Less Alcohol - March 2019 - One Day at a Time

GO ANTHEM76 !! Great list. When I wrote out my own personal list of "Reasons To Not Drink" , it was taped to the wall just behind the spot on the kitchen counter where my wine bottle had pride of place...couldn't help but see it each time the bottle was hoisted. The times that it helped and the times that it didn't were about equal. The list remains, the bottle has been [again] replaced with a stack of diet sodas. After 200 days AF I decided that moderation was worth a try. That had been my goal for going AF, to break the habit, and then sip sensibly. That went to *kitten* after about a month this year.
Now back to filling up on interesting teas, and no-calorie sodas. Odd benefit, since my main bathroom is on the second floor, there is a lot of extra exercise trotting up and down stairs....
Don't plan on drinking til mid-May, at which time I'll head down South for 6 - 8 weeks. No alcohol then, I'll be in an AF household and just too busy to think about drinking. Hoping to keep AF til I return home at the end of June, then we'll see if middle daughter and I can resume our monthly wine and cheese tastings in a local park...
Reasons for drinking?? Habit, relaxing, actually like the taste. The "buzz" I can totally do without because I hate to not be "in control". When the "buzz" seems imminent, I gotta put the cork in. That's the main reason I no longer drink the expensive Scotch with names I cannot pronounce...the "buzz" comes way too fast.
Tossing another log into the woodstove and settling down with a book and a pot of Belgian Chocolate tea.
Day 25 AF [one more time].

Wishing y'all success in setting and meeting your goals...and the gumption to pick up and move forward when the goal seems too far away.

I am glad to have found this thread also. I quit drinking on Jan 3rd with my husband - he was diagnosed with some alcohol related health issues. I will say that it has gotten easier each day. I do miss my glass of red wine every night after work but in my case there is too much at stake to drink at home so I decided to just give it up with him. I will say that I feel great! Y'all keep up the good work!

OK, so I've been looking forward to this day to look back on my diary.

January, about 16,000 calories of alcoholic drinks
February, 8,000!
Here's to seeing if i can get to 5,000 total for March.

Thanks for all the support in February! You all are awesome!

FeelinFooFoo wrote: »

So I ate cake tonight. I really needed cake.

So bring on the cake! (Now and again) 😁

Oh my, the next time you mention cake. It had better be a big enough cake for like 30 of us on here to share with you. Lol
p.s. cake will not give you a hangover.
EAT CAKE.

Friday night, stayed in and cooked and only had one glass of wine instead of my usual 3! I figured out that the earlier I start drinking, the more I drink. The more lengthy the meal prep, the more I drink. So, I held off until 7:30 and by then my “happy hour” craving was gone. Yay!