LESS Alcohol ~ SEPTEMBER 2024 ~ One Day at A Time
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Black Velvet price in Phoenix today Walmart 750ml: $9.98
Alcohol here is cheaper than many foods. I'd say half the supermarket weekly ad are discounts on alcohol. And, I am seeing carousels of mini-bottles of many alcohol types in front of the self-checkout. $1.50 each. Walgreens still has an assortment of alcohols, mini Black Velvet included, for 99 cents. Small wine boxes that have 3 servings can be found on sale for $2.99 and $3.99.
I notice this now a lot since I started buying fruit, organic where possible and notice how $$$$$ it is, especially compared to alcohol. Something is not right here.
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Hello LA friends:
Such great conversations this week and thanks for the video post @xbowhunter.
Planning AF tonight and tomorrow (logged) since our flight is tomorrow night heading to an all-inclusive vacation. I will be gone for over 10 days which takes me to the end of September. My LA plans are mindfulness and moderation and lots of club sodas and lime. I will be intentional with my choices.
There will also be ample time to take long walks and get my steps in, as well as time for yoga and relaxing.
When I return, I will jump right back into being dry for at least half of October. It will be here before we know it!
So, I finished the last of the wine yesterday when I returned home around 7:00 p.m. Had a whirlwind 24 hr. trip to help my mother with a medical issue which is resolved.
Current:
AF days - 9
A days - 7
LA - 4 (under 8 oz. wine or 8% alcohol)
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@NonnieDoiron ...after you heal are you going to post a picture of your new tattoo ?? Unless it's in a ...uh...private place !! 🤦
Good AF vs A numbers for you this month !!
@SurferGirl1982 ...State run alcohol sales in PA also, but they have good sales each month, and deliver to your home , n/c for shipping. My downfall. Oddly, the grocery stores that carry NA beer don't allow InstaCart to add that to an order. It's easier to
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My distant cousin who brings his mighty fine homemade moonshine to our pig pickins would banish me to the other side of the bonfire to sit with the "little ladies" who sip Rose if I asked him if he could make creamsicle
moonshine. Sounds dangerously delicious though, @MissMay .6 -
@SurferGirl1982 ...The PA State run stores are huge & well stocked [9-9] and carry just wine and hard likker. Beer is a separate alcohol entirely, usually in smaller shops, beer ONLY. Weird. [To me]. Order $99 worth of your wine and whiskey online and it comes delivered by the cute UPS guy in a couple days. This avoids the "OMDG They're Closed On A Holiday So We Storm The Store On The Eve" situation.
Better choice for the upcoming holidays ?? Let's just not drink on those days ?? Fill your glass with apple juice & a cherry on a toothpick and the drink-pushing people will think you are conforming. Helps if you walk a little funny halfway through the event...🥳6 -
SurferGirl1982 wrote: »forestdweller1 wrote: »@SurferGirl1982 ...The PA State run stores are huge & well stocked [9-9] and carry just wine and hard likker. Beer is a separate alcohol entirely, usually in smaller shops, beer ONLY. Weird. [To me]. Order $99 worth of your wine and whiskey online and it comes delivered by the cute UPS guy in a couple days. This avoids the "OMDG They're Closed On A Holiday So We Storm The Store On The Eve" situation.
Better choice for the upcoming holidays ?? Let's just not drink on those days ?? Fill your glass with apple juice & a cherry on a toothpick and the drink-pushing people will think you are conforming. Helps if you walk a little funny halfway through the event...🥳
That's really cool. I'd probably be in trouble though if I bought $99 of booze. Oh, Boy!
I miss the liquor stores in CA. They have everything.
Did you ever see the series "Wonder Years" or the movie "Stand By Me"? I grew up in Los Angeles County in the 1960's...that was my life. It was a wonderful place and a wonderful time. We used to ride our bikes to the corner store (which was a liquor store). Kids were allowed to go there. Of course, we would buy sodas and candy. And they knew us and our parents.
There are areas in LA county that are probably best to stay away from. But sometimes you can't. I delivered medical supplies in 2001 (I went back and forth for a while). I had a delivery to an apartment building in south central LA. That area has a reputation of being dangerous. But It was the easiest delivery I ever made. It was an upstairs apartment and I had 6 cases of tube feeding formula and other supplies. The day before I hauled everything up the stairs and no one was home. So I went up the stairs to make sure someone was home. This little old black grandmother hollered to the boys, "Boys, you help this lady!" I had the product on the dolly in the alley. And those boys moved so quick, you wouldn't believe it. All I had to do was have her sign the invoice. I'll tell Ya...Grandmothers Rule!
Funny about beer stores. I had a friend that moved to east Texas. And she would talk about going to the beer store. And it was drive-thru. I guess they couldn't even buy beer in the grocery stores. Definitely weird!
I really have no excuse for drinking on the holidays. Except for the fact that the store will be closed and I'm afraid I might regret if I don't get anything.
