Less Alcohol - JULY 2020 - One Day at a Time
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6:35 am in Vegas another 24 💖4
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5 drinks/21 days...time to kick it in high gear and power through the rest of the month...6
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@Doxmum : sad to hear about your friend, that is a heavy challenge...HUGS and wishes for a better than expected outcome......5
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Well I found a new reason to not drink over the past few nights-I’ve been trying to see the comet here in the NE about an hour or two after sunset. Which means driving out of our suburb at 10pm to go to the community garden. Finally had clear skies...and discovered we still can’t see it bc of the local area lights. It was worth trying though. Did any of you live in a place to see it?
Not sure if AF did the trick, but the scales finally moved down after 3 weeks!9 -
We saw it! It was pretty cool, I have to say!8
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Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
Monday July 13 - AF
Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
Rolling total: 17AF days out of 21 days.5 -
@Samand303 I had forgot about the comet. But a GF of mine saw it and took pictures with her fancy high power camera. It looked amazing and had a shooting star going through it had that moment.
Congrats on seeing that scale move down from your less alcohol awareness.
@globalhiker and @Womona good job on your accountabilities.
Ugh, wish this humidity would lighten up were I live. Seems it has been non stop for weeks. The thing I do know is that many cold iced down alcoholic drinks do not pair well with me during a heat wave from my past experiences. So yesterday I stopped and bought a giants iced coffee to dip on the way home. WAYYYYYY better and then had the energy to go out into my jungle gardens.
22nd day of JULY
16 days AF
Would like to finish out the month with no more drink days. (My husband is trying to sabotage my hard efforts by buying things I used to like to drink that he does not😡)
Have a successful day.
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@MissMay what is wrong with the hubs...enabling you, really? I guess my hubs does that too on $beer night at the Legion, lol. He likes for me to go with him but knows if I go I am not drinking beer so he better open up the wallet. His thing is that he doesn't drink at home anymore and I still/used to like to.
GREAT NEWS from my camp! My non-household families have all recovered from COVID-19 and are off the quarantine list. My parents are still tired and doubt they will go anywhere anyway but they are happy to be clear. Their cleaning service dropped off hospital grade cleaner to use before their next scheduled appointment, even though they said the virus does not live long on hard surfaces. Also, my COVID antibody test (as part of my blood donation) came back negative which means I have likely NOT been exposed to the virus. Key word: "likely". One more week of self-prescribed quarantine and I can hold my 4 mo old grandson again.
@Samand303 I am super-excited to be down 15+ since starting this thread. Can't credit it all to the lack of drinking calories, but I think it all ladders up to making better decisions and being more motivated to eat right and exercise because I'm not drinking (much). I hope the scale drop can be a great motivation for you as well!7 -
5 drinks/22 days.....Applause to you folks who are losing weight from mostly being AF!
9 days left to the month. What do I want instead of wine? One more lb. gone.....! I have to JUST.DO.IT.5 -
GREAT NEWS from my camp! My non-household families have all recovered from COVID-19 and are off the quarantine list. My parents are still tired and doubt they will go anywhere anyway but they are happy to be clear. Their cleaning service dropped off hospital grade cleaner to use before their next scheduled appointment, even though they said the virus does not live long on hard surfaces. Also, my COVID antibody test (as part of my blood donation) came back negative which means I have likely NOT been exposed to the virus. Key word: "likely". One more week of self-prescribed quarantine and I can hold my 4 mo old grandson again.
Actually, it is opposite, it can live on hard surfaces for 14 days, soft surfaces less.
So glad to hear that your family is out of the weeds! It can take months for people to recover, we have an athlete here in Canada who was super healthy before contracting and is just going into month 4, thinking that she would be over it in 2 weeks and is not.
Our "super-spreader" here in Canada now are people in their 20s - obviously they are selfish and don't care - they might think that they are invincible, or don't love their elders or respect that they can infect others. A 27 year old died here of Covid19, don't they listen?
Do we really need to lockdown in order for people to be careful??? Aren't we adults? Don't we want to keep our communities safe?
Argh. Sorry for the rant, just...4 -
@dawnbgethealthy
Ranting right alongside you 😒😠3 -
@Tesha231: CONGRATULATIONS on the Covid-free family news. What a relief! Strange virus that is probably mutating as we speak. Right now it looks to be somewhat less lethal than a first. Then again, most people are taking precautions so the virus exposure load is quite a bit less than in the early days.
@dawnbgethealthy: You're right. The virus is not going anywhere and although it may be somewhat less lethal (see above) there are NO guarantees how it will affect any given individual, including children. See Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. And strokes in young adults who were asymptomatic then test positive for SARS-CoV-2.
