LESS Alcohol ~ MARCH 2023 ~ One Day at A Time
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@rockinrobyn
I saw an HGTV show where they were in Chincoteague Island. Looks beautiful. Is that near you? Have you been there?4 -
I am Dawn, I live in South Eastern British Columbia.
I joined this thread in November of 2018, a daily drinker at the time
My primary goal with drinking less is weight loss.
My usual goal is 16-20 AF days for the month,
I had 16AF days for the shortened month of February.
I do this diary style, I normally post the next morning.
Sunday March 19 - AF - I plan to rack up more AF days this week. I have plans for the weekend including drinks. I will see if I can stay AF during the weekdays.
Monday March 20 - 2 1/2 drinks. 2 would have been enough, yes, 1/2 went into the freezer. Very long day, I worked at one job and then worked out of town at another. I didn't even try to abstain. Planning AF for Tuesday.
Tuesday March 21 - AF - Working a split shift Wednesday with another job during my 2 hour break. No plan for AF or A Wednesday night as I type this Wednesday morning.
Wednesday March 22 - AF - I really really wanted drinks last night after a long workday. Had to do the 6 minute thing several times. As I type this the next morning I am very glad that I abstained. Planned drinks over the weekend.
Rolling total: 11AF day out of 22 days.5 -
Old doc sounds like you needed to ditch them a long time ago. New doc sounds better.forestdweller1 wrote: »Anyway... the new Dr. is generations younger, much more receptive to answering questions .
Sorry you're going through this. I haven't been sleeping well either, it sucks. Last night was my first night with no atarax or delta 8 before bed after tapering off for close to two weeks. Is there anything you can do for the pain? Does it respond to otc meds or anything?Hello LA friends. Not much to report, lots of working and my radiation burns are a mess. I’m in quite a bit of pain and not sleeping well. I’ll be honest, I’m not doing well mentally, I have a lot of intrusive thoughts swirling around in my head and they are hard to control. I can hear the birds chirping outside even though it’s dark. I am going to give it my all to get outside today. Still AF though.
I must look for some of these lower calorie options. It's great to have options but some of them are nearly as calorie dense as the alcoholic versions, and while cutting the alcohol is part of the goal, cutting the calories is also nice.RockinRobyn672 wrote: »Below is a photo of my new favorite NA beer. It's tasty for NA and only 20 calories! @zensome I'm going to try the Crux as well if I can find it.
I need to add one of those tire pump/battery charger jobs to my shopping list, along with a fresh boo boo kit - I took the kit that usually stayed in the car and put it in the office. Anyway, good things to have, glad you had one. Stay safe out there.Michieb125 wrote: »Had strange happenings today while relaxing at a beautiful campground in the misty rain….First the heater went out, then a light fixture was dripping very slow drops of water, and after I finished running a quick grocery errand I found that our truck battery had died and it would not start. I started thinking about that small bottle of red wine that would taste great right about then, but just worked through all the things. I was alone and very thankful for a portable battery charger my husband stuck under the seat as waiting for AAA would have been worse.
So I have no beer, no wine, no whiskey. Been tapering off again, and going to try to get back to AF for a bit. I still have a few NAs in the cabinet, and a small stockpile of TopoChico. I saw the squirrel this morning, he ran across the roof and into the mulberry tree for a snack. We stared each other down before I took Harley inside. No time to deal with him directly, it always works that way.
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@joans1976 catching up a day late and hope today was a better day than yesterday. With a little time outside. Your posts convey so much strength, grace and centeredness. So sorry it felt bad yesterday. From here, it looks like you are truly amazing even when things feel bad.
ETA: when DH has a bad day, he always mentions Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. https://www.amazon.com/Lillys-Purple-Plastic-Purse-Henkes/dp/0688128971 He read it to the girls when they were little, and it probably had more impact on him than them. Tl;dr: Lilly gets into some kind of trouble at school. It compounds. She melts down. Her teacher pulls her aside, hears her out, gives her cheesy snacks and tells her to start fresh tomorrow. ❤️💕 So wishing you cheesy snacks and a brand new day.6 -
Hello, back to AF 2 day streak! And searching all cabinets for chocolate like fiend but there's none!
Trying to stay focused on the main reason we are here and that is all about health and drinking less (or minimal or no alcohol).
