Less Alcohol ~ SEPTEMBER 2022 ~ One Day At A Time
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AF today (no thoughts about drinking.)
9/1-9/13 AF
9/14 A
9/15-9/17AF
Sept totals AF - 16 A - 19 -
Yesterday was my toughest day this time around (so far). I was really craving a drink.
My wife got back from her week in Pittsburgh and she wanted some wine in the evening. When I was opening the bottle for her I really really fancied joining her for a glass. I would have been so easy to join her and chill together over a glass but I knew that while she had a glass and a half I'd have finished the bottle and probably opened another.
Later she had a couple of fingers of Whisky. Again I really really wanted to join her while we watched a movie but I didn't. I think that if I'd broken the streak last night I'd have drunk the rest of the weekend and probably the rest of the month. I also didn't fancy the hangover from half a bottle of whisky LOL
Anyway I didn't so I was up nice and early. I've hit the gym this morning and taken the dog out for a nice long walk.
I hope you all have great Saturdays.
27 Days AF.
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I am catching up on reading all of your posts.
Wifi is very spotty here, and posting is time consuming on top of it. I am on 3 forums and decided to just go on one of them each day, wifi permitting to maximize my time here in Zhihua
I had wifi only for a short window yesterday morning, so am posting early today here.
Rainy season was promised, but really only started yesterday with Tropical Storm Lester. Spectacular! Torrential/heavy : - ) I got up when I heard it.
I had planned to go out for breakfast, but had a banana and instant coffee instead until it let up a little at noon.
It had been sunny every day until then.
Friday was Mexico Independence Day (they have another name for it). Lots going on.
Normally I am a very early riser, so was in bed when I heard the fireworks at 11pm on Thursday night, the official time that it begins. I saw them perfectly from my terrace : - )
I wish I could say that I have totally let go and relaxed, but I am not quite there yet. I realize that I am a person who always likes to be on the move physically. Easy to do here, lots of beach walking, centro, huge market.
I really haven't eaten out as I had planned, not really hungry in the heat. I pick up rice and beans from a great little spot, and fresh guac and chips from another that I sort of nibble. So I have food in the fridge, not really meals. I am okay with that.
I have enjoyed cocktails every day from beach bars. I have tried quite a few different ones, but feel like I am now addicted to the Margaritas from one particular beach bar that will give me them to go (takeaway) which I take to the pool or to my terrace.
I had quite a hilarious time with my hammock. Without wifi I couldn't even google how to get out of one. On the second day I found myself on the floor, but with my one foot wound right up and stuck in it. It was ridiculous. I layed there with no idea of how or when I would able to get my wierdly angled foot free.
I got a bit of wifi the next day and found out how to exit one : - )
Loads of photos. Living in bathing suits.
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forestdweller1 wrote: »
You are hilarious as usual : - )
And yes @lmlmrn , what a fun photo!!! OMG to the fingernails of that thing!4 -
9/1-9/4 - A
9/5-9/6- 9/7 - AF
9/8-9/9-9/10 - A
9/11- 9/12-9/13 - 9/14-9/15- AF
9/16 - 9/17 -A4 -
I am Dawn. I live in Cranbrook BC.
I joined this thread in November of 2018 as a daily drinker.
I have found a sweet spot for myself, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 18 for August.
I will be in Mexico for a good chunk of September and will definitely be having some Margaritas and possibly Cervezas.
I post in the mornings to MFP, so the next day for this thread.
Diary style.
Sunday Sept 11 - AF - Planned AF for Monday and Tuesday. I arrive in LA at 3pm on Tuesday and staying there until Wednesday morning, where I depart for Zhihuatanejo. I may have a Margarita at a beach bar on Wednesday, we'll see. Packing up my laptop after this post, I will check back in on Thursday.
