I bet if you push the water for a day or two you will really pee and that weight will come right back off

"I really am taking not drinking a day at a time.
Each day I give myself a choice to drink or not drink. I will drink again....on vacation for sure, in less than 2 weeks."

That is the best (and a fantastic) attitude to take, Bizi, and really all you can do if you want to stay AF. I think drinking on vacation is different because you are making a conscious choice to drink, just like you have been making the conscious choice not to drink. As long as you can stop after that planned period of drinking, I see no problem

It's so nice that you have been motivated to work in the yard lately...
You have been doing so well in all things