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The Giving up/ Cutting down Alcohol support thread- number 10
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Welcome back to all the holiday makers :cool2:....it's been really quiet on here without you!
I've got the week off to a good start and kept to the fizzy water this eveing so that puts me on 14 AFDs please Shaggy. Bearacus can you put me down for 3 for this weeks SNC please.LBM Aug '07 Debt [STRIKE]£52,615[/STRIKE] :eek: DEBT FREE Aug '12 :jCap One CC £[STRIKE]5000[/STRIKE]/£0 - HSBC CC £[STRIKE]7500[/STRIKE]/£0 - HSBC Loan £[STRIKE]12,225[/STRIKE]/£0M&S CC £[STRIKE]11,500[/STRIKE]/£0 - Egg CC £[STRIKE]8750[/STRIKE]/£0 - Sains CC £[STRIKE]3000[/STRIKE]/£0HMRC £[STRIKE]3140[/STRIKE]/£0 - OD £[STRIKE]1500[/STRIKE]/£0Pay off ALL your debt by Xmas 2012 £14,128/£14,128 :j0 -
Morning :hello:
One more AFD for me, making 3 straight weeks4 for me please Bearacus in the SNC
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 -
June :-
= 7 days AF
= 14 days AF
= 21 days AF
= 28 days AF
= 31 days AF
:j = target achieved
Bailey /14
Bearacus 12/14
Beckseven 7/10
Castri09 /15
Chloris 21/30
Darwin's Mum 26/30
Fed Up 15/23
Flat Eric 5/18
Flimsier 5/8
Gien 15/25
Happyshopper 18/20
Kdenty 25/30
Mackeroo 13/21
Maggie 3/12
Maman 6/10
Mari 1/TF
May 14/15
Messed up 17/30
Miss P 1/20
Penelopedee 8/8:j
Rachelww 14/21
Shaggy 24/17:j
Pricey SOS 18/25
Sumsup 3/25
WBF 6/25
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 -
darwins_mum wrote: »Morning all, and what a beautiful morning it is too! Mrs R glad to hear you are resting and it seems to be quiet on the Mr R front.
Whilst having a quiet moment, I realised I am nearing my first 90 days of not drinking. Wondering what to do to celebrate? When I stopped smoking I wanted to reward my effort by doing a stand up comedy course, or a bungee jump, but did neither. I think my increased health was reward enough.
I shall ponder some more.
enjoy your sunny Sunday everyone.
stay well
DM
Well done on your 90 days, that's brilliant!! :j A bungee jump sounds exciting. Or maybe a parachute jump! My cousin bought her daughter a parachute jump for her birthday. Didn't tell her about it until the day so she wouldn't get nervous, and she absolutely loved it!
I'd like to say it's quiet on the MrR front, but it's more just resuming the status quo. I understand that he's struggling, and, due to various things, the funeral isn't until tomorrow (which will be 3 weeks to the day). But 3 bottles a night is quite draining for me, especially as I've still been working full time, commuting 3 hours a day, and keeping the house running. His sister is amazed that i'm coping, but I just do it because I have to.
Fingers crossed it should all be different after tomorrow, although I'm not so sure. There always seems to be an excuse. Wednesday is the internment of the ashes so he'll want a drink then. Thursday and Friday he's booked as holiday so that'll be a reason to have a drink. And then it'll be the weeknd and he "has to have a drink at the weekend"!!
Sorry, that turned in to a bit of a rant and I didn't mean it to. Oh well, at least I'm off work now.
Have a happy monday everyone, and try to enjoy the sunshine while it lasts!
Mrs R xxHalifax CC - £6725.99 ;Tesco CC - [STRIKE]£582.49 [/STRIKE] Transferred to MBNAMBNA CC - £1944.41Xmas Saving Card £33.50Holiday Spending Money £180Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of0 -
Roll UP Roll UP .... MON-THURS Challenge
Everyone one is welcome to join and so far we have the lovely :-
Bearacus
Gien
Mackeroo (3 nights)
Maman
May2013 (3nights)
Shaggy
NW-£0 Cap one-£76 HSBC small-£359.51 (0% Aug16) HSBC car- £3511.46 (0%Oct17) HX car/baby- £2731.57 (0%Nov16) HX -£1198.66 (0% Jul16) Argos- £50(BNPLMay)
Credit card debt-£7877.20 (4/3/16)
Car Loan - £21,777 - Now - £12,383.36 Mortgage- £154,315.77
LLoyds loan- paid 28/1/11 LLoyds O/D paid 9/9/10
New LBM- £ 28/2/20160 -
I'm in for the SNC please Bearacus, 4 for me please.
I have only one extra day to add over the weekend - Saturday night I was AF, which was good as I'd woken up with a dreadful hangover in the morning - I hadn't actually drunk that much on Friday night but felt awful all the same. I think my tolerance is dropping.
Am seriously considering going teetotal, as I suddenly realised that that is more the person I want to be now, not a drinker. My image of myself is slowly moving towards what I used to think was boring (you know, sensible, routine, regular, dependable). Feels better to me now to look after myself, IYSWIMTrying to keep in budget.
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:ASchool Night Challenge:A
Gien
Maman
Shaggy
:A3 nights:ABearacus
Mackeroo
May 2013Any last minute takers Welcome
NW-£0 Cap one-£76 HSBC small-£359.51 (0% Aug16) HSBC car- £3511.46 (0%Oct17) HX car/baby- £2731.57 (0%Nov16) HX -£1198.66 (0% Jul16) Argos- £50(BNPLMay)
Credit card debt-£7877.20 (4/3/16)
Car Loan - £21,777 - Now - £12,383.36 Mortgage- £154,315.77
LLoyds loan- paid 28/1/11 LLoyds O/D paid 9/9/10
New LBM- £ 28/2/20160 -
AF for me tonight please Shaggy.This time I haven't smoked since 6th Jan 2014 and still going ok.
Fingers crossed x0 -
Can I sign up for 4 nights for the snc please bearacus. Big hugs mrsr-thinking of you tomorrow.HSBC Visa-High interest-£2349.23 Nat West £2605.18
My Overdraft-£1500
Barclaycard-1089.77
Marks and Spencer card- 3331.30 next 92.67
Total was 11066.29 now £10,968.150 -
14 Af please Shaggy and 1 for SNC please BearacusIt’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts0
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