Less Alcohol - MARCH 2021
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Sauna, steam room, hot tub or steamy bathroom is good for decongesting. Also organic chicken broth (I add hot sauce to it)...this helps open up air passages.4
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@chocolate_owl hope you feel better...electrolyte drops in water helps and well, Alka Seltzer..
I do appreciate your post as it was a good reminder for me to not go the rose route. For some reason only some types of drinks are addictive for me while others are not and so I need to accept this.
@mainelylisa feel better too!
Seems we could all use a spa get-away.....
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managed 2 AF nights in a row because boy did we go to town for my birthday. Mindless drinking is bad. Plan had been to split 1 bottle of champagne with DH. We managed to polish off 4 additional bottles of wine. Not good. When the world was open I was religious about at least drinking a pint of water between glasses of wine. Somehow I don't do that at home.
Hoping I can stay AF 'til Friday. Maybe if I can keep it to weekends only. At this point it's not even about the alcohol, although it probably should be. Summer's coming & I need to drop 15 pounds!8 -
@Trish1c Yep, mindless drinking bad. I did it Fri night because I didn't have a plan.
@globalhiker Spa???!!! Yes, please!
Gawwwwwd, it's hard enough to not be tempted during the day, but having insomnia throws a whole bunch of extra tempting hours in there. I tried reading, watching The Affair, deep breathing, hot oat milk, more reading...all the while thinking there is some Rye Bullet in the cabinet (some...mind you--because...it is in MY house). I opted for my pink bullet instead. . Then a grilled cheese about 5am. But as tired as I am I'm DAMN PROUD I didn't drink to sleep.7 -
Well grilled cheese sounds good at any hour of the day @mainelylisa. Good job resisting. I resisted topping off my martini last night, first time in a bit, so feeling much more clear today.8
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Crawling out from the dark to say hello and give my late March accountability.
There was SO MUCH TO READ from my last check in. Good to see everyone here and still pushing forward. No time to comment on individual posts.
MARCH- thus far
AF - 15 days
Alcohol - 8 days (having some fun)
Will be back end of March for a completed tally.
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Well all I did try the hot toddy last night, actually 2 of them. It helped me get about 4 hours of rest/sleep but then it was back at lots of mucus to get out and then over dry on the inside. I put some petroleum jelly and eucalyptus oil on my chest so I could breath in the vapors.
After talking with DH last night we are trying to pinpoint just what has been causing this reaction these past almost 4 weeks since it came on pretty sudden and this is really not the time of year for pollen yet. I think it may be something in my home or something I am eating/drinking. The only new thing I have introduced to my diet is the bitters in diet tonic water. I am going to stop using the bitters for a few days, continue with the allergy meds and see what happens.
@MissMay thanks for checking in see you at the end of the month.
@mainelylisa the insomnia has to be the worst, being so tired and sleep will not come. Hang in there I feel your pain
@globalhiker I have been standing in the shower with hot hot water, and using a defuser with eucalyptus in my home office. I think I have tried all home remedies LOL. But if I don't get relief in the next week I will see my Dr. again
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globalhiker wrote: »@lmlmrn - If you can drink on your meds, Hennessey cognac may help. Works for my DH all the time. Me, I'd go for a humidifier (or long steamy shower), stay indoors for a day or two (away from possible allergens)...and short term fasting but only for maybe a 3-4 hour period (like skip breakfast and have a later brunch instead). During the fasting period, drink a cup of hot water with 1 lemon squeezed into it. Repeat on the hour for the next 3 hours. The idea is to flush the germs out and let the body work on the clean up job. If anything, this is supposed to be good for beauty and anti-aging
Still AF here. I really love the feeling of being in control of me and being in control of my reactions, this keeps me going.
My Easter holiday drinking strategy: I will take my own advice and skip buying the planned bottle of fizzy German rose, because it is the most addictive drink for me and I will drink it all. Then I will feel yukky and down the following day and (like last time) turn myself into Off-AF mode and buy another bottle of rose to nurse a hangover. YUP. Maybe a glass of Hennessey after dinner instead will do just fine instead. Or Baileys. Easier to control myself if I have a single-serving liqueur compared to a bottle of wine for sure.
Oh, anti-aging?? Lol, I'm in, but I think that it is inevitable.
So, I have had problems with my nose and sinuses since I have to work with a mask on all day. My friend told me to put some vaseline up my nose (apparently I will try anything), I put some on a q-tip and...it works!!!
So you are going to break your AF streak for Easter? Why not just have some chocolate? Bite the ears off of bunnies?
Surprised to hear you contemplating breaking your streak, you have been balancing out so nicely.5 -
@mainelylisa
Sorry to hear about your insomnia.
I have had sleep problems since I was 7 years old.
Sometimes I feel like I have spent my life feeling tired.
I actually take a sleeping pill once per week (narcotic, can't take it more than that) so that I at least get one full night of sleep per week.
I did try the Tylenol PM suggested here on this thread, but it did nothing for me.
I also tried something that I saw on YouTube, repeating "don't think" over and over silently. Meh.
I don't drink much alcohol any more, but it does put me to sleep....briefly.
