LESS Alcohol ~ DECEMBER 2024 ~ One Day at A Time

Michieb125

Had two small bottles of wine last night - Butter Chardonnay now comes in a can lol. I kept thinking this tastes like a can, oh my.

As we say farewell to 2024 I thank you all for being here! Your stories of your dedication and hard work to achieve LA for yourselves are inspiring and motivating. We know LA takes EFFORT!

I found this thread almost two years ago and LA has become an established way of life for me now and I will gladly continue.

2025 is going to be about having a daily and weekly solid plan for LESS to achieve greater health and wellness overall.

Stay safe tonight whatever your plans! Happy New Year! See you on the January thread!

SparkSpringtime69

Happy New Year's Eve to all my AF and LA friends.
I'm sorry I've been so quiet this month - I started out with grand plans to really show up here a lot, and then got derailed.
For all of you with the great AF streaks going - FANTASTIC job!!
For those who are not quite where they want to be - keep plugging away, you'll find more and more success as you continue on your journey.
For those who are struggling - I'm right there with you.
I told my SO that I was going to quit drinking when his brother moved in with us. He said "for good?!" and I sheepishly replied "well, we'll see".
My BIL moved in the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Nov 26th, and well, we saw. I was AF the 26th-28th, but have been alternating A and AF days and groups of days since. All total since he's been here I've had 14 AF days and 23 A days - hardly what I would call quitting.
I'm kinda disappointed with myself, but I'm going to pick myself up and focus on the coming year, one day at a time.

SparkSpringtime69

December:
AF=10
A=21
I was AF last night and will definitely be tonight. I picked up a bottle of the Mionetto for tonight even though we don't stay up til midnight anymore.
See you all in the New Year and on the January thread.

itladyee

December Finish...

AF = 4
A = 27

Not my best by any means but certainly not my worst!

I asked my husband to pick up small bottles of prosecco to toast the year in if we were still awake. I have a 1/2 bottle of wine left over so I may chill with the wine and toast in the near year (just before midnight) and hit the ground running for 2025!!

SparkSpringtime69

SurferGirl1982 wrote: »

@SparkSpringtime69 As you probably know, I've been struggling too. I didn't have even one AF day this month. I'm giving myself through Saturday to taper, then I'm quitting.

I don't know if you saw my post at the beginning of this January thread about "My" reasons to quit drinking. You may want to take a look. Several years ago, I would have totally said, "I'm fine drinking. That doesn't apply to me!". But, after having some fairly serious medical issues. I realize that I need to quit. Not just want to quit. I was pretty OK when I was younger and working 40 hours a week. But, I retired early (my husband has a good pension and we had relocated) and then that's when it got worse. Too much time on my hands.

I wish you the best achieving your goals (as well as everyone else). You can do this and so can I! Keep posting, even if you're not reaching you're goals. It will help you and everyone else. It helps to read others stories.

Take care and Happy New Year!

@surfergirl1982 I'll probably get into the January thread first thing tomorrow morning. The idea of posting your reasons to quit sounds like a good one - I think I'll try that as well. I may even write or type them up and keep them nearby so I don't have to keep going back to my computer to remind me, LOL.
I hope you have success with the tapering, I know you're concerned about stopping abruptly and you're smart to be cautious about it.
@itladyee I think that knowing that it's not your worst should be encouraging. Cute pic!
I'll see you both in January.

NonnieDoiron

AF - 19
A - 12

I had a wonderful NYE, until I woke up New Year’s Day with a horrible hang over.

So dumb of me!