Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

sukeyboo

Declaring early again for tonight on 6/15 please Shaggy.

Why is it I can manage to stay AF easily in the week but weekends are a whole new ball game? :eek:

shaggydoo

Glenda 1/5

Green Karen /5
Maggie 3/4

Maman 3/4

Nicnak /5
PollyAnna 3/5
ShaggyDoo 4/5

Tammy /5
WBF 4/5

shaggydoo

Annie /2

Maggie /2

Shaggy /2


Anybody else?

shaggydoo

I've updated the monthly challenge at #3962 above ^

pollyanna24

Can I declare 9/16 please? I can't remember if I did so last night or not, oops. And can't even blame the alcohol this time!

I'm still on board for Dry January, but can see myself twiddling my fingers once my girls go to their Dad's tomorrow evening after school.

I seriously need something to occupy myself. I usually just settle in to catch up on TV with a glass (bottle) of prosecco and I don't want to do that. I know if I do, it will be just through habit and "treating myself at the end of the week" as I seem to have midweek cracked (most of the time).

And besides doing Dry Jan just to say I have done it, I am mindful of my health and also the ridiculous amount of crisps and chocolate that jump into my mouth once the bottle of fizz is open!

I know people suggest going out, but I have nowhere to go as usually I am housebound with my children, haha.

I am going to do my best and at least this weekend, I am focusing on not drinking (although I managed last week when I had my children) when normally I just don't even think anything about opening the bottle.

So I will go for 2 this weekend please, but has anybody got some super duper drink I can substitute for alcohol please? I don't want to go down the route of alcohol free wine or beer as I think it semi defeats the object as one of (not the main one) the reasons I am giving Dry January a go is to lose weight and AF beer I should imagine is just as bad as the regular stuff.

cathybird

pollyanna24 wrote: »

So I will go for 2 this weekend please, but has anybody got some super duper drink I can substitute for alcohol please? I don't want to go down the route of alcohol free wine or beer as I think it semi defeats the object as one of (not the main one) the reasons I am giving Dry January a go is to lose weight and AF beer I should imagine is just as bad as the regular stuff.

My AFD drink of choice in the evening is either a glass of ginger beer with a few drops of angostura bitters, which I used to drink as soon as I got home from work to unwind but don't so much feel the need for these days, or a mug of mint tea - I find endless mint teas in the evening both soothing and warming. The ginger beer is not calorie free but I used to only have one as a way of kicking off the evening. The mint tea is close to zero calories. It might be worth experimenting with different herbal teas? Spiced or cinnamon is probably quite nice. Ginger tea is quite nice. Herbal tea is also relatively cheap. That's my thought

maman

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I'm sorry I'm not posting daily - my subscription emails no longer have working links in them, so it's a bit of a faff getting here every day. Will try to do better, but I'm not sure that's going to change. Sorry for letting the side down

Really you're not:A. I just worry when you go AWOL.:)

Honey_Bear wrote: »

When I was drinking it was quite normal for us to open a second bottle and do a fair amount of damage to it. Now that I'm not, OH stops at one - and that's a glass, not the whole bottle. I never had that kind of willpower. *sigh*

DH and I used to open 2 bottles a night too. The trouble was that I always had more than my fair share.:o


The No Added Sugar fiery ginger beer is calorie free (or close enough) Pollyanna. Don't know what time the children go off but you could go out and treat yourself to some window shopping and a coffee (skinny latte;)) and then come home to a planned, healthy dinner and your ginger beer. In time, a long day/evening ahead won't be a problem but distraction is the best way forward at the start IMO

sukeyboo wrote: »

Why is it I can manage to stay AF easily in the week but weekends are a whole new ball game? :eek:

That's me too sukey. I managed to be AF last Friday but I hadn't done the full week so it made it easier. This week, I've just agreed to drive on Saturday night so that'll be one AF evening at the weekend.


No drinking today.


7/10 AFDs please Shaggy and 4/4 for the SNC.

rosy10

Back again!

10/31 please Shaggy. Another vote here for herbal teas, pollyanna

I do find giving up alcohol quite difficult, far more than kicking the cigarettes, (year 2000 for those). Just shows what another 18 years of habit has done to the wiring of my brain!

Arkers

Good evening everyone,
10 please Shaggy
Arkers x

Barny1979

10/25 AFDs today please