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

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  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,983 Forumite
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    Hi all

    Haven't been here since Wednesday morning and 12 pages have appeared:eek: Sorry no time to read them all but seems like you're all having fun and keeping in touch.

    Not AF myself since Tuesday. Today was planned but yesterday was a bit of a **** it day. Was out for lunch and circumstances meant we ended up in caff rather than pub/restaurant. I know that if I hadn't met my target I would have been AF but instead compensated for AF lunch by drinking in the evening.

    Away for w/end and firmly off the wagon. Hope to be back Tuesday. Have a good weekend everyone:A
  • DEBTMONKEY1A
    DEBTMONKEY1A Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    Hi all,

    Slept pretty well last night! Only seem to need 5-6 hrs when 'AF' to feel quite refreshed....(!) My gouty leg seems a lot better (still limping a bit but compared to Monday night/Tuesday when i could not walk at all it's great) & painkillers working well. May well make the journey from W.Yorkshire to Cambridgeshire in an hour or so to see my sis & then detour up to Norwich to see my best mate who had twins a week ago (well his GF did!)..so may not be posting much today/tomorrow! 5 nts AF!

    Hope you're all ok!
  • Bismarck
    Bismarck Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    Evening,

    Had a wee glass of wine again today - seem to be managing the controlled thing as desperately want to avoid hangovers, but worried that the nightly routine is creeping back. Might think about setting an AF days target for Sept.

    Had to share this...best jokes of Edinburgh Fringe.

    The Top 10 jokes were judged to be:

    • 1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"

    • 2) Paddy Lennox - "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting'."

    • 3) Sarah Millican - "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."

    • 4) Zoe Lyons - "I went on a girls' night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill'. I went as Rose West."

    • 5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is; he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."

    • 6) Adam Hills - "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. You know you're going to get it, but it's going to be rough."

    • 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

    • 8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."

    • 9) Dan Antopolski - "I've been reading the news about there being a civil war in Madagascar. Well, I've seen it six times and there isn't."

    • 10) Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson) - "I started so many fights at my school - I had that attention-deficit disorder. So I didn't finish a lot of them."

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    xx

    excellent!!

    made my day..thanks!
    For what I've done...I start again...And whatever pain may come ...Today this ends... I'm forgiving what I've done -AF since June 2007
  • Miss_Piggy_2
    Miss_Piggy_2 Posts: 3,631 Forumite
    Cutting down/ Giving up August Challenge!

    Days
    115K 10/31(no target)
    69Chick 7/14
    Budget Babe 16/1:j:j
    Debtmonkey1A 13/19
    Different Corner 10/14
    Fayjmck 13/31
    Fedupandskint 16/30
    Foreverhopeful 7/10
    Geranium72 12/20
    Grey Pilgrim 12/30
    Honeybear 1/6
    Maman 11/10:j:j
    Marthasdad 2/4
    Mollypolly 27/31
    Nessa56 6/13
    Price is Right 9/11
    Samandsheryl 17/22
    Time2GrowUp 2/12 (left challenge but welcome back anytime!)
    Wanna Bee Free 7/8
    Winebox 5/10
    Yellowmonkey 15/11:j:j



    Days Pledged : 326
    Actual : 216

    **Keep Calm and Carry On!**
  • yellowmonkey
    yellowmonkey Posts: 7,052 Forumite
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    stroppy....Yes have you on my list

    bhb....No jumpy but have one of these handshake5cd.gif

    Hope today brings everything you want. Start of the BH weekend but 1st day at work for me tomorrow sad_smile.gif

    Catch up later

    ym
  • bhb....No jumpy but have one of these handshake5cd.gif

    Thanks mate ;):D

    Useless again last night and had 3 strong beers .....doh !
    Should of had two weaker ones but they didn't have any at the shop so fell for the buy 3 for £4 :rolleyes:.

    Of to Linconshire this morning to get some ducks :D .... long way to go for lunch I know, but ....... :cool:

    200 mile round trip for 20 ducks .... mad hey ? Still, buy this time next year we should have crispy duck coming out of the pan from their offspring :rotfl:. Collecting some turkeys tomorrow too :cool:

    Have a great day everyone

    BHB
    :) Embrace your inner Hillbilly :)
  • Morning everyone.

    AF again yesterday, hoorah. :D On day 19 now (with 2 slip ups - "mulligans" do you call them??).

    I've discovered orange & passionfruit J20 topped up with diet lemonade in a pint glass - it's gorgeous. J20 isn't the cheapest, but it's a delish treat and is helping to keep me off the booze, so it's money well spent.

    My OH is moody and snappy with me at the moment and it's p*ssing me off quite frankly! My days are hard enough trying to stay AF without being spoken to like a child too. It seems that me just being around and breathing is annoying her. I raised it this morning as I'd had enough (not arguing, I don't like to argue and neither does she) and she flatly denied that she ever snaps at me and that I was being silly. We were getting nowhere, so I've had to leave it at that. Not happy about it, but what can one do, eh?

    Next time she snaps at me I will just have to boot her in the a*se or something!! :confused: :rotfl:

    Going to the cinema tonight I think. It's been SUCH a boring week, we've done nothing exciting at all. That's gotta change.

    Hugs,
    Caz
    xxxxxxxxx
    He who does not economize will have to agonize (Confucius)

    Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship (Benjamin Franklin) :eek:
  • mollypolly
    mollypolly Posts: 1,737 Forumite
    Morning all.....Well done alcohol freeers.

    :hello: Hiya Lurky....thought you were never coming back.!!!!Great to see you.

    Love Molls XXXX
    :happylove :happylove
    I'm back!!!!
    DMP starts 1st July 2015:T
    Dfd March 2021 (hoping to get there sooner )
    DMP mutual support group number 444
    Proud to be dealing with my debts at last :j
  • jo1972
    jo1972 Posts: 8,901 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Off to see counsellor woman in a minute, thought I'd pop on and say hello......might not be able to get on later cos we've hit our credit limit with Virgin Media and TV extra channels have just gone off so just a matter of time before internet goes down too :(

    Speak to ya later x
    DFW Nerd no. 496 - Proud to be dealing with my debts!!
  • yellowmonkey
    yellowmonkey Posts: 7,052 Forumite
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    All the best with the counsellor Jo

    ym
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