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Less Alcohol- May 2018- One Day at a Time

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  • SpanishFusion
    SpanishFusion Posts: 261 Member
    The plane is gone! Bye!Bye!
  • donimfp
    donimfp Posts: 795 Member
    @Leeg5656, I’m so curious about what your job is!
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Yeah, that was dumb. I was trying to figure out something with a carpenter's plane but that seemed worse.
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    jessylbrown wrote: »
    I havent drank for 3 weeks and usually i get drunk multiple times a week, having my first drink next Friday!

    Congrats! Big accomplishment; I bet you feel
    Wonderful !
  • SpanishFusion
    SpanishFusion Posts: 261 Member
    @donimfp and @NovusDies I work for an aircraft maintenance shop. We service small aircraft and private jets at a small local airport. It''s fun, interesting, and sometimes high pressured work. My job is all the bookkeeping, but I end up doing a lot of other things. However, I don't touch the planes. No one would want that. :smile:
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
    kpsyche wrote: »
    Leeg5656 wrote: »
    "You are stronger than you know." - I'm not sure who said it, but I know it's a quote from some movie.

    @Leeg5656 You know exactly where it's probably from... you just don't want to admit it xD

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BQuI5b22o&feature=youtu.be&t=77

    Thanku ..
  • islandbeez
    islandbeez Posts: 162 Member
    JulieAL1969 wrote: »
    Day 4 AF- I feel like it's a slow crawl uphill. But I'm doing it anyway. I have been walking a lot (14,000 steps today) to keep my mind busy and on track. I was looking at my tea mug at school and noticed how stained it is. I wonder if my teeth look like that, too. Many of us have been substituting tea. I think I'll try to find tea that doesn't have that strong color. Call CNN- Julie is looking for clear tea. Haha! As you can see, I have nothing new to report for today.

    I agree with all of you- compare us to last year, we are so far ahead of the curve. Don't you feel so much better emotionally? I know I do. I'm certainly less stressed and depressed.

    I'm back on Day 9. It's so funny to me that I don't even care to have a drink and then BAM! I am downright angry that I "can't" so I storm over to the wine aisle and there goes 2 days. I feel just like a spoiled child who has been told no to something. I will say it's easier to get back to AF than it was in January, when I was absolutely hopeless, and it's much longer in between my temper tantrums ;-)

    @JulieAL1969 Here is a link to some white tea. White tea (and herbal teas) seem to be lighter in color but also lower in caffeine, I think, so that's a trade if it's your pick me up! http://www.republicoftea.com/white-tea/c/53/

    Strength to you all! <3<3<3
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
    erikNJ wrote: »
    Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms on here. Hope it’s great no matter how you spend it
    JenT304 wrote: »
    I want to wish the mom's out there a Happy Mother's Day weekend. I also want to acknowledge that for those who have lost their mothers or children, this is a bittersweet time. Let's not forget our friends that feel the sting of loss this weekend as well. Much love and peace to my MFP "family". XO Jen


    Thanku @Erick and @Jen for the thought..
    I join them too.. wishing every mum a splendid day!.. <3o:):) atb to everyone thats making that day special for them.. may u all get a portion ;) i have to say it is nice seeing mums faces smile. Seeing them relaxed and not stressed out.. lol
    I do appricate what Jen says re pines without mothers etc.. i send a special thought to them. o:)<3
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    @islandbeez Thanks! I will check them out! Xo
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    Thank you Everyone! Happy Mother's Day!
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
    Bad day for zero tolerance but tomorrow im back to the low conscience efforts.. <3
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
    @erickNJ.. i want to make the conscience effort to make known of this persons support!!.. with @JulieAL1969 u don't go far from their help.. :)
  • DIANE2432
    DIANE2432 Posts: 4 Member
    I don t know yet but less
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Happy Mother's Day!!
  • SunnyDays930
    SunnyDays930 Posts: 1,667 Member
    I have listened to all of these before but I hadn't in a while. This morning I listened to the loving kindness meditation. I find the speaker soothing and it is easy to meditate to her words. I felt very peaceful after. I am enduring some stress and it helps.

    http://marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    edited May 2018
    Hi! Mother's Day as hard as it is, is more manageable without alcohol. I have had some fun today with my daughter (picked up Tikka Chicken with Naan, went to sit down by the river to eat and she brought a beautiful raspberry colored hydranga). The weather has been nice. We tooled around an ethnic grocery store for some items to make a healthy recipe another day. I did a lowfat ice dream cone later as we were too full from lunch. She brought new toys (used from her cats) for my cat. I was at church after cooking myself a different healthy breakfast and doing my exercise this am etc. Hope it has been a good day for everyone else so far, too!!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    JenT304 wrote: »
    I have listened to all of these before but I hadn't in a while. This morning I listened to the loving kindness meditation. I find the speaker soothing and it is easy to meditate to her words. I felt very peaceful after. I am enduring some stress and it helps.

    http://marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations

    Thanks for sharing! I just did the five minute breathing one:)
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    @satchel55 Bravo! You are determined! Xo
    If you need more inspiration, I like the author of Alcohol Lied to Me, Craig Beck on youtube. Straight shooter.
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    donimfp wrote: »
    Thanks for the post, @JulieAL1969. Great ideas!!

    I'm on Day 4. After that one glass of wine at the theater last Sunday, it was just too easy to have a "few" drinks Monday and Tuesday. I wish I could do the "99% of the time" thing, but I just don't think I can. Oddly enough, 100% is less pressure for me. At the same time, though, I don't want to say "forever" because that sounds simply impossible. We just made reservations at a crazy fancy hotel for our 25th anniversary next month (yay job!!), and I can't imagine not having a glass of champagne (or 2).

    All your non-electronic suggestions are so good. I have the months of June and July off. My job ends May 31, and my new one begins in August. I'm going to try to make those 2 months "self-care" months and establish some really good habits. I have worked from home for the past 19 years (telecommuting). So it's going to be a huge culture shock for me to go to a structured 40-hour-per-week job, and in a PRISON, no less. I can't even take my phone in to the building and can only bring my lunch in a see-through 1 gallon bag. No popping out to Starbucks on a whim! I'm super excited about the job itself, but man is it going to be different. Working on my health, including not drinking, for 2 months is imperative for me. If I felt bad (or hungover!) at home, I could laze around on the sofa with my laptop. Not any more, but I think that's a good thing.

    Sorry for the ramble. Hope everyone's having a great Sunday. I'm off to look up scone recipes for the royal wedding next Saturday!

    I like your idea of self care months. I will do that, too. I am ending school in a month and will have two months off. I like to make a list of the all the positive things I want to do- like visit the Art Museum, find a food truck downtown at lunch and eat, things like that. Fun things.

    I think when you're at your new job, you will really do well at being mindful. Living in the moment without distraction of your phone or craving Starbucks. I look forward to hearing how the journey goes.
    It's a beautiful thing that you will help the unfortunate souls who are paying a price for their crime, but they are still human. Xo
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,456 Member
    @jessylbrown Hope you had a good weekend! So proud of you!
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