Less Alcohol - March 2018- One day at a Time
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salleewins wrote: »Just found a Virgin Pina Colada recipe on Allrecipes. Has anyone tried this recipe or similar? https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17565/virgin-pina-colada/
Yum that used to be a favorite. Id luv to try it one day.1 -
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looneycatblue wrote: »*kitten*
I just had to try it:)2 -
looneycatblue wrote: »*kitten*
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Had a fat glass of red wine tonight and enjoyed it... the difference now is that I'm seeing it as a weekend treat and not a nightly routine.
@islandbeez LMAO. Speaking of how you can't say the a-word on here... The first few times I saw the AF acronym on this thread, I read it "as f*".4 -
Had a fat glass of red wine tonight and enjoyed it... the difference now is that I'm seeing it as a weekend treat and not a nightly routine.
@islandbeez LMAO. Speaking of how you can't say the a-word on here... The first few times I saw the AF acronym on this thread, I read it "as f*".
Hahaha, all this *kitten* stuff is cracking me up this morning! Also, it took me forever to stop saying "as eff" in my head! On another dry board I am on someone said they were AFAF, so I guess that covers it :-) Happy Sunday to y'all!!
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@julieAL1969 Is that a new picture? I like it! I need to update, mine is ancient. @islandbeez I agree, I can't believe you can't use certain words on here and they sub it with "kitten". What is up with that?! Agree with the general thoughts of the last few posts that the less often you have alcohol, then suddenly have it again, you don't feel well at all. Maybe it is our bodies reminding us, "yeah, this is toxic". Who knows. I for one will avoid temptation entirely on St. Pat's Day, which used to be be my favorite holiday, by staying in and going to bed early.4
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The kitten filter started a few years back on April 1 as an April Fools joke, and then they just left it.2
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Thank you that I don't drink on St. Patty's Day. That is one easier one. Good Friday--March 30th will be my next hardest then Easter. April 3rd will be my next hardest after those--the day my son passed. He did pass on Good Friday that year of 2015(I am glad that I did not drink that day), which was April 3rd that year. Then May for Mother's Day and his birthday of May 23rd. I want to be successful this year in my mind.....Help me God. I am glad for this group. It is almost 2 months now dry.10
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I guess Easter won't be easy either.
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salleewins wrote: »Thank you that I don't drink on St. Patty's Day. That is one easier one. Good Friday--March 30th will be my next hardest then Easter. April 3rd will be my next hardest after those--the day my son passed. He did pass on Good Friday that year of 2015(I am glad that I did not drink that day), which was April 3rd that year. Then May for Mother's Day and his birthday of May 23rd. I want to be successful this year in my mind.....Help me God. I am glad for this group. It is almost 2 months now dry.
I am so sorry for your loss! That is awful. My heart is hurting for you.
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@julieAL1969 Is that a new picture? I like it! I need to update, mine is ancient. @islandbeez I agree, I can't believe you can't use certain words on here and they sub it with "kitten". What is up with that?! Agree with the general thoughts of the last few posts that the less often you have alcohol, then suddenly have it again, you don't feel well at all. Maybe it is our bodies reminding us, "yeah, this is toxic". Who knows. I for one will avoid temptation entirely on St. Pat's Day, which used to be be my favorite holiday, by staying in and going to bed early.
Yes, it's a new picture. The other one always bothered me because I took it last November after I had a few glasses of wine! I didn't like knowing that I was tipsy when I took it.
The new one is from yesterday, the new and improved AF me.
I am worried about that toxic poison entering my body after being without it for so long. I'll see what I'll do. I may not drink at all and just enjoy the weekend getaway with my friends AF.5 -
Today marks my 70th alcohol-free day. I almost ended my streak a couple of days ago after an exhausting, stressful day...but didn't give in. My plan is to drink no alcohol until April.9
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@islandbeez LMAO. Speaking of how you can't say the a-word on here... The first few times I saw the AF acronym on this thread, I read it "as f*".
