Less Alcohol - AUGUST 2020 - One Day at a Time

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  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,007 Member
    @MissMay Your posts are more helpful than you might imagine. Thank you for always encouraging and inspiring us with your wisdom. Thinking of you with the challenges you face with DH ... totally understand and glad that my DH is now trying to be sober which I will support as long as he wishes to tackle this. Like my challenges with food and the ups and downs his is with the ability to stop after just 1-2 drinks.

    @dawnbgethealthy
    Curious when you say float the lake and I'm imagining multiple things ... are you on a blow up raft, a kayak, canoe? Any and all sound wonderfully relaxing! Enjoy your lake days! Oh and I too like your "D" descriptions LOL
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,895 Member
    edited August 2020
    I am Dawn. 59 (for one more month), I live in SE BC
    My goal has remained the same, one that I feel comfortable with: 16-20AF days each month.
    Saturday August 01 - Drinks, fancy fruity ones that I concocted.
    Sunday August 02 - AF - Didn't really want to be AF, but did.
    Monday August 03 - AF - Too windy to go to a lake today (I float on a mat) so I did some stuff around the garden. It is still going to be 100 degrees for a couple of more days, I am going to try to only work in the mornings so that I can get to the lake while it is super hot and not windy. Motivation to not drink is how my belly swells up so big the day after having drinks. Planning on AF again tomorrow.
    Tuesday August 04 - AF - Long stressful workday when I should have been at the lake, second to last really hot day. So badly wanted a few cocktails, but fought through it with my newfound "don't drink when you are stressed" tactic. Those cocktails won't be going anywhere, I will have a few on a happy day. Lake time Wednesday no matter what.
    Wednesday August 05 - Drinks. Last hot day here, so went to the lake and had some yummy cocktails when I got home.
    Thursday August 06 - AF - I will try to be AF tomorrow also to get 2 in a row.
    Friday August 07 - AF - Might have drinks with a friend this weekend.
    Saturday August 08 - Bunch of drinks with a girlfriend. I was making them, so put half of the alcohol in mine. We had a nice visit.
    Sunday August 09 - AF - planning on racking up a few of those.
    Monday August 10 - AF - This didn't post for some reason, probably human error : - )
    Tuesday August 11 - AF - I really have myself convinced now to not numb myself with alcohol when stressed out. If I have a few drinks when I am happy I enjoy/savour them more. I will probably be making Mojitos again before the mint is finished. When it is almost done I make a giant vat of mint tea, strain it, then freeze it into containers to later put in the blender for a nice minty frozen iced tea drink (no alcohol).
    Wednesday August 12 - AF - I have a long hard workday ahead tomorrow, so no drinks tonight.
    Thursday August 13 - AF - Very long hard workday today, I really really wanted drinks, but hanging tough.
    Friday August 14 - 2 wine and 1 cocktail, feeling woozy, out of the habit of the alcohol, but have a Mojito date with a gf for Sunday, one day to recuperate beforehand.
    Saturday August 15 - AF - I didn't feel well all day today. A few weeks ago I had 3 ounces of wine and it was the same the next day. Wine just doesn't agree with me anymore. Even though I like the taste, it is definitely not worth basically missing the whole day after.
    Sunday August 16 - AF - Following @MissMay 's sage words from page one and looking after my tomorrow feeling today. Postponed my Mojito get together for today with my friend, told her yesterday when I was feeling so yucky that I just couldn't.
    Monday August 17 - AF - Another nice hot day here, a quick trip to a lake. I felt like having drinks, but was so thirsty I settled for another of those Club Sodas (otherwise i would have downed drinks too fast)
    Tuesday August 18 - AF - Cucumber club soda in a fancy glass of course. It was great! I did manage to get away to a lake mid-day today for an hour and then went back to work. I have an awesome tan : - )
    Wednesday August 19 - Drinks. Although I have resisted drinks on my stressed out days for around 2 months, today was just too much. So, I blew a drinks day alleviating stress. I stopped at a friend's place on the way home from work who offered me wine, I had water, since it is looking like wine makes me sick the next day. The first sip of alcohol when I got home really tasted good and relaxed me so much. I will try not to make a habit of it again. I should say that I won't make a habit of it again : - )
    Thursday August 20 - AF - I almost opened the piccolo of Freixenet that has been in the fridge for months. One of these days I will. Time to shorten my post!
    Friday August 21 - AF - Always happy to hit my 16 for the month.
    Saturday August 22 - AF - Going to a different lake to float with a friend tomorrow, and want to feel good, so no drinks tonight. (I will get a photo) I am rearranging my schedule so that I can go to my usual 2 lakes on Monday and Tuesday (or maybe I will go somewhere else) when the wind will be low and the temperature nice. This could involve going to work super early, leaving at one point, and returning to work after the lake. Moving all of my jobs to clear those 2 days would also be an option. These nice lake days are running out now as we start to cool off a little. The rest of the week will be much cooler with high winds, not ideal for someone who floats along on the water. I want to feel good and experience these next few days without the possibility of not feeling well from drinking. Going to try not to have drinks before Tuesday night.
    Sunday August 23 - Drinks after the lake. Excellent float. I didn't make it until waiting for Tuesday to have drinks.

