Less Alcohol - JANUARY 2020- One Day at a Time
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Jan 2019: 2/2 AF
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@shorepine, I think many of us, myself included, have a spouse that drinks more than the medically recommended amount. I gave up convincing (and nagging ) him to do it along with me, instead I shut my mouth and I did it and he decided to also stop on his own. He told me he was inspired by me doing it and that convinced him he could do it too. I think sometimes we just need to lead the way and show by example. Not simple but yes it can be done
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DH has joined me to reduce the number of drinks in the evenings.
January accountability ~ 3
No Alcohol: 3 days
Alcohol: 0 days (0 drinks)
Goal: AF days 3 per week / 12 per month
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
Including December in my weekly view.
Dec 30 - 2 glasses wine
Dec 31 - AF
Jan 1 - AF
Jan 2 - AF
Jan 3 - AF4 -
@shorepine in reference to your "Does anyone else have a spouse who drinks a lot? " I am raising and waving my hand high. Mine drinks beer all day long and then if we go out, he hits the heavy stuff during happy hour(because to him it is cheaper.. But my thought is it would be cheaper to buy an entire bottle and take home. Than to have 10 drinks out at HH in one week at $6.00 a pop...$60.00)
He also can see no problem with daily, habit and non concious drinking. Which means he will not drink any less. It was very difficult at first for me (like 3 years ago) to not want to be his drinking buddy constantly. He would push the idea hard to have another drink or to loosen up with a drink. That is exactly how I got into the mess I did of being a daily and in my mind a HEAVY drinker. Not proud nor bragging. Only glad I got out of that box to improve MY own life, even if my better half refuses to.8 -
@forestdweller1 maybe you should farm Catpuccino out to help people that want to drink less alcohol. Like a drink therapy cat. Lol
Like your 2020 word JUSTDOIT (get that basement cleaned)😎5 -
Yay @globalhiker first one in the books!5
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@dawnbgethealthy that sounds like a lovely evening of AF drinking choices you had. We are waiting for your AF drink pics.4
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Welcome everyone new that has posted since I last said howdy to all our new folks!5
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A couple of AF concoctions on NYE. Mulled Cider, and Cocoa with peppermint extract and candy canes.
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As usual, I am going to try for 16-20 AF days for the month.
I just made it to 16 for December.
January 01 - 3 drinks
January 02 - 3 drinks
January 03 - AF
Running tally: 1AF day out of 3 days so far.9 -
Day 3 is done and I didn't feel like drinking at all! I'm mostly a Friday and Saturday night drinker but since I drank on New Year's Eve and felt like crap on Wednesday and yesterday, I wouldn't have felt the need to drink this weekend anyway. Next weekend might be tougher but my sister said she was going to do Dry January too (even though she doesn't drink nearly as much as I do). So it'll be nice that I won't be tempted to drink whenever I go to her house.8
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@dawnbgethealthy the peppermint cocoa looks so darn delicious. Mulled cider looks good too. ☕4
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@BuffMom84 hope your feeling much better from NYE. It is wonderful to have a Sister that will do Dry January with you. It is a great start to 2020.6
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With some people making resolutions for the New Year it is a shock to see who actually follows through and who does not. On my FaceBook friends list a friend of mine posted he was going to commit to the loss of 25 pounds as a resolution. And he challenged others to post their commitments as well under his. There were tons of commitments such as weight loss, healthly eating habits, being kinder, stop smoking, exercise more, not text and drive. A very long list in fact was taking place with those piggy backing onto others already stated resolutions.
THEN..... I posted. ~ "I commit to drinking less" In big bold letters. You would have thought someone opened the door to a tomb, the posts stopped for a while. No one piggy backed mine. In fact, no one even made a small comment either way about what I wrote, it was if they would get cooties if they even acknowledged my comment or that I was there.
Here is my point. There is NO shame as to wanting to drink less. I believe all of the above stated resolutions by people on that FaceBook post could probably be resolved by them having less alcohol in their lives.
Just my thought......
First Saturday of the New Year. Woot woot
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6:45 am in Vegas another 24 💖 I have a spouse who was drinking daily yet when I'd stop/start I think he got so irritated by my drink days he decided to quit too, I'm sure he still has a few here and there but not daily anymore so that's a plus, @MissMay I'm surprised nobody echoed your goal of drinkin less! Oh well 🤷 hope everyone has a great day!10
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@shorepine. Similar situation for me..it does not bother me, but would be nice to do this together for the in person support..for years I was home alone since he was night shift and rarely drank during the week..
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dawnbgethealthy wrote: »A couple of AF concoctions on NYE. Mulled Cider, and Cocoa with peppermint extract and candy canes.
We need a YUMMY button! Can you post your recipe for the Cocoa drink please. 😁3 -
looneycatblue wrote: »
We need a YUMMY button! Can you post your recipe for the Cocoa drink please. 😁
AGREED on a Yummy button.2 -
Hi everyone, happy weekend! Dry January so far and I'm planning to keep it that way.7
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