LESS Alcohol ~ NOVEMBER 2024 ~ One Day at A Time
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@SurferGirl1982 wait, WHAT????? OMG I’m so sorry that happened to you! I can see why it made you gun shy about the social aspect of this app. But, I’m glad you’re here!
@Breathe57103 great job getting two birdies, and even better job on not having those birdie shots!
@forestdweller1 your Thanksgivings sound amazing!
@NonnieDoiron welp, thanks to you, I am rethinking my decision to do potluck! I can think of instances of past bad food, or houses that I know are really dirty. Catering to the rescue, yet again!!!5 -
Ugh I am never drinking again. Ok, we all know that’s a big lie, but oh man, was I hung over yesterday. I was at a conference with my colleagues, and Friday night for dinner I had an Old Fashioned and one glass of wine with dinner. No big deal.
We got back to the hotel room and we all had another glass of wine, which of course I didn’t need. One of my colleagues is a bartender, and said my Old Fashioned was a really, really big pour. So, I had basically 4 drinks without realizing it! Three is too much, but four is WAY too much!
So the next day I felt like hell (keep in mind Saturday was the second day of the conference), my digestive system was a mess and I felt like death on a stick. Then I had to get on a plane to come home. Oh, and I look haggard, dehydrated and wrinkly. Alcohol steals your beauty, folks!!!
Today we went to brunch with my family after church, and again, I get this old fashioned in a gigantic glass! What gives? I just want one normal sized drink please, thank you very much! I slept all afternoon today.
Ok , back to reality tomorrow, back to my workout routine, back to hydration and back to less alcohol!8 -
At 71 consecutive days AF. @SurferGirl1982, Wow you did over a 100 days AF, so amazing. I read that there are milestones in this journey whereby the risk of falling off plan gets high, the 90 day mark, the 6 month mark, and the one year mark and I suspect it's because people feel like they achieved something and they got to the finish line and can now experiment with re-introducing drinking. I suppose one goes thru short rough patches and then it's back to AF bliss (I hope!).
Anyway, my AF weekend sort of sucked. Monday morning and I don't feel relaxed. I didn't drink but my husband did, too much, and watching the drinking show all weekend here was very, very hard. I also realized that last week I skipped 3 of my exercise classes that do help keep me "level" so this week, I am saying no to work meetings if they interfere with my classes and putting myself first.
@Breathe57103 WAY to GO, you and everyone else putting in the effort, are all on a ROLL!
Sending courage and strength to all of you.6 -
Good morning LA friends just checking in and everyone is doing excellent.
AF - 56
A- Never again
A funny story from the weekend. I ordered a 0.0 Heineken and the waitress brough me a regular Heineken.
There I was looking at the open bottle of alcohol and didnt want anything to do with it.
I called her over and pointed it out to her. She apologized and brough me my 0.0.
Dodged that bullet nicely...
Cheers!11 -
@xbowhunter thank you for checking in with us! Great to hear of your continued success, and wonderful to still have your incredible support. Nice work on sending back that Heineken!6
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@Womona oh man I felt for you on that plane! Those conferences can be hazardous to our health….been there. You are now onto a better LA week!
@xbowhunter thanks form your continued support and congrats on sustaining your new AF lifestyle.
@globalhiker your perseverance and dedication to your AF goal is truly worthy of praise. Good for you to decide to put yourself first despite what’s going on around you (work, others behavior, etc.).
@SurferGirl1982 good to see you check in! To me, social media isn’t always a safe space, and I am very sorry you had a bad experience. There is no excuse to treat people poorly.
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I have struggled with my planned AF days since the beginning of November. Feeling like I didn’t want to post at all but back here to face the music.
Last week was difficult in general (albeit my 5 days of exercise was the highlight). Then over the weekend my family had some confrontations about the election outcome which I would never discuss here, but that played in. This stress, and also that I felt like I was obsessing too much over daily decisions whether to be perfectly AF or LA was getting to me. I decided to loosen the restrictions a bit lol. Wow, not such a great choice. Had 3-4 glasses of wine Friday-Sunday. Last night was over a 2 1/2 hour call with a girlfriend- like virtual happy hour.
I made a decision on no wine tonight! Now I don’t have to vacillate any more.
You guys are the best - thanks for being here!
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@Womona Sorry about that! I’m just VERY picky. I have seen too much in kitchens… personal and professional! I have a strict rule about restaurant sanitation grades: if it ain’t an A, we don’t stay! If I don’t like the way the bathroom looks, I’m out because the kitchen is probably just as bad! If I go into someone’s home and they have animals allowed on the counters or to be picked up in the kitchen, I’m not eating there. Has it caused issues? YES! But, I have seen WAY TOO MUCH and will not be convinced otherwise.
@Michieb125 I feel you. November has been a lot less AF than I intended. But, it’s ok. I’ll dry out this week. This weekend we’re traveling for my son’s powerlifting competition, so can’t drink then either because I act as a chaperone for the Special Olympics team. So, I’m thinking I will end up dry until Thanksgiving and possibly beyond. We can do this, Friend!5 -
Ugh I am never drinking again. Ok, we all know that’s a big lie, but oh man, was I hung over yesterday. I was at a conference with my colleagues, and Friday night for dinner I had an Old Fashioned and one glass of wine with dinner. No big deal.
