Reply to cutting back on alcohol intake

Forum Index » Health and Medicine

Reply to "cutting back on alcohol intake"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I've gotten in the habit of having 2-4 glasses of wine most nights, starting with one as I cook dinner, another 1 or 2 as I eat, a final one watching TV after the kids go to bed...  I don't know that I'm being a good role model for my kids, and I'd like to cut back.

The trick is, I'm not too good at will power.  After a long day at work, coming home and having a glass of wine signals that the day is over and I can relax.  On nights when I can't drink (at a friend's house who doesn't serve alcohol or only types I don't care for, out for dinner so can have 1 glass max before driving home, have to work late, etc.) it's not a problem--I miss it, but not a big deal.  But if I'm at home and don't have to go anywhere, I'll have a glass and probably several.

I don't want to cut out wine entirely, but would love to cut back.  Any tips from those who've BTDT?  Did you find something else delicious as your after work treat?  Convince yourself to follow a set of rules to limit what you drink?  (Currently, I don't allow myself any before 6pm.  I've thought of maybe insisting I have a full 8 oz of water in between each glass.  Or buy half bottles and let myself just have one a night.)  How do you keep up your efforts if your spouse isn't on board?

Thanks for any advice![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics