LESS Alcohol ~ July 2025 ~ One Day at A Time

@itladyee i noticed the counts aren’t working right on the spreadsheet. I updated the AF days on row 5 for July because it didn’t count to the last cell, but I’m not sure about editing the A days. I have 4 A days, but it’s only counting 3. Anyway, just thought you could check on those formulas when you had a chance. Thanks.

Went out to dinner tonight, and thought about getting a glass of wine. Decided not to do it. Normally if I drink while out to eat, I only have 1. So, it wouldn’t have been a bad thing. I also thought about swinging by the store to get a bottle, but I ended up skipping it.

Even after taking the day off yesterday, today was still a fairly light day at work. So, that was nice. My husband’s brother is here visiting until tomorrow sometime. There was a lot of discussion about my MIL. I learned she was pretty abusive towards them as they were growing up, and I come from a home where my parents made a paddle for punishments and know the difference between a spanking and getting beat. My parents spanked, my MIL… beat and she was also very mentally/emotionally abusive. My BIL was talking about a couple of episodes in particular and my husband couldn’t remember what he was talking about. It sounded like he blocked them out to cope. Knowing my husband endured this as a child was really heavy to learn. I knew my MIL was a bit of a manipulator and has told horrible lies about me and my husband to her brothers and sister, but I didn’t think it went this deep. I also learned she was quite the slut! 😳 Bringing weird men into her home for overnights when they were boys/teens, and she plays little Ms. Innocent all the time. The anecdotes and revelations today were just wild and confirmed some feelings I’ve had about her. I think there might be some interesting changes coming about in this house, just not sure yet.

@itladyee oops! I don’t know why in thought that column was A days. Lol. But, please do look at everyone’s formula for checking AF days. Most rows stop at column AG, but I changed mine to AJ.

Anyone else have a jerk of a husband who wakes up at 3am and forgets that everyone else is sleeping and wakes them up by doing stupid crap like reassembling the Ring doorbell at 4:30 which rings inside your bedroom or decides it’s time to reset the beeping microwave and oven clocks due to a power outage the night before last which are right down the hall from your room? He will be a very lucky man if I don’t kill him before noon this morning!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

@itladyee Like @NonnieDoiron and @SparkSpringtime69 said it looks like that's happening to me as well on the spreadsheet (i'm listed under HYS). i tried too add in a check for today, as i had an A day yesterday, and my AF #'s did not increase (though the percentage did). you are doing such amazing work, creating the spreadsheet and shouldering the admin duties and i truly appreciate it. the spreadsheet is a fun way to track and helps keep me accountable.

Thanks! I figured it was probably something like that. Glad it was an easy fix. Have fun at Jazz!

This has been an interesting month for me….. I skipped wine several days in a row most weeks so I have to applaud myself for making that goal. Still coming in 2 days shy of my set AF target for July but, completed twice as many AF days over June. So yes a win for me. 

Looking forward to tuning the calendar over to August although it’s going to be a crazy busy month. More on that later. So many of you have such inspiring stats!!! A big congratulations - let’s keep going. 

@nbruns83 Thanks! Going for one day is fine. But I need more than just one!

@Michieb125 I did. But I deleted it. I first set it up as a monthly thing. But, then decided to keep it open ended because I told a story of my history with drinking in the intro and then realized that I wouldn't want to repeat that every month. Then I reposted it, but realized it was in Success Stories instead of Motivation and Support. So I gave up for now. Maybe I'll try again sometime.

I wish we had a LOVE button! Have fun!

@Womona I wish we had a "Laughing my a** off" button". Reading @NonnieDoiron's stories about her husband had me in stitches this morning. I always love a little humor. Especially to start off your day!

There's nothing magical about a month, go for one day!

@nbruns83 so true!!

It looks like all those posts have been deleted.

Glad I could give you a chuckle this morning. 😉