Dare to Drink less alcohol
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Drink less alcohol to keep your heart and liver healthy and reduce your risk of alcoholism. Drinking less can also give you a chance to branch out and explore healthier activities with friends and loved ones.
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Okay, I made it. After last weekends drinking I haven't had 1 drop of alcohol from Sunday through last night. I won't be able to say that about this upcoming weekend, however. The best I can do is try to limit things to only 1 or 2 crazy nights, while keeping the other nights somewhat limited. I'm down 5 pounds since I started this, which is pretty eye opening in itself.
Have a good weekend everyone.
That's awesome jb. You haven't changed any other habits other than drinking and you're down 5 lbs? That's really great! How long since you started this?
That's great! After my fiasco last Thursday, I've had very little to drink. Will drink some this weekend, but no big nights planned so I'll try to keep it under control. I dropped a few pounds since limiting my alcohol too.
It's been almost 3 weeks, but I've started running a few days a week and watching what I eat. I'm not dieting, just trying to limit unnecessary calories, and the alcohol is a big part of those calories!
Thanks for the encouragement everyone...it really does help knowing I'm not alone in this.
hip, enjoy your weekend....and no hurting yourself again!
Congrats!
Well, I got plastered Thursday night. Not even sure why. I started drinking a little early, and forgot to eat supper which made things a lot worse. Actually fell down and hurt myself. Sigh... So didn't drink much over the weekend, but had some. Now it's Sunday night and will be having little to no alcohol through the work week.
Hope you didn't hurt yourself too bad!
Ouch, sorry to hear you fell. I hope it wasn't too bad. If it makes you feel any better, I had a terrible weekend too! Friday and Saturday were HUGE nights but they were planned so I'm trying to not beat myself up too badly. Good Luck this week.
Not terribly bad, but still have an abrasion. :-( Could have been a lot worse.
No drinks last night! I had teenage daughter issues and really wanted a drink, but told myself to not let that be a trigger!
Good job! I can't blame you for wanting a drink. I was a teenage daughter once upon a time. Awful creatures!
I have been over-indulging in alcohol since my recent divorce and realize that this is not a sustainable situation. I have been active my whole life and want to make a change before it has adverse consequences to me and my family.
I've been divorced almost 8 years now and I can totally relate. Good luck and congratulations on seeing that a change is needed.
Well, Friday was worse than I expected but my Bachelor party on Saturday was everything I knew it would be and more! Very fun, but WAAAY too much to drink. No drinks at all last night. My goal is nothing tonight or this week until Friday. Memorial Day weekend will be a challenge, but at least I'll be outside being very active. Hopefully that will help limit my booze intake.
Have a good week everybody!
well i haven't posted in a while but I do look in. Those of you who know me, I made a blinking Brittney Spears of my self in front of my many in laws and at more than one family event last year. I really capped it off at Christmas. Thankfully I haven't had to see most of them since but this coming Friday there is a wedding that I would do anything to get out of. I have way overused the work xcuse. I am just so humiliated by Christmas especially. I do know my gossipy sister inlaws will be frilly, drinking and dancing and , keeping an eye on me. I plan to go Buisness casual, stay sober and get outta there asap. You know I wanna smuggle in a mini wine in my purse. They will smell it on my breath like they did last time. I sooooo dont want to face them.
Good luck! Sounds like a bad situation.
Hey, just be yourself. Try to be good and if you need to, have a drink after you get back home and don't have to be around them. Family can be tough.
Wow, great job!
Nicely done. Keep it up.
felt good this morning after only two beers last night. Rode 25 miles with a friend and looking forward to no alcohol until Friday.
Well, yesterday, I drank quite a lot, as expected. Started out with two whiskey and ginger ales with a friend, then I went to an end of the semester party at a friend's house. There I drank at least 8 beers, but I wasn't counting...over a 6 hour period...I felt it the next morning at my daughters 8 am soccer game...but not too bad....today I went to a bluegrass festival and had two beers..Now I'll be back to not drinking until next Friday (perhaps more moderately...who knows).
Not easy to hang at zero but I made it. Well don't know if a Coors NonAlcoholic counts or not ~~ if so had a half of one:(
Tougher today but I managed to stay at zero. Hope I can continue. Quite a change from 3-4 beers followed by 3-4 glasses of wine after dinner and kahlua & cream as a nite cap.
Ok I'm 23 yrs old no kids work at a bank and LOVE to drink i can't get enough once i start i can't control when to stop and for the past couple of weeks i find myself waking up not even remebering how i got home i've gained over 100lbs in the past five years and i'm disgusted with my self bought a treadmill walked 1mi yesterday and today..now to stop the drinking!!!
Just remember...baby steps. You don't want to start dieting and exercising to the extreme and at the same time try to quit drinking. That adrenaline you get when you start something new will only last so long. Focus on small, realistic goals so that when you achieve them you'll feel that high again.
I've also found it really helpful to keep stay as accurate as humanly possible on my food diary everyday. Let me say that again...EVERYDAY! At least for me, it's kept me accountable and more importantly, aware of how much I'm actually drinking during a week. The calories, (and dollars!) add up quick.
Good luck!
I agree with aub about the food diary. Counting calories has helped me overall with my fitness, but also to see how many calories I've been wasting with alcohol.
I'll third that. The food diary is a great way to make you take a second thougth. Good Luck!
Good job! Me too! Mon Tues and Wed were all zero days for me this week.
Wow, way to go both of you! I wish I could say the same. I don't have my daughter this week and the weather is nice and people keep asking me out. I had zero Tuesday night, but then 5 glasses of wine last night and tonight is Margurita night...I'm going to try to stop at 2 big ones! Tomorrow and Saturday will NOT be good! Argh!!!
1 for me last night. But the next 3 days will NOT be similar. I'll be seeing friends I haven't seen in a year and a half. There will be too much drinking and not enough restraint, but I'll look forward to making it up next week.
zero drinks and a 40 mile bike ride today...no drinking until Friday...plus I over did it a bit last weekend. I want this weekend to be much more moderate.
zero monday night after drinking a lot over the weekend, including sunday.
wanted to say that the last few weeks have been really nice with so many people posting and encouraging each other. when i first joined at the end of february, the board was a good bit quieter. way to go, everybody! thanks for the encouragement!
I agree, it's been great getting positive feedback when I've had a good night and encouragement to do better when I haven't. Thanks everyone!
By hiprhyme on May 28, 2012 at 07:32 AM
Drank a good bit over the weekend, but not out of control. Had 5 Sunday, but spread over a few hours. Back to the little or no alcohol routine today.