Monday Sept 12 - AF - I have to get up at 2:30am to be at the airport for 4:30
Tuesday Sept 13 - AF - Arrived in LA for the day and night. Met a very nice young man in the pool and had a good conversation
Wednesday Sept 14 - 1 Margarita. Flight delay and forever getting through customs so I was late to the property. Turns out the beautiful cobblestone street that I thought that I would be living on was torn up and muddy with construction. Pretty much impossible for the cabby. Somehow got into my "bungalow" and back down the hill in the mud to a little place where I had a drink and took two containers to my room, one of rice, one
Rolling total: 8AF days out of 13 days.2 -
Lost wifi, on my phone elsewhere now. I will post photos when I get wifi on my laptop at my accommodation2
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@globalhiker Thank you. A car was purchased. Used cars are so expensive these days with inflation (I’m in the US) and getting a new car means a 15 month wait for a car you can’t test drive. So I got used, reliable but I’m not in love. Oh well, inventory was low everywhere. I would love to get an electric vehicle but I live in an apartment and charging stations aren’t very popular around here.
@forestdweller1 Has your profile pic always been a kitty and I’ve never noticed or did you change it recently? Is that your kitty?
So sorry to hear of your nephews mystery shrouded passing. Good on you keeping up his memory in kind ways.
@Stockholm_Andy Im sorry to hear you struggled but glad to hear you made it through. Do you feel like you missed out or are you glad you got up this morning and exercised?4 -
9/1 AF
9/2 A
9/3 A
9/4 AF
9/5 AF
9/6 AF
9/7 AF
9/8 AF
9/9 AF
9/10 A
9/11 AF
9/12 AF
9/13 AF
9/14 AF
9/15 AF
9/16 A
9/17 A
Checking in.....I was hoping for only 1 A day a week but so for it is 2. I am a work in progress.7 -
Temporary wifi while I wait for the breakfast places to open, so here goes a whole bunch of photos.
Biggest lime that I have ever seen, the size of a softball!
However, when I cut it open it looks and smells like a cross between an orange and a lime?
Okay, bunch of random photos...
Right after this is when I got myself out all except for one foot that was completely tangled in while I was plunked on the floor
Just going to keep adding photos while I have internet...
This is right outside of my door
Beach:
Fishing boat area
Some of the market, non food area
The torn up road that used to be cobblestone
Amazing guac
An awesome secluded spot where I actually sat down for like 2 minutes
Zhihua Bay
Afraid to lose wifi and leaving for huevos a la Mexicana.
Toodles : - )
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9/1-9/4 - A
9/5-9/6- 9/7 - AF
9/8-9/9-9/10 - A
9/11- 9/12-9/13 - 9/14-9/15- AF
9/16 - 9/17 -9/18 A2 -
@dawnbgethealthy Thank you for the virtual vacation . Uh, Margaritas + hammock = just sayin'. 🙃
@joans1976 Yes, my pic has always been of my Head of Household, Catpuccino. He absolutely loathes the smell of alcohol. He jumps up on the opposite chair, sniffs, presents me his tail & leaves. Guilt trip much ??
Glad you could get ANY car, in this market.
@Stockholm_Andy Inspiring that you can resist drink while someone else has a few. Pittsburgh makes me want to drink, also...It is one drinkin' town !!
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Day Eighteen of Wine vs Water [bloop bloop] 🐠🐟🦀🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🍷🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🍷🐟🐟
A gorgeous 8 point buck and his dining companion had supper in my yard this evening. Wild grape leaves with ivy as dessert. That's the part of Da'Burgh that DOESN'T make me want to drink.6 -
AF again today.
9/1-9/13 AF
9/14 A
9/15-9/18AF
Sept totals AF - 17 A - 14 -
I love this group ❤️
I have greatly reduced my drinking since June and had a great month in August with 26 out of 31 AF days. This month I am trying to be mindful and make self care a priority.
9/1-9/7: 7 out of 7 AF
9/8-9/14: 6 AF out 7
9/15: AF
Lots happening here but too long to ramble on about. I hope everyone is well.
9/16: AF
My car has died. I was trying to make it through September with it since so much is going on but it just couldn’t hold on. Car shopping today. The fun never stops!
