Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

Paspatur wrote: »

Totally agree, there are so many decisions in life every day that we suffer from decision fatigue - what to wear, what to have for breakfast..... having a set line that says no drinking means we do not have to make the decision whether to drink or not especially after a busy day with lots of other decisions
Hope that makes sense?

It makes complete sense. In terms of making decisions about what to wear, I learned from Mark Zuckerberg. He has a wardrobe with grey teeshirts and jeans in it - and that's it, exactly for the reason you said, it's one less decision to make each day.

To make my life simpler because I'd already bought the clothes I've got and like different colours, I divided my clothes into Blue and White, and Black with Colours. Mostly I wear blue trousers or jeans with a blue and white striped top, but when I run out of them because the weather's so vile I can't get them washed and dried, then I move on to Black with Colours.

And following Shaggy's excellent suggestion to cut down on carbs during the day I now have the same breakfast every day too, four figs and 20 almonds. Another decision I don't have to think about.

Wanna_Bee_Free wrote: »

Just checking in to say I did it and after a brief wobble of resolve as I walked home past the off licence that stocks my fave wine chilled in their fridge I didn!!!8217;t find it difficult.

There's a reason they keep white chilled - just for you! Well done on resisting. If it's not in the house it's not tempting you. Reading blogs by women in particular that have stopped drinking, most of them cite an evening when they went out to get more booze and had an unpleasant experience as one of the factors in helping make the decision to stop. I was spared that but only because we had so much sloshing around here after our twice yearly trips to Brittany to stock up. Surprisingly having it around really didn't worry me when I stopped and OH has managed to work his way through most of it since, slowly but surely.

The longer I stay AF the fewer the fleeting moments of temptation I get, too.

13/28 please, Baileys.

8 please Baileys.
Arkers

13/28 for tonight please Baileys
Although I had a beer tonight
For no apparent reason there was a small 150ml can of He*neken in the box with my meat delivery??
I thought oh no who put that there to tempt me and then noticed it was zero Alcohol
So I drank it and wish I hadn't, tasted like fizzy pop - mind you I don't like the alcohol version of that brand so maybe that is why
Think I'll stick to water and home made Ayran!!

14/28 for me today please - 17 days in a row alcohol free!

fatrab wrote: »

14/28 for me today please - 17 days in a row alcohol free!

and a new smilie to celebrate :T Well done