Hi, I've been lurking a while on this thread, whilst attempting to ditch the wine on weekday evenings. You all seem really supportive.
@AFmammaG Sorry you're feeling bad this morning. But it's not true to say you're no further on. How many dry days have you had in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year? You're doing great, and drinking less than you were, you should really give yourself some credit for that.
My habit has been to have a couple of drinks most nights. Not huge quantities, but it was the fact that it was becoming an ingrained habit that concerned me, and how hard it is to resist.
Oddly, knowing I needed to drink less didn't spur me on, but needing to lose weight seems to have done. When I started strictly logging everything I ate and drank on My Fitness Pal, and trying to stay under a calorie limit, I decided I had better put those calories to better use.
This past week I didn't drink Mon-Wed, so that's three dry days. My plan is to replace weeknight wine with naice tea, so I bought some Pukka ones, but didn't realise they were mostly camomile. They were horrible, so I'll stick with the rooibos.