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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have really been exploring my relationship with alcohol this past year. Mainly, I am worried about my physical health but I also had the same realization of the amount of drinks per day really creeping up. I successfully implemented this plan (kind of stole this from the SunnySide App- which I never did but get ads for them all the time)

I started by tracking my drinks for 2 weeks. I was drinking 3-4 glasses of wine PER DAY during the work week and 4-6 on Fridays and Saturdays. (Insane! i was shocked by this). I was really thoughtless about having a beer with lunch on a Saturday or a glass of wine while making dinner during the week. It was so habitual to me...I had very much normalized that idea of having a glass of wine before dinner, one with dinner, and then 1-2 while watching TV after dinner.

After two weeks, I set a goal to have 15 drinks per week. (That still sounds like a lot but is less than the 30+ drinks I was having). This was actually not hard at all. The first week, I had 2 drinks per day, with 3 on the Saturday. The second week, I had three days with no alcohol and then two weekend nights with 5 drinks.

I then reduced my goal to 12 drinks and did a similar distribution- but this time, I really noticed how much better I felt on the days that I had no alcohol at all. This was motivating to me.

Then I reduced to 10 and that started to look like not drinking Sun-Wed. This worked well for me.

Currently, I allow my self 8 drinks per week and I have maintained this for almost 8 months. I don't drink on nights where I have to work the next day, and I don't cheat if there is a long weekend or holiday. If I have a social event during the work week, I either don't drink or I take a weekend night off. I notice a lot of benefits in terms of my sleep, weight, skin, sex drive, etc but what I also notice is that I am so much more comfy enjoying a single glass of wine without feeling the need to midndlessly pour another. I switch to seltzer or tea and it is totally fine.

I am aiming to go down to 6 drinks per week this month, which to me feels very manageable and realistic.

My message is: you can do it! [/quote]

That is great. Keep cutting back. [b]6 per week is still high for health reasons[/b][/quote]

No, it's not, assuming it's one drink/day and not one day of six drinks.  Is it ideal?  No.  But it's SO much better than heavy drinking - and huge kudos to you, PP, for cutting back as you've done.  Keep it up.  The less, the better - and also, we need to be realistic about alcohol consumption in the context of health overall (diet, exercise, sleep, relationships, etc.).[/quote]

Even one or 2 drinks per week increases your odds of breast cancer. [/quote]

Oh my god, you're so tedious. I hope you never eat red meat and three quarters of every plate you consume is composed of vegetables, and you get whatever the perfectly perfect amount of weekly exercise that is recommended now, and you get 9 hours of sleep each night and meditate to avoid stress and have a desk setup ergonomically adjusted by a professional.

Guess what? You'll still die. And you'll have had way less fun. [/quote]

Hardly, I have lots of fun. I'm more present in my life, less stressed, a healthy weight, and feel fabulous! Sorry, or really not sorry, to disappoint you.[/quote]

Okay, great! I'm a moderate drinker and also unstressed, a healthy weight, and feel fabulous. And don't feel the need to scare strangers on the internet with specious claims. [/quote]

It is all science, not specious. You are brainwashed and just don’t want to hear it. [/quote]

Nope. I looked this up, and it looks like 3 drinks a week is the number where it could potentially be an issue.

I also didn’t see you answer whether you comply with all other drastic health directives? I do hope so. Otherwise your fabulous, unstressed life will surely be cut short. Would be such a shame not to have you around to judge other people.  :cry:  [/quote]

Not judging, just sharing what I know. And I don't eat red meat, eat lots of vegetables, and exercise. It is alarming that you think that makes me a lesser person somehow and that my life should be cut short. [/quote]

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