Less Alcohol- April 2018- One Day at a Time
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By the way I have done terrible at taking days off the month, from Chicago trip to my birthday in wine country to a week in Mexico to Padres game now on my way to SF - I’ve had wine daily
not proud but determined to to do some solid AF time when I get back this week. I want to do really healthy eating as well. Luckily I have been working out and running a lot..so there’s that.... 7 -
Hello all! I am on day 23 of being AF. The further I go the more I realize I don't want to ever get hammered ever again. I'm starting to understand why my brother never started drinking himself.7
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Did pretty good this week. A-F Mon-Wed and then 3 swallows of a hard seltzer on Thurs. Is that considered AF or not?
Weekend moderation: 2 glasses of wine on Friday, 2 vodka and Cranberrys on Sat, and 1 glass of wine on Sun. I feel really good about it. I didn't want to go over my goals and I didn't. I was very meticulous about weighing and measuring the amount of alcohol as to not go over. I felt good in the mornings and my heart didn't upset my sleep in the nights.
My only slip up was Thurs, but i'm happy with my best week yet. Happy Monday Ya'all!4 -
Food for thought for a Monday or Tuesday- about why we keep going back to drinking.
https://youtu.be/9biW9TRg8U4 1 -
I’m an alcoholic
I’ve attempted to reduce my consumption by giving myself rules
1. No drink before 8.30am
2. Reduce the strength of my drinks
3. Put beer in a different fridge a 20 meter walk
So I’ve done about a month
On Wednesday I decided I’d stop drinking
Thursday 1650ml of beer + 4 shorts
Friday 660ml beer, 500ml wine
Saturday 990ml beer
Sunday nil
Monday nil
This is so hard, I’m seriously suffering
Good to be able to share.
2 months ago a normal day might be 3l of beer or half a bottle of spirits.15 -
My daughter works with me and I had a particularly terrible afternoon today. When I left she said to me go home and have a drink and relax. I told her that I have been alcohol free for eight days and I didn’t want to break my streak. So now I’m home having a little bit of stress cry and drinking my flavored water. Is that more or less sad than crying into a beer? Anyway, I did resist that first drink so I will probably be fine but in the back my mind somewhere I can hear that little whispering voice saying one or two drinks later might be nice.5
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My daughter works with me and I had a particularly terrible afternoon today. When I left she said to me go home and have a drink and relax. I told her that I have been alcohol free for eight days and I didn’t want to break my streak. So now I’m home having a little bit of stress cry and drinking my flavored water. Is that more or less sad than crying into a beer? Anyway, I did resist that first drink so I will probably be fine but in the back my mind somewhere I can hear that little whispering voice saying one or two drinks later might be nice.
Stay strong! You are on a roll. You'll make it to ten days and then it gets easier. Sending you a big hug. Xo1 -
andysport1 wrote: »I’m an alcoholic
I’ve attempted to reduce my consumption by giving myself rules
1. No drink before 8.30am
2. Reduce the strength of my drinks
3. Put beer in a different fridge a 20 meter walk
So I’ve done about a month
On Wednesday I decided I’d stop drinking
Thursday 1650ml of beer + 4 shorts
Friday 660ml beer, 500ml wine
Saturday 990ml beer
Sunday nil
Monday nil
This is so hard, I’m seriously suffering
Good to be able to share.
2 months ago a normal day might be 3l of beer or half a bottle of spirits.
You are making great strides even though you may not feel like you are. I would arm yourself with things to do besides drink. Like stay and read at a coffee shop, exercise, watching "stop drinking expert" on youtube (He is a straight talker. ) We are here for you.
Find a book to read like Alcohol Lied to Me and many others you can find on amazon. We're cheering you on!! Xo5 -
@andysport1 I highly recommend Alcohol Explained by William Porter. Also what Julie said, the stop drinking Expert on youtube. He tells it straight with no nonsense.2
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JulieAL1969 wrote: »Food for thought for a Monday or Tuesday- about why we keep going back to drinking.https://youtu.be/9biW9TRg8U4
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this! One more week and it will be 3 months AF. It is pretty much insanity to forget what is was like to be horribly drinking like I was and still think of drinking most every day.3 -
@salleewins Bravo! That is so wonderful. It sure isn't easy!
I also think every day about having a glass of something. Today, I thought about it at work. But thankfully this evening, the urge is gone.
I'm so happy for you! What are the benefits that you gained in the last three months?1 -
Hey all. I am officially back from vacation now. Even though I only posted like two times I was reading this every few days to stay in the loop.