I'm still thinking of doing the 90 day thing. We have plans to go for a drive on Saturday. We were going to go up the road that leads to Diamond Lake and Crater Lake. So I don't want to drink tomorrow. I'm tired of letting myself and my husband down.
So interesting to read this! I live in Sweden and here we have a government owned store called Systembolaget that has a monopoly of selling alcohol. It is open 10:00 - 18:00 on weekdays and 10-13 on Saturday. The store has an excellent offering with thousands of different beers and wines and there is at least one store in every bigger city/village.
However if you haven’t bought alcohol you cannot get it in a weekend. Most people i know have more at home than they plan to drink during a week or month.
In my house we currently have about 20 bottles of whiskey, rum etc, 10 bottles of wine, 3 bag-in-a-box, 15 bottles of procecco and 3-4 boxes with 24 beers.
I wonder what government strategy is the best to limit people from drinking6 -
Happy Friday my LA friends
AF - 8
A - 11
Think before you drink!
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19 AF days done. It is effortless now as long as I stay home.
@xbowhunter your determination is admirable and will make you successful. You just motivated me to declare AF at least 50% of my trip days. Thank you. I will commit to that today and maybe by the time I leave I'll decide my readiness for 100% AF trip.
Wow the conversation about government / state controlled liquor stores is interesting. I get it now - it encourages people to hoard alcohol in their homes. Now that makes it way harder to not drink.
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globalhiker wrote: »19 AF days done. It is effortless now as long as I stay home.
@xbowhunter your determination is admirable and will make you successful. You just motivated me to declare AF at least 50% of my trip days. Thank you. I will commit to that today and maybe by the time I leave I'll decide my readiness for 100% AF trip.
Wow the conversation about government / state controlled liquor stores is interesting. I get it now - it encourages people to hoard alcohol in their homes. Now that makes it way harder to not drink.
Thank you for the kind words.
In Ontario they just made it easier to buy booze. They are now selling it in convenience stores. This is 100% about raising more tax dollars. They say they are doing the citizens a Favour, but I say BS to this. If anything, they should make it harder... lol
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AF = 16
A = 4
@forestdweller1 😂 the tattoo is on my arm. I will post a pic when it’s done. It still has about 3 hrs to go, so it looks a little weird at the moment. A stranger stopped me in the store today to admire what was there so far. I’m even more excited to get it done now!
No wine tonight though I wanted it. Instead my daughter had other plans…
The skate rink here requires adults to stay with children on Friday nights, so I just had to stay and skate😉
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@NonnieDoiron OMG this brings back so many memories of the skating rink when I was a tween!!!!!! Hope you had a fun skating night. Thanks for sharing the pic! Can't wait to see the finished and healed tat.6
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13 AF
8 A7 -
Proud of you, @SurferGirl1982 !!
I'm going to get through this weekend...drinking...and get back on track Monday. I've completely derailed. I'm eating horribly and not moving my body and drinking every night, and it's not making me feel any better.
Have a good weekend everyone!6 -
@SurferGirl1982 Way to Go! Sending you a High-Five!
20 days AF done. I think my taste buds are changing. Last night I wanted something dessert-like and I had nothing like that in the house so I ate an apple like no other. Cosmic Crisp apple from Washington state. Wow was that delicious and I am not kidding. I am not much of fruit fanatic whatsoever and I rarely eat apples. Interesting to see what kind of stuff starts to make your brain happy on a Friday night when you stop drinking.
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@SurferGirl1982 ....
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SparkSpringtime69 wrote: »@NonnieDoiron OMG this brings back so many memories of the skating rink when I was a tween!!!!!! Hope you had a fun skating night. Thanks for sharing the pic! Can't wait to see the finished and healed tat.
It was great getting up on skates again, and I found my balance and my groove faster than I thought I would. My daughter on the other hand struggled all night, that picture was her posture most of the time she skated. She just doesn’t relax… kinda like her mom.😉
I did notice that most of the kids were wearing earbuds and listening to their own music. I always liked skating to the loud, obnoxious music played at the rink growing up. Heck! I hate Taylor Swift, but I still hit the rink last night when “Shake it Off” blared unapologetically over the speakers!🤣
I thought I’d be sore this morning, but I feel pretty good, even went for my walk and picked up litter. Now, time for laundry.4 -
Middle Daughter asked me for my last can of water packed tuna today so she could use the "juice" to tempt Bibbs to take his new powdered medicine. He's the elderly feral who was coerced out of the snow & into their home. He loves to play solitaire with MD.
Uncorked a bottle of Malbec tonight. Why ?? Guess just tired of not drinking. As Scarlet says, "Tomorrow is another day".5 -
September:
AF=7
A=14
I told my DH last night that I'm going a week AF. If I ask him to pick me up some wine, he should say no. He very happily agreed - he's been getting concerned about how much I've been drinking lately, and understandably so.
