LESS Alcohol ~ JANUARY 2023 ~ One Day At A Time
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RockinRobyn672 wrote: »No biking/spinning/walking/running for me for a bit so I'm switching it up to whatever I can do from the floor. My right big toe is next up for the same surgery (double-ugh). I plan to be AF today.
Do you have a pool close by? Swimming is a great none weight bearing cardio option.
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Still on track, still abstaining
18 Days AF
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SunnyDays930 wrote: »
Thank you for sharing!1 -
@mfowler883 I am very sorry to hear your world and all existence for you seemed to be irreparable last night.
Deep breath, reread and rethink your post today in new light. I have been in your situation.
Thinking of you6 -
Better light also for me yesterday at the "new" job. After I voiced my opition the minute I got to work about being thrown into a lions den the previous day.
I spoke up that is more than likely the reason for them losing people during training. Throwing in examples from me owning my own business for 35 years.
Decided to treat my self last night. Went to a place I have never bern, by mysrlf(husband at work).
Sat at the bar., by myself not knowing anyone.
Here was my order smoked bbq pork and....
my drink
Another AF
18 straight
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Hello! It’s Amanda, I’m back. It’s a new month and a new year! I’ve been thinking about 2022 and 2023. I’ve got some goals for the year and staying 98% AF is one of them. I love this group, I love this thread, it really works.
1/1-1/7: 7 out of 7 AF
1/8-1/14: 7 out of 7 AF
1/15: AF
1/16: AF
So you all could have almost seen me on the news last night “Woman sticks pen in her eye;driven by stress from her boss.” Seriously. I hate, hate, hate that my health insurance is connected to her.
Well, I’m just a bucket of sunshine this morning aren’t I?
Love to you all, everyone is doing so well. Have a great Tuesday 🫠
24 days AF
1/17: AF
The work stress/drama is real. Horrible boss was posting Tik Toks of herself crying last night at 10 pm. (She’s 47 years old) If I’m gonna go down with this dumpster fire of a job I’m gonna go down swinging! 💪🏼
I didn’t even think about drinking to get away from her crazy, whereas six months ago I would have been watching the clock until I could punch out and drink. Who am I?
1/18: AF
The drama continues with work. I wish I had a clever nickname for my boss. 🤔 Working today until 2 then a few hours incognito tomorrow then done for the weekend.
I have a doctor appointment today and I am hoping for good news and to celebrate this weekend!
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@mfowler883 I am so sorry about your night last night. Intrusive thoughts are a *kitten*. I saw some positives in that post, I hope you are feeling better today. You do have us to lean on.
@MissMay The nature of my work is to throw the new ones to the lions. I didnt bounce from one place to another so I didnt have to do it too often but I learned early on that there was no training in place and the way to be trained was to just do it. Flawed system. Good for you for saying something and good for you for going out and having some good food and not letting it ruin your day. You are an inspiration!6 -
I am Dawn, I live in SE BC Canada
My ongoing goal remains, 16-20 AF days per month.
Last month I had 18AF days
I do this diary style to keep track, and post the next morning
Sunday January 15 - AF - Ankle was sore, so didn't go to the public skating. Our roads after several days of thaw are ice covered in deep puddles of water. The trails would be treacherous. I had a nice day puttering around. No split shifts scheduled for this week so far, the first time in almost 2 years, so planning on earlier dinners and catching up on a few things. Plan for this week is to have drinks on the weekend and maybe a midweek day.
Monday January 16 - AF - This morning on the radio the new alcohol consumption guideline for Canada was revealed. It went from 7 drinks per week spread across the week for females being safe, to saying that 2 drinks per week or less is recommended. Ouch.
Tuesday January 17 - 2 1/2 drinks. That was some weird psychology going on in my brain after hearing that any more than 2 drinks per week is risky. Yes, I had said that my plan was that I would have drinks on one weekday after work and then on the weekends, but not necessarily Tuesday. Hearing the new guidelines over and over on the news...gave me the opposite effect somehow.
Rolling total: 9AF days out of 17 days.6 -
I am Dawn, I live in SE BC Canada
My ongoing goal remains, 16-20 AF days per month.
