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

joanne109

October is finally over, my 50th birthday celebrations seemed to start ages before and continued long after.
I got an embarrassing amount of booze related presents - 8 bottles of wine and 3 bottles of champagne.
My final houseguest left on Friday and I packed her off with 2 bottles of champagne and the remaining 4 bottles of wine.
We're staying with her over Christmas so at least we've got it stashed away and will have less to spend on the Christmas booze.
I missed my October target (again) and so am aiming for a moderate 15 in November.
Today is Sunday and one of the healthy habits I am trying to develop on a Sunday is zero booze. If I drink on a Sunday I start at lunchtime and don't stop, not much fun for the children.
Despite this I have a bottle of wine staring at me across the kitchen. I'll put it away and may have it tomorrow. I have an evening meeting so will be late back from work and as it will also be my first day back after my week off I think I'll need it.
Can you put me down for 0/15 please?

Jo

maman

joanne109 wrote: »

October is finally over, my 50th birthday celebrations seemed to start ages before and continued long after.
I got an embarrassing amount of booze related presents - 8 bottles of wine and 3 bottles of champagne.
My final houseguest left on Friday and I packed her off with 2 bottles of champagne and the remaining 4 bottles of wine.
We're staying with her over Christmas so at least we've got it stashed away and will have less to spend on the Christmas booze.
I missed my October target (again) and so am aiming for a moderate 15 in November.
Today is Sunday and one of the healthy habits I am trying to develop on a Sunday is zero booze. If I drink on a Sunday I start at lunchtime and don't stop, not much fun for the children.
Despite this I have a bottle of wine staring at me across the kitchen. I'll put it away and may have it tomorrow. I have an evening meeting so will be late back from work and as it will also be my first day back after my week off I think I'll need it.
Can you put me down for 0/15 please?

Jo

Glad your birthday celebrations went well jo. That's a really good plan to put the Christmas booze away in someone else's home. Definitely out of reach there.;)

AuntyCat

Hello everyone, well done on meeting October targets, we didn't but it wasn't too bad considering the few days in Spain mid month - managed 12/15 in October.

Like other people have said, the long dark nights don't really help but i will try for 15 days in November. I will also try to find more time to get on here and keep up to date with the thread.

good luck with anything anyone is aiming for in November.

Rosepetal1701

I am declaring early as the shops are shut, dinner is cooking and there is a Christmas cake ready to go in the oven as soon as the roast comes out .
1/21 for me please Shaggy

mrsdee

3/25 please Shaggy... I like to think of the dark evenings as a perfect time for sitting indoors reading, watching films, drinking hot chocolate and tea/coffee with a little cake or biscuit! If I'm snuggled in my PJs early, I feel it is somehow "wrong" to have an alcoholic drink anyway! So I'm learning to look at it differently...

AlexLK

Still 1 for me but hoping for an AFD tomorrow.

satchmo1

1/20 to start my November refocusing on health, both with cutting down the booze and too much sugar, and getting more exercise.

I slipped dreadfully in October and have the extra lbs to show for it.

pozza_73

I am aiming for 25 AFD in November. I have already done 3 so just 22 to go

shaggydoo

Morning :hello:

2 more AFDs to add.



Shaggyx

maman

shaggydoo wrote: »

Morning :hello:

2 more AFDs to add.



Shaggyx

Wow! :T 2 AFDs over the weekend, that's brilliant!

I'll be (belatedly:o) starting my challenge today.