New to the Site- Wine addict
Wine is mine too! Pinot Grigio my fav poison! Never drank til bored in late 30's either, funny, had a wildly competitive job as a pharm. sales rep, with everything centered around cocktail parties, travels, golf tourneys, etc., and never over-indulged. Quit to stay home more for kids, and was bored, no goals, no pats on the back, went from one extreme to the other! Anyway, this is the best site ever, has saved my life, its a struggle, and you never, ever get it right the first, or even second time, but at least you know now, that there's others, and that you don't want to keep on keeping on, and we are all just sick and tired of being sick and tired! The best thing that has helped me with the extra fluff the wine puts on, and having had surgical menopause for cancer, I'm a-ok now, was to change the routine, at the time when I usually popped the cork, I headed for the gym, or out for a long walk, anything to change the "habit".... I make hubby take his clothes and meet me, so he doesn't just walk in, we sit down with a bottle opened, and talk about the day, and keep on drinking...this way, at the very least, we start our first glass later, and the endorphins are uplifting, so it helps to not want to dull it so much, and to know if you don't, you'll wake up feeling better the next day....just try to mix up your routine....I live in the middle of 27 acres, and no neighbors, 40 mins to the town where all my friends are, or 11 miles to our farm to kiss the horses, so I know how "isolation" is a big trigger....just get up and go to Barnes and Nobles, or for a long drive, or anywhere to get outta the house! Sign up for a course on something you are interested in, a few evenings a night.....something, anything than just sitting and drinking....gotta make a new "normal" routine.....does that make any sense? I'm doing lots better, and the work-outs help the fluff, but I still over-indulge on the Santa Margarita now and then, so I'd love to just be AF....that's my goal too..... We'll do it together!
Wine is mine too! Pinot Grigio my fav poison! Never drank til bored in late 30's either, funny, had a wildly competitive job as a pharm. sales rep, with everything centered around cocktail parties, travels, golf tourneys, etc., and never over-indulged. Quit to stay home more for kids, and was bored, no goals, no pats on the back, went from one extreme to the other! Anyway, this is the best site ever, has saved my life, its a struggle, and you never, ever get it right the first, or even second time, but at least you know now, that there's others, and that you don't want to keep on keeping on, and we are all just sick and tired of being sick and tired! The best thing that has helped me with the extra fluff the wine puts on, and having had surgical menopause for cancer, I'm a-ok now, was to change the routine, at the time when I usually popped the cork, I headed for the gym, or out for a long walk, anything to change the "habit".... I make hubby take his clothes and meet me, so he doesn't just walk in, we sit down with a bottle opened, and talk about the day, and keep on drinking...this way, at the very least, we start our first glass later, and the endorphins are uplifting, so it helps to not want to dull it so much, and to know if you don't, you'll wake up feeling better the next day....just try to mix up your routine....I live in the middle of 27 acres, and no neighbors, 40 mins to the town where all my friends are, or 11 miles to our farm to kiss the horses, so I know how "isolation" is a big trigger....just get up and go to Barnes and Nobles, or for a long drive, or anywhere to get outta the house! Sign up for a course on something you are interested in, a few evenings a night.....something, anything than just sitting and drinking....gotta make a new "normal" routine.....does that make any sense? I'm doing lots better, and the work-outs help the fluff, but I still over-indulge on the Santa Margarita now and then, so I'd love to just be AF....that's my goal too..... We'll do it together!
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