The elephant in the room is always stress management for me. I suck at it and it's difficult for me to just call in sick and relax. I am the stress-aholic (someone should create this diagnosis because I have it) and the workaholic.
Anyway, my plan is to continue to work on my stress management. I just see it's the key to managing health and my happiness.
side note:nursing a muscle tear and in week 2, but not complaining and will plan a long walk this weekend. As much as I want to get out there and run and hike, I am learning planned rest- body and soul- is quite OK.7 -
Hope to respond to your great updates in another day or two…..will be home on Saturday afternoon from this camp trip (aka checking in with mom).
Really long day cleaning out my mothers garage with two dump runs…..we accomplished what we hoped and set out for — that leaves tomorrow with hubby for some kind of down time and fun.
March accountability goal: 20-23 AF days
Rolling total: 17 AF out of 22 days
AF - 17
A - 5
Goals: No more than two glasses per A day
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Hello! I’m Amanda, I’m a crazy cat lady from Michigan! I joined this forum in June of 2022 and since September I have decreased my drinking to one day a month! This is a huge accomplishment from where I was and I absolutely could not have done it without the wonderful mix of people in this group!
March goals: just make it through the month unscathed! (27 doctor appointments)
Alcohol goals: 95-100% AF
3/1-3/7: 7 out of 7 AF
3/8-3/14: 7 out of 7 AF
3/15-3/22: 7 out of 7 AF
3/22: AF
Hello LA friends. Not much to report, lots of working and my radiation burns are a mess. I’m in quite a bit of pain and not sleeping well. I’ll be honest, I’m not doing well mentally, I have a lot of intrusive thoughts swirling around in my head and they are hard to control. I can hear the birds chirping outside even though it’s dark. I am going to give it my all to get outside today. Still AF though.
3/23: AF
I didn’t get much sleep last night but I think it was mental stuff, not pain. I would like to mention I bought some alcohol last weekend thinking I might celebrate radiation being over. It’s still sitting untouched in my fridge. I notice it when I open the fridge and it makes me think about it, so maybe it’s triggering me? But what I think is “heartburn, hangover.” And I want to keep my streak going. I think I’m in competition with myself. I started posting here regularly in June of 2022 and I couldn’t even fall asleep at night if I didn’t have alcohol in the house, even if I wasn’t drinking it. I guess I have come a long way!
50 days AF 💪🏼
I am off work for 3 days and I have some serious barriers up so they can’t get a hold of me!!!! Feels glorious! I hope everyone has a great day!
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@mfowler883 OTC pain meds aren’t really helping but I still take them. I wasn’t taking too much but the doctor wasn’t in love with me being on NSAIDS 24 hours a day. They prescribed a narcotic pain med, which I’m careful with and it dulls the pain but the pain is still there, nagging. I guess this is what a person can expect when you beam intense radiation at a body part for 20 days, am I right?
Did you take H to the vet yesterday or was that today? Hoping for an easy solution for him!
@Michieb125 You are kicking some tail with your AF days! Way to go! I am jealous of you camping, I camped every summer up until age 35 (in a tent) and then I turned into a princess and decided I needed hot water and a bed. So I’m only going Glamping from now on. The problem is, I don’t have an RV. Where exactly are you camping? Can you post pictures?
@globalhiker Yowch a torn muscle is no joke! I’m proud of you for focusing on health and less alcohol. I am a stressaholic too, it’s a constant state of being mindful of it. Which is work within itself! Be kind to yourself.6 -
dawnbgethealthy wrote: »@rockinrobyn
I saw an HGTV show where they were in Chincoteague Island. Looks beautiful. Is that near you? Have you been there?
@dawnbgethealthy Yes! It's close. We have driven through there but haven't been there yet. We want to take our camper up that way this summer.3 -
Thu 3/23: AF - We stopped at a bar last night during our walk on the boardwalk (DH loves to go bar hopping). I had a very Heineken 0.0 that the bar tender pulled from the ice. Being very cold made it extremely refreshing and tasty, plus it's 69 calories vs. the usual 200+ from the Hazy IPA I would normally order.
We're planning a long weekend soon; maybe a New York trip. After 35 years, the Phantom of the Opera is closing down in April. We may try to catch a show.
Rolling Total: 11 AF Days out of 248 -
I am Dawn, I live in South Eastern British Columbia.
