak! Glitter for YOU! Glad your physicals and bloodwork went well.

@tmbg1 got a little chuckle out of you looking for us on the July thread (like hide and seek) YES we do make a new monthly thread each time. It has worked for years, no reason to fix an unbroken wheel.
Go get your LESS A in AUGUST. Does that make it "UGust"?

@lmlmrn WOW you pounded out 6 AF days. Now see, you just ruined another cup of my morning coffee flying all over the place with those soap opera refrences. HAHAHA

@LazyBlondeChef you are very lucky to have the support. Raising my hand, I am one who's DH is a daily drinker and won't change. Nice first week AF.

@GiveHerGrace Mich Ultra was one of my choices for drinks I would have when I was cutting back years ago. Have not thought of it in a long time. Great job of 5AF with a M.U. thrown in.

@Mellie289 we all get those rough days. But look you powered through and kept it AF. 👍



AF for me last night. 5/6
Been super busy organizing stuff to sell off, years and years and years of it. That is the bad thing of owning a huge two story garage.
I have a LOT of stuff. Time to take the plunge and shed the extra baggage.

Have a fantastic day.
😎

Lilylady3k

MissMay wrote: »

AF for me last night. 5/6
Been super busy organizing stuff to sell off, years and years and years of it. That is the bad thing of owning a huge two story garage.
I have a LOT of stuff. Time to take the plunge and shed the extra baggage.

Have a fantastic day.
😎

@MissMay - Congrats on your success of AF evenings. You are the inspiration that helps me through these nights when my DH opens 1 or 2 bottles of wine and dips into the bourbon as well. Good news ... he did not buy any hard liquor to replace what we had in the house. AND last night after the doctor's visit for our physical ... he shared just the 1 bottle of wine with me and then stopped. 🤞

I cannot imagine a 2 story garage! Oh my. I have a hard enough time tossing the things in my 1 story garage and getting it cleaned out with all of DH's woodworking tools and my gardening stuff. I'm still purging things in our house in case DH puts the house on the market. He doesn't understand me. Thinks why not just do it all at once when we move ... that would be even more stressful making so many decisions in a short timeframe. I've been cleaning this house out for 10 years ... and now I'm down to knowing what I would take and what I would giveaway or the kids would want. BUT there are still tons of things I'm tossing or making decisions on. Gave away 3 car loads this summer. I too need to get back into it and continue my decluttering quest.

mainelylisa

I Love Lurkers! Your post gave me a big smile, @spygirl2014 :-)
@lmlmrn OMG...I think we should do a podcast together! I don't know what the topics are, but I think we could improv. Maybe we could start with Put a Cork in it (it will still be there tomorrow).
Congrats, @MissMay - decluttering must have some difficult moments, but hopefully very worth it! Because we all know...Less is More!
@Lilylady3k I've seen such progress over the months of you increasingly hitting your goals, despite temptation.
@Mellie289 Doesn't it feel great the next day after achieving a mini-goal within a maxi goal? Congrats!
@tmbg1 @MissMay stole my thunder with UGust! Glad you're here.
@GiveHerGrace Great progress! Good book? Even if it's boring - I'll take a dull book over a dull pounding headache the next morning any day!

globalhiker

Nice to see so many of you doing well. I drank last night, exceeded by planned 2 but it just resulted in me waking up late and missing out on the pre-dawn morning run outside. And I feel sluggish, even after 2 coffees. MEH...why can't I learn?

AF plans for today. Oh and on the subject of cleaning, we collected all the chemicals and paints in the garage we didn't need and took it to the city's hazmat facility. We had a toxic collection going for 20 years. My garage actually smells fresh now !

lmlmrn

......confessions of a Friday night......sheesh my intentions were good...I swear! But about 8:30pm DH had had a few drinks (which is fine with me really)...but then the itch kicked in and I decided to have one too. Two turned into a third..Ok I am not the drinker I was and this am, well lets not repeat ok??

I have had worse but the morning butt dragging is the worst for me.

New day, I have a movie to see and some coffee to drink. @mainelylisa I love your working title and yup I think there are several of us here that could do a great ad lib soap opera, heck the entire bunch on this thread we are a walking soap opera and I LOVE IT. Can you imagine an entire room filled with us sitting around shouting out ideas.

I am getting charged up! AF opera's trending in 2021

Lilylady3k

@lmlmrn - Confessions of a Friday night ... reminds me of an earlier post a month or so back.
Today is a new day ... be kind to yourself.

lorib642

First week down, 7 days AF.

dawnbgethealthy

I am continuing with my usual goal, 16-20 AF days for the month, diary style

Sunday Aug 01 - Drinks, planned drinks day - 2 1/2 drinks. Thursday is my next planned drinks day.
Monday Aug 02 - AF
Tuesday Aug 03 - AF
Wednesday Aug 04 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow night after work
Thursday Aug 05 - 2 drinks
Friday Aug 06 - 2 drinks
Saturday Aug 07 - AF

Rolling total: 4AF days out of 6 days

tmbg1

Aug 6 and 7 - AF

GiveHerGrace

August goal is at least 2 AF days for every 1 drinking day (So 21 AF and 10 drinks days max). On the drinks days I plan to have no more than 2.

On plan for the first week. 5 AF and 2 drinking days (3 total drinks). Very happy that I had a drink tonight and stopped at just 1.

8/1 AF
8/2 AF
8/3 AF
8/4 2 Michelob Ultra
8/5 AF
8/6 AF
8/7 1 vodka cranberry

Lilylady3k

3 wines tonight ... broke my promise to myself to stop at 2 glasses. The second bottle of wine ... I tasted a full glass. Sigh. Moving on and drinking water!

dawnbgethealthy

I am continuing with my usual goal, 16-20 AF days for the month, diary style

Sunday Aug 01 - Drinks, planned drinks day - 2 1/2 drinks. Thursday is my next planned drinks day.
Monday Aug 02 - AF
Tuesday Aug 03 - AF
Wednesday Aug 04 - AF - Planned drinks tomorrow night after work
Thursday Aug 05 - 2 drinks
Friday Aug 06 - 2 drinks
Saturday Aug 07 - Drinks - I had planned to be AF, and then my schedule got changed and I am off tomorrow, so going to have a couple tonight.

Rolling total: 3AF days out of 7 days

Mellie289

8/1 AF
8/2 AF
8/3 AF
8/4 AF
8/5 AF
8/6 AF
8/7 AF
One whole week down AF!