We got back to the hotel room and we all had another glass of wine, which of course I didn’t need. One of my colleagues is a bartender, and said my Old Fashioned was a really, really big pour. So, I had basically 4 drinks without realizing it! Three is too much, but four is WAY too much!
So the next day I felt like hell (keep in mind Saturday was the second day of the conference), my digestive system was a mess and I felt like death on a stick. Then I had to get on a plane to come home. Oh, and I look haggard, dehydrated and wrinkly. Alcohol steals your beauty, folks!!!
Today we went to brunch with my family after church, and again, I get this old fashioned in a gigantic glass! What gives? I just want one normal sized drink please, thank you very much! I slept all afternoon today.
Ok , back to reality tomorrow, back to my workout routine, back to hydration and back to less alcohol!
Oh girl...... I have been there to, it truly is punishment from a higher power that allows us to feel like crap when needing to travel.
Good for your comment I just want one normal sized drink please, thank you very much!
You know what normal is- that is so much more than people not wanting LESS know.
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xbowhunter wrote: »Good morning LA friends just checking in and everyone is doing excellent.
AF - 56
A- Never again
A funny story from the weekend. I ordered a 0.0 Heineken and the waitress brough me a regular Heineken.
There I was looking at the open bottle of alcohol and didnt want anything to do with it.
I called her over and pointed it out to her. She apologized and brough me my 0.0.
Dodged that bullet nicely...
Cheers!
Great to hear from you and hope your AF vacation was fab. I have had the H00 switch happen to me twice since drinking LESS. Once the waitress was absolutely embarrassed and shouted out loud in the venue " OMG are you in recovery?" I sank so far into my seat; it must have looked like I was under it. That was in the beginning of my LESS drinking. Now I could care what they say or throw at me.
56 days is such gold!6 -
Michieb125 wrote: »I have struggled with my planned AF days since the beginning of November. Feeling like I didn’t want to post at all but back here to face the music.
Last week was difficult in general (albeit my 5 days of exercise was the highlight). Then over the weekend my family had some confrontations about the election outcome which I would never discuss here, but that played in. This stress, and also that I felt like I was obsessing too much over daily decisions whether to be perfectly AF or LA was getting to me. I decided to loosen the restrictions a bit lol. Wow, not such a great choice. Had 3-4 glasses of wine Friday-Sunday. Last night was over a 2 1/2 hour call with a girlfriend- like virtual happy hour.
I made a decision on no wine tonight! Now I don’t have to vacillate any more.
You guys are the best - thanks for being here!
You better not ghost us (LOL) just because your goals went a bit wonky. Actually this is when you need to get in here and let us know how we can help. I like how exercise was a part of your highlight. We all have the good day/ bad day thang going at times. YOU GOT THIS!!6 -
globalhiker wrote: »At 71 consecutive days AF. @SurferGirl1982, Wow you did over a 100 days AF, so amazing. I read that there are milestones in this journey whereby the risk of falling off plan gets high, the 90 day mark, the 6 month mark, and the one year mark and I suspect it's because people feel like they achieved something and they got to the finish line and can now experiment with re-introducing drinking. I suppose one goes thru short rough patches and then it's back to AF bliss (I hope!).
Anyway, my AF weekend sort of sucked. Monday morning and I don't feel relaxed. I didn't drink but my husband did, too much, and watching the drinking show all weekend here was very, very hard. I also realized that last week I skipped 3 of my exercise classes that do help keep me "level" so this week, I am saying no to work meetings if they interfere with my classes and putting myself first.
@Breathe57103 WAY to GO, you and everyone else putting in the effort, are all on a ROLL!
Sending courage and strength to all of you.
Huge hug, as I have mentioned before, sometimes I think we married twin drinking brothers. The drinking show is NEVER one we want to attend. Deep deep breaths. You have many milestones you have hit!!!!4 -
Breathe57103 wrote: »No alcohol for me again today.
AF - 9
A - 1
I went golfing today and many people do shots for birdies. I was the only one who had a birdie (2 of them). They appreciated getting to do shots for my birdies, but I abstained. I call that a victory!
Awesome job @globalhiker and @MissMay. You have great streaks going!
You are doing so well and dodging the birdie shots is amazing! Nice game BTW
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NonnieDoiron wrote: »AF = 4
A = 6
Bestie was here this weekend, so we drank.
How exciting your son is on the special Olympic team. Power lifting is impressive. Enjoy the chaperon time.3 -
My cutting back of sugar has been going WAY better than expected (I have surprised myself) Sure I have had some sugar. Since before November 1 I have completely eliminated putting it into my coffees, which to me is a GIANT hooray.
After hubs gets home in the past was a trigger to follow his steps and keep opening the cookie jar lid. That only happened once so far in November and was a one and done. Have not fallen into routine of having a sweet gelato snack every night while watching our fav TV show.
Getting out more doing some power walking at our local rec center track. Being away from the car traffic while walking is wonderful to avoid the exhaust fumes. Don't need the extra strain for my liver to detox me from poison gas fumes while trying to be all healthy like.