I drank about half of the days of my vacation. And I definitely enjoyed foods I haven’t had much of since the beginning of 2018 - sweet treats, fatty & greasy foods. And not a regret of any of it. It was good to give myself a week of those treats after 3 1/2 months of only having one treat meal and one night of alcohol a week. I lost 21 & 1/2 lbs in those months and a week away from work, stress and dieting was a nice reward.
Today I jumped right back in! I ate very clean and did yoga after work today. I am going to go back to only one night of drinking and one treat meal per week. I think my body is ready for the healthy lifestyle to come back. Usually it was impossible for me(mentally) to get back into healthy ways after vacations so I am proud of this start!6 -
Erik our philosophies are pretty compatible. I, also, have an allowance meal once a week and I try to limit my alcohol consumption to every other Sunday (the next one being the 22nd).
I know what my weight was a few weeks ago and I know how much I lost but I am focusing on how many years I have regressed weight-wise. So I started mid February and I have lost around 8 years. The next 5 years, my first major weight goal, will not be as easy.
I am experiencing a problem though. My last food allowance involved more beef and fat than normal and apparently I have been too good otherwise and it made me sick until a few hours ago (hopefully). So I have lost my alcohol and some of my bad food tolerance. Talk about backfire... yesterday I went over my normal by about 600 and today I have only been able to eat 600 all day.2 -
Thank you so much @JulieAL1969 . After my husband got home we chatted and I unloaded my bad afternoon then went to make dinner and by the time we were eating I felt fine and had no drinks. It’s really the first day it tugged at me, so I’m glad I stayed strong.
I don’t intend to never drink again but I do love a good streak. I have been reading everyone’s comments and have been trying to decide what my “allowance “ could possibly be. Once a week? Every other? Planned ahead special events? IDK yet but definitely thinking it over.
I’m really glad I found this group. I knew I was drinking too many empty calories but for some reason first night of saying “no drinks” seemed like a big hurdle. But now that I’m over that hurdle I feel great. Thank you all.10 -
@jecky74 Congrats on your hurdle.
Don't let those of us with an allowance influence you. For some people the answer really is never again and the answer to that is a question only you can answer. I have a long history of moderation so I am hoping that I can fully restore that but I am a work in progress and I don't have any real answers right now. I am also trying to lose weight and weekly seems too much but I am not ready for monthly yet (I think). In some ways I feel like I am Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors trying to shrink the alien plant back down to a manageable size.
Crap, now I am going to be singing "Suddenly Seymour" for the rest of the day.9 -
@jecky74 Congrats on your hurdle.
Don't let those of us with an allowance influence you. For some people the answer really is never again and the answer to that is a question only you can answer. I have a long history of moderation so I am hoping that I can fully restore that but I am a work in progress and I don't have any real answers right now. I am also trying to lose weight and weekly seems too much but I am not ready for monthly yet (I think). In some ways I feel like I am Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors trying to shrink the alien plant back down to a manageable size.
Crap, now I am going to be singing "Suddenly Seymour" for the rest of the day.
LOL. Great analogy...and thanks for the ear worm!2 -
Hi you all!
I haven't been here on this thread for quite a while. I have been busy with learning to play the guitar and gardening. I enjoy exercise and lost 36 lbs. I am enjoying life so much more these days; these sober days. It has been since last Christmas that I have had a drink; which was most likely about a bottle and a half, or more, of wine.
This thread was definitely part of my recovery process, it was so supportive. I also should give some credit to The books; This Naked Mind, Blackout, and The Alcoholism & Addiction Cure....in that order...I was deciding to just slow down at first, but found out that my body was addicted to alcohol. I haven't had a drink since Christmas and I am so so grateful for my new life. What a wonderful new life I have.....I pray that this message somehow encourages one of you on a new path in your life also. Blessings.
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My husband is still drinking and last night he told me he isn't having any alcohol Tuesday -Friday. We will see. It is a process... 5
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I attempted to do a dry April but ended up having a couple of drinks over the weekend (blaming the beautiful weather and an outdoor get together). I'm not super unhappy about it as I haven't had one since I even avoided the glass of wine I so desperately wanted last night after a stressful day at work. This attempt has made me realize how much I used to drink and even though I may slip up, any effort is better than none. I don't ever expect to not drink but definitely need to slow my quantity down.6
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Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy. I have been staying pretty good with one slip up this month. I am trying to see if I can just stick to drinking one day out of the week like a Friday or Saturday and limit to just 2-3 drinks in that one evening. Looks like everyone is doing well.4
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