drink responsibly

Here again, I’ve gotten help from my injury. Due to the meds I’m taking, I really can’t drink. It’s now been almost a month, and in all that time I think I had two glasses of wine about two weeks ago, and that’s it.

If that’s not drinking responsibly, I’m not sure there is such a thing.

Now that I’m used to tea and carrot juice in the evenings, I’m hoping I’ll be able to keep the alcohol to a lower level when my injury is healed.

Today- nada
Wednesday – One gin/tonic and a glass of wine.
Tuesday- One glass of wine
Monday- nada
Sunday – One glass of wine
Saturday – lots; a couple martinis and a glass of wine
Friday- lots; about 5 glasses of wine
Thursday- one glass of wine
Wednesday – nada
Tuesday – two glasses of wine

I’ve been avoiding 43T lately. I’m not sure why. Some of it is embarrassment, that I’ve not made more progress on my goals. Part of it, too, is just a healthy bit of prioritizing; it’s better to work on my goals than to report their status. And finally I think the biggest part is that I’ve had other distractions lately that seem to be taking up the bandwidth in my life that used to be occupied by 43T.

Nevertheless, if I don’t report, I am not accountable, and if I’m not accountable, I’m not going to make progress.

Drinking-

Today – One Guinness with dinner.
Sunday – Nada
Saturday – three glasses of wine
Friday – no record.
Thursday – two gin-sodas
Wednesday – Nada
Tuesday – Nada
Monday – Nada

Not half bad, methinks.

Ok, I want to get more disciplined about tracking this task.

Some specifics in review might help-

Friday – one beer.
Thursday – nada
Wednesday – two glasses of wine
Tuesday – nada
Monday – nada

I would like to cut down on: drinking when alone, and drinking during the week. I’m less concerned about drinking on the weekends.

Ok, so I’m going to quit “quit drinking” (again), but this time I’m signing up for “drink responsibly”. I can keep Rinny company, as we attempt to manage the alcohol consumption with whatever clever tricks we can work out.

Last night I had a martini for the first time in about a month. Tonight I’ll drink tea.