So busy here! I haven’t fully caught up yet. Congratulations to everyone passing big and small milestones, and I hope that everyone on duvet days (@Hangingover and @Breathmiller ? ) is feeling the benefits.
@Breathmiller I thought it was really interesting what you said about low alcohol beer being in the AF section, and looked it up. It turns out the rules are slightly different for drinks made in the UK compared to drinks made in Europe ( drinks made in the UK have to have less than 0.05% volume to be considered AF but it’s 0.5% for drinks made in Europe). There’s a website called steadydrinker.com that has articles about this (the one I read is from 2018). There are quite a lot of foods that can have alcohol at that kind of level - eg orange juice, bananas, some burger rolls (??). Which I never would have guessed. But yes, the difference in terminology is confusing.
All good here. Day 36 for me. There’s a layer of anxiety that has disappeared, which was not something I was expecting. I realised that I was singing whilst driving on narrow country lanes in the dark one evening. This is not something that normally happens. Also more confidence - I’m doing this and it’s ok, so maybe I can try other stuff that I thought I couldn’t do? Plus, I’ve now saved enough money to pay for the Seedlip I bought 🤣 I love that I can always drive too, my weekends no longer involve working out when I can drink and when I can drive.
My day to day toolbox is making sure that I always have the choice of something lovely to drink, also a book. I look at the stats on my app every day too, that keeps me motivated.