Less Alcohol ~ NOVEMBER 2022 ~ One Day At A Time

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  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    edited November 2022
    Womona wrote: »
    1.5 glasses of wine last night. Altogether not bad. At least my food was under control! Baby steps. I told my husband I want lipo for Christmas! Haha! Just suck out that extra fat and do a reset. But I know it’s not how that works.

    @womona - I very much relate to your recent comments - these and up through Thanksgiving! :smiley: I was on the same path.
  • joans1976
    joans1976 Posts: 2,201 Member
    Hey everybody! This is my 5th month and I am so grateful to have found this group!
    My goal is to not turn to alcohol this month no matter how stressful work or my physical health gets!
    Best wishes to everyone to meet their goals this month!

    11/1-11/7: 7 AF
    11/8-11/14: 7 days AF
    11/15-11/21: 7 days AF
    11/22-11/28: 7 days AF
    11/29: AF
    Rolling total 29 out of 29 days AF

    I cannot believe it’s going to be December! November flew by!
    Have a great Wednesday everyone
  • joans1976
    joans1976 Posts: 2,201 Member
    @RockinRobyn672 What a kind thing to say! You can help by telling me to stop whining when I get too dramatic!
    Another way to easily find this thread is to flag it (in the upper right corner of the comments) and then the next time go to “community” then to “bookmarks” and it will open right to where you left off.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    Nov 1- Nov 2 - AF
    Nov 3- Nov 4- Nov 5 A (wine 3 glasses each)
    Nov 6 - Nov 7- Nov 8- AF
    Nov 9 -10- 11-12 A - (wine 3 glasses each)
    Nov 13- 14 - 15 - AF
    Nove 16-17-18-19 (wine 3 glasses each)
    Nov 20- AF
    Nov 21 - A (wine 2 glasses)
    Nov 22 - A (wine 2 glasses)
    Nov 23 - A (1 beer)
    Nov 24 - A (2 cocktails)
    Nov 25 - AF
    Nov 26 - A (wine 3 glasses)
    Nov 27 - AF
    Nov 28-29 -30 A - (wine 2 glasses)
    Whew this month was rough. Work got the best of me and I went back to bad habits. Ugh.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,897 Member
    I am Dawn, 62, 5'2", SE BC

    This November the 28th, (my late Dad's birthday) will mark my 4th year on this thread.
    Not only has it kept me accountable for my alcohol consumption, it truly has become a community for me, especially while we were in various lockdowns.

    Sticking with my (reachable) goal of the last few years, 16-20 AF days. I have been successful each month with this expect for most recently in September when I was having a Margarita every day in Mexico and reached only 14AF for the month.

    Diary Style:

    Friday November 25 - Drinks
    Saturday November 26 - Drinks including trying to replicate the beautiful Manhattan that I made last Saturday, had one sip of and then broke. It didn't turn out as good, wrong proportion. I also had a travelling mug of hot chocolate with peppermint schapps as I walked the entire parade route.
    Sunday November 27 - AF - Need to get at least 2 more, Tuesday and Wednesday for sure, Monday will be a very late night and might be up for grabs.
    Monday November 28 - 1 1/2 drinks
    Tuesday November 29 - AF
    Wednesday November 30 - AF - The day isn't over, but I know that I will be AF tonight to squeak out my 16 for the month. I will NOT topload drinks days at the beginning of December, aiming for drinks one during the work week and Fridays and or Saturdays for December.


    Rolling total: 16AF days out of 30 days
  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    @joans1976 You have good reason to whine and I'm glad you feel comfortable doing it with us. I do it too but for less whiney reasons. Hang in there. You're going through a really tough time right now but I'm confident that you will persevere and make it through this with flying colors!
  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    edited November 2022
    Hi All - I've been away but I'm back. I have found that I don't meet my goals without the support of this group and I've also missed everyone. Since I started late, my goal this month is 10 AF out of 18.

    11/29: Drinks (0.5) - I had to pick up DH at the airport at midnight last night (last night as in 11/29). I find it hard to go to bed after coming in at night, so we watched some TV, and boy did I want to have a drink or two and a snack once we were back. I had small amounts of both but I stopped myself from going all out. I "thought" about some of the tips in the article in my 11/28 comments. I need to read them again. :blush:

    Rolling Total: 7 AF Days out of 17
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,011 Member
    November accountability: 9 days AF
    Alcohol: 21 days (50 drinks)
    Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 12-16 AF days per month. Aim to drink no more than 2 nights in a row.

    11/1 - AF; DH too
    11/2 - 3 wine ; my sister joined us for dinner
    11/3 - 3 drinks ; 2 wine + 1 B&B
    11/4 - 2 wine
    11/5 - 2 drinks; LSU Tailgate @ the stadium which started at 10am … did not pour a drink until noon. 2 vodka cranberry sprite before 6pm at kickoff. Didn’t get home until midnight but it was a great day, a win for the LSU Tigers over Bama … with lots of old friends.
    11/6 - AF @ home

    11/7 - 2 wine
    11/8 - 3 drinks ; lunch 1 cucumber serrano margarita, dinner 2 wine
    11/9 - 3 drinks ; complimentary champagne when entered restaurant + 1 glass wine + 1 B&B when returned home
    11/10 - AF
    11/11 - 3 wine ; DD at the house this weekend w/ our granddaughter 3 bottles wine opened and I indulged in 3 glasses
    11/12 - AF; skipped the open bottle of wine and had Clausthaler non-alcoholic beer instead
    11/13 - 3 drinks ; 1 Torchy Tini + 2 B&B

    11/14 - 1 drink; margarita w/ sangria swirl at book club
    11/15 - AF
    11/16 - 1 drink; jalapeño margarita @ book club
    11/17 - 2 wine; DH’s birthday … we only opened 1 bottle!
    11/18 - 2 wine
    11/19 - 2 wine; 39th wedding anniversary dinner. After finishing 1 bottle of wine we wanted to head to the liquor store to buy B&B but didn’t, didn’t open a 2nd bottle of wine either though we do have a number of bottles on hand, then thought oh we can have a crown and coke while watching the late evening LSU game but didn’t
    11/20 - 3 wine ; my sister came over for dinner and we opened 2 bottles of wine

    11/21 - AF
    11/22 - 2 wine
    11/23 - 2 wine
    11/24 - 4 wine ; Happy Thanksgiving! 2 wine at Thanksgiving lunch plus 2 in the evening after returning home
    11/25 - AF; Both DH & I
    11/26 - 3 wine ; My sister joined us for dinner and brought 2 bottles of wine since DH and I didn’t have any in the house
    11/27 - AF; Both DH & I
    11/28 - 2 wine
    11/29 - 2 wine
    11/30 - AF; DH poured himself a drink but I decided that one more AF night to get me closer to my goal was a good thing.

    Thank you for letting me show up and be accountable each month!
  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    Hi All - I've been away but I'm back. I have found that I don't meet my goals without the support of this group and I've also missed everyone. Since I started late, my goal this month is 10 AF out of 18.

    11/30: AF - Worked a little late yesterday, then worked out and it was 8:30 before I started working on dinner. The day flew by. I had a virgin Cape Cod with dinner.

    I'm a little under goal but I'm happy with this. I have limited my intake daily. I'll see you all in the December thread.

    Rolling Total: 8 AF Days out of 18


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