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The Giving up/ Cutting down Alcohol support thread- number 10

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  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Morning :hello:

    One more AFD making a full 4 weeks for me :j

    Link

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kobdb37Cwc

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    Shaggyx
    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 5 July 2011 at 6:49AM
    July :-

    Yay.png= 7 Days

    dance2.gif = 14 days AF

    smiley-faces7.gif = 21 days AF

    Smiley-ange.png = 28 days AF

    pan-10-10-smiley-...-airsoft-1851527.gif = 31 days AF

    :j = target achieved


    Bearacus


    Beckseven
    3/22


    Chloris
    /TF

    Happyshopper /20


    Kdenty
    /31

    Mackeroo
    /16

    Maman
    /10

    May 1/9


    Penelopedee
    /16


    Possie Flump /16

    PrettyKitty 1/14

    Shaggy 3/17

    Pricey SOS
    1/25

    WBF
    /15




    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.
  • yoemma
    yoemma Posts: 317 Forumite
    Hello everyone. Hoping I could join this thread. Have been thinking of giving up alcohol for a long time. I had said last Friday would be the last day I would drink. Anyway, I've been making these excuses for a long time and after a pretty horrendous evening (won't go in depth but arguments stemming from people having drunk too much) I've decided that enough is enough. Although I wouldn't necessarily say I'm an addict, I feel that there's a growing dependancy there. Personally, it's been a pretty horrendous year and I'm finding myself cracking open a bottle of wine to forget it all. It's happening far too often and it worries me. To top it off, I'm really not a nice person when I drink. Not angry - I just get upset. So this is my starting point. I don't think it'll be easy but I need to do this.
    "I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and... I believe in miracles."

    :heartpuls proud mummy to gorgeous girl twins born 13th july 2012 :heartpuls
  • penelopedee_2
    penelopedee_2 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    Hi Yoemma, come and climb on the wagon with us. I fall off quite often but find the help on here gives me the motivation to get back on it again quickly :)

    AF for me tonight please Shaggy.
    This time I haven't smoked since 6th Jan 2014 and still going ok.
    Fingers crossed x
  • PriceySOS
    PriceySOS Posts: 853 Forumite
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    3 please, Shaggy, thanks
  • kdenty
    kdenty Posts: 250 Forumite
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    4 for me please Shaggy.

    Seem lots of celebrities are keen to join us this month. Daniel Radcliffe in the news tonight saying how he had a drinking problem and had been AF since realising.
  • May2013
    May2013 Posts: 423 Forumite
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    edited 4 July 2011 at 10:28PM
    Hi yoemma and welcome :wave:, I think all of us here have had similar awakenings to the one that your having right now....don't put yourself under pressure, take it just one day at a time and use the support from the good people here to help keep you on track. The lovely Shaggy keeps a log of how many AFD's we record throughout the month...you can either pledge the number you hope to achieve in July or chose to be target free, which ever works best for you....good luck xx

    It's very quiet in here again....where has everyone gone??

    AF again tonight...so that's 2 AFD's for me please Shaggy.

    P.S - that song was written for me... I Hate Mondays...lol
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  • mackeroo
    mackeroo Posts: 806 Forumite
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    Hi Everyone and welcome to the newbies
    Hope you all well.
    1 Af please Shaggy
    It’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts
  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,709 Forumite
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    It is quiet here. Hopefully it doesn't mean that everyone's given up and gone on a giant booze up! As if....

    I've clocked up a day for ths month:T.

    1AF please Shaggy
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Morning :hello:

    One more AFD for me.

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    Shaggyx
    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.
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