drink less alcohol

this week (all of which were last night). That leaves me only 14 units for the week. Mmmmm. It’s either drink tonight or tomorrow night. Maybe best to lay off tonight or I’ll surely burst through my personal limit again this week.

Even I’m not surprised that this was difficult last week. In fact, I came no where near to doing what I said I’d do. I’m going to stay t-total for a while.

I’ve come to an obstacle in the road. I’ve discovered Absolut Peach. Oh dear.

I think I can safely give this up. For the past few months I’ve not been enjoying drinking at all. I like a glass of wine here and there, but getting a buzz on isn’t doing me any favours anymore. Maybe I’ll take up snorkelling instead. :)

I used to binge drink a lot but I’m slowly improving. I still drink far too much, so I’ve decided to only ever drink at the weekend with no exceptions. It’s too easy to find an excuse. I’m going to limit my consumption to 24 units with a maximum of 10 units in one session. It’s not too radical but it is a start. I’ll count units here and monitor my progress with a view to cutting the amount of units slowly but surely.

Haven’t drank for 3 days (wed, thurs and fri).

I’ve not been drinking much at all. A bit of sherry or port now and then or a light beer, but other than that I’ve not really felt like it. I did go on a bit of a binge on Friday at a Halloween party, but it wasn’t happening for me. I drank wine, vodka mixers and a couple of tequilla shots and the only result I got was a headache the next morning. Totally not worth it.

This is day 1 again. Thanks

For the last 6 months, I have been having at least one drink a day, after work. Last night I got so wasted, I can’t remember, and the worse thing, the one thing I am most ashame, I can’t remember driving home, but I drove.

My goal is too completely stop drink until after my exams, on the 26 November. Cheers to this goal. Here we go.

It’s amazing to me how just by writing something down and making it public makes you really try to stick to your guns and DO IT! I’ve said for YEARS that “I should drink less”...”I’m going to drink less…” blah, blah, blah… but never managed to do it. But since I’ve written this goal down, I’m actually so aware and conscious of it, somehow I seem to be able to practice moderation! It’s a miracle! :) It’s usually all or nothing with me, so this is amazing! In the last 3 weeks, I would say on average, I have consumed only 3 alcoholic beverages on an evening out with friends. This 3-4 less than I normally would drink. For example, last night I went out from 7-10 with a friend who needed to drink his sorrows away for not winning an audition and had 2 beers. Then I went to a birthday party from 10-1am and only had 1 beer! I resisted all the shots and other booze they were trying to push on me. THEN, I met another friend who was in town for only one night from 1-3:30am and NO DRINKS!! Even though he kept trying to buy me drinks—I resisted!! I must say, it is nice to be able to wake up after a long night of socializing and not feel like absolute sh*t and to actually be able to have a productive day still. Tonight, I went out with a friend from 7-1am and only had 2 glasses of wine! Not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but I am sincerely shocked at myself! 6 hours of socializing with only 2 glasses of wine?? Unheard of for me. I would have had at least 6 glasses before. Anyway, I feel so much better physically and feel good mentally that I am making progress on one of my goals. Thank you 43 Things community!!