Have also limited my time with my friend, to she and I alone. As stated last month she and my husband became drinking companions once the three of us were doing stuff together. Another YAY for me making a good decision.
Grab Monday and give it a shake! 5 -
I made it through another day alcohol free.
AF - 10
A - 1
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AF tonight! Yay! I didn’t even really want it, so instead I had one of those Fever Tree Grapefruit things. In a wine glass it was rosé-ish. Huge win for me. I need to get out of the “red zone” in my app.6
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Quick pop by……want to thank you for your words of encouragement @NonnieDoiron and @MissMay. I needed it. It was good for me to just state the truth and now move forward.
AF tonight and had no desire. Also stayed within my caloric range. Took a nice walk with DH and beloved dog after the rain stopped. Will get to the gym again tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. It was sort of a quiet day to reflect and get back on track.
Way to go @Womona!
We can do this LA thang!5 -
AF = 5
A = 6
No desire to drink last night. I was exhausted, and my daughter decided to not follow the rules and stay up past my bedtime. Lol
Doctor appointment today. Too many things to address. Not sure if he’ll listen, but I’ll try.🤷🏻♀️5 -
2 months, 11 days AF. Life is way better today because I went out for a long over-due run yesterday and that along with avoiding the diet soda helped me see the world thru rose colored glasses. I know what is going on, I am weaning off the sugar and diet drinks with caffeine that replaced my wine, so now experiencing the effects of that. I'm off to body combat class.10
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Drink less ?? I can drink to that everyday.
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Well, I jumped back in here at the beginning of November with great intentions. I am 11 days in and 1 day AF.
Lots of life changes and sometimes my desire is just to escape or not feel, but I've got to do better.
One day at a time. I just had my 64th birthday and feeling a little melancholy...and this too shall pass. Loved reading about all the Thanksgiving traditions. Brought back some nice memories.
AF = 1
A = 10
Lots of excellent take-aways-from this group. Now to put them into practice!
@surfergirl1982 ~ glad to see you hear. Sorry you had a bad experience on social media. Our space here is a very safe space ~ no judgment. We are here to support each other.
@Missmay ~ good for you and your success with the sugar reduction. Great decisions all around and awesome streak!!
@Breathe57103 ~ You are doing very well! Congrats to you. congrats on the birdies too!!
@Womona ~ Wow, you had quite the conference. Been there, done that! It always seems like a good idea at the time.
@michieb125 ~ Great focus. Kudos to getting back on the bus. I feel your struggle. Sometimes its easier to just say None vs limiting....at least for now. Sometimes we just need reflection days.
@NonnieDoiron ~ Good for you and hubby! That intimate time is so precious and does well for self-esteem. I appreciate your thoughts on sanitation; very good points. Good luck at the dr appointment.
@globalhiker ~ Congrats on your success. I love seeing this for you! Good information on the milestones. Never really thought about them but I can see how one would become over confident depending on progress made. It's very difficult to not drink around drinking people. Continue to put YOU first! I also like the idea of creating your day and something that I have been thinking about. Now that I'm semi-retired, the day can get away from me so quickly and I feel as though I've accomplishing nothing worthwhile. Thanks for the reminder.7 -
AF = 6
A = 6
Dr sort of listened today. I guess we’ll see if he puts me back on my iron. He’s also putting me on prednisone because I’m having issues with 🎶 my hip, my hip, my old-*kitten* lady hip!🎶 (been singing that all day now)7 -
Simpleman_67 wrote: »Drink less ?? I can drink to that everyday.
Haha! Right????1 -
@itladyee so great to see you back here! Happy belated 64th. I totally understand the melancholy. Time seems to go by so quickly, and unless we are mindful of how we’re spending our time, we can lose entire weeks and feel like our precious time on this earth is slipping away. Being intentional about each day, your activities, where you devote your energy, etc. really helps to slow down the passage of time, at least for me.5
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Two glasses of wine with dinner last night. I would not have ordered the second glass of wine had the first one not have gone down so easily. Today is a new day.
At least I got a lot done on my day off !5 -
Wonderful job everyone.
59 - AF
A - zero!
Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Don't say it mean. 9 -
2 months + 12 days AF done. Start the day with Intention. YES!! Today I will not jump right into work but exercise in front of the TV for half an hour starting now.
@Womona - Curious what you thought of the NA Rose you ordered? Giesen NA Premium Red wine at Total Wine I found pretty good if you are into reds. It has an aroma, good flavor, body and color, acidity is right and it's not sweet. I am considering buying that one again.3 -
I am mentally back on track this week! Yesterday, I ran around all afternoon taking care of some financial business that was necessary. The reflection time alone also did me good.
Live with intention, yes! Choices that support our self care and bring true happiness.
Grateful for this new day!
November stats:
AF - 3
A - 105 -
I was reminded by another MFP member today that this is not a race!
Like most things in life (relationships, weight loss, LA choices, personal moods, etc.) we WILL have great days, sprinkled in with some okay days and some plain old crummy days. Life is not for the faint of heart. 💜 But, we can keep going and aren’t going to give up on ourselves!5
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