Sober September anyone?

Hubby's bday dinner was tonite at red lobster. I had 2 diet cokes to his 3 long island ice teas! :sad: well, at least he gets a dd out of the deal! Lol!

Good job!! Way to resist

A trainer friend of mine swears that the last 10 pounds for women is often wine calories. I am willing to try this until our vacation in mid October to see if I can look really good in the pictures. Honestly, once get there I will not be holding back. For now I am making plans for the first drink of my vacation and the second and third, you get the idea.

i am on board. i love drinking but have given it up cold turkey until halloween

I'm in! Not much of a drinker so it's no a big deal...but at least I will save myself the empty calories of a glass of wine here and there!

I am starting to think I have a drinking problem and really want to stop. Sober September sounds like a great idea. Giving up my nightly glass/glasses of red is going to be a killer

Cheers. (probably a "bad" sign off as far as you're concerned)

As I've said multiple times, I say nothing against alcohol in moderation. there's a difference between enjoying a beer with friends and struggling to get through a week without being able to 'take the edge off' with alcohol.

No, you didn't comment on the "relevant" part. You took a small part completely out of its actual, hyperbolic context, and grossly twisted it into something it's not.
That's what we call "lack of reading comprehension."

The point was that caffeine did not fit with the other parts mentioned as hyperbole. Yes, some people talk about not wanting to face a life without x tasty food, and yes, some of the people who talk about not giving up their wine are that way.
But talking about people who say they are addicted to their caffeine is not hyperbole, as people generally *are* physically addicted to caffeine, as evidenced by physical reactions beyond just the mental trouble of functioning without it.

I didnt see the August one until a week ago. Set at only 1300 cal I know I need to get rid of the empty calories. But, I Iove me a vodka soda after work, its my mental wind down crutch. Knowing I should stop this I have not had a drink in 7 days since I saw the Aug post.

Im not going to say I will 100% go without. But this is a step for me. I will commit to not drinking on work nights and keep any drinking may want to do to social situations and maybe one night after work this month if i really crave it. If I make it a total no-no it will just make me want it more and I will fail. Maybe I will make it the whole month. No matter what, it is huge for me, Im used to drinking 1-2 (or more) every night. Im not dead from no drinks n 7 days so here goes.