The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 11

bearacus

Lots of fantastic targets for Feb - Well done :T

29 for Feb please Shaggy and 3 for the SNC

March target TF- In reality I m not sure how the whole holiday drinking will go

To everyone regarding the SNC I will not be here from the 7th of March till 22nd March and so there will not be an SNC for 3weeks

If someone else would like to run it while Im not here that would be great And I would really appreciate it .

bearacus x

Chloris

Morning All and welcome to the Newbies! :wave::wave:

Made my target so 24 AFD in February. Target for March will be 31 AFD please Shaggy. Thank you thank you thank you to Shaggy and Bearacus for doing such a great job running the thread! x

maman

cheezypeas wrote: »

Happy St Davids Day everyone.

And Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to you all too!

Not that it's an excuse for a celebration....well maybe the odd welshcake would be ok:D

antonia1

Morning everyone, and thanks for the welcomes. Last night was not too bad, as I was in by myself. My mum did call with some bad news (nothing too serious) and ordinarily I would have had a glass of wine to cheer me up. I settled for a bath and some fresh orange juice instead. Tonight might be a bit more challenging, as I'm going out with my OH, his brother and one of the lads that works for them, but I have decided to drive to keep me on the straight and narrow.

I am also trying to come up with things I can use to treat myself when I make it through each week. I don't really want to use chocolate as I'm trying to get healthy, and I'm already substituting wine for smoothie drinks in the evening. I was considering buying myself books. I would normally drink easily 2 bottles of wine mid-week, costing £10, so £7-£8 on a book seems like a good deal, and it is something I never normally buy for myself.

heath480

Happy March to everyone.:j:j:j.

tracy_36

antonia1 wrote: »

Morning everyone, and thanks for the welcomes. Last night was not too bad, as I was in by myself. My mum did call with some bad news (nothing too serious) and ordinarily I would have had a glass of wine to cheer me up. I settled for a bath and some fresh orange juice instead. Tonight might be a bit more challenging, as I'm going out with my OH, his brother and one of the lads that works for them, but I have decided to drive to keep me on the straight and narrow.

I am also trying to come up with things I can use to treat myself when I make it through each week. I don't really want to use chocolate as I'm trying to get healthy, and I'm already substituting wine for smoothie drinks in the evening. I was considering buying myself books. I would normally drink easily 2 bottles of wine mid-week, costing £10, so £7-£8 on a book seems like a good deal, and it is something I never normally buy for myself.

I love reading, am always found in the bath with a book! Have you got a local library you can join - save you even more money x :money:

LouisaMay_3

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lamarsi

Happy St David's day everyone, apt as oh is in Swansea at the moment!!
AF tonight ... defo, even though I have a late start tomorrow which is usually a big factor in whether I drink or not, but whilst oh is away ( until wednesday) I'm using the time to be AF. good luck everyone else with your new shiney march totals

antonia1

tracy_36 wrote: »

I love reading, am always found in the bath with a book! Have you got a local library you can join - save you even more money x :money:

Thanks Tracy - I have checked and my local library is open office hours only, which is not very helpful when I work office hours. But to be honest I probably won't read one book each week, I will just decide to buy myself a new one each time I finish one. I love reading too, but I've not done so much recently cos I've been spending way too much time in the pub, or drinking wine watching tv, but that is all changing.

mrsrainman

:wave: Afternoon All

Sorry I've been AWOL, just seem to have been so busy with BabyR!!

I've had a quick scan through the thread and see we've got some newbies. A BIG WELCOME to all of you, and good luck with your own AF journeys.

Update from the Rainman household, February challenge was a complete failure , to the extent that he had to lie to work one saturday night when he had a phone call to go in (he was on call) and then had a complete hissy fit when I wouldn't back him up. So we're back to square 1 and I really don't know what else I can try to make him see the damage he is doing to himself and his family.

MissP - I'm dreading playground politics when BabyR goes to school. I hate confrontation and really can't stand the whole cliqueness. I live opposite a primary school and regularly see groups standing outside for ages once they've dropped the children off.

Bearacus - Are you going somewhere nice??

MrsR xx