30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

[evergreen]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Hi All,
Count me in. I had signed onto the ABS forum yesterday with the goal of 30 days AF for the month of June - perfect month only 30 days. I take it that forum is really more for already successful ABSers. Oh well. I am still a newbie in need, perhaps perpetually! Ha!
I like the idea of setting reachable goals of improvement. I am so all or nothing. I am already a little panicky about my ability to reach 30 days but do not want to lose the progress of more AF days. I would like to reach for 30 days AF but my main goal is no more hiding my drinking. No more drinking alone at home. Saving it for social occasions and striving to be the most (or one of) sober people there. I am doing the sups and have just added L-glut. By July 1 if I have not made progress i will add the CDs! Good luck all!

[louise]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Imatree - sorry you are down today. I hope the topa helps. I signed onto a 30 day AF and have fallen off twice but they are very nice there - attitude on this whole site is get back up and try again, learn what you can. Evergreen, I highly recommend the CDs. Is there a reason you don't want to use them for the 1st month?

[evergreen]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Thanks Louise. My daughter is graduating high school mid month and then we will be on vacation so mainly is a time constraint with activities and travel,etc. At this time no one - other that you all know that I am doing this. I really don't think anyone else realizes it is a problem. I don't want to wait until it gets to obviously be one!

[jane rees]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

hello
Count me in too! I would be so thrilled to go through June AF ( but I would also be pleased if I only manage mods) .
Adaptable, you feel rotten because that's what the booze does to us...it messes up your brain and plays havoc with the electrolytes causing depression, anxiety, guilt etc...I know this, sweetie, from harsh expereience! Tomorrow is another day, and everyday is a step forward even if we slip back sometimes. You are doing really well, be proud of the steps forward you have made. Relationships with our husbands often have to change and evolve. Another chapter...
Jane:goodjob:

[diverob]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Hi Garden Girl, count me in too! I'm trying to moderate this month and thought that I would try and do that by only having alchohol on weekends and to try and limit myself to a 6-pack a weekend. We'll see how it goes - time will definitely tell but it would be great to be with a group of June-rs!

Thanks for coming up with the idea! :thanks:

[roxane]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

hi all

i started an attempt at af on tuesday, and i'm on day 4. i tried before and got to 18 days then slipped, oh dear, and gave up giving up! that was 2 months ago.

this thread is ideal because if i slip i know i can be happy that i managed a run of days af with a blip and then carry on without feeling i failed.

hopefully i can manage day 4, as being the weekend, its the hardest time of the week as most people know. if i dont, well, i wont be cross with myself, it does no good.

[garden girl]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Great idea I had but guess what, after 3 days AF I drank too much last night after promising children and Hubby I would not drink in the house, but I still have the rest of June to improve so I am still determined to have as many af days as poss and NOT get drunk if I do have a drink. ONWARDS AND UPWARDS EVERYONE, I am sick of beating myself up when I fail.:H

[roxane]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

day 3 was wobbly for me also garden girl. as i said in the post above yours,

'this thread is ideal because if i slip i know i can be happy that i managed a run of days af with a blip and then carry on without feeling i failed.'

looks like you have the right attitude to your slip, disappointed but not feeling that you can't do this.

[evergreen]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Hi Roxane and Garden Girl,
I too am trying to be AF with alot of false starts and slips but I will not throw in the towel yet. Today is day 3 for me . . . wobbly is a good term. It is Saturday and I am usually not able to string more than 2 or 3 days together. I love the Lincoln quote!

[roxane]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

ooops, evergreen, i just changed it lol.

the new one seems just as relevent though.

keep going through day 3, you can do it.

i miscounted earlier, i'm on day FIVE! how the hell did i do that

BTW i dont like that word 'yet'

[retteacher]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Hi Everyone: I can't believe I slipped on the first day of the month of June. I'm planning on picking myself up & dusting myself off & trying again. 30 day promises don't seem work for me, so it's one day at a time. Trying to put my mistakes in perspective & see them as steps on the way to my goal of being AF. Thank you all for being there, Mary

[louise]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Good morning everyone! June 2nd, starting day 2 AF. Retteach- great attitude.it was Friday, which seems like a very hard day for many of us. I did it by asking to go out to dinner so we skipped the usual Friday night Shabbat candle lighting, challah bread and wine blessing, which I love, but it did mean I avoided the temptation of the pattern of drinking the whole bottle. And I'm up and cherry at 7 - a rare Sat feat. Have a great day everyone!

[roxane]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

good job louise.

i'm nearly at mid afternoon june 2nd. day 5 for me. shame to be counting away these first days but i suppose it's neccessary, for me anyway.

[evergreen]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

Roxanne - like the Lance quote as well. Excellent point - this is me clutching the towel!!
Whohoo - day 5 if you keep losing count like that you will be to 30 before you know it!! LOL
Good Saturday all!

[garden girl]

30 Day June Club,goal, Drink Less/Drunk less be

after 3 good days followed by 1 bad day followed by a good day I am now 4days out of 5 af sounds better that way. I am going to continue my counting like this and hope to reach 7 out of 8 by Tuesday. Does it sound stupid counting like that? I just find it so soul destroying to keep going back to day 1.