Less Alcohol - FEBRUARY 2020 - One Day at a Time

Thank you, @MissMay for the February thread! I fell off checking in during January and didn’t like how I fell back into old habits. Striving to check in daily this month!

Goal: 18 AF days

0/1 for February

I'm flying home from holiday today. Was very tempted to get some wine on the flight but we went for a walk this morning and a paddle in the sea, and as I paddled in gorgeous clear water I realised that my body would prefer water to alcohol today, so I'll try to stick to that.

I will work out a goal for February, but I think it should be 20-24 AF days. One of them was yesterday, and there are two events where I know I will want to drink but other than that I will try to keep it sensible.

Happy at home with Super Bowl as background noise, snacks and no alcohol. No triggers, I like being home and I do not like NFL, not even the commercials.

AF = 1, Drinking = 1 today WILL be my 2nd!

Yay I made it into month 2!

Tricky month for me this with a vacation at the end of the month and lots of business trips/dinners earlier.

I'm going to pledge 15 days AF and hope for the best!

Saturday didn't start out too well as we took some clients to a Hockey game. We started with a 6 course tasting menu with a wine paired to each course, then took them into town for drinks afterwards. That said it was planned so I knew it was coming and the hangover was a great reminder of why I'm doing this

Also it's always great to show the American folks how good the SHL is compared to the NHL

I have another dinner on Thursday but I think I'll try just drinking water. It may raise a few eyebrows but what the heck.

I was tempted to have wine watching the Super Bowl last night, but asked myself “why?” I was all alone (hubby on business trip), I don’t even follow football, so why the big pull to drink? It’s amazing how strong our culture is! Like you can’t possibly enjoy the super bowl unless you’re partying. Kinda fun to turn that on it’s head!

Happy February! I didn't have any alcohol on Saturday, but did have some wine yesterday evening (and over ate to boot). Not hungover, but still full. Not a fun feeling.

My goal this month is more AF days than not. I was traveling for work last week and I don't think there is anything harder to overcome than eating dinner with coworkers. I gave in, and it wasn't worth it. But it's a new day, a new month and a new time to start fresh. Got my water and coffee with me today!

1/2 AF days for February

A good beginning to this new chapter of drinking less in my life. I have not gone drinking with my buddies after work or after working out. After working out always bothered me. I am cutting way back at home. Not buying a 30 pack of beer to save money. Started buying the 12 pack and making it last longer. Yes it is about the money to.
Yesterday ENJOYED watching the game. Yeah the commercials were lame and have been for many many years. DId take notice of how many alcohol related ones there were, only because someone yesterday mentioned it.

Sorry, long post! This past Saturday I went to the funeral of my husband's aunt. She unfortunately passed away due to alcohol poisoning from a lifetime of heavy drinking. The minister briefly spoke about addiction and how it can ruin lives and while I agree with that, I'm not sure that is something I would put in a speech about a person's life. My husband's family owns a bar, and the dinner after the funeral service was held there, which I think was pretty odd given the circumstances!
I tried my best not to drink myself, but being in a crowded room not knowing too many people, I was filled with my usual anxiety so I caved and had three drinks over the course of the night. I'm not too disappointed that I ruined my 30+ day AF streak because I knew it'd happen at some point. But I didn't even enjoy the drinks that I had! They made me a little nauseous and I was pretty drunk from just those three drinks. People were passing around jello shots and I refused and I was offered several more drinks after that but I was done. My husband, who had at least twice as much to drink as I did wanted to stay longer, but at 11:00, his mom was tired and wanted to leave (we had an hour drive home and she was the DD). We stopped at a gas station because my husband just had to get more beer. He gave me one but I didn't even open it.
Even though I drank I'm kind of proud of myself because I only had three in a situation where I'd normally drink six or eight! And looking ahead to this weekend, I do not want to drink at all.