:new: Hi everyone. I have been lurking for a while, trying to moderate, but now I am ready to start a 30-day AF challenge. I have been drinking pretty heavily for over 30 years. I?m what you?d call highly functioning and hold down a good job but have used wine to help me cope with job stress as well as to enjoy the ?good life?. My hubby and I love to eat well (he?s a great cook) and our meals are always accompanied by wine. We also love margaritas on the deck in the summer and brandy in front of the fireplace in the winter. So much of our life has revolved around booze and it is consumed before and long after the meal ends. My hubby especially will continue to drink until he passes out in front of the TV and then sometimes wakes up to pour himself yet another glass of wine or some brandy. I have come to realize that I can?t change him but I can change myself and I hope that when he sees the change in me he may want to cut out the booze too.
There was a time when I drank daily and there are things in my past which I am not proud of, especially from my younger years. The longest I went without wine in recent years is about 13 days when I was dieting and had to quit for a 2-week induction period. Since finding this site I have tried to moderate. Last week I abstained five days from Monday through Friday but then the Labor Day weekend started and I had several glasses of wine, sometimes mixing them with diet soda or drinking water in between.
I already take vitamin supplements and have for years. I did buy Kudzu and L-glutamine but not Topamax since I know I won?t go through physical withdrawal. Not drinking during the week isn?t too bad but on the weekends we?re out on the deck and my hubby is grilling and wine flows freely and it?s so hard not to join him! I am starting a 30-day challenge to make myself accountable and to stay strong. I want to feel energetic and clear-headed and experience the positive changes so many of you talk about. You have all inspired me so much! I want a better life than the ?good life? revolving around alcohol.
LindZee
So far, 1 day AF
There was a time when I drank daily and there are things in my past which I am not proud of, especially from my younger years. The longest I went without wine in recent years is about 13 days when I was dieting and had to quit for a 2-week induction period. Since finding this site I have tried to moderate. Last week I abstained five days from Monday through Friday but then the Labor Day weekend started and I had several glasses of wine, sometimes mixing them with diet soda or drinking water in between.
I already take vitamin supplements and have for years. I did buy Kudzu and L-glutamine but not Topamax since I know I won?t go through physical withdrawal. Not drinking during the week isn?t too bad but on the weekends we?re out on the deck and my hubby is grilling and wine flows freely and it?s so hard not to join him! I am starting a 30-day challenge to make myself accountable and to stay strong. I want to feel energetic and clear-headed and experience the positive changes so many of you talk about. You have all inspired me so much! I want a better life than the ?good life? revolving around alcohol.
LindZee
So far, 1 day AF
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