Last month I had 18AF days
I do this diary style to keep track, and post the next morning
Sunday January 15 - AF - Ankle was sore, so didn't go to the public skating. Our roads after several days of thaw are ice covered in deep puddles of water. The trails would be treacherous. I had a nice day puttering around. No split shifts scheduled for this week so far, the first time in almost 2 years, so planning on earlier dinners and catching up on a few things. Plan for this week is to have drinks on the weekend and maybe a midweek day.
Monday January 16 - AF - This morning on the radio the new alcohol consumption guideline for Canada was revealed. It went from 7 drinks per week spread across the week for females being safe, to saying that 2 drinks per week or less is recommended. Ouch.
Tuesday January 17 - 2 1/2 drinks. That was some weird psychology going on in my brain after hearing that any more than 2 drinks per week is risky. Yes, I had said that my plan was that I would have drinks on one weekday after work and then on the weekends, but not necessarily Tuesday. Hearing the new guidelines over and over on the news...gave me the opposite effect somehow.
Wednesday January 18 - AF - That was a toughie. I went to public skating after work, and I really wanted to have a brandy after that. I already had my mid-week drinks day, so I had to use some willpower. I hope that this is not related to skating, but I was awake much of the night with my ankle really hurting and feeling like it was on fire. Steroid flare that was expected almost 2 weeks ago? The steroid is time released apparently. As of this week I have no more split shifts, so I will just try to take it easy.
Rolling total: 10AF days out of 18 days.8 -
@mfowler883 - I hope today brings you more peace.
Yesterday was another AF day, but the one time so far that I came home from a crappy day at work and wanted to open a bottle - but I didn't. With tax season approaching, I have to figure out a better coping strategy. I started crocheting again... but I'm not finding that to "take off the edge". Maybe I need a punching bag!
-Georgia
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So today started off same as the day after every other fight, tearful hugs and want to work on blah blah and sorry this and we need to that. I don't know how much I have left in me right now, I just feel so cold, distant and withdrawn, going through the motions but hard to feel emotionally invested. The business we have built depends completely upon both of us, neither of us could run it alone. We're in a precarious position where rent and bills and business overhead and life in general demand a certain level of income that neither of us could sustain individually. While she would apparently have no qualms about renting a truck and going back to Louisiana to her family, sabotaging the business and leaving me in a bind, I can't just walk without an exit plan, so I am forced to entertain this until I find a different way or something breaks or somehow we get through it. Do things get better? Or worse? My sister texted me back, worst case scenario I have someplace to go but I really don't want to play it out that way. I don't even know how I'd move myself much less all my stuff.
I killed roughly half of that pint of Weller I bought, slept like garbage but feel better than expected today. I had never even seen Weller in pints, I usually buy the big 1.75 liter bottle when I can find it.
Thanks for your ears and shoulders and kind words. I have no circle to speak of other than this these days. Old co-workers I thought of as friends drifted away, former bandmates only call to start up the band again (not gonna happen), fans only pretend to care when I'm on stage, other musicians talk a lot about supporting the scene but quickly forget about you if you aren't at their gigs, most family is caught up in their own little worlds, my old riding buddies don't keep in touch since my bike got stolen and I don't ride anymore and they've moved off to the 'burbs and started families...
Got my giant mug of dirty chai to get me through the morning. It starts with Oregon Chai sugar free, and a blend of Bustelo and Mariam coffee with cardamom, spiked with a shake of nutmeg and cinnamon. It gets a small splash of non-dairy creamer and a little Swerve brown sugar substitute, and a blend of almond milk and 1% run through the frother. It comes out pretty darned tasty, at least as good as any dirty chai I've gotten in a coffee house. Half tempted to add a splash of Weller but I don't guess I will. Stuff it in the closet and try to forget about it so I'll have it around to enjoy another night with a cigar or something.
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@Womona I’ll try to post the link so you can feel my pain. She’s crying about a bad Google review (which calls her out on her antics and is 100% true but of course it’s not her fault) and actually replies to the review right there for all to see 🤦🏻♀️ lord help us
OMG. Sounds like she is actually illustrating the exact behavior in the criticism. So lame.
