Less Alcohol - SEPTEMBER 2019 - One Day at a Time
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I'm in!
I had stopped drinking alcohol for months until around July this summer and even after two months of periodic social drinking I am noticing I'm sluggish and not feeling as good as I had been earlier this year. Time for a reset!4 -
Thanks for the thread @MissMay
As usual, I am going to work on 4-5 AF days per week.
I managed 18AF days out of 31 for August somehow.
I am going away the last week of September and first week of October, and I will be in a bathing suit every day, so am wanting to rack up lots of AF days before that.
September 01 - Sunday 5 drinks! (Saturday between 1pm and 1am at the music festival I had 7 drinks and didn't even throw up strangely). Drinks 2 days in a row is such a no-no, it makes it become normal to have drinks on the 3rd day 4th day etc. But I won't.
September 02 - AF
Running total: 1 AF days out of 2 days so far4 -
I’m in!
I had a much more moderate August than previous months - finishing with 15 AF days.
September should be similar I only foresee a couple of weeks/events that may be challenging.
Welcome to the new faces - those abstaining and those cutting back. Lots of help and support here.
So far I’m 1/2 for AF days in the month.2 -
You know what feels an awful similarity to a hang over? A late Summer sinus headache. I will gladly take this sinus pressure verses the other.
Yes welcome to the new faces. 😁
Another meet up with a friend I had not seen in probably 8 or 10 years. We happened to be standing in line together waiting to get into a reastraunt. At first I was in disbelief I was talking with her. She had moved to the other side of the country and we never connected on social media. I introduced her to my new husband. The stories started to fly and with every passing minute and every glass of alcohol she had, I began to step a bit farther away from her. When she went off to the bathroom...we saw our chance to exit without a scene from her.
Outside I told my husband, gee I would have thought over time she would have grown out of the excessive party mood. She was very aged looking yet I know she is only 6 months older than me. I doubt she will even remember we saw each other and talked. Sad.....I really wanted to hangout.
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I'm in!3
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Good morning everyone! I was on the July board but not August. I'm ready for a September reset. I had a bout of food poisoning this weekend ans my stomach is just not wanting much of anything, especially alcohol. 🤢 Plus I always feel better physically and emotionally when I'm not drinking.
I also am impressed with my sister-in-law who used to drink vodka every single day, and now only occasionally has a drink. I'm very proud of her! She seems so much happier and put together now and it's awesome. Unfortunately she also got sick (damn picnic with tainted hamburgers!) so I'm sure she's still avoiding the alcohol too!
I'm grateful for this thread and for everyone's positive attitude. I've joined a different app in the past that focuses solely on sobriety and I found some of the members to be pretentious or think their way is the only way. It was very frustrating and discouraging. Thank you @MissMay for keeping such an awesome thread going every month!7 -
I’m in! Day 1 for me. Been overindulging and can tell it is starting to negatively affect me. Insomnia, anxiety, more hungry, etc.
Have followed this thread in the past and love the support and wise words. Will check in tonight.6 -
Hello everyone I'm back and I'm glad to see these threads are still going. I'm in for September! I went almost two months totally AF in the spring getting ready for an exercise road trip which I went on and it was awesome. I've moved twice (was in the process of buying a house but it didn't work out) and now hopefully won't have to move again for a while.
I drank pretty moderately the whole summer but would still like to keep myself accountable (there were a few days in there when I overindulged). I was drinking once or twice a week and sometimes I skipped weeks altogether. I'd just like to keep drinking to one night per week now. I did the alcohol experiment online and the live experiment on Facebook (twice) and learned a lot. Although even after all that, I don't think a totally alcohol-free existence is for me because I feel I'm at a point in my life now where I can drink moderately. Good luck to all of us with whatever our goals are!5 -
Hi all. This is such an inspiring thread. I've tried before, and I've been lurking, and feel September is my month. I'm going to go week by week. This week my plan is to be AF until Friday. I'll reassess and hopefully have more AF next week. I'm thinking about weight loss, but also about feeling better and having more energy during the week.
