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The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 12

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  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    macpep sorry to read about your nan :(
    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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    FreebyFifty wrote: »
    Hi Joanne109 mentioned this thread to me - please can I join in? I am finding things OK at the mo but I am sure there will be tougher times ahead and you seem a supportive bunch :)

    I decided a week or so ago that I needed to get my drinking under control as I was getting well into my second bottle of wine on a daily basis. The thing is I was no longer even enjoying it. So I decided to stop completely for a few weeks to give my liver a rest and then remain within the recommended guidelines.

    I also need to pay off debts and the money saved on wine will go a long way to helping that!

    I have unofficially recorded my AFDs in my sig - how do I officially join in for June? Sorry if it says somewhere but this is a long thread so I have jumped in at the end!

    Thanks
    FbF

    welcomewagon.gif just let me know your target for June and I'll put you on the list.

    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
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    May :-

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    Everyone Welcome!

    Please highlight your AFDs in Red

    Don't hesitate to let me know if I've got your AFDs wrong!!!!!
    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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    JUNE 2013

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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.
  • FreebyFifty_2
    FreebyFifty_2 Posts: 92 Forumite
    Thanks Shaggy - love the wagon :)

    I am climbing aboard and would like to go for 25 days in June please
    Journey began May 2013
    Debt paid= £235/£30512
    Buffer = £0/£150
    Weight loss = 10lbs/23lbs
    July AFDs = 2/23
  • shaggydoo
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    June :-

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    Barny1979

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    Gien

    Imagnu

    Joanne

    Lilith

    Mackeroo

    Macpep

    Maman

    Miskyn

    MrsDee

    New Day

    PurpleMumof2

    Satchmo

    Shaggy /17

    Slowdown

    The Boss

    TMD

    Tracy

    41 and I know it




    Everyone Welcome!

    Please highlight your AFDs in Red

    Don't hesitate to let me know if I've got your AFDs wrong!!!!!
    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.
  • 41_and_i_know_it
    41_and_i_know_it Posts: 512 Forumite
    Thankyou for the supportive posts and suggestions. I contacted Jobcentreplus who told me that because he earns >17k gross I can't claim a bean, so I'm waiting for an appointment with the Carers Centre on the 17th June to maybe apply for Carers Allowance £59 a week, at present I get £110 a week ESA. If I lived away from my partner I would continue to get ESA, but I haven't got the strength to leave at the moment, but if the last couple of silent days are to go by, I will have no choice but to leave, I never thought someone could be so cruel and heartless. My dad's still in the nursing home 4 weeks today and we're still paying £120.90 a week til we know how much SS are going to pay towards it, more or less who knows. I will speak to the CAB, I can't renew my Child Tax Credit because you have to wait for the renewal form, I rang yesterday. So hey-ho, at least I'm not drinking or I'd really be screwed.

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  • tracy_36
    tracy_36 Posts: 312 Forumite
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    Well done 41, you are so strong - get all the advice you can, as soon as you can

    19AF please Shaggy, and will set a target of 20 days for June :eek:

    Tracy x
  • joanne109
    joanne109 Posts: 270 Forumite
    edited 29 May 2013 at 2:06PM
    Shaggy - thank you so much for including me in your progress report - indeed I have done 4 consecutive days AF but the actual figure for May is 5AF because I had last Wednesday as well (the day before my DH bought me the two bottles of red.
    At that point I hadn't actually come out to him as wanting to be AF.

    41 - sorry things are so tough for you at the moment, you've got enough to worry about with your dad and you're doing so well keeping on the wagon while dealing with that as well as your own situation.

    I'm feeling a bit rough today but not as rough as I anticipated but I do think last nights wine has set me back physically around 2-3 days. I didn't actually enjoy the taste of the stuff until I was past halfway down the bottle but I was drinking out of habit.

    I have 2 cans of lager in the fridge, I think I'll tip them down the sink, I don't usually drink lager and bought them for a friends husband but you never know, I might just knock them back.
    I do actually like the taste of lager especially on hot days but I find no difference in taste between alcoholic and non alcoholic so I may just get a few bottles of Becks Blue for when (if) the weather gets any warmer.

    Joanne
  • joanne109
    joanne109 Posts: 270 Forumite
    Everyone Welcome.[/QUOTE]

    I would like to go for 30 please.

    Joanne
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