Long Term Moderation Contest

[vlad]

For me so far 6 months and no slip ups. I'm using no medication or supps.

[TimeToChange]

The longest for me moderating was from Memorial Day weekend a few years ago until Valentine's Day the next year. Having gotten through New Year's Eve OK you wouldn't think I'd slip up on this holiday!

For some reason I got it into my head that I shouldn't have to measure and count - JUST for this one day. I'm sure you know how well that worked out for me.

[Evie.Lou]

I have the ability to MOD for exactly the lenghth of time it takes me to refill my glass...WITH OR WITHOUT MEDS!!!!!

[betts]

Why doesn't moderation count if you're taking supplements? I'll probably be taking supplements of some kind (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) for the rest of my life, and I intend to be drinking moderately for the rest of my life too.

[Sunbeam]

If you were taking meds and/or supplements, people would need to report quantities, in order to be fair. Maybe also their weight, to figure that in... It just gets too complicated. But maybe someone could start a separate contest, with different rules.

[Eve11]

Sunbeam,
Great minds think alike. Just found this post tonight and I too want to moderate without topa.
I started moderating 1 1/2 years ago but quit coming to the site and quit the drink tracker so slips happened but I wasn't really working the program.

I am new to moderating again with intentions of coming here often and posting on the drinktracker. I have to say it has really helped me since I started again on September 2, 08. I am going to be severely honest about this. 5oz is 1 drink. I was counting a bottle of wine (before) as 3 1/2 glasses because I was filling the glasses as high as they would go. But I read that 5 oz is considered a glass so I'm going to be firm about how I'm counting. I am also going to track my drinks again and show my progress to the board as I don't want to hide what I'm doing like I would do when I hid drinking from my family. Just found an empty bottle I had stashed away! Awful!!

Went out last night and paying attention to the fact that I didn't want to track more than 2 helped me sip slow, savor it and delight in the fact that I was able to mark only 2 drinks when I got home. AF tonight and on a Saturday that's almost a miracle.

I've devised a new acronym...M.A.D...moderating as desired. That's my new motto and my new goal.
We'll see how it goes but the board certainly helps me be more accountable.
Eve11
M.A.D...so far