Less Alcohol - March 2019 - One Day at a Time

Are any of you readers?
I found this book which is a memoir a very good read. Some of it definitely resonated. Great point ... about reinventing yourself without alcohol and getting yourself back in return. It is an interesting satirical reflection of Sarah's memoir from alcoholism to sobriety. What happen last night can be a terrible thing to not remember. You can truly get an understanding of an addict's trials and tribulations as well as an understanding of how some people might seem to be there but not when they drink and blackout. Blackout is not passing out ... it is almost the opposite

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
by Sarah Hepola

Alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure" for Sarah Hepola. She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman.

But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should have been. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead.

A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure--the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most--but getting yourself back in return.

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to join you all in less alcohol for the rest of March. I've just re-joined MFP and my goal for what's left of this month is to cut out weekday drinking -- Sunday - Thursday.

Good luck to all of you who are trying to do better like myself, this seems like a supportive and caring group.

I'm so thankful to have found this challenge. I have been alcohol free for 6 days. Today was the worst craving so far. The Alcohol Experiment and the FB group is what's helping me so far...https://www.alcoholexperiment.com/ I'm also reading books about how to be alcohol free.

I started something new to help me be more "aware" and keep me on top of my tapering plan- I have one of those refrigerator magnet notepads used for shopping lists, where instead I write down my drinking target goal for the day - the day before. My husband sees it, my kids see it. It's out there in plain site - and it seems to be keeping me honest with myself.

2019 - day 70

ALcohol Free days - 69
Alcohol - 01

Hi all. My husband and I made an agreement that we would still drink in restaurants or social occasions. But no more just the two of us, sitting around the house. We are having... mixed success sticking to that, but overall we are on a positive trend.

Next week, I am going on a six-day backpacking trip. No temptation--there is no alcohol to be had in the back-country. And the sponsoring organization (Campfire USA) doesn't permit alcohol on their trips even if I wanted to pack some in or something. I would just die of shame if I got busted sipping on a flask in my tent. So for six days, I am "safe" from temptation.