I joined this thread in November of 2018, a daily drinker at the time
My primary goal with drinking less is weight loss.
My usual goal is 16-20 AF days for the month,
I had 16AF days for the shortened month of February.
I do this diary style, I normally post the next morning.
Sunday March 19 - AF - I plan to rack up more AF days this week. I have plans for the weekend including drinks. I will see if I can stay AF during the weekdays.
Monday March 20 - 2 1/2 drinks. 2 would have been enough, yes, 1/2 went into the freezer. Very long day, I worked at one job and then worked out of town at another. I didn't even try to abstain. Planning AF for Tuesday.
Tuesday March 21 - AF - Working a split shift Wednesday with another job during my 2 hour break. No plan for AF or A Wednesday night as I type this Wednesday morning.
Wednesday March 22 - AF - I really really wanted drinks last night after a long workday. Had to do the 6 minute thing several times. As I type this the next morning I am very glad that I abstained. Planned drinks over the weekend.
Thursday March 23 - AF - Long day including working out of town. I knew that I would be having drinks out on Friday, so it was easier to stay AF than it would have been had I not had plans for Friday after work.
Rolling total: 12AF day out of 23 days.5 -
@globalhiker
Sorry to hear about your muscle tear.
The idea of planned rest...hmmm.
I think back to having Covid when I didn't have any choice but to pretty much stay in bed and sleep, it wasn't a choice to do nothing, just couldn't stand up. And then being told to stay off of my feet for 48 hours after my ankle injection.
Both of those things have got me thinking about myself and how I have to keep moving/doing all of the time. I am going to keep your words in mind!4 -
Friday 3/24
A beautiful and sunny spring day here!
@joans1976 congrats on 50 days AF!! That is worth a celebration alone. Thx also for your kudos on my AF days. Your insight about your purchase of A and anticipation of having drinks after radiation is also insightful. I do think how we view A and LA in our lives shifts over time, especially depending upon circumstances.
We are glamping
) near Granite Bay, CA - convenient to visit my mom about 25 minutes away.
I am spoiled for sure in a roomy 24.6 foot Lance trailer. Did tents until our kids were grown. Now retired, a trailer allows for camping in all seasons with heat, water, private bathroom, and a roomy queen sized bed. We live in N. California and have traveled to Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, the Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone last summer and are planning a trip to Glacier National Park in August.
@RockinRobyn672 I saw Phantom of the Opera in Manhattan in NYC about 10 years ago! Hope you can get there to see it one last time - a favorite!
@globalhiker rest for a muscle tear, body and soul is good! {Healing vibes}.
Heading to Auburn with DH in awhile to see all the green foothills and have lunch. This will help to clear some mental clutter that occurred yesterday!
Drank my planned red wine last night but ended up over 2 glasses (I use the standard 5 ounce measure). I found a decent Cabernet (small two-bottle pack) but read the ounces well past opening the 2nd. One small bottle would be just right next time. Thankfully I did sleep pretty well. Today is definitely AF!
March accountability goal: 20-23 AF days
Rolling total: 17 AF out of 23 days
AF - 17
A - 6
Goals: No more than two glasses per A day6 -
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Love the trailer pic! Lurking airstream photos is a guilty pleasure. So much creativity!
Happy Friday, all. AF so far this week. A couple times a drink sounded pretty good, but habits kicked in and waited for the weekend. Don't have anything social planned, hope to get some yardwork done. Not quite warm enough to plant some things, but past our last frost. We can at least put away greenhouse and start prepping beds.4 -
@mfowler883 OTC pain meds aren’t really helping but I still take them. I wasn’t taking too much but the doctor wasn’t in love with me being on NSAIDS 24 hours a day. They prescribed a narcotic pain med, which I’m careful with and it dulls the pain but the pain is still there, nagging. I guess this is what a person can expect when you beam intense radiation at a body part for 20 days, am I right?
Did you take H to the vet yesterday or was that today? Hoping for an easy solution for him!
@Michieb125 You are kicking some tail with your AF days! Way to go! I am jealous of you camping, I camped every summer up until age 35 (in a tent) and then I turned into a princess and decided I needed hot water and a bed. So I’m only going Glamping from now on. The problem is, I don’t have an RV. Where exactly are you camping? Can you post pictures?
