I'm going to find out how life is lived without wine.....Day One !!
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Hey Miss October, Libra chick here... born the 8th. Just want to say good for you for going without the vino. I have been AF since June 1st and loving all the energy I have. There are a few great threads going around for us wine drinkers. I have been touting my red wine replacement which I love and boring the heck out of people but I'll throw it out there for you. It's 1/2 Cherry Juice and 1/2 that horrible fake red wine. It actually tastes delicious and you can drink it out of a wine glass. Keep posting and we'll cheer each other on.
Tips
Tipplerette
I do this for my children, my grandchildren, my health, my peace of mind, and mostly for the opportunity to learn to live with my true, unfiltered, clear-headed, vulnerable self.
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
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Keep it up ladies!!!Cuckoo for Cocoa Puff!!!Comment
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I, too am a wino. Sober for over 8 months now if you can believe it. I can say that every so often I see a commercial or drive by an outdoor cafe and see someone having a glass and sipping away that I don't have a large twinge of jealousy, but life is so much better now without it. I keep reminding myself! Tips - that drink sounds delicious! Mine is a big wine glass full of ice with perrier or seltzer and fresh lemon or lime. Delish!
Keep up the good work - all of us!
February 27th, 2013. A New , Successful Start. :h
When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top!!Comment
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Perrier and lime sounds yummy too for a hot afternoon.... would love to make it to 8 month...Tipplerette
I do this for my children, my grandchildren, my health, my peace of mind, and mostly for the opportunity to learn to live with my true, unfiltered, clear-headed, vulnerable self.
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
? Lao-TzuComment
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never thought I would make it either
I was a wine drinker too. Loved the stuff. Its been almost five months and back in February I really didnt think I had it in me. Replacing wine with something cold fresh and tasty is easy! I love half and half orange juice and sprite on ice with a twist of lime. Damn its good. It helps to think of the really putrid things about wine itself, while transitioning to your replacement. The wine headache, that special fog-pain thing that is like a band that goes around the temples to the back of the head. The stench of old wine being poured down the sink the next day. Pew! The feeling like you kidneys are going to crawl out your throat and take your teeth with them. Thats really special. The complete lack of interest in anything except getting through the hang over and making it to the end of the day and the beginning of another bottle of the crap.... Honestly what a nutty thing to do to ourselves. Good luck Miss Oct. Its no picnic at first but its definetely worth it. Quitting for good that is.
kasKaslo
Stopped the madness: February 14, 2011
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Way to go Miss October. When you wake up in the morning you will be so proud of yourself! and NO hangover! Your new drink sounds YUM! xxx Keep posting and lets us know how you are going. I would love to here about your first morning without the hangover!! xxComment
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Way to go Miss O!!,
Every day really does get easier, just stay focused on ODAT and tomorrow will follow!
Anydrink ice-cold is good, I like appletize in a large wine glass, I'm liking the twist of lime idea, I will try that.
Mango juice and sparkling water is good too..........and don't forget there is ice-cream :HI can not alter the direction of the wind,
But I can change the direction of my sail.
AF since 01/05/2014
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Working on Day 2
Good Morning ! Thank you all for your responses, your ideas, and support. Day one completed. I managed to make dinner, and eat outside on the deck without a drop of wine. It felt very different, but I liked it. This morning I am so grateful for not drinking a bottle and a half of wine.
I'm finally at a point in my life where I have just decided I have to stop trying to control something I have NO control over. In the past when I tried to go AF, I still had it in the back of my mind that I would let myself drink on weekends. Of course that just leads back to nightly drinking. I really want to see what it is like to live life without being in an alcoholic cloud.Miss October :blinkylove:Comment
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I guess I'm going to find out too ... your post could have been posted by me ...Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the know to the unknown."
Author Unknown :h
AF - Sept 4, 2012
10 days - Sept 13, 2012
2 weeks - Sept 17, 2012
Slip on the weekend but tried too moderate!
AF - Sept 24, 2012 (get back on the headaches not worth it)
Slippery slope Oct 1 ..... Trying to not give up!
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WTG Miss October!
Ive learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. -Martha WashingtonComment
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