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

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  • beckseven
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    9 afds for me please shaggy. Going to go through my diary and will check to see how many af days I'm going to pledge for Jan. I have a January birthday so my Jan is never completely af I'm afraid! I never really talk to people about me cutting down the amount I drink-i think I do feel ashamed about it-this year thanks to this thread I've really made sure that I've not drank to excess and embarassed myself-I got trollied at a street party for the Royal Wedding in April and felt ashamed of myself the next day as it was a family affair and I was lurching around with a full glass and horrible red wine smile...urrrgh...feel cringy even thinking about it! Since then I've been so mindful of what i'm drinking at social occasions-either really carefully monitoring how many glasses I have or by just driving.
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  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,406 Forumite
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    Morning :santa2:

    Just 1 more AFD to report. Just been thinking; there are only 2 days left in December and I have no spirits or liqueurs left over from this christmas - I didn't buy any and I wasn't given any - so I won't have lots of alcohol to "finish" in January! That'll help me have a good start to the new year. I'm sure I've had Baileys, Cointreau and Drambuie left in previous years.

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  • shaggydoo
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    bigdrinker wrote: »
    a target of 8 for January please Shaggy

    welcomewagon.gif Welcome bigdrinker - you will be on the January list. Good Luck. I'm sure as the days pass in January you will identify some interesting things about your relationship with alcohol.

    I personally find it much easier if I don't have any alcohol in my flat and I like to drink cadbury's hot chocolate in the evenings - so you might want to find an alternative beverage....

    Shaggyx
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  • shaggydoo
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    welcomewagon.gif Welcome evilsquid - do you want to set an AF (alcohol free) target for January? The target is just the number of days you are hoping not to drink....

    Sorry to hear you are unemployed and hope you get luckier in 2012...
    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
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    bigdrinker wrote: »
    Out of interest - is heavy drinking as a problem something that people generally share with their friends and loved ones? I feel too embarassed to speak to anyone about it properly, almost as if it would be showing a big sign of weakness or something - stupid I know!

    Nobody around me would ever consider me to have a drink problem - the reason being that I actually don't like drinking large amounts of alcohol/ being drunk. However, I will happily drink 4 units too often which will tot up over a week to more than government recommended limits - so I try to keep a close eye on my units too. I find if I just say to friends & family that I'm keeping an eye on my weekly units most people "get" that.....
    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
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    December :-

    reindeer.gif= 7 Days AF

    ChristmasTree.gif = 14 days AF

    snow-7468.gif= 21 days AF

    3f11846fc.gif= 28 days AF

    smiley10signzj4.gifHappy-Christmas-Tree-87162.gif= 30 days AF

    1santa.gif= target achieved


    Bearacus 25/TF     reindeer.gifChristmasTree.gifsnow-7468.gif
    Beckseven 9/14 reindeer.gif
    Caramelcaron 7/10 reindeer.gif
    Cheezypeas 9/16 reindeer.gif
    Chloris 22/13 reindeer.gif1santa.gifChristmasTree.gifsnow-7468.gif

    Gardenanna 6/16
    Happyshopper 14/20 reindeer.gifChristmasTree.gif
    Jevvers 8/12 reindeer.gif

    Legsand 6/15
    Mackeroo 14/10 reindeer.gif1santa.gifChristmasTree.gif
    Maman 10/10 reindeer.gif1santa.gif
    May 15/11 reindeer.gif1santa.gifChristmasTree.gif
    Shaggy 16/17 reindeer.gifChristmasTree.gif
    Pricey SOS 20/25 reindeer.gifChristmasTree.gif
    Rachel 8/10 reindeer.gif

    Xille 4/13




    PLEASE PUT YOUR TARGET AFDs IN A BOLD RED FONT and good luck! (and if I've made any mistakes, don't be shy, please let me know!)

    EVERYONE WELCOME
    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: 8,406 Forumite
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    January :-

    happy-smiley-thumbs.gif = 7 Days AF

    smiley-happy0005.gif = 14 days AF

    cheerleader-108.gif = 21 days AF

    angel-smiley-004.gif = 28 days AF

    smiley-score010.gif = 30 days AF

    :j = target achieved


    Bearacus /TF

    Beckseven

    Bigdrinker /8

    Caramelcaron

    Cheezypeas     /27

    Chloris

    Gardenanna

    Happyshopper

    Jevvers

    Legsand

    Mackeroo

    Maman     /10

    May

    Shaggy     /17

    Pricey SOS

    Rachel

    Xille




    PLEASE PUT YOUR TARGET AFDs IN A BOLD RED FONT and good luck! (and if I've made any mistakes, don't be shy, please let me know!)

    EVERYONE WELCOME
    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: 8,406 Forumite
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    edited 30 December 2011 at 9:57AM
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    JANUARY 2012

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    Everyone Welcome.
    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: 8,406 Forumite
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    We are nearing 5000 posts so I'm going to ask the mods to lock this thread and I'm starting a new one HERE
    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.
  • fermi
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    shaggydoo wrote: »
    We are nearing 5000 posts so I'm going to ask the mods to lock this thread and I'm starting a new one HERE

    Done.

    Happy new thread for 2012. :)

    >>> New Thread.
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