Hahaha. The first few? Over two months in this group and I still read that as “as f***” EVERY SINGLE TIME4 -
@salleewins Sending love. 3
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@salleewins Hugs to you, so very heartbreaking.
@JulieAL1969 Your new picture is super cute and I hear ya on the buzzed pic. In my FB profile pic I am half in the bag and I hate it, gotta change that sucker!
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I had two glasses of wine on Friday night and woke up with a hangover/headache yesterday! I used to be able to drink like 10 beers or a bottle and a half of wine or 6 mixed drinks and wake up and feel not as bad as I did yesterday. Like others were saying, I think I wasn't as "fine" as I thought when I woke up on those days. And also my body isn't as used to the poison anymore.
I'm going to a concert tonight and even though it's a Sunday, everyone I'm going with will be in "party mode" because they took off of work tomorrow. I still have to adult tomorrow and get things done so I will be drinking very minimally. Also, my mom is watching my kids tonight and even though I'm in my mid-30's, I still hate coming home from whatever and being drunk or even buzzed around her so that's more motivation to drink even less. I'll probably have one or two at most (good thing I'm broke right now so I can't afford $12 concert beers lol).4 -
OK, I have my boarding pass, so I guess Italy is really happening. I met my goal of packing carry-on only. Yay! My next goal is to enjoy a beautiful country and very moderately taste the wines they are famous for. I wish everyone a successful St. Patrick's Day, whatever your intentions. I know I have Wifi in the places I'm staying so hopefully can check in a time or two. Arrivederci! and thanks for being here. I'm in for a dry April! One of these months I'll make it the whole way through AF.10
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OK, I have my boarding pass, so I guess Italy is really happening. I met my goal of packing carry-on only. Yay! My next goal is to enjoy a beautiful country and very moderately taste the wines they are famous for. I wish everyone a successful St. Patrick's Day, whatever your intentions. I know I have Wifi in the places I'm staying so hopefully can check in a time or two. Arrivederci! and thanks for being here. I'm in for a dry April! One of these months I'll make it the whole way through AF.
Have a fantastic trip and just enjoy yourself! I can't wait to hear from you about the amazing time you are having!2 -
Beware the gigantic wine glasses! We went to a gallery opening last night and I bought a gorgeous wine glass to benefit a kids' art charity. They filled it about 2/3 of the way full. I was wondering why I woke up in the middle of the night, thirsty and with a headache. This morning, I measured how much it would hold - a pretty shocking 22 oz. So, yes, that "one" glass of wine was a whole lot more like three. No wonder I felt like *kitten* this a.m.
Have wine glasses gotten bigger? I just Googled it and saw this from the British Medical Journal:
Wine glass capacity increased from 66 ml (2.2 ounces) in the 1700s to 417 ml (14 ounces) in the 2000s, and the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 was 449 ml (15 ounces).2 -
OK, I have my boarding pass, so I guess Italy is really happening. I met my goal of packing carry-on only. Yay! My next goal is to enjoy a beautiful country and very moderately taste the wines they are famous for. I wish everyone a successful St. Patrick's Day, whatever your intentions. I know I have Wifi in the places I'm staying so hopefully can check in a time or two. Arrivederci! and thanks for being here. I'm in for a dry April! One of these months I'll make it the whole way through AF.
Arrividerci!
A presto!2 -
Beware the gigantic wine glasses! We went to a gallery opening last night and I bought a gorgeous wine glass to benefit a kids' art charity. They filled it about 2/3 of the way full. I was wondering why I woke up in the middle of the night, thirsty and with a headache. This morning, I measured how much it would hold - a pretty shocking 22 oz. So, yes, that "one" glass of wine was a whole lot more like three. No wonder I felt like *kitten* this a.m.
Have wine glasses gotten bigger? I just Googled it and saw this from the British Medical Journal:
Wine glass capacity increased from 66 ml (2.2 ounces) in the 1700s to 417 ml (14 ounces) in the 2000s, and the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 was 449 ml (15 ounces).
