Sober October

I am in! I am not drinking until Halloween. I used to drink every single weekend and always felt like crap the next day. I just started this journey so anyone who has been through this and can give tips is greatly appreciated. Do you lose weight faster if you don't drink?

TacoTina wrote: »

I'm a friend of Bill W sober almost 2 years can I still join since I don't drink

Well done; ODAAT. Bill would be proud....

Having a not so great week. Will be out of town for a week starting tomorrow. Will try to set limits but don't think it'll be AF. Will need to regroup on the 11th.

I found this thread just after having a conversation with my boyfriend about giving up alcohol for a period of time. We've challenged each other to no alcohol until his birthday (Veteran's Day). Every time I've taken an extended step away, it's started with a small challenge. It's not that I drink a lot - I have maybe 2-3 beers on the weekend, and that's it. It's more that I realize how crummy I feel when I do drink any amount of alcohol. Clean living just feels better.

Celebrate the small victories - two slips in 70 days is nothing to beat yourself up over. I applaud your hard work and success for the other 68 days That's a 97% average, and that's outstanding!

Omg I am so in. I'm right there with the original poster. Aborted of wine every night is ME. I'm the mother of two toddlers so when they go to bed, momma cuts loose. Helps me to wind down after chasing them all day to sit down and drink wine and watch NCIS. But the calories are KILLIN me y'all!!!! I could really use the support!!!!

That's exactly how it played out for me.. A glass after the kids are in bed over time turned into way too many glasses. I'm so glad that I found the dry July thread because I feel like I am back in control.

two weeks sober over here. I'm in college so this is particularly hard for me because I'm constantly surrounded by partying, not even healthy drinking, but binge drinking. looking for other young people who are sober. all of my friends drink as well and know me as the girl who is always drunk on the weekends, so I'm always being asked where the parties are at every weekend, only to surprise them and say: I'm sober now.
my dad left for war today. I am making myself be sober until his return, if not forever. I've turned to alcohol and other drugs for fun but it's become more than that. I'm not reaching my full potential in weight loss because of my weekends. here's to taking those Friday and Saturday nights and being productive in and out of the gym, and to not needing to drink to have fun in college!

I'm back. Day 1 AF for me. This is it. I didn't get anything by being drunk that I couldn't have gotten sober. It's good to see some new people!!! If it were easy to drink in moderation, we'd all be on the No Alcohol on Weekdays thread. That just sooo doesn't work for me. I wish it did.

This sounds like my kind of group! I enjoy my bubbly....but hate accounting for the calories, so I'm giving it up for October, maybe even until Thanksgiving! I'm with you ladies.....after getting kiddo to bed, I needed to JUST RELAX without thinking and just vegging out....but now I hate how I use to feel in the morning. Last Thursday night I went to bed with nothing to drink, and woke up all sparkly and happy! Love how that feels!

But I know my trigger....it's that overwhelm I get trying to get it all done. So before I hit that wall, I stop doing what I'm doing, and go and get my sparking water, Perrier to be exact. So, so freshing and the bubbles remind me my champagne! Yum, yum! and Sit down!