LESS Alcohol ~ August 2025 ~ One Day at A Time

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  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 650 Member

    @RubyRed427 Possibly deleted. When I filter by author, no posts are found. I also get a 404 error if I go to the profile. The other account that I have seen doesn't appear to be deleted, but it has been inactive since May 2024.

    LittleSurferGirl7 did seem quite upset. I hope that wherever she is, she's doing ok.

  • SparkSpringtime69
    SparkSpringtime69 Posts: 1,473 Member

    Aug:

    AF=8

    A=10

  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 1,337 Member
  • WestCoastGirl_7
    WestCoastGirl_7 Posts: 5 Member
    edited August 19

    Also, another person that hasn't been posting is @chicbuc. Hey, chicbuc…this is LittleSurferGirl7. I'm hoping all is well with you my friend!

  • LeelooX2014
    LeelooX2014 Posts: 171 Member

    She will always live in your heart. ♥️

  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,645 Member

    6 AF

    6 LA

    7 A

  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,556 Member

    @WestCoastGirl_7 I'm so sorry for your loss. That is is so terribly sad. I was very happy to see you post even though it is under sad circumstances. I love your new name. A fresh start.

    @globalhiker Amazing!!! I was sober for the first 40 or so days that you were sober, and to think, I could have been celebrating one year AF. I really wish I was celebrating with you. But I am so proud of you!! No one ever regrets quitting, that's for sure.

  • WestCoastGirl_7
    WestCoastGirl_7 Posts: 5 Member
    edited August 19

    @LeelooX2014 I don't believe we've met. But you are right…she will always live in my heart ❤️

    @Alatariel75 Thank you so much. And I'm sorry for both of your losses also. I can understand your husband's thinking though. When I was in my 20's, 30's, 40's and even beyond that, I was quite the party animal…it used to be something to be proud of. I associated drinking with good times. I've been trying to moderate for some time. But it just doesn't work for me. I'm going to work very hard on having an AF life.

    Thank you @RubyRed427 It is incredibly sad. I still cannot stop crying. She would have been 18 in October…so many memories. I'll probably get back on the weight loss challenge soon. I haven't stepped on the scale for a while. Too scary!

    Thank you everyone!

  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 2,020 Member

    @WestCoastGirl_7 glad to see you back here. So sorry for the loss of your little Tinker. What an absolutely beautiful cat. I know you were so devoted to her and gave such good care.

  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 2,020 Member

    AF again yesterday, not even a sip of my husband’s drink! I really admire those who can have big long streaks of being AF, or being LA. It goes out the window for me on weekends.


    I’ve gotten so much better about not drinking while sailing, but that after-sail relaxing overlooking the water is where it falls apart for me. I’m not even micro-sipping, I feel like I chug wine!!! Looking at my stats from my vacation was really eye opening. It’s up there with the holidays. Egads.


    The good news is that I’m logging my food again, and it makes such a big difference. My weight is coming down from my highest after vacation. Not having alcohol, or limiting myself to one glass means I can eat more food and still be within my macro and calorie parameters. Win win!


    I am intrigued by those who can’t moderate alcohol, and have that all or nothing mentality. I’m curious, does it only apply to alcohol, or does it spill over into other aspects of life? Do you eat an entire bag of potato chips and buy every craft supply? What do you think accounts for the all or nothing mentality? At least you know yourselves well enough to recognize the tendency. At any rate, I would love to hear about your experiences.

  • SparkSpringtime69
    SparkSpringtime69 Posts: 1,473 Member

    @WestCoastGirl_7 I'm so sorry to hear about your sweet little Tinker. I'm glad that you jumped back in here, we're happy to see you again.

    @Alatariel75 I'm sorry to hear about your losses also.

    My heart goes out to both of you (and anyone else who's lost a pet or loved one recently) ❤️HUGS

  • WestCoastGirl_7
    WestCoastGirl_7 Posts: 5 Member

    Thank you @Womona and @SparkSpringtime69. I do miss my little girl. It's hard to believe we can love a little critter like that so much!!!

    @Womona I don't mind in participating in your "all or nothing" survey. For me, I believe, it's mainly alcohol. Although, the "nothing" part could be interesting. Hmmm? Maybe, I need to see somebody? I haven't drank a sweetened beverage in at least 30 years…no soda, no juice, no sugar in my tea or coffee, no lattes, etc. I do buy sugar. But that's for my little hummingbirds. The one in the front is named Big Bird and the one in the back is Buzz.

    As far as potato chips, etc. If I lived alone I just wouldn't buy those types of things. When I go shopping by myself, I push the cart right past those areas and I don't even think about putting those things in the cart.

    But, then enters hubby 😕 He usually pushes the cart and he tells me that he has to grip the cart handle very hard when he goes by the bakery section or chips section. He loves apple fritters, donuts, cookies, chips, pop tarts. He is the poster child of what not to eat! The other day, he went shopping and I asked him to pick up some sour cream. I like it on my Mexican food (burritos) and I even put on my omelets. Well, he came back with two containers of sour cream, onion dip mix and Lay's potato chips. As we all know, "You can't eat just one!" So I did partake.

    And, I'm not obsessive about buying things. Except a bit with Tinker. I was always buying her things on Chewy or Amazon. If anyone is wondering why Chewy sent flowers…they always send a B-day card and Tinker's B-day would be coming up soon. Getting a card for her might have re-triggered my emotions. So I went to Chewy and "My pets" and there was an option to memorialize or remove a pet and I memorialized her. I was so shocked when a car pulled up delivering flowers. It was so nice.