9/17: AF
9/18: AF
Dawn lovely pictures! Let us live vicariously through you where our biggest problem is getting our blue toenail painted foot tangled in a hammock! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!4 -
@forestdweller1 Catpuccino is such an adorable name. Cats can be judgey. I have something on the wall that reads “this house is maintained entirely for the comfort and convenience of the cat” and people see it and say “ha ha that’s cute.” And I say”I’m dead serious about that sign.”5
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@joans1976 Thanks. No I don't feel like I missed out really. Ultimately, I've set myself a goal and I'm glad I'm sticking to it
@forestdweller1 Let's just say it makes a change that is ME being the sensible one, it'll surprise none of you I am sure that my wife has been the one being sensible much more often than me
@dawnbgethealthy Amazing vacation photo's thanks for sharing. The guacamole looks excellent. I think your giant Lime may be an unripe orange though. At least I've made that mistake a few times
29 days AF so far.
In that time I've lost 5KG (11 lbs) - although I was up higher than normal post vacation.
I will also say I am sleeping way better. The first 2 weeks it was very hard to get to sleep without a whole load of booze in my system every night. Now though I am, usually, sleeping(most) the way through the night and the sleep quality seems better.
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@Stockholm_Andy All of that is awesome to hear! 29 days is no easy thing! Very glad to hear about your sleep, sleep is so important.6
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@Breathe57103 I hope your days have gotten better. Grief sometimes hits like a freight train and manifests in so many different, wonky ways.
@Stockholm_Andy wow, what strength to resist! You made “tomorrow you” very happy.
@globalhiker oh I hear you on the “menopot”. It’s so frustrating, my clothes don’t look good on me anymore. I’m thin and In shape everywhere else, but no matter what I eat or don’t eat, I have a very frustrating pot belly.
@joans1976 sorry to hear your car died. Hopefully you can trade in what you have now for what you want next year, when hopefully things calm down. BTW I have a
Lexus hybrid SUV and freaking love it. It’s my second one. It’s amazing on gas (for an SUV). My first one has 210,000 miles on it, being used by my son, and is still going strong.4 -
What a weekend! Very proud of myself for being AF on Friday night- first time in recorded history! Saturday I had 2.5 drinks after being in a dragon boat race, and yesterday had a total of 2.5 drinks. Amazing day to sail. Just perfect weather. But I’m exhausted today after having so much fun.
Back to being AF tonight. Oh and work today!5 -
@dawnbgethealthy great vacation photos! Looks and sounds like such a nice time.
@Womona I'm always proud of AF weekend nights too! Did not manage any this past weekend myself.
@Stockholm_Andy 29 days! Amazing weight loss results too! I saw your comment earlier about resisting when your wife drank the other night. That's the hardest for me--being AF when my husband isn't. Good job with your willpower! Hooray for no hangovers!
I had a lot of drinks over the weekend, ugh. I don't know if that's why I'm wiped out today or what. I was going to be AF yesterday but I have such a hard time not joining in when my husband has a beer! The kids have gymnastics tonight so it will be an easy AF day today, but I need to be AF all week this week and next week to make my goal, haha. I kind of procrastinated accomplishing my goal for the month. I stocked up on flavored seltzer yesterday which always helps.
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9/1-9/4 - A
9/5-9/6- 9/7 - AF
9/8-9/9-9/10 - A
9/11- 9/12-9/13 - 9/14-9/15- AF
9/16 - 9/17 -9/18 A
9/19 AF5 -
Long work day today. No alcohol and finally cooked for myself which I enjoy doing, but haven't done for 6 months. It was a nice change from the excessive carbs I have been consuming.
9/1-9/13 AF
9/14 A
9/15-9/19AF
Sept totals AF - 18 A - 1
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AF tonight! It actually was easy. Thank God!7
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I am Dawn. I live in Cranbrook BC.
I joined this thread in November of 2018 as a daily drinker.
I have found a sweet spot for myself, 16-20 AF days per month.
I had 18 for August.
I will be in Mexico for a good chunk of September and will definitely be having some Margaritas and possibly Cervezas.
I post in the mornings to MFP, so the next day for this thread.
Diary style.
Sunday Sept 11 - AF - Planned AF for Monday and Tuesday. I arrive in LA at 3pm on Tuesday and staying there until Wednesday morning, where I depart for Zhihuatanejo. I may have a Margarita at a beach bar on Wednesday, we'll see. Packing up my laptop after this post, I will check back in on Thursday.
