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The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 5

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  • Miss_Piggy_2
    Miss_Piggy_2 Posts: 3,631 Forumite
    Cute seals! You live in such a wonderful part of world Fay....most wildlife you get round here is a squirrel!

    Been to see 2012....my word thats a long film. The out-laws had Piglet and they looked shattered when we went to pick him up!:rotfl:Good film though.

    Resisting the lure of the wine rack this evening. Feel quite tired so will be having an early night.

    By the way, thanks guys for the kind words re the lardloss. Still got loads to go. Doing calorie counting ....I'm like a walking encyclopaedia of the calorie contents of food and drink!:rolleyes: Drives OH mad when we are shopping!:rotfl:

    Hope everyone is having a good Saturday evening. Off to toddle to bed with a mug of cocoa.....

    Miss P
    xx
    **Keep Calm and Carry On!**
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Waves to Miss P clutching an options mint hot choc (no milk) so calories should be OK

    I miss squirrels!
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • budget_babe
    budget_babe Posts: 1,633 Forumite
    Nite nite Miss P, glad you enjoyed your film. Take care and hugs (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Fay well done on tonight and staying af. Hugs (()) xxxxxxxx

    Maman hugs and I am very well thankyou, (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Jo hope tomorrow is bearable? Hugs (()) xxxxxxxxxxxx

    Honey Bear hope the cold is better soon hunny. (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    I am finishing watching I am a celeb then its of to bed for Budgie too ..................
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Cherish the ones you love and travel back on the road that brings you home :)
    "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" Ralph Waldo Emerson :A
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Night chaps - hope all's well with folks and everyone's where they want to be

    x
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Different_Corner
    Different_Corner Posts: 1,925 Forumite
    Morning. Everytime someone mentions 'Squirrel' I smile. Those of you that have seen the film 'Up' will know what I'm on about.

    Right confession time, I'm still on 14/29, two lagers each evening. And headaches the morning after, mild but nagging ones. I am clearly a lightweight now, so don't know why I'm doing it. Therefore I won't.
    DC.
    "Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller
  • snowymalone
    snowymalone Posts: 65 Forumite
    Morning everyone!

    All going OK here. Had a bad cold and sinusitis this week, which I didn't self-medicate with Drambuie, instead caught up with some sleep and lounging around (I was signed off for the week.) I had to seriously exercise some self-control by Weds as I was a) feeling better by then, b) home alone all day and c) the offy was very inviting, as I can actually see it from our bedroom, but I resisted and as a result am feeling quite proud of myself :).

    What I did notice was that at 7.30 am, when the rest of the family have left for the day, I had serious booze cravings, probably peaking mid-morning, which is strange because I rarely, if ever, drink before lunchtime, even at Xmas. However, as the day goes on, especially when I'm busy, it gets easier to deal with, and by dusk I don't really crave it any more at all, almost like I've got through the day safely. As I said, this is odd as I mostly drank in the evening during the week (I wouldn't risk pubbing it at lunchtime whilst working. too tempting to have "just the one more" before returning to work), and from the afternoon onward at the weekend, as I made sure I got stuff I had to do out of the way before my first drink. Being busy is a good displacement activity for me :D.

    Anyway, have reacquainted myself with Ribena, with which I get my sugar rushes, and I'm sleeping better now. Hope everyone's well, and I'll try not to stay away so long this week!

    18 AFs for me, GG.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
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  • yellowmonkey
    yellowmonkey Posts: 7,052 Forumite
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    edited 22 November 2009 at 8:50AM
    Morning all


    Just to let you know I should be back with you all properly tomorrow :o

    Got a sore bum from being on the naughty step for toooooooo Long p100.gif

    Well done on the positive statement DC and well done Snowy for not giving in when off sick
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    edited 22 November 2009 at 9:35AM
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    I'm still on 13. My next goal is to get rid of the finger wagger from my signature and replace it with an haloed angelic smiley.

    Best Wishes

    Shaggy
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    edited 22 November 2009 at 9:29AM
    Miss_Piggy wrote: »
    ....most wildlife you get round here is a squirrel!

    I love squirrels but I do have trouble keeping them off my bird feeder. It really is like this.

    hungry_squirrel_stealing_food_from_the_bird_feeder_poster-p228875076140845467t5ta_400.jpg


    So agile!
    What do we do when we fall? We get up, dust ourselves off and start walking in the right direction again. Perhaps when we fall, it is easy to forget there are people along the way who help us stand and walk with us as we get back on track.
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Morning all

    SHAGGY LOVING THE PICS
    ym - YOUR NAUGHTY STEP IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY i THINK

    DC - I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN - XX

    AWAY OUT FOR A 'BIRD WATCHING' LESSON - LORD KNOWS WHAT LURKS WILL COME UP WITH FOR THAT

    (ALTHOUGH I THINK I CAN IMAGINE!)

    FEATHERED BIRDS LURKS, THE ONES THAT FLY AND TWEET...........
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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