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The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 4

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  • yellowmonkey
    yellowmonkey Posts: 7,052 Forumite
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    Be afraid....Be very afraid ;)

    No honestly Jo the month has not started yet so if you want to reduce that figure not a problem. We are just going into the starting blocks ATM the race has not started.

    Try to achieve the realistic but aim for the unrealistic :D

    Talking of manly things dinners in the Oven, just polished and hoovering to do next :cool:

    ym
  • yellowmonkey
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    jo1972 wrote: »
    Oooooohhhh, I'm loving your tupperware YM :D I must admit to being a bit addicted to lock & lock boxes meself :cool:

    What do you keep in your boxes??

    Thats the problem just bits and bobs and things I may need in the next 100 years :o

    ym
  • :confused: HE'S A RUBBISH MAN!!!! :mad: I

    There are a lot of them about:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    40SM:D

    :rotfl::TVery good 40sm.

    I'm trying to look busy aswell. Actually had an e-mail from someone in America this morning asking where her stuff was. Thought OMG, takes a day to do and I haven't started. Looked in the file and I did do it, just didn't send it. I'm losing brain cells rapidly I fear.

    :eek:

    Much love X[/QUOTE]

    I know exactly what you mean . Yesterday , one of our clients called up chasing up her payroll details .. I said " Oh, yes I did it yesterday and put them in the post .... (I wasn't lying!!. ) I said I would e-mail her the details so that she could pay her staff. Anyway I looked in the file ... You Know whats coming don't you ?...... I had NOT done them and I could have sworn.... ANYWHOOO ..... She's got them now so that should keep her quiet for a month. ;)

    I think its the job that we do ...... kills brain cells !!:rotfl:

    Must get back to looking the executive that I am not :rotfl:

    Catch you later.

    40SM
  • 115K
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    I think I will have no target again next month Yellow Monkey, thanks for doing it as well.:T
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  • Miss_Piggy_2
    Miss_Piggy_2 Posts: 3,631 Forumite
    Malibu and milk!? Oh bleugh......
    **Keep Calm and Carry On!**
  • yellowmonkey
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    115K wrote: »
    I think I will have no target again next month Yellow Monkey, thanks for doing it as well.:T

    Will do and thanks..........
  • jo1972
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    115K wrote: »
    Yes. I remembered you had your liver tests back. It is hard isn't it. I personally don't think I could ever stop drinking totally. When I spoke to my GP today I do know that I did used to drink much more so I feel at least I am making some progress.
    (Gin and grapefruit juice sounds bizarre to me but then I hate grapefruit. This is from someone who admitted they drank malibu and milk though!:D)


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    You are doing really well 115K, it is possible for some people to realise that they are drinking too much and cut down successfully.

    I always wanted to be a social drinker, but I don't think that's possible for me.
    DFW Nerd no. 496 - Proud to be dealing with my debts!!
  • Miss_Piggy wrote: »
    Nope! I stare enviously at people with glasses of wine in pubs when I haven' got one!


    I stare enviously at people with glasses of wine when I havn't got one .... and they are they are not just in any old pub...they are in the Rovers Return on Coronation Street ! How sad is that :o:o

    Notice to self :: Must get a life:o

    Still working...:p

    40SM:D
  • jo1972
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    edited 26 August 2009 at 2:09PM
    Be afraid....Be very afraid ;)

    No honestly Jo the month has not started yet so if you want to reduce that figure not a problem. We are just going into the starting blocks ATM the race has not started.

    Try to achieve the realistic but aim for the unrealistic :D

    Oh god, now you've got me waivering already!!

    I know that saying 30 is probably not a good thing as you need to live for the day etc etc.. but if I say, I dunno, 22 or something, I don't think I have the strength to stick to that.....maybe I do??

    Quite a few on here have gone from daily drinking to just on weekends haven't they. My problem is also the amount I drink. A couple isn't enough, or is it? Maybe I've not tried it properly.

    Oh man, look what you've started :rolleyes:

    ETA: how weird, just looked at the calender and 22 is the amount of Sun - Thurs there are in Sept!
    DFW Nerd no. 496 - Proud to be dealing with my debts!!
  • Not all men are rubbish :D says he with his manly new Avvy :o

    ym

    I have a feeling that you are a lovely man and not "rubbish" in the slightest :D

    Did I say I could drink anything? Malibu and milk, eh, no thanks!
    Need to start again :o
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