DH and I drove up to Logan Pass in Glacier National Park last week for comet watching. Alas, it was too cloudy.
And I'm not coping in a functional manner following my friend's diagnosis. Was drinking for 3 days, stopped X2, then started again 3 days ago. I really appreciate all the support from the group and tomorrow is a new day.
"Mask it or Casket"
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Hello! Its been a few days since I checked in. We went on vacation to a remote cabin, it was a milestone birthday for my husband. I drank everyday at the cabin, and I'm not really proud of that. It was just me, my husband, and my kids. But the happy hour cocktails on the deck overlooking the lake were so relaxing, and then I'd have wine with dinner too and sometimes an additional nightcap. Looking back, it was all a bit unnecessary although I don't know that i really overdid it. I will do better next time.
July 1: shared a bottle of wine
July 2: AF
July 3: AF
July 4: a lot of wine at a friends house for the 4th
July 5: AF
July 6: 2 beers
July 7: AF
July 8: AF
July 9: AF
July 10: had 2 margaritas after work... thanks to my husband's bad influence, haha
July 11: bottle of wine on a camping trip
July 12: AF
July 13: AF
July 14: AF
July 15: AF
July 16: AF
July 17: 2 drinks
July 18: AF
July 19-22: lots of drinks on vacation
July 23: AF
So far in July: 13/23 days AF
I have to be AF every remaining day in July except one, in order to meet my July goal of 20 days AF.5 -
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Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
Monday July 13 - AF
Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
Thursday July 23 - Drinks after getting home from floating on a lake with my guitar player. Awesome day.
Rolling total: 17AF days out of 23 days.4 -
5 drinks/23 days....no more negotiating with my "wine devil". We are no longer on speaking terms LOL.
He's a loser anyway:
Wine Devil: 1 day
Me: 22 days9 -
Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
Monday July 13 - AF
Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
Thursday July 23 - Drinks after getting home from floating on a lake with my guitar player. Awesome day.
Friday July 24 - AF
Rolling total: 18AF days out of 24 days.5 -
Hey! I'm here again. Another AF day today but I'm feeling badly because I have been overeating and not exercising. Work has been stressful and since returning from the lake we have had family visiting. With a full house, telecommuting was worse than ever plus my workout space in the living room was not available.
Last night my husbands family drank a lot of beer and were loud, and sober me wasn't amused. Although I am proud of myself for managing to avoid yet more alcohol because it would have been easier to just join them.
Tomorrow is a good friends birthday and we are going out to a fancy dinner together. I have not been out to a fancy dinner in ages. Well, since before covid. The restaurant has outdoor seating and super spaced apart tables. I will probably have some wine, and then avoid alcohol for the rest of the month.
July 1: shared a bottle of wine
July 2: AF
July 3: AF
July 4: a lot of wine at a friends house for the 4th
July 5: AF
July 6: 2 beers
July 7: AF
July 8: AF
July 9: AF
July 10: had 2 margaritas after work... thanks to my husband's bad influence, haha
July 11: bottle of wine on a camping trip
July 12: AF
July 13: AF
July 14: AF
July 15: AF
July 16: AF
July 17: 2 drinks
July 18: AF
July 19-22: lots of drinks on vacation
July 23: AF
July 24: AF
So far in July: 14/24 days AF
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5 drinks/24 days....yesterday I skipped my workout (just felt tired) and I ate more than normal, just bigger portions. I suppose it's my body's way to recover some caloric losses from the prior week. I accept it's normal and I don't feel bad about it. At least I overate "real food" like watermelon and well, some really yummy BBQ pulled pork.
That said, I need to go out for an extra long run now to make up for this! And no planned drinking because it blocks my goal progress, pure and simple.7 -
Hey all!
@Tesha231 great news about the negative tests! Woo hoo!
I’ve been out the last three nights, and had about 2 drinks each. Going to a friends tonight but have to parse out my wine so my two glasses last the entire evening. Just can’t do that 3rd glass, plus I still need to get home.
Weight is creeping up again, and I think the meals out plus the wine is the culprit. There is something about being at a party (yes we socially distanced!) and the apps are out, then someone’s delicious dinner, then dessert and poof! Weight gain. Do that a few nights in a row, throw in a restaurant and my pants are snug!9 -
Hi...I've realized that not logging everyday is a good memory exercise to try to remember what I had for lunch 2 days ago. I had 2 drinking days so far this week--both planned. And oddly I didn't finish whatever was poured. Love that. I highly recommend a break if you feel you're in a habitual rut to reset the brain and body.
I went on a little online shopping spree--need to dial that back. It's kinda like a coping triangle. Shopping, drinking, eating. Been doing well and on the last 2.
