I am not going to drink today.

[Sunbeam]

I am not going to drink today.

I started singing a little song in my head. I think the original tune was "Ain't gonna rain no more"

My version goes like this:

I ain't gonna drink no more, no more.
Ain't gonna drink no more!
No more wine of any kind,
Ain't gonna drink no more.

People could probably adapt former drinking songs for this purpose. Maybe I should start a new thread about this.

[Doggygirl]

I am not going to drink today.

Sunbeam, I love that tune! I know what tune it goes with too. Now it will be in my head all day, which is fine! No wine!

DG

[Guest]

I am not going to drink today.

I'm not drinking today neither!!!

[bugz]

I am not going to drink today.

drinking isn't a possible option for me anymore I know it solves nothing
and gives me nothing... all it does is take from me and I've given it
enough.

[Brigitte Bardot]

I am not going to drink today.

No drinking for me today. I just don't want to.

[Doggygirl]

I am not going to drink today.

I'm glad to know there are other people here with me on the path of not drinking today. If you can do it, I believe I can too.

DG

[Miss Behaving]

I am not going to drink today.

Doggygirl;988545 wrote:


MB - are you the new Queen of the World yet?

made some kamikaze moves in a successful attempt to get to bed early last night!! only down side of that is that we now need to refer to the 12-year old as "Sir" for 24 hours!! :H

Sunbeam, I'm off to google that tune. Once I get a tune in my head it stays there for at least a week .... particularly if it is a happy little ditty which it sounds like that one is!! Thanks

No room for al in my life today ......

[Miss Behaving]

I am not going to drink today.

if anyone else wants the tune here it is (I hope!!)

http://back.numachi.com:8000/dtrad/midi/AINTRAIN.midi

[Sunbeam]

I am not going to drink today.

I found this wild and wacky version on You Tube - sung with a washboard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY2tIAV1sEk[/video]]YouTube - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Washboard Hank

[Miss Behaving]

I am not going to drink today.

Sunbeam;988764 wrote: I found this wild and wacky version on You Tube - sung with a washboard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY2tIAV1sEk[/video]]YouTube - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Washboard Hank

:H:H:H that's hilarious!!!

[sapphire1]

I am not going to drink today.

No drinking for me today, there is just too much living to be done and sober is the only way to see things as the really are, the beauty that is right before our very eyes.

[Sarasmiles]

I am not going to drink today.

Great idea for a thread, Doggygirl. You've always inspired me!

I'm not going to drink today because I'm excited about getting in the best shape I've ever been in, and drinking and fitness just don't mix. I had a great work out this morning with the team I'm training with, and I will take a yoga class tomorrow. Why undo the good I do my body by adding alcohol?

My plan is to make dinner this morning and have it in the crock pot for tonight. That way I can avoid cooking at the witching hour when I used to sip wine. I'm making a lamb stew, and although I have the thought that red wine would be good with that, I think non-alcoholic beer would too. I'll pick myself up some O'douls Amber.

I still associate red wine with getting cozy on an autumn night. But I am trying to create new visual images. Today I'm going to begin making a Feng Shui vision board Creating a Feng Shui Vision Board | Energizing Success Strategies ) I want to begin to see myself as healthy, beautiful, strong and calm...Alcohol isn't part of that picture. The illusion that it makes for a "cozy" evening is just that....an illusion. There's nothing cozy, healthy or happy about having too much wine and getting sloppy or falling asleep! I will picture myself with a cup of herbal tea instead!

Stay strong everyone!

[Sunbeam]

I am not going to drink today.

SaraSmiles! So good to see you. You sound great, you always sound great with alcohol off your mind. I guess it is day 6 for me, I'm happy to have made it past the weekend.

[Sarasmiles]

I am not going to drink today.

Thanks Sunbeam! I feel pretty good. Posted my plan on the Ruby Tuesday thread, but I need a more frequent check in. Congrats on making it past the weekend.

I worked tonight, so no thoughts of wine. We have a couple of invites to Halloween parties. I remember two years ago at one of these same parties, drinking two glasses of wine fast, and then noticing that I was ready for a third when the other women I was talking with had barely touched their first glasses. Guess that's what separates the truly "normal" drinkers from the girls like me. This year I won't have any at all, and it will be so much easier for me than focusing on limiting myself and going slowly!

[Sunbeam]

I am not going to drink today.

Hey Sara,
I'm on day 7 now. A week ago I had one of those days where I consumed a bottle of wine over the course of a beautiful afternoon. Ugh! I hadn't done that in a long time. I really want to be done with this struggle. I have Wednesdays off now, so that's another time when the thought creeps into my brain: wouldn't it be nice to relax with a glass of wine? Nope, not today. I just keep singing my little song, "Ain't gonna drink no more". I saw your plan including Thanksgiving. I really can't think right now about making it that far, but if I did make a plan like that, my brain after a couple of weeks would just say, why wait?