    Rolling total 17AF days out of 23 days
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,895 Member
    I am Dawn. 59 (for one more month), I live in SE BC
    My goal has remained the same, one that I feel comfortable with: 16-20AF days each month.
    Saturday August 01 - Drinks, fancy fruity ones that I concocted.
    Sunday August 02 - AF - Didn't really want to be AF, but did.
    Monday August 03 - AF - Too windy to go to a lake today (I float on a mat) so I did some stuff around the garden. It is still going to be 100 degrees for a couple of more days, I am going to try to only work in the mornings so that I can get to the lake while it is super hot and not windy. Motivation to not drink is how my belly swells up so big the day after having drinks. Planning on AF again tomorrow.
    Tuesday August 04 - AF - Long stressful workday when I should have been at the lake, second to last really hot day. So badly wanted a few cocktails, but fought through it with my newfound "don't drink when you are stressed" tactic. Those cocktails won't be going anywhere, I will have a few on a happy day. Lake time Wednesday no matter what.
    Wednesday August 05 - Drinks. Last hot day here, so went to the lake and had some yummy cocktails when I got home.
    Thursday August 06 - AF - I will try to be AF tomorrow also to get 2 in a row.
    Friday August 07 - AF - Might have drinks with a friend this weekend.
    Saturday August 08 - Bunch of drinks with a girlfriend. I was making them, so put half of the alcohol in mine. We had a nice visit.
    Sunday August 09 - AF - planning on racking up a few of those.
    Monday August 10 - AF - This didn't post for some reason, probably human error : - )
    Tuesday August 11 - AF - I really have myself convinced now to not numb myself with alcohol when stressed out. If I have a few drinks when I am happy I enjoy/savour them more. I will probably be making Mojitos again before the mint is finished. When it is almost done I make a giant vat of mint tea, strain it, then freeze it into containers to later put in the blender for a nice minty frozen iced tea drink (no alcohol).
    Wednesday August 12 - AF - I have a long hard workday ahead tomorrow, so no drinks tonight.
    Thursday August 13 - AF - Very long hard workday today, I really really wanted drinks, but hanging tough.
    Friday August 14 - 2 wine and 1 cocktail, feeling woozy, out of the habit of the alcohol, but have a Mojito date with a gf for Sunday, one day to recuperate beforehand.
    Saturday August 15 - AF - I didn't feel well all day today. A few weeks ago I had 3 ounces of wine and it was the same the next day. Wine just doesn't agree with me anymore. Even though I like the taste, it is definitely not worth basically missing the whole day after.
    Sunday August 16 - AF - Following @MissMay 's sage words from page one and looking after my tomorrow feeling today. Postponed my Mojito get together for today with my friend, told her yesterday when I was feeling so yucky that I just couldn't.
    Monday August 17 - AF - Another nice hot day here, a quick trip to a lake. I felt like having drinks, but was so thirsty I settled for another of those Club Sodas (otherwise i would have downed drinks too fast)
    Tuesday August 18 - AF - Cucumber club soda in a fancy glass of course. It was great! I did manage to get away to a lake mid-day today for an hour and then went back to work. I have an awesome tan : - )
    Wednesday August 19 - Drinks. Although I have resisted drinks on my stressed out days for around 2 months, today was just too much. So, I blew a drinks day alleviating stress. I stopped at a friend's place on the way home from work who offered me wine, I had water, since it is looking like wine makes me sick the next day. The first sip of alcohol when I got home really tasted good and relaxed me so much. I will try not to make a habit of it again. I should say that I won't make a habit of it again : - )
    Thursday August 20 - AF - I almost opened the piccolo of Freixenet that has been in the fridge for months. One of these days I will. Time to shorten my post!
    Friday August 21 - AF - Always happy to hit my 16 for the month.
    Saturday August 22 - AF - Going to a different lake to float with a friend tomorrow, and want to feel good, so no drinks tonight. (I will get a photo) I am rearranging my schedule so that I can go to my usual 2 lakes on Monday and Tuesday (or maybe I will go somewhere else) when the wind will be low and the temperature nice. This could involve going to work super early, leaving at one point, and returning to work after the lake. Moving all of my jobs to clear those 2 days would also be an option. These nice lake days are running out now as we start to cool off a little. The rest of the week will be much cooler with high winds, not ideal for someone who floats along on the water. I want to feel good and experience these next few days without the possibility of not feeling well from drinking. Going to try not to have drinks before Tuesday night.
    Sunday August 23 - Drinks after the lake. Excellent float. I didn't make it until waiting for Tuesday to have drinks.
    Monday August 24 - AF - Went to a lake 25 minutes from my house. About halfway there I started to smell some smoke, but there was none at the lake that I went to. The water was very cold already, even though the sun was hot. Looked at the mini Prosecco in the fridge when I got home, but it can wait. I seriously put on 2 pounds the next day after drinks, so doing some damage control. I will look through today's photos and post some.

    Rolling total 18AF days out of 24 days
  • forestdweller1
    forestdweller1 Posts: 415 Member
    edited August 2020
    All those lovely @dawnbgethealthy snaps of crystal blue lakes makes me long to spend some time again on Spectacle Pond in Grafton NH. Last time was a couple years ago with Eldest Daughter, her new hubby, and my sweet former Sister-In Law. It is a place where I would make dawn visits with my father -in -law to fish, cook our catch in cast iron over a wood fire, and nibble on pickled eggs kept in his hidden stash stored in the icy creek. Rowing solo from one end of the Pond to the other, never thinking that I can't swim a lick...When Eldest Daughter's father [long an ex] was planning to sell the Pond lot that his father had left to him, I bought the property [shhh] and ED & I vowed to keep it for my grandson. Ahh, those long ago days when I had never tasted alcohol....

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