Less Alcohol- April 2018- One Day at a Time
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I am aiming for wine only and only on Friday and Saturday. It feels like I have been drinking all my life - I practically have since I started when I was 18. I've come along way and have been able to control it i.e. cutback but I want to cutback more. Besides the older I get the harder it is to drink and keep weight down.8
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I mark an X on my calendar on my AF days. I aim for at least 2 days a week - it's a visual I can look at to see where I am on any given day. Sometimes I falter and go 3-4 days the following week.6
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@SD1957 As people who have been here a while already know, I keep a printed calendar of the current month on my fridge and put my corny "you're great!" or "good job!" stickers on every day. I too, love the visual. At first I was happy to have more non-drinking days than drinking ones. Now for April, I am committed to have a sticker on every single day. 2 down, 28 to go!11
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trying to decide if i want to go ahead and get my bottle of pinot grigio tomorrow after the gym & my therapy appt, or if i wanna wait until the weekend, since my birthday (the big 25
) is Saturday and I know I'm gonna want a little somethin' somethin' then. Decisions, decisions...
Wait til the weekend. It will be more special on your birthday. If it's not at home this week, you won't drink it:)6 -
trying to decide if i want to go ahead and get my bottle of pinot grigio tomorrow after the gym & my therapy appt, or if i wanna wait until the weekend, since my birthday (the big 25 ) is Saturday and I know I'm gonna want a little somethin' somethin' then. Decisions, decisions...
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trying to decide if i want to go ahead and get my bottle of pinot grigio tomorrow after the gym & my therapy appt, or if i wanna wait until the weekend, since my birthday (the big 25 ) is Saturday and I know I'm gonna want a little somethin' somethin' then. Decisions, decisions...
Do what’s right for you. And try to learn from each personal win and loss. Over time you will learn what is right for your journey.
Also, Happy (early) Birthday!!5 -
I'm in6
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Here I am, at 1am, watching tonight's recorded hockey game and I just poured a glass of water, at my drink limit. Had a hard time doing that in March!6
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Tough, emotional weekend, too much to get into now. Didn't drink Fri or Sat, however Easter I decided to open up a bottle of champagne to share with family. I think I drank half of the bottle! Maybe normally wouldn't have been a problem, but my I think my tolerance has gone way down. Felt terrible most of the today, still had to work and got through the day.
Back to AF days! My mind and I body deserve it.
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I am so glad I'm on a dry streak right now. My dad drank alot of Easter and felt like trash all day yesterday while I felt just dandy. I was also told by my (future) sister in law that I'm funner to be around while I'm sober.5
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@JulieAL1969
Pukka Tea??? Haha the ingredients sound devine, but that name??
@ksaghy I know what you mean about been drinking forever. I started when I was 18 also. It used to be legal to buy what we called 3.2 beer at 18 and also go to the bars way back then. Lots of college puking memories. We sure could have used that Pukka Tea, right Julie? I probably drink more frequently these days, but thank God that it's been years and years since I remember puking.3 -
@JulieAL1969, let me know what you think of that pukka rose tea! I have the detox, which I love, and the cleanse, which is okay, and the three ginger, which is pretty good too. I have looked at the Rose one but haven't bought it yet, would love to hear your thoughts about it!1
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trying to decide if i want to go ahead and get my bottle of pinot grigio tomorrow after the gym & my therapy appt, or if i wanna wait until the weekend, since my birthday (the big 25 ) is Saturday and I know I'm gonna want a little somethin' somethin' then. Decisions, decisions...
Wait and maybe you'll want something else: a massage to celebrate, or a facial... there are options.
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@JulieAL1969, let me know what you think of that pukka rose tea! I have the detox, which I love, and the cleanse, which is okay, and the three ginger, which is pretty good too. I have looked at the Rose one but haven't bought it yet, would love to hear your thoughts about it!
I have the Pukka RELAX and it's not my favorite. But the LOVE tea is really good. I like it! And the box and design is pretty too.1 -
Oh, that's what I meant, the love tea. Ok, thanks, I think I will give that one a try! (I love the box, too. The three ginger tea box is pretty, as well
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I'm in. Haven't had a drop since March 15th and have committed to keep going until my godchild's wedding in mid-July. Putting my running and strength training fist!6
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I'm a day late but I'm in again too. I just got back from spring break where I actually exercised a ton. But I also fell into thinking I was relaxing and drinking every night for 5 days in row. Ugh, and now looking back it wasn't worth the crap I felt in the morning. I had such a good month of March with limited drinking on the weekends. This trip has reminded me, get back into the routine of not drinking. I was enjoying loosing weight, I don't want to put any of it back on. Thanks for the group moving onto April. I've moved a couple of hills since following this group, time to go for a mountain!6
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runtodayamyrun wrote: »I've moved a couple of hills since following this group, time to go for a mountain!
Love this! Captures exactly how I feel too. March was a good start but time to go for a mountain :-)4 -
@kpk54 - yes, love that quote and all the other inspirational quotes/videos etc. here. SO helpful. I'm finding support pops up in the most interesting places. I was talking to a tech guy at my company who I haven't talked to in about a year, and we got to talked about some health challenges he's had. He's trying to follow the Mark Hyman eating plan (I did his detox a couple of years ago and it was tough) and also shared that he'd stopped drinking 15 years ago. He did go to AA, but doesn't anymore and has been AF all this time. He's proud of that, and should be. We all should be for dealing with our alcohol issues however we think best. Really motivating talking to him.7
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