The Cutting Down / Giving Up Booze Thread (Part 14)

Hi Everyone

31/31 for October Shaggy

and a target of 30 for November please

Don't seem to have a minute at the moment but managing to read the thread but not post.

1/24 for me please.
Been so busy I never even thought about having a drink
Been meaning to clear the loft since I retired over 2 years ago and never got round to it
Cue lots of hangover free days and half of it is done
My worst time for wanting a beer is between 5pm and 7pm and I was up to my eyes in messages and buyers turning up for stuff I sold on FB
So no beer, half empty loft and £120 better off to boot!
I'm liking this a lot!!

Slowdown wrote: »

7/8 for October please. I'm pleased with this as I only joined 8 days ago.

Trying to imagine my 20/30 for Nov. I'm feeling a bit daunted but I'm going to give it my best shot.

Aiming high, Slowdown, is always a great idea and as alcohol only has to be resisted one day at a time, it's do-able. You've already decided you can have a drink on 10 days in November, so as long as it's not 'today' it can be 'tomorrow' for at least 10 of the 30 days. Once you've racked up a few you'll feel so great you'll want to keep the momentum up - or, at least, that's the theory. I honestly believe in the 'not today; tomorrow maybe, but not today' mantra.

maggiem wrote: »

17/15 for October please - finally exceeded target for a month.

Well done, Maggiem! :T :T :T

Healing vibes for your ankle, CathyBird. I think a lot of people find that cutting down means that when they try to go back to drinking as much as they used to regularly their tolerance has dipped a bit. Not a bad thing for most of us, I'd hazard a guess.

As for chucking it away, to be honest, with tequila that's not a bad idea - it'd clean your pipes out! Red wine can be frozen in icecube trays for adding to gravies etc without any risk because it tastes vile once it's been frozen but works fine if then cooked. I've no idea what 'Midori' is, but it sounds a bit suss so I'd be inclined to chuck that down the sink and beer cans go out of date relatively quickly and have a use by date on them, surprisingly, so they can go too. But champagne, ooooooh, that would make a perfect Christmas present for someone, it really would, along with the rest of the bottles of wine. Getting rid of temptation is an excellent idea, and if OH weren't in my life I'd have given away all of our wine and never thought twice about it. Decluttering is much, much easier if you know that what you're chucking out is going somewhere the stuff will be appreciated.

Shaggy, I don't do 'exercise' per se, and am in the category of people who think it's for people who have a thing for pain. I'm pretty active in a busy sort of way and don't understand what 'light housework' is, apart from dusting. The rest of it is bl**dy hard work and this house is a bu**er to look after, so that and the addition of a black cat and a black dog, both of which shed a huge amount of fur - I get exercise whether I want it or not. I just need to cut my fat and sugar consumption because I am greedy and have over-indulged for months.

I went out to lunch today and had a mozarella panini and then went out to dinner and had pizza. I think I've blown No-sugar No-fat November and it's only the first of the month!

Paspatur, one of the glories of being sober is finally being able to get stuff done. I bet you feel fantastic about clearing half the loft and raking in the money. Glorious.

Hang on in there PSL. You can do this.

1/30 please, Shaggy.