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congrats on the solid season all the same and on your sobriety take that to the bank brohan
so right after this post i found out i had a heart attack i mean like literally i went to the hospital about 830 am that morning crazy to read this so lets just say that i kept my word and have been a church mouse since then and have now lost about 50 lbs or more and have been sober as a judge and i aim to keep at it take that to the bank brohans
I'm sure a lot of us are in the same boat. I'm going from after my b-day (1/7) to my wife's b-day (2/25).
Good news is I started January 4th. Bad news is I'm getting off this train sometime next week.
I joined you in spirit. Or not partaking of spirits. Whatever. I drank once since the day after Christmas and won't touch it again until Easter.
How kind of you to ask.
well not sure if I've " Learned" anything, but I can tell you a few things that have helped me.
Congrats - my question to you. You mention health and drinking in moderation. Which was a bigger factor? I’ve been cutting back to a degree to improve my health but I still feel I have the moderation thing down. Go days without drinking, essentially never drunk (although I couldn’t drive legally). Was your motivation to make sure you didn’t have an addiction issue or just keep your health a priority?
A little of both of I’m being honest... my father was an alcoholic and had drank himself to death by the age of 41. So I’ve always been mindful of that. I’ve never had a dui, never had any personal problems stem from drinking, but I have found myself getting to point that when I started drinking it was going to be a big night, nearly every time. That was something that started to scare me.
Geez. Scanning back through this thread, the above is definitely the last time Ive gone more than a few days without a drink. Think I’ll try again for a January dry month. This was a reality check. Thanks.
Same. I've attempted it every year for the last 5-6 years. Best was 21 days. Worst was 3 days when I met my wife for dinner and she had ordered me a margarita already (she forgot). Luckily, she's on board to do it with me this year. Gonna make the whole month! Or more!
That's what I've been doing -- with me it's instead of rum. I pour myself a big glass of flavored seltzer on ice and sip it over the course of an hour or so and it's been a pretty good substitute.
I’m on my phone, so this may seem brief, but my liver levels are now normal. I’ve gained a touch of weight, as I was such an alcoholic that I was malnourished. I was still doughy and overweight back then, but I wasn't getting proper nutrients and suffered infections. That has changed a bit.
Very impressive. What's it done to your body overall?
Sober Feb gets pushed back for me this year with the Super Bowl being played on Feb 13. Going to try to take it into the first week of March Madness.
I was wondering this morning as I walked out the door with a thermos of coffee, a big jug of flavoured water and a bottle of coke Zero in my hands if I consume way more fluids than the average person.
Any favorite brands/flavors?
You might be drinking so much to rehydrate yourself without knowing consciously what you're doing. I went to the doctor with these awful jaw pains once. I thought I was getting a tumor or something was just really wrong. "You're dehydrated," she told me, as she was aware of my drinking. I no longer have dehydration issues. Another benefit.Northern Voice said:
In. Part of my problems was drunk eating. Always drunk, always eating. Got me to pre-diabetic situation. I have trimmed out carbs all most totally with the exception of the occasional whole grain bread, oatmeal or lentil pasta or garbanzo pasta (meh). But with a little planning and prep I find myself eating tastier meals in general now. Use Monk fruit as a sugar substitute for oatmeal and yogurt. Tastes dang good to me. Heavy veggies, fruit and lean protein. I buy plain seltzer water and have a variety of the little bottles of flavor enhancer to add to it.
