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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I literally just told my husband "I need to stop drinking every day" and he said "Okay, I'll stop with you" (he didn't drink as much or as often). I didn't replace alcohol with tea or anything - we just moved all the alcohol to floor of a closet and that was it. [/quote]

This is pretty much what I did. I got diagnosed with high blood pressure and that kind of shocked me into trying to stop. After a couple of weeks (and weekends), it was really much easier than I thought it would be. I moved all the alcohol out of sight. Then, tried to keep myself busy/out of the house/in a situation where I wouldn't want to drink during the weeknights -- I was the one taking kids to activities, running errands, walking the dog. Then, I would go to bed with a book and a melatonin. The first Friday night really sucked, I won't lie, but my DH did it with me, and we just popped a movie on, drank some seltzers, and got through it.

We happened to not really have social plans the first couple of weekends so that probably helped. We did do a date night that would have usually involved us both drinking and ubering. We stayed sober and went to a movie. Was great!

The first time we had friends over, I poured seltzer in a Yeti wine glass. Once I got to a month, I have been telling people that I am on a no alcohol kick for health reasons. Most people don't care at all.

I did not quit with the intent to never drink again but honestly taking alcohol off the table entirely is, to me, far easier than moderation. [/quote]

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