I continued with exploring new things and being open to whatever the Universe presents or puts into my head. I bought a used kayak and can't wait to try it out. I got an idea I couldn't let go, so I bought up 5 domain names yesterday. Don't want to turn this political, but I'll just say it was fun and who knows--maybe the Biden campaign will want to buy them from me for a million bucks! I think I'm going to make some yahhhhd signs with these tag lines.
Here's to a great weekend!10 -
5 drinks/25 days....have to put the brakes on my spending now since I need to secure a job first. I've been delaying this but looks like it's better to just roll up the sleeves and jump in....this watching and waiting is not working well for me and going on unemployment is not an option.
Our state unemployment pays $240/wk - maximum.....I made more than that tutoring weekends when I was a 15 year old.
Seriously? Families will starve and become homeless on $240/wk. Why is the government spending billions on space missions now when people are losing jobs and homes and health insurance?
Sorry for the rant but this is very, seriously, f**ked up.10 -
Two things that make me laugh out loud....
I^@!&@'s "Find Something NEW !!" initiative....just say that to a person with limited job skills and education. Sure, transition from an unemployed restaurant dishwasher to what, a stockbroker ??
And then there's....Spaaaaaace Foooorce....NO....just....NO.
Am I really laughing, or is it hysteria ?? It will NOT drive me to drink. My calendar has a countdown penciled in. Today is the beginning of the last hundred days.
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Hey, @mainelylisa !! Plant one o' them yahhhhd signs for me !! Planning a drinkless week, so help cheer me up.7
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Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
Monday July 13 - AF
Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
Thursday July 23 - Drinks after getting home from floating on a lake with my guitar player. Awesome day.
Friday July 24 - AF
Saturday July 25 - Drinks. A willpower thing, or intermittent lack thereof. Really proud to have avoided alcohol on my stressed out workdays. Going to try to rack up at least 2 more AF days before the end of the month.
Rolling total: 18AF days out of 25 days.9 -
@mainelylisa I LOVE this Coping Triangle... Shopping, drinking, eating.
Opened a good bottle last night to watch Hamilton (finally) with DH. I forgot my plan to alternate wine and water. Maybe bc the wine Really was good? Anyway, half a bottle of wine gone. Moderation not so much, but I plan to stretch out the rest of the bottle over a few days. Happy Sunday Summer Evening 🌞10 -
Hi. I am Dawn. Turning 60 in September.
I live in SE BC, Canada.
I started on this thread November 28.18 - at that time I was having drinks every day. That first AF day was very hard! I vowed to have 1AF day per week to start, then progressed to 2AF days per week etc.
My goal now (that is working for me) is 16-20 AF days per month. I have been keeping within that since last October. I am comfortable and happy with that goal. If I exceed that, then great.
I have never ever been able to exceed 3 drinks or I throw up. Moderation is thrust upon me.Wednesday July 01 - AF - Happy Canada Day.Friday July 24 - AF
Thursday July 02 - AF - Super long day at work. I kept thinking about having drinks tonight if I could ever get through the day. I used the delay tactic when I finally did arrive home so hungry and tired. I'm sure tomorrow will be better for having abstained.
Friday July 03 - AF - Scheduled Mojitos with a gf tomorrow after garage Sale-ing and the farmer's market. Would have liked to have a couple today after being up a ladder painting in the hot sun, but saving it up.
Saturday July 04 - Mojitos and stuff.
Sunday July 05 - AF - Felt like having drinks though.
Monday July 06 - AF - I might have drinks at band practice tomorrow, we'll see.
Tuesday July 07 - AF - I was going to have drinks if the guys were drinking beer at practice, but they drank water today, my super water : - )
Wednesday July 08 - 3 drinks. I have been trying to not have drinks unless I am happy and celebrating, or on a nice sunny day when I have spent many hours working in my yard. Now that I am back to working long stupid days my will power just went out the window. I didn't get home until 10pm and hadn't eaten since the morning. I was hungry, tired, stressed. The first sip of a drink felt really nice.
Thursday July 09 - AF - Another late night getting home, I didn't finish dinner until 11:30. I worked for Foster Grant today, and they require us to wear masks and gloves when servicing stores. Not comfortable. I peeled the mask and gloves off outside the store into a garbage bin, really thinking about having a drink when I got home. I could too easily slip back into daily drinks after work, I will have to work at not doing that.
Friday July 10 - AF - I have a friend in town staying with another friend. I was invited for drinks on the outdoor deck. They are not heavy drinkers, but drinkers nonetheless. I wanted to at least get my 2AF days in a row. I am getting together with them tomorrow afternoon. I may have drinks. I avoided going tonight because I can't always resist when others are drinking around me and getting giggly.