@globalhiker Yowch a torn muscle is no joke! I’m proud of you for focusing on health and less alcohol. I am a stressaholic too, it’s a constant state of being mindful of it. Which is work within itself! Be kind to yourself.
Yeah, NSAIDs have their place but you don't want to rely on them full time. Narcotics have their place, but they're funny. A lot of the time I've found that it's not so much that whatever hurts doesn't hurt, it's just that you wrapped a warm fuzzy blanket around your brain so the pain isn't so much of a thing. When I had my carpal tunnel surgeries, endoscopic and both hands at the same time, they sent me home with hydrocodone. I took it at first, but by the end of the second day it was just making me feel ICKY and I stopped taking it.
We did the vet yesterday, got the usual stuff - nails clipped (I can do it but he fights so...), ears washed, thorough exam, steroid injection, antibiotics and ear drops. His lungs were clear but it sounds like he had a little upper respiratory thing, as suspected, and yeasty ears, typical tzu stuff. He's already sounding better today.
AF yesterday, no atarax, no delta 8, nothing. Didn't sleep the greatest, but whatever I guess. I can't stay on the wrong track forever, and I'm confident that if I can get my head back in the game and stay right, better sleep will come. Dinner out, but nothing too over the top and it worked out alright since I managed to get through the day somehow without stopping for lunch. I do that a lot, just get to hustling and grinding and next thing you know it's so close to dinner that there's no point.
Work stuff is settling into a new groove, and I've been making progress on various projects and that feels good. I think it's weird how things work out sometimes. The timing of my sister's arrival and our goodbyes with mister B, the need in the aftermath to occupy myself with things more substantial than sitting at my desk trapped in my head driving me to pick up things that I'd back-burnered for far too long, etc...
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Hello! I’m Amanda, I’m a crazy cat lady from Michigan! I joined this forum in June of 2022 and since September I have decreased my drinking to one day a month! This is a huge accomplishment from where I was and I absolutely could not have done it without the wonderful mix of people in this group!
March goals: just make it through the month unscathed! (27 doctor appointments)
Alcohol goals: 95-100% AF
3/1-3/7: 7 out of 7 AF
3/8-3/14: 7 out of 7 AF
3/15-3/22: 7 out of 7 AF
3/22: AF
Hello LA friends. Not much to report, lots of working and my radiation burns are a mess. I’m in quite a bit of pain and not sleeping well. I’ll be honest, I’m not doing well mentally, I have a lot of intrusive thoughts swirling around in my head and they are hard to control. I can hear the birds chirping outside even though it’s dark. I am going to give it my all to get outside today. Still AF though.
3/23: AF
I didn’t get much sleep last night but I think it was mental stuff, not pain. I would like to mention I bought some alcohol last weekend thinking I might celebrate radiation being over. It’s still sitting untouched in my fridge. I notice it when I open the fridge and it makes me think about it, so maybe it’s triggering me? But what I think is “heartburn, hangover.” And I want to keep my streak going. I think I’m in competition with myself. I started posting here regularly in June of 2022 and I couldn’t even fall asleep at night if I didn’t have alcohol in the house, even if I wasn’t drinking it. I guess I have come a long way!
50 days AF
I am off work for 3 days and I have some serious barriers up so they can’t get a hold of me!!!! Feels glorious! I hope everyone has a great day!
3/24: AF
I had an eventful morning and early afternoon but when I got home at 2 I realized I overdid it and paid the price for the rest of the day in pain. Gotta take this recovery one step at a time. There’s just so much I want to do!
Snow coming here today, I’m sure this won’t be our last before we finally see Spring.
Happy Saturday!
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@Michieb125 Love the pic, so very jealous of your 24 foot beauty. I remember in the 90s we (2 other friends and I) would camp for 10 days in the UP with everything packed in my Grand Prix 😂 I don’t know how we did it.
@mfowler883 You have a lot going on, no wonder you can’t sleep. Glad to hear H just got routine Shihtzu things at the vet. You gotta eat lunch!!6 -
Hello My "LA" friends! Happy March! I am SO ready for spring! My goal is 16 AF days minimum in a month. I'm drinking less for weight loss and the additional health benefits. I usually post the next morning.
Fri 3/24: AF - I went way over my calorie goal because we had a huge breakfast from our favorite coffee shop (delicious veggie quiche plus a slice of blueberry lemon strudel cake). But tracking it all kept me from snacking between meals and adding extra calories with and after dinner. I really wanted one of the delicious IPAs we had in the fridge but I abstained and am glad this morning. I'm sure I would have gotten into the post-dinner snacks.
