I am at a point where I don't do that because I don't allow myself to drink very often and the whole idea for me is to be at a point where I don't need to say I will only drink on x days this week, since I don't want to drink every week. I do, frankly, worry about success of this in the long term. I often wonder if I'm just kidding myself.
But for now (and for the past several months - in fact it will be a year in November) I've been very successful. Prior to this, I abstained completely for 9 full months. This was very key for me. I'm not sure what is needed for others, but I needed that long AF time. I tried and tried many times before and never got to this point. The other difference was that this time, I don't allow myself to drink every week. Previously, once I decided I wanted to try to moderate, I'd allow myself to drink and just try to cut back how much I was drinking and try for one or two AF days a week. Now I am almost always AF with just a drink on rare occasions. These two things (the long AF time before trying moderation, and the discipline for only drinking very rarely) have been key to my success.
I can't remember if I've already shared that - I may have, but just thought it might be helpful to know what I have done.
I wish you all the best!
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