June Modders

[ToMyHealth]

June Modders

Hi ladies & gents ~ hope everyone is doing well. Quick c/i here.

Was a great week with our company, no AF days though, and just 1 overindulgence night (at home). One night we went to a ball game, beers were 2 for 1 and told dh & son to enjoy, I'll be designated driver. Wise everytime but especially with special cargo on board (grandsons). Yest club offered a free drink for Father's Day, played golf and went in and had 2. That was mid afternoon and happy to say that was it for the day. Feel good for the start of this new week!

TMH

[Stewarts]

June Modders

Its my time and tomyhealth, great job, that is the way to do it. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a drink from time to time, as someone pointed out, it's not what or how much you drink, it is its affecting your life in a negative way - true of any drug.

FarafallaP and Trixie, thanks for the support. I got a little crap for not drinking at the bbq, nothing crazy, people were just more concerned because I wasn't that social. I was SHOT! Between my wine infused sex night with a gf, and a 10K the next day...I needed to chill.


I did feel kind of defeated because of the wine thing; while I like wine, I know what the after affects could be. I should have ordered a beer instead, because once I start with something, I don't mix it. Whatever, I got caught up in the moment - pretty girl, gorgeous Hampton's Day, it happens.

So Father's Day was at my Aunt's place, another AF day; not that I drink heavily at family events, I don't; and, hacving a few beers at BBQ we all know is nice, I just simply didn't feel like it.

I know I may have an alcohol day Tuesday, an alumni event, don't plan to go crazy though, and Friday will be challenging. One of my buddies just got back from Afghanastan and his parents are throwing him a party, you know they'll be some drinking going on there. I do want to keep in to moderation, which will be tough, a lot of college friends will be there and soldiers will like to drink for obvious reasons...I'm sure they'll be lots of toasts.

To everyone....have a great week! Look forward to hearing from you all.

[Trixiebelle]

June Modders

Hi Modders,

Good to hear that you are all doing well.

I need a change in attitude, I have let myself go with the flow and let the AL do the talking of late.

I haven't really over done things in a huge way, just had more than I really want and need.

I need some AF days in there.

Hope you are all well.

[mightymite]

June Modders

Hi everyone,
It's been awhile since I have been on here. All is well. I just decided to take some time away. I just felt that I really didn't have much to say and wasn't sure that anything I did say was helpful. So I took some time off. There are a lot of new faces here now. :welcome: to all of those that are new since I was here last. Everyone seems to be doing quite well. That's great!

I have been pretty much sticking to my agenda. No AL on week days and wine on the weekends. I did have a big slip up on Friday night and drank way too much and it didn't stay down long. Had some drinks on an empty stomach and that is sure death for me. But I feel great now and plan on being af for awhile. We are leaving Sunday to vacation with some family members that do not drink at all. I always feel weird drinking in front of them so my hubby and I agreed to stay af while we are with them. I hope it won't be too difficult because that will be a long time in a long while that I will be af. But after being so stupid on Friday I feel it will be really good for me.

Still working out every day with long walks in the evening too. So weight is staying down and I am pleased with it.

Take care all and I will be around from time to time but maybe not as much as I was before.

Peace,
Mightymite

[Trixiebelle]

June Modders

Hey Mightymite,

We all have those times where we have a few too many - I bet everyone on this forum could tell many of their own stories - I know I can. I know how you feel.

All you can do is move on and try to learn from them, which you are doing.

I hope you enjoy your AF time with your friends - imagine getting up every day with a clear head and no hangover - that's my goal.

Great that you are keeping your weight in check. That's always a plus.

[FarfallaP]

June Modders

Hi Mighty Mite,

Good to hear from you again. Hope you enjoy your vacation time with AF family members.

[Trixiebelle]

June Modders

How are we all doing?

I'm still waiting for the Topa to kick in - the only difference I have noticed is that my drinks taste kind of flat. They don't have that fizzy taste. At first I thought it was a bad batch, but I read someone else say that their drinks tasted different too.

Maybe something is going on. I hope so.

I hope everyone is on track with modding.

[Eve11]

June Modders

Hi all,
I am back from vacation and glad to see a new modder here and there and that we're getting a lot of posts here. Stewarts, superb job for handling the negative comment so well. Kudos to you! This site is all about sharing, venting, etc. and more than 2 people are interested in what you have to say. Always sad to see people come in and post absolutely negative comments but it happens here and there and they usually go away as they should.

I have been doing well with my goals. No hangovers, no overdoing it. Not drinking most nights. I don't use AL as my reason to relax after a hard day, etc. so am sticking to my Friday or Sat. with 2 drinks each night. Didn't over do it on vaca either so that was nice. Do tend to drink almost daily when on vacation but when limiting to 1 or 2 I don't have hangovers or feel bad so it's a fun event to have the drinking in my life and not a negative price I am paying doing it.