Falling asleep is usually my issue, be it FOMO or whatever. Busy busy brain.
Pink bullet over Rye bullet has me LMFAO
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Happy March!
I am continuing with my goals that I have mostly been following for a year:
16-20 AF days per month
Don't drink 2 days in a row
Try to keep 2 AF days in between drinks days
I choose the diary style so that I check in every day, keep myself accountable, and can see at a glance where I am at.
Friday March 19 - Drinks.
Saturday March 20 - AF - because I had drinks last night.
Sunday March 21 - AF - Planned AF for Monday also.
Monday March 22 - AF - because early morning and a long day tomorrow. I might have a few drinks Tuesday night.
Tuesday March 23 - Drinks - 2, because I didn't want to hurl. Ready to catch that 16th AF day.
Rolling total: 15AF days out of 23 days.4 -
So get this, woke up at 2am and after an hour just got up, only to read about everyone's insomnia issues! What is going on?
Switching topics, I watched a Netflix program about the dangers of sitting too many hours and that is a major factor in weight gain and a contributor to major healthy problems. They said even if you're restricting calories, when sitting for long periods the body switches to a conservation mode and fat burning declines 90%. EEK.
I will confess other than my 1 hour or 1.5 hrs of exercise, I sit...and sit...and sit....well I've been sitting an average of 12 hrs a day for like 20 years or more. Ugh. Maybe I need to set sit less goals and see if that fixes my insomnia...
@dawnbgethealthy I wish to drink moderately on Easter in order to test myself and my reaction to it. I really don't need it to have a good time (nobody does) . And the family members coming over don't care if I drink or not so no pressure there. Second reason, it is a pleasure enhancer. I would love to drink only on rare and select occasions and just be AF the rest of the time. And I have accepted the fact that if I go down the wrong track again, I am ok with just saying, well I'm done and I will just be AF for good. It's really fine because other things in life become the main source of pleasure.
Oh and for Easter dessert, family voted on gelato ice cream instead of bunnies, but strangely my almost 30 year old kids mentioned an Easter egg hunt in the backyard. I told them I'd play if they hide the eggs and stuff them with their dollar bills5 -
26 days 12 hours alcohol free. Drinking takes away my motivation and makes me very unhappy with myself. Since quitting I have gotten on a regular workout routine and feel a lot better in general and even lost 5 lbs.9
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Nice boat ride then 2 skinny margaritas watching the sunset and making eggplant parmesan my mom's favorite for our dinner.
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I wrote up a thing and lost it
Survived my hangover (I'm sure the the hugs from you guys helped). AF Monday and Tuesday. Another one of us here with sleep issues, had problems since I was a preteen. I either can't fall asleep, can't stay asleep, or get a great night of sleep interrupted at 5am by my cat. No wonder we all gravitate toward alcohol... Too bad that just makes it worse!5 -
well drank two hot toddies last night too. after much google search, I think I am officially have a virus of some kind. so to experiment I took no allergy meds today. I am blowing my nose less often but am still super stuffy. This is really getting beyond annoying and there is nothing I can truly do other than wait it out. Tonight I will hot toddy myself again. Then use some aloe on my nose.
I have to say you are all doing so much better than I am now LOL but everyone has their own journey to travel. If you had told me 4 months ago I could go even 1 day AF I would have said...nope not me. So this is not the end of my road, this is just a short pause until my body likes me better.3 -
Happy March!
I am continuing with my goals that I have mostly been following for a year:
16-20 AF days per month
Don't drink 2 days in a row
Try to keep 2 AF days in between drinks days
I choose the diary style so that I check in every day, keep myself accountable, and can see at a glance where I am at.
Friday March 19 - Drinks.
Saturday March 20 - AF - because I had drinks last night.
Sunday March 21 - AF - Planned AF for Monday also.
Monday March 22 - AF - because early morning and a long day tomorrow. I might have a few drinks Tuesday night.
Tuesday March 23 - Drinks - 2, because I didn't want to hurl. Ready to catch that 16th AF day.
Wednesday March 24 - AF - Always hard to be AF the day after drinks. Had to use some willpower.
Day 3 of 6 days of ice skating today : - ) This will be the last of the season, so very grateful that the Kinnette Club stepped up and booked the ice for free public skating once a day.
Rolling total: 16AF days out of 24 days.4 -
My happy place
Love love love having my skates on
Also 70 lunges each minute X 60 minutes, so really blows off stress.5 -
1 rum & diet coke with fresh fish tacos Heading home tomorrow.4
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@Lilylady3k
What do you put into (or take out of) your skinny Margaritas to make them skinny? Do you take out the triple sec and agave syrup?
I have tried the pre-mixed Skinny brand Margaritas, they are pretty good, although up here we only drink those refreshing kind of drinks in the hot summer. Different in Texas : - )
When I was there in Texas I had them rimmed with the red spicy salt, sooo good! I forget what it is called.4 -
Hi all.
Goal. Weight. Achieved!!
It will be up tomorrow again, I’m sure, but for now I am celebrating this milestone!
AF last night, one glass with dinner out Tuesday.3
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