Hi Everybody,

I posted in the "Introduce Yourself" area, but thought I'd start one here. I took my first dose on 28 April 2010.

As for weekly progress, this last one has been the hardest. I'm currently experiencing a spike in consumption, polishing off nearly a whole bottle of rum yesterday. I keep my units recorded in my Blackberry, and on 3 of the last 7 days, I had to put "??" in the entry, because I just lost track. This is due partly to sneaking around with the alcohol. My wife runs hot and cold about TSM and sometimes is very supportive, and other times not. She doesn't seem to mind the beer in the fridge, but often freaks out if I have any kind of spirits in the house. If I'm pouring a drink in the kitchen, with my measuring glass, its no problem; but when I'm forced to mix drinks in the garage or attic, its hard to get an accurate count. That coupled with occasionally losing track recently has made keeping accurate records difficult.
So I just had a talk with her about it, and she seems to be on board.
So here I am on the roller coaster...(which is funny because although I'm fascinated by them, they scare the crap out of me)

Cheers!

NJ

Hi TSMINNJ and welcome to the forum

My suggestion would be not to fret too much about the exact units of spirits on any one day. Just approximate and note whenever you start or finish a bottle. That way you'll be able to do a reconciliation every few days (or however long it takes on average to finish a bottle).

Your relationship sounds like mine. Wife is kind of on board, but I think she wants faster results. so do I, of course, and sometimes I feel like a kid in a car going "Are we there yet? Huh? Huh? Are we?" But everything happens at its own rate, depending on our constitution and metabolism, something I'm trying to get her to understand.

I also have trouble keeping count occasionally, and posted on another thread the idea of using one of those little digital hand counters. You can keep it in a pocket and just click when you have a drink. They're all of, like, two or three bucks.

Good luck to us!

Weird-Oh,

Thanks, the counter is not a bad idea. I will look for one.

As for the wife, mine is exactly the same way (and so am I) about wanting faster results. But we had a good talk about it and it seems like for now, she will stay the course.

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You hit the nail on the head. Have you had to go back to the bottle the next day to see how much was missing, then figure out how much you drank the night before? I've actually poured the remainder into a measuring pitcher to get an accurate count (of course, I'm usually stunned how little is left).
Even with the beer in the fridge, I've been picking up a bottle every few days, so today is a tiny milestone in that I didn't do that. And even if that is just today, I'll take it as a tiny sign that I just didn't care...perhaps a small victory.

Thanks...
NJ

Have I had to do it?

I don't do anything else!

for example, my drink of choice was/is whiskey. It comes in 2 size bottles - 70cl and 1 litre. The smaller has 28 (UK) units, and the larger has 40 units. I just estimate how many I've drunk. Lets say I start a 1 litre bottle on a Monday. I estimate my consumption at 8 units, 0, 6 units, 9 units, 6 units and 7 units over the next 6 days, at which stage the bottle is finished. I add up the units and get a total of 8+6+9+6+7=36. I know the bottle contains 40 units, so I'm out by 4. I need to add those 4 on to the above consumption. I'd probably make it 9+7+10+7+7=40

If I start a new bottle on the night I finish an old one, I'll estimate how many units I drank from the new one.

No need to sweat it too much as the accuracy looks after itself over time.