MABB v6.6.6

Over the years, there are two semi-addictions I've brought under control by regulating my schedule.

Caffeine

Before: I used to drink 2 cups a day on weekdays out of habit. I thought I needed that to function at work. That was 5 days a week, 2 cups a day = 10 cups of c.offee in a week.
Now: I've created a schedule where I brew c.offee only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I drink two cups on those days - as usual. Between those days, I allow myself to have only 1 cup of tea. So that's 6 cups of c.offee a week, with 2 cups of tea (which has less caffeine). So far it's worked and I've been adhering to this schedule. Maybe from here I will reduce consumption further to just one cup of c.offee on the designated day.

Alcohol

Before: I used to drink several days a week, and to the point of getting drunk.
Now: Since 6 years I've adhered to a schedule where I don't drink more than 2 beers a week, and only on a Friday or Saturday. A few years ago in fact it was going so well that I would even go 2-3 weeks without having any. But since the past year, I have been consuming a couple of beers a week on a Friday or Saturday. It's attuned me to the point where I just can't handle anymore than two at a time.


The one challenge left for me is food and dessert regulation. I haven't implemented a schedule for dessert consumption, I have it whenever I want, and that's causing me difficulty in losing weight. So I'm considering implementing a schedule here as well.

Those are great steps to change. Well done.

Maybe try eating within a certain time frame. Say, between 10:30 am and 6:30 pm. Before and after, only drink water, unsweetened tea or black cawfee. Assuming you don't work night shifts.
Keep at it for a month.

This really helps me in eating the right amount and also to eat healthier because I'm much more aware of what I eat and drink.

Won't be easy the first day, but see how it changes your eating habit and pattern.

i drink (mainly) decaf

I stopped smoking I teamed up with a fellating lover and that made it much easier. Find someone to control an addiction together
(And then I started again at a party )

i drink two very strong coffees every day and i drink 1-4 large beers every day

for now

all things in moderation

I still vape a bit, i just cant beat the act/ritual of it, and i want the nicotine. I havent smoked since 2016, but i hope i can just quit putting shit in my lungs all together

It’s really just herb especially during the lockdown.

I still smoke but i only go for cigs whenever i’m out of herb or if i go out to bars and such. None of those things happened in 2020 and my herb supplier always comes through so yeah haven’t touched a cig in a long while.

Booze is a very occasional thing for me.

750ml french press cawfee every morning, which i could drop if i wanted because caffeine doesn't really do much to me, i just love good cawfee. found a top notch roaster here a few months ago

i was drinking too much for most of the pandemic, i cut that down to almost nothing back in march so i could lose weight

im buying a weighing scales tomorrow and going to try and eat healthier

a kitchen scale is very handy to have in theory but i only ever seem to use mine for measuring cawfee

im considering getting a kitchen scale as well

Yea I've used caffeine and alcohol tons. I took a lot of caffeine because I weightlifted and felt run down a lot. Kinda have to periodically ween myself off every now and again but I feel better with a little usage. A schedule is a good idea. for me it's more of a question of why and how I was using the substances.

Alcohol, I've definitely have had my phases, plus I work in a fancy shop so it's hard to say no. It's fun, but eventually it got tiring to not get good night's rest anymore

on my 4th beer for the night right now

cawfee addiction - I previously said it would be two cups 3 days a week, but I feel confident enough to now make it one cup for 3 days a week. I brewed just one for myself, if I can get through the day fine, that's what I'll stick to forever.

for over ten years i have stuck to my no cawfee after midday rule pretty tightly, very few infractions