drink less alcohol

I’m going to see how this goes. Anyway, I’m not going to drink today, and I don’t plan to drink tomorrow either.

but I’ve been drinking a beer at night lately. Like I said, it’s not a huge deal, but I feel like it’s just making me sluggish. I want to be productive after dinner but since I picked up this habit I haven’t been.

Well, I screwed around and got a DUI. I know I should quit drinking and drinking less is no longer an option. Time to stop for good. I’m giving up on this goal. I’ve given it a feeble attempt and have been failing miserably, I don’t know what to do.

I’ve done a much better job of being a ‘casual drinker’. There have been some episodes of over-the-top consumption but they are getting fewer and further between.

So, for some reason, I decided to take full advantage of the open bar at a work function yesterday. Word to the wise – if you’re going to drink a lot you should probably not do it anywhere related to your employment.

Did I make a fool out of myself? I don’t think so. Am I disappointed I couldn’t keep my shit together in a situation that called for it? Absolutely.

August is going to be a tough month. My band has three shows at well-known venues which means more people in the audience. Which means more alcohol. Which means I gotta focus on the music and the performance and not the party.

I want to drink less alcohol. I don’t feel that I currently have a drinking problem but I can sense myself heading in that direction.

Last week I had less than 5 glasses of wine. It occured to me that that the first anniversary of this goal on my list is about 12 weeks away. If I could stick to my plan of no more than 5 glasses of wine a week for 10 weeks I could remove this goal from my list before it’s one year old. That would be great.

I think I have a handle on this. Enough to take it off the list anyhow.

regardless of whether i’m hungover the next morning, i usually regret drinking. i just don’t feel like myself ever after drinking. and i’ve realized that i can go to bars or clubs and drive and still have a fun time! alcohol used to be my self-confidence and now that i’ve achieved that, i don’t need substances. and it feels so good. i can make my own judgements and not use alcohol as an excuse anymore. i have the confidence to stand behind all my actions and be proud of myself.

That method is going OK for me, except on Friday I took two extra over the course of 6 or 7 hours. BUT, in my defense one of my dearest friends was moving away. Anyway I didn’t even get too hung over the next day, and I stopped drinking even when everyone else was going strong at 2 a.m. with a bottle of wine. I tasted it and then said no thanks the next few times they passed it my way. One difficulty I usually have is stopping once I get started so I must be improving in that regard.
The bad thing is I’ve had 2 or 3 the past 2 nights, been having a lot of trouble sleeping and thought it would help. It hasn’t helped, so no more of that tactic.
I’m not sure when I’ll cross this off as done, I guess once it feels less like effort and more like drinking less is just my lifestyle.

Hey,

I went back to AA and I’ve been sober for 5 days now. I’m just taking each day at at time – can’t say I’ll never drink again, because the past couple days I haven’t went to any meetings – and if you know me – that isn’t a good thing. It’s just so damn hot outside, I don’t feel like driving anywhere.

Well, this is a start! (at this time – for now)