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The Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Support Thread - Numero 9!
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Morning :hello:
1 more AFD for me and whoot whoot it's Friday:j
ShaggyxWhat 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.0 -
Well done to Mackeroo and Maman for the weightloss, what's the secret?? I have cut down on wine massively and am not really eating late at night anymore as the munchies that come with drinking are no longer happening and I'm sure I've not lost an ounce.
Me neither
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.0 -
lala Good Luck and you're on the list 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.0 -
Miss_Piggy wrote: »Just had call from Mum....she's back on the CCU and apparently the surgeon said the Stent procedure went really well.
Great news :jWhat 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.0 -
Morning all
Another fail for me last night
. Worrying about my Mum during the day, and then an other MIL incident in the evening. She text OH to say that because she is unwell - she has a cold- she had rung the kids mum and said we won't be having the kids this weekend!!!!:mad: The cheek of that woman is unreal. Her and FIL pick the kids up for us on the friday and we collect them from there. I've now told her in future we will collect the kids. Had to take some control back. And breathe.......
Sooo.....bottle of wine magically appeared in the fridge:(:o and I drank it. Slept badly and have headache this morning. Bit of wine left in bottle was poured down the sink this morning and house is AF again. Back to the grindstone.
Bear77 - well done on staying AF last night. Have you decided yet what to do about the weekend. Have to say I just could not bring myself to pay £35 for a taxi :eek:
Daisy - lucky you off on hols!:T Going anywhere nice?
Miss P
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Speaking of which... I am quite worried about having a blip tonight and ruining my 4-day challenge and also my targets. I've had a really stressful week so far. Work's majorly busy with stuff going on there that I'm not going into details about now. Got to go to Paris for 2 very loooong days next week to give a presentation (another thing threatening my targets), and before that, my sister is having her birthday celebrations this weekend and wants to do a meal out on Friday night, and then a big night out on Saturday night. I had only really planned on one night's celebrations (finance & time-wise) so now I'm going to feel guilty if I don't go to both, especially now that my other sister is saying she might not go on Sat night... Aaarrghh! I don't even know why I'm stressing as my sister was not around to help me celebrate my birthday last year! Hmm! Any tips / advice appreciated...
All that aside, I'd like to declare 3 out of 4 days AF for the 4-day challenge please Pen & 2 days AF for Feb please Shaggy. I still don't know whether I am going to crack and buy wine on the way home... then I will just feel even worse about myself! Will try and update later, although got yet another bloke coming round to quote for stripping out the kitchen....
Bear xx
When I have a lot of going out to do and I want to drink I just focus on units instead of AFDs. (I keep a personal diary/spreadsheet of my AFDs and units too). I always keep my running average of weekly units under government regs of 14 units.
I'm happy to adjust your Feb target if you want or you can just go TF (target free).
Hope that helps ?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.0 -
February :-
= 7 days AF
= 14 days AF
= 21 days AF
= 28 days AF
= 28 days AF
:j = target achieved
Bearacus 1 /14
Bear77 3/16
Budget Babe /TF
Cazza /22
Daisy 2/15
FedUp 2/28
Flimsier /21
Forever Hopeful 3/10
Gien 2/20
Happyshopper /20
JJ 1/16
Juliethe muse /27
Lala 3/22
LaurenT 1/20
Lottie /16
Lurkio /15
Mackeroo /23
Maman 3/10
Markman /8
Marru 3/28
Miss P /TF
Penelopedee 3/16
Scotdebs 2/12
Shaggy 3/26
SOS 2/18
Trasij 1/28
Wanna Bee Free 3/14
PLEASE PUT YOUR TARGET AFDs IN A BOLD RED FONT and good luck!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.0 -
Good morning everyone!
Hope you're all ok and thank you so much for the lovely, warm welcome!
I managed an AF night last night so that is 3/22 for me please Shaggy! This is a first for me for a loooong time. Surprising how much a challenge thread can motivate me!
Hi marru, we love Labradors, our lad will be 3 in May and is as bouncy as he was at 3months!!
Have a good day all
Lala x
AF since 10.04.11
"Feel the fear and do it anyway" - Susan Jeffers0 -
Good morning everyone and welcome Lala,
just reporting another AF day here, so that's a total of 3 for me please Shaggy.
I have a lot of chores to do before the weekend and it's lovely weather here so I feel quite energised.
Have a good dayTrying to keep in budget.
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morning
welcome all newcomers x
Glad ur mums ok miss p and MIL's would send any sane woman to drink x
Sorry i havent caught up with the whole thread yet
Had to go out of hours doctors last night as really ill. They have given 7 days worth of antibiotics and told me to stay in bed and rest :j. So hoping to be better really soon x
3Af please shaggy x
Challenge complete Pen x
Good luck for the weekend everyone
bearacus x
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