LESS Alcohol ~ MARCH 2025 ~ One Day at A Time

NonnieDoiron, thank you for doing your part to clean up. I frequently pick up trash around my community and I agree….why can't people wait until they get home to dispose of their mess? It is frustrating.

If anyone can advise me how to highlight a users name ( like Nonnie here) I would appreciate it. I am not a fan of this new format .

Day 8 AF.

6 AF

3A

(A means 3+; LA means 1-2; and AF means none)

@SparkSpringtime69 happy belated birthday! I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Hugs to you! Good call on getting the 9 oz. That is a win!

@NonnieDoiron thanks for all you do to clean up the roads. I can’t stand litter either. Some , I’m sure , is from trash blowing off recycling cans on a windy day, but mostly I think it’s just people being gross. We need to re-run the old “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute” ads again! I am a Rotarian, and twice a year we clean up a section of a main road. We pick up soooo many of those little Fireball bottles, among other trash. Who is drinking and driving in this day and age????

@SurferGirl1982 sounds like you have the perfect set-up! No reason to join the gym. I actually have weights, bands, etc downstairs, but I just hate going to the basement even though it’s finished. We joined our local gym, but it’s huge and has a lot of different classes, such as spin, Pilates, etc. I need a scheduled class, otherwise I never seem to get a workout in.

My biggest reason for joining is that they have both an indoor and outdoor pool. We lost access to a pool when we changed golf clubs, so it was a no-brainer. However, we didn’t use it once last year because of the boat…. Oh well!

My March:

AF: 2

A: 7

I'm going away next week for about 10 days and have a ton of stuff to do before then, so I really have to lay off the wine for this week so I get everything done. Generally, once I start drinking, I don't do much more work-wise for the day, and the next morning I feel like crap and have a hard time getting started on anything.

This past weekend was my first AF weekend in I don’t even know how long, thanks to Lent season. Normally, I enjoy my drinks on the weekends, and Saturday night I met up with family (which usually leads to drinks and conversations). But I remembered a few folks in this group mentioning soda water and lime, so I gave it a try... and honestly, it was a fantastic substitute! By Sunday, I was pleasantly surprised by how clear my mind felt. It was such a refreshing change to go into my work week feeling focused and energized! Looking forward to seeing how this continues to impact me.

AF = 5

A = 4

March Madness! Goal 50% AF (AF=16 A=15) Goal revision since I've already hit 5.
Planned March Events that might include Alcohol
3/12 ~ Bookclub
3/28 ~ Concert

With this upgrade, I'm finding it very difficult to update my post and keep the spoilers so you don't have to scroll through all my history. Seems I'm going to have to move those details to offline, otherwise it will take me hours to recreate each time.

Monthly Stats - On Target
AF = 4
A = 5
Current Streak - AF = 0
Longest Streak - AF = 8

My last post was the 6th reflecting days 1 - 5 with 4 AF days. Days 6 - 9, the wine devil won.

Wednesday, saw a post on FB (really) from my DIL that Julian (5 yo) was hitting his brother (4 mo old). Jealousy related, of course. I messaged her and ask if there was anything that I could do. She said I could come get Julian at any time.

Thursday, I did go get Julian. Took him to the mall, walked around, let him play in the kids play area, then headed to lunch. The plan was to have lunch and then go see a movie. My husband got sick while at the mall so I had to juggle sick husband and crazy kid. Managed to get them both reigned in, but husband wanted to go home. That delayed the movie, so we had to chose another one, but we still got to go. After the movie, came back home, made dinner, had some play time and then took Julian home.

Friday, he had another meltdown. I explained to my son and DIL that they need to carve out time to spend with Julian, without his brother. I assured them either grandmother would come to the rescue and sit for the little one while they spend time with Julian. DIL came back with all kinds of excuses re breast feeding as the reason she could not. I was quite frustrated.

Saturday, I went to the dermatologist as I have these age spots on my face that I would like gone. She was not supportive as she said 1) they would just come back and 2) either procedure with leave scaring or remove pigmentation. So... a No... My husband's brother and sister came out to visit. I have very little in common with either of them so it was a long day. We had breakfast, sat around all afternoon and had pizza.

Sunday, me time....down time. I did come down with a cold. It's all in my head..

Each of these days was accompanied by a glass or two of wine. It's so easy to say yes, when the prior day was a yes.

Hi everyone! 🥰

My name is Ellie, I'm 47 years old and I'm from UK. I'm married and mum to 3 young adults.

I work as a cook and sometimes 50 hours a week. It's stressful and that's why red wine relaxes me. In the last 6 months it became silly. I could easily drink a bottle of wine a night 3 or 4 times a week 😢 it started to become a norm. The last time I drunk bottle of wine it scared me because it didn't even make me drunk 😢 I thought on going on something stronger like vodka and then decided I need to calm it down.

So today is my day 10 alcohol free and so far I felt good, but this evening I felt really tempted 😢 then I found this group and I feel so much better 🥰 thank you ❤️

Instead of going shopping and getting wine, I'm in my pyjamas in bed reading your successes and struggles. I only have 1 hour left until shops close and I will be

10 AF

Thank you so much ❤️