Monday Sept 12 - AF - I have to get up at 2:30am to be at the airport for 4:30
Tuesday Sept 13 - AF - Arrived in LA for the day and night. Met a very nice young man in the pool and had a good conversation
Wednesday Sept 14 - 1 Margarita. Flight delay and forever getting through customs so I was late to the property. Turns out the beautiful cobblestone street that I thought that I would be living on was torn up and muddy with construction. Pretty much impossible for the cabby. Somehow got into my "bungalow" and back down the hill in the mud to a little place where I had a drink and took two containers to my room, one of rice, one of beans. (I see that the rest that I typed didn't go through because of wifi)
Thursday Sept 15 - Cocktails on the beach
Friday Sept 16 - Takeout cocktails - very very busy at all of the places because of the holiday, no seats
Saturday Sept 17 - 2 Margaritas at a not busy little spot that I found on day 1 here, just a muddy hill to get to it. Brought some more containers of rice and beans back to my place from there.
Sunday September 18 - Homemade Margaritas with my lime/orange thing. Pretty good. Planned AF for Monday so that when I wake up Tuesday for my birthday I will be raring to go and my belly will be flatter for spending the entire day in my bathing suit.
Monday September 19 - AF - Not looking good for hitting my 16 this month. Planning drinks and dinner on the beach for my birthday if it isn't raining too much. Oh, no earthquake here btw, and I am up on a hill and in a cove if a tsunami does form. The quake was north of here. Once I got wifi lots of people messaged me to see if I was okay, I hadn't known that there had been a quake and didn't feel anything. Sunny and blue all day today, walked very far and also visited another beach, but took a micro (van sort of bus) back at 1pm too hot for such a long walk (only a few miles, but up and down very big hills in the sun), stopped in town for cash on hand for my bday, walked back from there, grabbed an awesome iced espresso then went to the pool until 4:30. The big rain started just after I got back to my room. Love it from my covered terrace.
Rolling total: 9AF days out of 19 days.7 -
@dawnbgethealthy I actually heard about the earthquake and thought of you! So glad you are okay! Sorry to hear about your cobblestone street. Glad you are experiencing the food and sights and beach! Loved the pictures! Happiest of Birthdays to you! 🌈4
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I've posted here before but then fell off the wagon ( not just the booze wagon, the while MFP wagon), so in back.
Stopping regular weekend alcohol consumption is my number 1 route to success. I'm not looking to teetotal, but if like to be someone who only drinks at events. It's hard because my husband drinks, and my whole family are regular drinkers and weirdly enough it's not the temptation of the alcohol is more that, without being rude, it's easier to be around drinking people when I'm drinking.
But. Drinking is the number 1 cause of my bad decisions on weekends. Not the only cause, but the primary.
Drinking makes me not want to cook.
Drinking makes me lazy and justify take out
Drinking makes me tired, but ironically sleep poorly.
Drinking makes me want to do nothing the next day.
Drinking is wasted calories.
I need to keep telling myself these things! I'm perfectly happy not drinking, can keep all types of alcohol in the house, can be around people without hankering for a drink ( though noted above, I start to cave when they start to be annoying). I sleep better, feel better, make better decisions.
So. We have a 4 day weekend this weekend and I'm.... Not planning on drinking. At all. Let's see how I go.8 -
Sept accountability: 6 days AF
Alcohol: 13 days (30 drinks)
Goal: Limit 1-2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days per month. Aim to drink no more than 2 nights in a row.
9/19 - AF @ book club4 -
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I love this group ❤️
I have greatly reduced my drinking since June and had a great month in August with 26 out of 31 AF days. This month I am trying to be mindful and make self care a priority.
9/1-9/7: 7 out of 7 AF
9/8-9/14: 6 AF out 7
9/15: AF
Lots happening here but too long to ramble on about. I hope everyone is well.
9/16: AF
My car has died. I was trying to make it through September with it since so much is going on but it just couldn’t hold on. Car shopping today. The fun never stops!
9/17: AF
9/18: AF
9/19: AF
My sleep is all screwed up.5
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