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AF = 17
A = 4
Didn’t get any wine last night like I thought I would. But that’s ok. My weight is up, so I don’t need it anyway.
I’ve been a little miffed at hubby lately. To be fair, I don’t deal with our finances, and it was my choice. I’m good with not having to look at the bills because it stresses me out. BUT… Every time I bring up that I want something or anything regarding money he starts spouting that we have none. Yet, he’s purchased some seriously high-ticket items for himself and his best friend such as very expensive jeans, a larger wood chipper, and is currently looking at a trailer for the 4-wheeler. I’m trying to let it go since I am getting my tattoo done, but it’s just really annoying to keep hearing it EVERY TIME I want/need something. He’s been doing this for a while which is why I think he gave me a little bit of cash towards my tattoo the other day… he realized he keeps doing it to me. And, I honestly DO NOT ask for much. I buy groceries, not clothes. I just don’t spend a great deal, never have. I’ve been saying for weeks I need to get a couple pairs of workout pants that have a pocket for my phone, but I have yet to go get them because I don’t like buying clothes. I keep convincing myself I don’t really need them. I just need to lose more weight, so I can fit in the old ones that have a pocket, and it’s almost winter and that’s different workout clothes with a hoodie that has a pocket for my phone. Anyway, all that to say, I’m just really tired of hearing how we don’t have money, and then it magically appears when HE wants to buy something.
Rant over, I guess. 😕🤷🏻♀️9 -
14 AF
8 A4 -
21 days AF. Plan is to make today an AF day. I used to drink weekend afternoons out of boredom and because my spouse drank also. Now my weekends are spent watching my power-drinking husband. Maybe it's a good idea on your drinking days (I tell him) if you started a bit later on in the day and set a time to stop. Ya know, starting at 11 am and stopping at 7 pm is just not a good idea for anyone, especially someone over 60 years old. Our bodies are less tolerant and less resilient and more prone to breaking down. I worry about my future and hope my spouse makes some improvements regarding quantity, for us.
Come next year I need a strong and healthy husband who will travel to Europe and hike the Alps in different countries, not a partner who comes down with an alcohol initiated physical illness.7 -
We went to a wedding last night. I had some minor success. In a bag, I brought a big bottle of Perrier and 6 cans of Lacroix (seltzer water). So, I would order a vodka soda and then I'd keep refilling my glass with my Lacroix. The act of drinking out of this glass was enough to trick my mind that I'm still having fun. Drank a ton of the seltzer and woke up today with no headache. (Like I said before I am tired of playing these games and setting rules for myself, but it is what it is right now.)
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After a big day of spring cleaning yesterday, we met my parents at a bar on the beach to catch up. I planned to just have a soda water, but my parents are the ultimate enablers lol, so I ended up having 3 glasses of wine. Worse, they were the big ones, so I basically had a bottle.
Victory was coming home around 5:30 and STOPPING. Switched to water. I was still in bed by 9, didn't sleep well and today I have a headache and I'm really cranky.
Another lesson learned.
AF 18
A 410 -
I have managed to not drink alcohol for the entire month, survived 3 birthday parties by offering to drive, until yesterday. Very strange! I had this unbelievable hard workout and the CrossFit center, one of those where you are pale white with blue lips at the end.
When I got home I was so desperate for a beer. I DEMANDED A BEER! And just for your understanding - I NEVER drink beer... I'd rather have water.
But yesterday after training, and before any food - I had a ice cold beer. It was the best thing ever. Very strange and surprising.
September score:
AF: 22
A: 1
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Happy Monday my LA friends
AF - 11
A - 11
This weekend I survived 3 gatherings where the alcohol was freely flowing and not once did, I feel the urge to indulge in the poison! lol12 -
22 AF days done and on to day 23. I had a Mango-flavored Soleil fizzy water and it was nice. I'll try some other flavors from this brand.
I can so relate to wanting an ice cold drink after an exhausting workout. My happiest moments drinking wine were always after a day-long hike somewhere in the mountains and sitting down to a table and enjoying a cold pinot grigio, empty stomach and all. It mixes well with the endorphins in my system. My husband and I used to do challenging hikes in snow and scramble up mountains on all fours practically. Or climb short sections that felt like a straight vertical incline using chains. Having a wine right after that and being happy I didn't die was pretty good. Another fun time was hiking thru our national forest, crossing a wash that had running water waist-deep, making it to a lakeshore restaurant by lunch, spitting a pitcher of beer and nachos, only to turn around and trail-run under the influence all the way back to get back to the trail head parking lot before it got dark. 20 miles that day.5 -
September:
AF=7
A=15
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15 AF
8 A
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AF = 17
A = 5
Having wine tonight. I made hubby promise to make me walk in the morning. No excuses.4 -
15 A
8 AF
Small progress - AF catching up a little bit8 -
AF - 12
A - 11
Stay strong my friends.6
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