Returning to this blog, I report that I haven't made any large life changes regarding my use of alcohol in the past six months. I was motivated in January, but my motivation waned after just a couple weeks. Why is that? Since then, I've had periods of less drinking, and periods of more, but overall it's remained pretty consistent that I continue to drink more than I feel is acceptable. Sometimes it's just 2 drinks, but more frequently it's 4-5 each evening. I'm going to try a different approach. I created a spreadsheet where for the next four weeks I will record my planned and actual amount of drinking. Given that right now I am tending towards 4-5 drinks per day, I am going to first taper that rather than going to 0 immediately. That approach has not worked for me time and again. I will make a plan one week at a time, and record my results each day. Also, I have set a deadline in my calendar for 4 weeks from now, August 13. If I hav...