I'm planning drinks today but no more than a couple. The weather is nice enough and we're going to try to ride our road bikes. It will be the first time out on my road bike since my foot surgery. It's been a little over 2 months now.
Rolling Total: 12 AF Days out of 254 -
@Michieb125 Oh, how I'm ready to go camping! We have a small Aliner. Eventually we will trade up to something more like yours. The Aliner is more or less a tent with beds, but easy to set up. We always camped in tents until about 6 years ago. I had a break between jobs and we bought the camper and went on a tour of as many national parks as we could in a 7-week timeframe. It was so much fun. I'll be glad to retire, which is in the not too distant future.7
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@joans1976 Snow in March! Wow! I hope that it's pretty at least.3
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Michieb125 wrote: »
You are living the dream!!!!!5 -
I should be in either Bimini or Key West right now. Over the winter we picked this weekend with friends to get away. The guys thought the girls were going to plan it, the girls thought the guys were going to do it…. And here I sit on a rainy weekend at home staring at 2 loads of laundry that need to be done, not to mention the spring g clean up that awaits outdoors. Ugh. I could totally use a getaway.
I need to lay off the Old Fashioneds a for a while. Went out last night and Thursday night, and each one was a double pour!!!! Back to sticking with my 1 glass of wine when I’m out.
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@joans1976 enjoy your days off! Hope you recovered from overdoing it yesterday!4
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Love the trailer pic! Lurking airstream photos is a guilty pleasure. So much creativity!
Happy Friday, all. AF so far this week. A couple times a drink sounded pretty good, but habits kicked in and waited for the weekend. Don't have anything social planned, hope to get some yardwork done. Not quite warm enough to plant some things, but past our last frost. We can at least put away greenhouse and start prepping beds.
I need to master those habits! Good for you!3 -
RockinRobyn672 wrote: »Thu 3/23: AF - We stopped at a bar last night during our walk on the boardwalk (DH loves to go bar hopping). I had a very Heineken 0.0 that the bar tender pulled from the ice. Being very cold made it extremely refreshing and tasty, plus it's 69 calories vs. the usual 200+ from the Hazy IPA I would normally order.
We're planning a long weekend soon; maybe a New York trip. After 35 years, the Phantom of the Opera is closing down in April. We may try to catch a show.
Rolling Total: 11 AF Days out of 24
Woo hoo! So great you had a nice cold NA beer that has less calories. Phantom is closing? The end of an era!3 -
@Michieb125
Glacier National Park is sooo beautiful!!
And not too terribly far from me : - )
I will look forward to hear when you are heading this direction.3 -
I am Dawn, I live in South Eastern British Columbia.
I joined this thread in November of 2018, a daily drinker at the time
My primary goal with drinking less is weight loss.
My usual goal is 16-20 AF days for the month,
I had 16AF days for the shortened month of February.
I do this diary style, I normally post the next morning.
Sunday March 19 - AF - I plan to rack up more AF days this week. I have plans for the weekend including drinks. I will see if I can stay mostly AF during the weekdays.
Monday March 20 - 2 1/2 drinks. 2 would have been enough, yes, 1/2 went into the freezer. Very long day, I worked at one job and then worked out of town at another. I didn't even try to abstain. Planning AF for Tuesday.
Tuesday March 21 - AF - Working a split shift Wednesday with another job during my 2 hour break. No plan for AF or A Wednesday night as I type this Wednesday morning.
Wednesday March 22 - AF - I really really wanted drinks last night after a long workday. Had to do the 6 minute thing several times. As I type this the next morning I am very glad that I abstained. Planned drinks over the weekend.
Thursday March 23 - AF - Long day including working out of town. I knew that I would be having drinks out on Friday, so it was easier to stay AF than it would have been had I not had plans for Friday after work.
Friday March 24 - Drinks, out with a friend. It was a very nice time. No plans for A or AF for Saturday.
Rolling total: 12AF day out of 24 days.3 -
Yesterday, I had half a glass of watery frozen sangria with dinner at a nice Cuban restaurant. Other than that, no alcohol, no atarax, no delta 8 and I slept like absolute garbage. Still no alcohol in the house.
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