Glad to be back!
:l
Eve11

[ToMyHealth]

June Modders

Welcome back to both MM and Eve! And Stewart's, yes you seem to type whatever you are thinking; I do too. We are sharing what's going on in our lives, and it's nice to have somewhere to go to express we are proud of ourselves, or not so proud and how we can do better. Can identify with your running. Toward the end of all our marathoning our group used to joke we were a bunch of drinkers with a running problem ;.)

Trix - hope the topa works for you. Is it supposed to take away cravings?

Today will be AF. Had serious discussion with dh after comparing our golf outings yesterday, and we have decided to not drink on nights before we play golf. Know I should be able to decide that on my own but it's just easier if you're on same page. Off to go for a 5 miler. Enjoy the day!

TMH

[Eve11]

June Modders

ToMyHealth;1337840 wrote: Can identify with your running. Toward the end of all our marathoning our group used to joke we were a bunch of drinkers with a running problem ;.)

TMH
:H
That is so funny!!!

Good to *see* you and MM who was also away and everyone else. Onward and upward as we finish our week!
:l
Eve11

[Stewarts]

June Modders

Eve, thanks again for the support and all of you. I do appreciate it. The negative person didn't effect me much, like I said, I laughed and even felt sorry for them. You say your sober and living a good life, yet you're so angry?!?! Whatever.

Yes, hardcore sports people tend to drink. We say that about our hockey team, actually its a common joke mens' league hockey, you'll even see shirts, "My drinking team has a hockey problem."

Eve, good job with the modding. I told myself I'd only have two drinking nights this week, because there were events - one was last night, the other will be Friday. The one last night was a part for one of my college sport teams, they had something to be excited about. A lot of people were overdoing it, but acting fine. I even went over my said limit I have to myself, but when I realized it, knew it was time to go home and I did. I had no dinner, wasn't drinking enough water, although I was able to acknowledge what was going on. My one friend, I'm pretty sure she called in sick.

All and all, I'm feeling fine today.

[ToMyHealth]

June Modders

Hellooooo! Where is everybody? Last night was karaoke (sp). Fun night, lots of dancing. They had $1 draft beer all night but I can only do so much beer (had 1), then switched to wine. Kicker is we came home and sat out on lanai and had another couple glasses. So I'm sure I had 5 drinks. Over 5+ hours so really don't feel too badly today but over said limit here too.

This a.m. I did a 50 min run/walk and lifted wts. Getting healthier today.

TMH

[Trixiebelle]

June Modders

Well done TMH,

Those are the sorts of evenings that are fun. 5 drinks isn't too much to drink over that amount of time in the grand scheme of things and if you can still remember the evening before and didn't total yourself it's a good outcome imho.

Good for you.

All good this end, Topa just starting to kick in I think - its very subtle in my case. I got my CD's last week and started them this morning.

I re-interated to my hubby last night of my intentions to stop binge drinking and told him I'm just not interested anymore - he agreed with me, we're both sick of the hangovers and late nights (though he still continues to drink quite a lot more than me) Odd thing was that while I was telling him, I was listening to myself and was really surprised to hear what I was saying - I think I'm finally growing up....at 47 - well maybe just a little bit :H

[drinkingal]

June Modders

Hi modders, how is everyone doing?

great to see you back eve and great work on not overdoing things on vacation.
TMH how is your plan going not drinking the night before golf?
stewarts how are you doing?
where is everyone else???
Trixie, glad to hear the topa is starting to work. The great thing about modding is that over time it does seem to change your attitude towards alcohol, and I think that's starting to happen with you :goodjob:

something weird is I started to notice lately that sometimes I just don't feel like drinking, but the thing is that I end up telling myself it's a drinking night so I may as well or I might feel like I'm missing out on something (stupid I know). so I decided this week to see if I could string a few days together and see how I went. It's been interesting to see my triggers really rear their heads up. A couple of times I got really angry over really stupid stuff and I couldn't even believe it was upsetting me so much e.g. one afternoon I was doing some housework and couldn't find my rubber gloves to clean the bathroom and it just sent me over the edge! Even at the time I knew it was so nuts although it didn't drive me to drink but it really ticked me off. Then yesterday I did a bit of painting on the house and it was a big trigger, even before I finished I was thinking of drinking to reward myself. I always feel that way when I work on the house, any type of work at all and I've always rewarded myself with alcohol but darn that habit is so ingrained in my brain it happens every time. The weird thing is I haven't had that witching hour trigger at all.

[LibraryGirl]

June Modders

Hello to all. I am considering getting on the Mod boat. I haven't drank since May, and only moderately since February. It's been 4 months since I had a hangover. Wow, it's kind of hard for me to believe too, since they were daily for so many years.

I wanted to ask, how many of you are using meds to moderate? For those of you who aren't, how difficult was it in the beginning (or now, if it still is) to moderate? My goal is to allow myself one-two nights a week of drinking, with a limit of 3 drinks (each night). Does that sound like a decent plan?

Thanks for your input!

LG