Here's to a good week!6 -
My goal for September is to not set any drinking goal. My goal will be enjoying today by not drinking. This will be my goal for the next day and so forth. The key word here is "enjoying". I will continue focusing on my positive mantra at night, in the morning and during the day when I need it for reinforcement: I allow myself success and deserve success.
I am so glad I finally lost the fear (nothing to fear) and did this (nothing to lose). And as a side note, very pleasantly surprised how my hair quality improved, it's so shiny (I can use all the beauty side benefits from this!)
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As usual, I am going to work on 4-5 AF days per week.
I managed 18AF days out of 31 for August somehow.
I am going away the last week of September and first week of October, and I will be in a bathing suit every day, so am wanting to rack up lots of AF days before that.
September 01 - Sunday 5 drinks! (Saturday between 1pm and 1am at the music festival I had 7 drinks and didn't even throw up strangely). Drinks 2 days in a row is such a no-no, it makes it become normal to have drinks on the 3rd day 4th day etc. But I won't.
September 02 - AF
September 03 - AF - my "scheduled" day to have drinks, but there is ice skating at one of the arenas tomorrow and I haven't skated since April, so, well, I don't want to have a hangover or anything and fall and break my head : - P
Running total: 2 AF days out of 3 days so far - now I can't stop thinking of Meatloaf's "2 outa 3 ain't bad" earworm.3 -
Day 1 complete! 😊5
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@dawnbgethealthy wrote:
September 03 - AF - my "scheduled" day to have drinks, but there is ice skating at one of the arenas tomorrow and I haven't skated since April, so, well, I don't want to have a hangover or anything and fall and break my head : - P
🤣 One of the best reasons I have ever heard to avoid a hangover!
Welcome BACK @BuffMom84, @pennyks88 and @anglilacs(CONGRATS ON DAY 1) yes September is a great time to turn it around.
And more new faces @annshandle, @kellyschram1972 ....great to have you joining us.
@globalhiker that is a definite reason to cut back SHINY HAIR! There are many beauty secrets in drinking less. And people will compliment you on it.
Hope all of our other newbie posters are doing well with your goals. Check in....let us know if you need a nudge of encouragement or a pat on the back for a success you had.6 -
9/3 - AF - planning the same for tonight.3
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9/3 - AF
9/4 - AF
Feeling good today! AF and stayed within my calories!2 -
As usual, I am going to work on 4-5 AF days per week.
I managed 18AF days out of 31 for August somehow.
I am going away the last week of September and first week of October, and I will be in a bathing suit every day, so am wanting to rack up lots of AF days before that.
September 01 - Sunday 5 drinks! (Saturday between 1pm and 1am at the music festival I had 7 drinks and didn't even throw up strangely). Drinks 2 days in a row is such a no-no, it makes it become normal to have drinks on the 3rd day 4th day etc. But I won't.
September 02 - AF
September 03 - AF - my "scheduled" day to have drinks, but there is ice skating at one of the arenas tomorrow and I haven't skated since April, so, well, I don't want to have a hangover or anything and fall and break my head : - P
September 04 - AF - I was invited over to a friend's house for some wine, but declined. Skating was exhilarating today, even though it took me a few times around to get comfortable. Definitely didn't want to wreck the added calorie burn by having drinks.
Running total: 3 AF days out of 4 days so far1 -
I’m also 3/4 days AF for September and super proud I’m on pace with @dawnbgethealthy !4
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I’m in! My family had a heck of a summer and now I’m ready to detox. We used to drink 4-5x/week. I’m now realistically aiming for weekends only! 2x/week. This will be hard. Hubby and I are very social and like to hang with friends and bbq. He’s going to try and do it with me. 🤞🏻5
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My happy place - no booze needed.
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Skating looks fun! I'm good for 2 in a row so far this week, planning the same tonight.
9/3 - AF
9/4 - AF3
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