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@mfowler883 I found your morning after post most poignant. Hang in there. Your dirty chai sounds killer!
@dawnbgethealthy I'm vicariously skating through you so I, too, am really really hoping the ankle pain is unrelated and resolves really soon! Take it easy!! Fun fact: I broke my ankle at a skating mixer 1st year in college. Had an open reduction-internal fixation and another surgery 2 years later to take all the hardware out. Every guy I met at that fraternity for the rest of my college days claimed to have carried me that night (even guys who weren't even in college yet when it happened).
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Hello everyone
I have been a bit of MIA...always a work in progress for me
AF last night, Tuesday we did go out for 2 beer at lunch but then I was done for the day. I am still making my mocktails. I brewed some ginger/honey tea I will use tonight with some concoction or other.
@mfowler883 I am so sorry you are struggling with your relationship. I have been there, done that and for me it was a difficult period but I found I came out strong on the other side of the turmoil.
@MissMay I am not sure this 'job' is right unless you really go in and kick some backsides? LOL or maybe not.
I will check back in tomorrow and hope I have at least something compelling to read other than I stayed AF the night before6 -
like the idea to only drink out at events or with company but no need to drink with dinner every night.
AF now for about a week and plan to keep that up as best I can until 2/14 when we are in Napa. : )
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I blew it on day 18
. I bought 3 Bailey's mini's and drank them on an empty stomach, while on a diet. Very soon after, the room started spinning and I was violently sick. I had the "bed spins" when I wasn't even in bed yet!
I just poisoned myself and my body let me know it. Being AF for awhile, my system is no longer used to drinking. Being on a keto diet didn't help. Plus, I am getting old!
Feeling mad at myself. I just took a step-back for no good reason. Friday I will put my big girl pants back on and go back on the "AF" plan.14 -
@mfowler883 sending positive thoughts and wishes for better days ahead. Hope you introduce more things into your life that make you happy.
I struggle with course-correcting my own life. It takes energy and courage. But the times I did that, I did get myself out of a hole and into a better place.
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globalhiker wrote: »I blew it on day 18. I bought 3 Bailey's mini's and drank them on an empty stomach, while on a diet. Very soon after, the room started spinning and I was violently sick. I had the "bed spins" when I wasn't even in bed yet!
I just poisoned myself and my body let me know it. Being AF for awhile, my system is no longer used to drinking. Being on a keto diet didn't help. Plus, I am getting old!
Feeling mad at myself. I just took a step-back for no good reason. Friday I will put my big girl pants back on and go back on the "AF" plan.
But look how far you've come!! You have done 18 days Af and that is amazing!!!
I know it's disappointing to break the streak. I get that. Look forward, not back.
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January accountability: 9 days AF
Alcohol: 10 days (26 drinks)
Goal: Limit 2 glasses per day; 20-25 AF days this month. I usually target 12-16 AF days each month which is usually a challenge … hitting 20 days since DH backed out of his dry January commitment is definitely influencing me to join him on weekdays I had not planned when setting the goal. Going for it anyway!
1/19 - 2.5 wine; Dining out with DH & friends
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Today has been....
....it started off busy as anything, hustle and grind and get through the day with not a lot of time to stop and think and feel and process. We spent the day more or less doing business as usual, acting like nothing's wrong. I don't know how to feel about that because none of the problems really went away, we're just brushing it aside to get through the day. It isn't that I want to fight, or that I want to even talk it out anymore, I just...
I don't know.
Not drinking like last night, but sipping on a small glass while I listen to some Peter Murphy and use a marlinspike & fid to dress down my first attempt at a Turk's head lanyard. One pass at the top end got tucked into a weird spot but it won't be visible when all the slack gets pulled out so I'm thinking it looks passable. Got a titanium bead between the Turk's head and the knife it's attached to, and a second at the other end, going to try to find a decorative stopper knot to capture that one. Yes, I find all sorts of weird and random little projects to keep my hands busy.
Maybe tomorrow will be AF.
-m6
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