LESS Alcohol ~ MARCH 2025 ~ One Day at A Time

@SparkSpringtime69 Happy Birthday and good idea to get in AF days before vacation!

@Michieb125 and @SunnyDays930 and @MissMay thanks for your words of comfort.

I am back to feeling calibrated. And I lost another lb.! That makes almost 4 lbs. since late Jan. I am a slow loser! Still going full speed sober and still hitting the exercise.

@NonnieDoiron too bad that area with trash doesn't have a sign stating littering will result in a $500 fine and a camera in the area. But it's a good thing you are doing. You're setting a great example for others. Now I want to pick up trash.

@Womona this new name look up is very tricky. I have to type VERY SLOWLY and hit that first key hard, watch as the list of values appear and quickly pick the name soon as it appears instead of typing the whole thing out. If I make a typo, the name doesn't turn blue. MFP geniuses, I hope they fix this.

@SurferGirl1982 I don't use the gym floor either. And I don't like bosu balls and ropes and all that weird stuff. Gym floor at my gym is full of the ripped and perfect bodies who want to be on display. And the local firemen are always there in their t-shirts. All way too intimidating. I join the gang who goes into a classroom behind a closed door with the wild disco lights, the room is dim of course, crazy loud music pumping and we sing as we work out a group. We give each other high fives. We laugh. We scream. We curse during tricep pushups. That's my tribe.

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 ❤️

Welcome @strong_fit_ells and @connor_manning . Everyone here is super chill and supportive. Wherever you are in your soberish goals, you will find like minded people here.

I am 61 and have been thinking about my drinking, cutting back, going completely AF, drinking nightly, and every thing else you can think of, for 20 years. I am now on Day 9 AF and I am doing it for Lent but will think long and hard before I indulge again after Easter. I am too old for this 5h!t. Alcohol really makes me feel terrible at this point in my life. It literally throws me into Afib at 2 am after a night of boozing. Hopefully it will be out of mind by the end of April. I have still been going to bars with my husband and he drinks 2 beers and I will have my seltzer. I find this helps work the sober muscle and normalizes NOT drinking. I would not recommend this though if you are sorely tempted.

Have a healthy week, Friends.

Congrats on being AF! You’ll sleep better before you know it. Don’t be discouraged. That first night or two makes you feel like NA isn’t doing anything, but it is.

Hey look, the quote thing is working for me!!!