Decided to climb on the wagon for a few days…horrors! 😀
Seriously: I no longer sit around tippling half the afternoon, as DXH and I used to do — and later, SDXB and I did. This grating abstinence cuts the wine consumption to about a bottle a week. Which for us…ain’t much.
Still…of late, even that seems rather more than necessary.
For one thing, recently I’ve noticed that I spend an awful lot on booze — mostly wine. But realized…uhm….hey! I ain’t drinking any more than I have in the past.
This suggests either that the cost of booze has gone up hugely in recent weeks or months, OR that my booze-lapping has gone up.
Truth to tell, I can’t tell that I’m drinking a whole lot more than I ever have: a glass or two a day. Matter of fact: if anything, I seem to be drinking less than the usual guzzle-fest. So...hmmm…. that suggests the cost of wine and beer has headed for the stratosphere.
Well! What better excuse to get off the sauce than to launch into Full Cheapskate Mode? 😀
As of this week, we are not diddling away any cash on wine, beer, or whiskey. And you wanna know what? for unknown reasons, I find I don’t miss it!
And THAT is weird. In the past, when I’ve resolved to climb on the wagon, I’ve truly hated it: am so accustomed to a glass or two of wine or a cocktail late in th4 afternoon, that I have a booze insufficiency fit before dinnertime! 😀
That’s not happening this time around, though. Dunno why, but I’m finding I don’t especially want a drink during the usual cocktail hour, and I don’t miss it.
And that is weird.
Well: I ain’t fighting it! If I can get off the sauce and stay off for several weeks, I would be able to reset my cocktail habits to a much more conservative level. Or maybe even eliminate them.