On The Wagon

As of today - alcohol has not graced my lips in a month. Other than when I did the South Beach diet and had to abstain for 2 weeks - I think this may be one of the longest periods of total alcohol free living since I was 30 years old.

I know that if I am pregnant - it will be a lot longer than 30 days - but it is so interesting to me that social drinking is such an integral part of my existence. In the past month - I have had more inquiries from people (even strangers at business dinners) about why I am refusing wine or champagne. At a dinner 2 weeks ago - even the banquet server was incredulous when I asked for iced tea instead of wine. She said "are you sure? not even just a little?"

The funniest part of all of this is that DH is not a big drinker - so he loves that I am on the wagon. For him, this means if he wants to have a strawberry daquiri or a pina colada with his dinner - I will drive home.

Me on the other hand - I am reading Food and Wine and dreaming of pasta and chianti. Or thinking about a nice bottle of Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc.

I tried Fre - the non-alcoholic wine by Sutter Home. I won't make that mistake again - I still have nightmares thinking about it.