My banquet managers bought new wine glasses and they are absolutely huge. I had a guest tell me to pour his glass full (his words were "pour it like you didn't buy it") so I did several times and I watched him just decline. I felt terrible for him...and I was not even AF! So, yes, beware the big glasses!
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Good heads up @kittybenn! The 2 glasses I had Friday night were certainly not 4 oz. But 22 ounces is cray cray!2
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Good heads up @kittybenn! The 2 glasses I had Friday night were certainly not 4 oz. But 22 ounces is cray cray!
Safe travels! Enjoy every second and can't wait to hear the details. Xo1 -
islandbeez wrote: »Beware the gigantic wine glasses! We went to a gallery opening last night and I bought a gorgeous wine glass to benefit a kids' art charity. They filled it about 2/3 of the way full. I was wondering why I woke up in the middle of the night, thirsty and with a headache. This morning, I measured how much it would hold - a pretty shocking 22 oz. So, yes, that "one" glass of wine was a whole lot more like three. No wonder I felt like *kitten* this a.m.
Have wine glasses gotten bigger? I just Googled it and saw this from the British Medical Journal:
Wine glass capacity increased from 66 ml (2.2 ounces) in the 1700s to 417 ml (14 ounces) in the 2000s, and the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 was 449 ml (15 ounces).
My banquet managers bought new wine glasses and they are absolutely huge. I had a guest tell me to pour his glass full (his words were "pour it like you didn't buy it") so I did several times and I watched him just decline. I felt terrible for him...and I was not even AF! So, yes, beware the big glasses!
It's almost a shame that the manager did that and bought such big glasses. It's like enabling people to drink more because they just don't realize how big the pours are. I know it's a personal choice how much they drink but it seems a little unnecessary to buy huge glasses.
I also saw recently a friend get more and more drunk at a bar I was at. She was talking to me with her face once inch away from mine. She asked me if I stopped drinking. And I started to say "yes, since Jan.1" but I never got that far, because she just started to talk about how she wants to stop drinking to lose weight, etc.
I've notice people start to tell you their story- like a confession after they find out you stopped drinking.
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I'm so thankful that I now know what *kitten means! Hahaha!
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Thank you for the support friends. The loss would be hard because he was my son one way or the other. I saw him the day before he passed on April 2nd, 2015 for the last time, without knowing it. He came up with his friend to pick up his motorcycle for the spring. He had been living at his own apartment for about 5 mo. The next day, he passed away on the motorcycle or within a half hour or so in a collision with another vehicle. 22 years old. I will never be the same again. I hear the pain of that kind of loss never goes away. I am just learning how to have joy at the same time while living with the forever pain. Drinking had made it so bad that I didn't want to even be here anymore. I wished, in hindsight that I had many days of being AF before that loss occurred. I do have a daughter. That was not fair to her that I was drinking like that or fair to myself or anyone else. Drinking didn't start with his passing, but it skyrocketed to a new horrid level. Anyways I could not moderate and I am happy to be done with it for almost 2 mo. now. Thank you for listening and being here. This week I have to give notice at one of my jobs. The stress with these 2 jobs has become unbearable in and of itself. Wouldn't you know, it has just ramped up considerably lately.
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@salleewins There are no words adequate to tell you how your story touched me. I simply cannot say the right words to comfort you. But know that we are here for you with love.
You are so wise and candid in your reflection about your drinking as well. And how it ramped up and how it was critical to change for your daughter.
Sending you a big hug. I'm so sorry for your loss.
You are inspiring and strong. Xo2 -
salleewins wrote: »Thank you that I don't drink on St. Patty's Day. That is one easier one. Good Friday--March 30th will be my next hardest then Easter. April 3rd will be my next hardest after those--the day my son passed. He did pass on Good Friday that year of 2015(I am glad that I did not drink that day), which was April 3rd that year. Then May for Mother's Day and his birthday of May 23rd. I want to be successful this year in my mind.....Help me God. I am glad for this group. It is almost 2 months now dry.
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