LESS Alcohol ~ AUGUST 2023 ~ One Day at A Time

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  • zensome
    zensome Posts: 104 Member
    9 AF
    9 A
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    14 - AF
    6 - A
    Heading back to work tomorrow so I hope the stress of it all doesn't derail me.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    15 - AF
    6 - A
  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    AF - 19
    A - 2

    I have a family wedding this Saturday. I plan to not drink at this event because I don't want to poison my body... :)

    The pressure will be applied to conform to the drinking community alcohol addiction but what they don't know is I'm strong willed and don't give a rat's *kitten* what other people think of me not drinking... :)

    I will drink when I want not when others want me to.

    Cheers

    @xbowhunter - Great post!
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    16 - AF
    6 - A
  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 226 Member
    Yesterday, I put away a ridiculous amount of mezcal. Today was AF. I think that makes it 4 AF, 3 LA, 15 A. I'm managing to keep my weight under 180, which is nice. I have a freezer full of healthy dishes ready to go into the sous vide, and a couple more in the works. Today, I started some tandoori chicken marinating, I'll pack them up so I can start them in the sous vide and finish them in the air fryer or on the grill. Tomorrow or so, I'm going to try to throw together a batch of saag aloo.

    I still haven't gotten around to the things I had planned to do last week, which is slightly annoying. I need to try and get on top of that so I can get to it on a day off and see how it goes. I've done more reading on the subject, and I'm curious to see if it's as helpful for me as it has been for others.

    Chilling out alone in the dark now with a hop water and some shoegaze before I wrap up for the night.

    -m
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,237 Member
    AF - 20
    A - 2

    Stay strong! Live long! :)
  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 226 Member
    Had a beer tonight, call it less alcohol. 4 AF, 4 LA, 15 A. I finally got around to a microdose; I didn't process the whole batch, but chopped up a little stem, about .08g or so. ChatGPT says compounds are more or less evenly distributed so it should give me a bit of a baseline to gauge future doses by. I was a little hesitant to do something like that late in the evening, but my understanding is it doesn't keep you wide awake like a full portion. I usually take a gummy and some herbal supplements before bed anyway. Worst case scenario, I'm tired tomorrow.

    -m
  • RockinRobyn672
    RockinRobyn672 Posts: 907 Member
    Mon 8/21: Drinks (2)
    Tue 8/22: AF
    Wed 8/23: AF
    Thu 8/24: We got in a 30-mile bike ride yesterday at a favorite wildlife preserve. With dinner I had a Becks NA and thought that it wasn't bad at all. August has been a bust with my goals, but I've made it AF two days in a row now and my weight Is down. It inspires me to keep it up. I have a small stash of non-alcoholic Becks and Guinness. There are less craft breweries close-by in Florida than there are in Virginia, so that's helpful. Interior repairs on our house (from hurricane Ian damage) are starting next week. I'll be glad when it's all over.

    Rolling Total: 7 AF Days out of 24
  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 226 Member
    OK so I'm tired today, I don't think I slept well, but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with anything. I sleep poorly often, and always have, hence the gummies and supplements. That said, I don't think I'll do that in the evening again, I mainly wanted to keep that first sample a somewhat private experience. I know there are a few established protocols, every three days, two days on, one day off, and Fadiman being the most documented. I'm thinking between the limited portion that I have on hand and the fact that this is new to me, I'll start with every three days and see how it goes. Today, although I'm tired, my mindset seems better than it has been in recent weeks, like I'm not just dwelling on everything that's been piling up on me for years. It isn't that it's all gone away, and it isn't that it doesn't bother me, it just isn't....dominating my every thought and feeling, maybe. This aligns with the research, so that's good.

    My weight is down this morning, even with the extra calories from a bottle of quadrupel and a late snack. The tandoori chicken and saag aloo were awesome, I tossed a piece of naan on the grill and we split that, and it made for a satisfying dinner. The potatoes were slightly undercooked, but that's because I intentionally left them that way so they'll hold up and not cook to mush in the sous vide.

    The bike ride at a nature preserve sounds like a great time. I miss having a bike to ride, I had a Haro BMX for a few years until it was stolen. I bought another inexpensive bike at Academy, stripped all the unnecessary bits off of it and rode it back & forth to work for a while...(brakes? meh...) I eventually gave it to a neighbor kid who had no bike. He was most confused by the lack of brakes. Anyway, I dunno if I want to ride around here. Between the weather and the number of bicyclists killed in traffic, it just doesn't really seem like a great idea, and I have nowhere to secure a bike right now anyway.

    -m
  • mfowler883
    mfowler883 Posts: 226 Member
    LOL yeah I've been riding brakeless since I was in my teens. There are tricks, and once you get used to it it's awkward going back. It sounds like the wildlife preserve was a wonderful outing. I really enjoy walking in places like that.

    -m
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    18 AF
    6 A
  • forestdweller1
    forestdweller1 Posts: 415 Member
    @mfowler83...okay, grudgingly agree with the " too much effort" on the paneer experiment. The best part was watching Catpuccino standing [ without any hooman permission ] on the edge of the sink, twirling the cheesecloth bag of curds , wondering what fresh Hell he could get into before retreating under "Mo's Mom's recliner" as an escape. His hooman decided that Trader Joe's or Tasty Bite was a better option. And, yes, many online recipies are easy and I'm using them.

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