    It will be interesting to hear others answers 🤔

  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 1,337 Member

    Had an excellent workout at Barre yesterday and boy am I sore this morning! Am leaving for a walk this morning before taking our sweet dog to the vet for her annual checkup.

    I would classify myself as someone who can moderate @Womona and I suppose that applies to most things in my life - exercise, spending, food, alcohol (wine). I also log/measure portions and serving sizes and plan calories around what I’ll be eating and drinking. I feel I have much more self-control when I do.

    Had the rest of the Pinot Grigio wine last night after seeing my daughter’s family off for their vacation. We are taking care of our two grand pups for a whole week! Yikes now we will have 3 dogs here.

    I definitely can empathize with those who have lost pets recently. They are beloved family members and it’s so heartbreaking when we must say goodbye.

    Today is a A day (2 glasses) allotted for tonight but may skip, not sure……need to get my day going now.

  • NonnieDoiron
    NonnieDoiron Posts: 527 Member

    A-2
    AF-18

    I typed a whole post, and my app reset. 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,645 Member

    7 AF

    6 LA

    7 A

  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 2,020 Member

    @NonnieDoiron oh I hate when that happens!!

    I love the responses so far! Thanks for the insights.

    AF tonight again. I am tired and going to bed!

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 19,214 Member

    @Womona I swing along a spectrum of moderating and abstaining, and it's pretty informed by my mental health. When I'm mentally healthy, I can moderate very well, and enjoy small amounts of things I love, including alcohol. When my mental health tanks, I will binge eat, and drink far more than I should though never to a point where it is affecting my life of falling outside socially acceptable parameters (ie day drinking, sneaking drinks to get by etc). My lack of control doesn't and never has slipped over into purchasing or gambling or anything like that, though my husband had significant impulse control issues when drinking in the last couple of years and spent soooo much money on so much carp he did not need and not only didn't make him happy, but actually made him feel worse.

  • SparkSpringtime69
    SparkSpringtime69 Posts: 1,473 Member

    Aug:

    AF=9

    A=11

  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 7,603 Member

    Long day and late night yesterday. It was an in the office work day for me and then I had an appointment for a pedicure and manicure. I didn’t get home until 7:30. I told my husband that I didn’t have anything planned for dinner. He stepped up and made shrimp scampi and had a glass of wine waiting for me. He actually joined me, which is rare. Today, back to AF, claiming it now.

    @Womona ~very interesting feedback re moderation. The concept of moderation is one of the reasons I didn’t finish the Naked Mind 30-day experiment, as the takeaway I got is that you can’t moderate. Either you drink (lots) or you don’t. That bothered me.

    Very similar to @Alatariel75 … it does depend on my mindset. If I’m in a good place, being kind to myself, watching what I eat, practicing self-care, then yes, I can either not have at all or only have a limited amount. Then there’s the middle ground…like being on vacation, where I choose to drink, sometimes less, sometimes more, it just depends on the situation. But if I’m depressed or things aren't going right or there’s stuff I don’t want to deal with…Then I get an “I don’t care attitude, and calories are high as well as alcohol (usually wine) consumption.

    As far as other stuff. I don’t consider myself a binger. I do love chips and salty things and guilty of having more than I should but I don’t eat the entire bag or box of cookies etc. There are other things that I over buy….back in the day, it was purses… I don’t carry or change purses much these days so that’s gone. Always technology, but again, that was my field and now that i’m semi-retired and there’s less disposable income, i’ve reigned that in too!

    @globalhiker ~ congrats on your continued progress. I will take your suggestion into consideration. The first step would be to complete 30 days.

    @Michieb125 ~ enjoy those dogs~ Finally, after 2 years of losing my puggle, Yoda…I finally feel ready for another. After reviewing many breeds, I’m back to a puggle but a black one this time. If all goes well, I will pick her up in about 3 weeks.

    @nbruns83 ~ I’m sorry that your depression worsened this summer. I find the feedback from your therapist very interesting….My biggest improvement when I don’t drink is my quality of sleep. Reluctance to stop completely is grief….very interesting and nothing that I’ve heard before.

    @NonnieDoiron ~ When the update first occurred back in March, even the copy (from another platform) and paste didn’t work. It does seem to work now so I draft outside of MFP and then copy and paste. Nothing worse than having your post go “poof”.

    Happy Thursday, everyone. I’m getting outside for a nice long walk and then back to clearing my garage!!!

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    AF=6
    LA=5
    A=10

  • NonnieDoiron
    NonnieDoiron Posts: 527 Member

    @Womona and @itladyee I just take it as a sign that I shouldn’t have posted it. Maybe it’s God’s way of saying, “Oh, shut up already!” 🤣🤣🤣

  • nbruns83
    nbruns83 Posts: 2,809 Member

    August Stats:

    AF 16J
    LA 1
    A 3

  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 1,337 Member

    Thanks for sharing your experience with depression @nbruns83 - you are not alone! And I’ve read research shows how feelings can feel super heightened at the beginning of this LA journey and maybe it’s part of it.
    I’m glad you have a therapist to support you through this. I would encourage you to explore things that have been on hold for you because of others’ health problems. Maybe a hobby, exercise, or reading as examples. Meditation and prayer has also helped me immensely in challenging times.

    Keep doing you! And wow, a big congrats on an extremely successful month here.

    Went to a Les Mills strength and weight lifting class today and worked super hard! The other ladies were my age and seeing them toned like that is motivating for me. Age is just a number! I’ll be reserving my spot twice a week for the 9:30 am. class.

    Each day is a new beginning wherever you are on your LA path.

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