Saturday July 11 - A bunch of drinks in the hot sun on my friends patio.
Sunday July 12 - AF - Slept early and awoke early (4am). I didn't feel fantastic, but after lemon water and some coffee I went for a nice 2 hour hike and felt back to normal after that.
Monday July 13 - AF
Tuesday July 14 - AF - Time to trim this long post down. I do like to look at it when I log on, but I can do that with reducing it to a spoiler.
Wednesday July 15 - AF - that was a real test of willpower, my morning started out with the flusher arm on the toilet snapping argh. My workday was ridiculous, and a bunch of other crappy things today. I am trying very hard to not have drinks when I am stressed, only when I am happy. Today was a test, I know that some numbing would have been lovely, but I also want tomorrow to be a better day, and I don't want to jeopardize that with possibly not feeling well.
Thursday July 16 - AF - I just plum didn't go out into the field for one of the companies that I work for today, I was so stressed out from working for them yesterday. It was only to be 2 small merchandising jobs at 2 grocery stores today, but as long as I get there, build the displayers and do their signage and stuff by the 24th it will be okay. I got spoiled being on lay-off from some jobs, and taking a leave of absence from the one that I hate working for so much. It was the happiest that I had been in many years, puttering around the house and the garden, listening to music, playing in my garden, waking up when I felt like it. I love being alone, so self-isolation suited me perfectly. I posted my best AF totals during that time. It would have been easy to slip back into having drinks at the end of a long stressful workday, really trying not to. Expecting to have drinks with friends over the weekend - socially distancing outside of course.
Friday July 17 - Drinks. I was making most of them, so I poured my own as a half shot each.
Saturday July 18 - Ditto to Friday. No regrets. Fun beach day and socially distanced visits.
Sunday July 19 - AF - Time to rack up some more AF days. I got lots of drinks out of my system over the weekend: Mojitos, Cosmos, wine, rum punch, beer, pisco sours. I had very moderate servings of all. I felt fine today, not so fine Saturday morning, thinking it was the 2 ounces of wine, because I didn't have any wine yesterday.
Monday July 20 - AF - Got out to "my" lake today for the first time this season, I was at a different lake over the weekend. How nice it was to float on my floatie, stay cool, and tan. (Well, I have a tan from my garden, but being in the water gives a better tan lol). I carry a Frozen Mike's Hard Lemonade in my little water cooler, sort of an adult slushie. I use it like ice to keep my water cold only, then back into the freezer. I am sure that I will drink it eventually, but until I locate my other ice packs (packed with more summer stuff?) it will do nicely.
Tuesday July 21 - AF - Always happy to hit 16AF days, some months it has been right down to the wire. Nice to have a buffer of days.
Wednesday July 22 - AF - A stressful workday when I would rather have been at a lake. I wanted drinks, but am really trying to not drink to reduce stress and numb me out. Plus, I am basically finished field work for the week, just paperwork to do from home so I should be able to get to some lakes during our heatwave here before the Albertans arrive for the weekend.
Thursday July 23 - Drinks after getting home from floating on a lake with my guitar player. Awesome day.
Saturday July 25 - Drinks. A willpower thing, or intermittent lack thereof. Really proud to have avoided alcohol on my stressed out workdays. Going to try to rack up at least 2 more AF days before the end of the month.
Sunday July 26 - AF - I had a nice Puglia with dinner last night, and as wonderful as it tasted, I just don't feel well the next day from red wine. Once it was only 2 ounces, last night was 2 glasses. Too bad about the after effects, it went so well with my Rib Eye.
Rolling total: 19AF days out of 26 days.6 -
Thank you, thank you, thank you! To all my "Less Alcohol, More Pets" colleagues. I'm back on track. At least back to baseline and coming down - without a nose bleed no less. I can't say enough how grateful I am for the moral - or amoral - support (I'll take support in any form). I've been on a food-logging break as well. That said, I was lucky not to gain any weight over the last 10 days. Losing weight at this age (soon to be 65) is not a marathon. It's an ultra-marathon!
Have a good week everyone. And save a "yahhhd" sign for me @mainleylisa
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Good morning all,
Had a bit of a get a way Friday -Sunday,then when I picked up my 13 year old pup at boarding Sunday night she was heat exhausted and not doing well
after a long night here at home and coaxing her to drink (fresh watermelon juice was the only thing she would take) She is doing much better thank goodness.
So glad to hear /read all these posts.
@maielylisa was it a "wicked good" time?
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6;45 am in Vegas another 24 💖7
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