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

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  • shaggydoo
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    Morning :hello:

    I wasn't AF last night - 3 units. I haven't decided about tonight yet.

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    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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    February :-

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    Bangers69 4/14
    Barny1979
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    Mackeroo
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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
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    March :-

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    Arsenal Barney
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    Bangers69

    Barny1979
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    Chloris


    Chocolate Cupcake
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    CuppaTea
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    Gien

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    Jak

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    Mari

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    Satchmo
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    StupotStu 1/TF

    Tracy
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    Warbonnet /26

    WBF

    41 and I know it /31


    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
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    March 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.
  • jak
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    March target 31 days please xxx
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  • Lilith1980
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    1 AFD please Shaggy.

    Lovely day out there today. Having lunch with my OH a bit later after he finishes work. Going to leave the uni books alone today :)
  • Yesterday was AF so 1/31 so far, I don't know if I will be able to do it as my last drink was Valentine's Day night and that wasn't that long ago. I'm scared that I'm gonna !!!! up the whole month with 1-2 drinking days cos last month I could have done the whole month if I hadnt caved on the 14th, hate it when I just drink for one day of the month. January I drank for 4 days, so there is an improvement but when I !!!! up the month for the sake of one drinking day it makes me feel well I may as well have drunk for more than one because I didnt do the whole month.
    God this perfectionism is exhausting and bewildering.

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  • antonic
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    Dont beat yourself up over not being perfect I`m not as my problem was with money !.

    Everyone has a different mindset over booze - me I was lucky to be able to flick the OFF switch for wanting booze permanently.

    You are doing so well reducing your intake that you should be proud of what you have achieved - I certainly am for you !.

    Keep up the good work, because I am sure life now is a whole let better than when you were drinking regularly isnt it ?.
    Yesterday was AF so 1/31 so far, I don't know if I will be able to do it as my last drink was Valentine's Day night and that wasn't that long ago. I'm scared that I'm gonna !!!! up the whole month with 1-2 drinking days cos last month I could have done the whole month if I hadnt caved on the 14th, hate it when I just drink for one day of the month. January I drank for 4 days, so there is an improvement but when I !!!! up the month for the sake of one drinking day it makes me feel well I may as well have drunk for more than one because I didnt do the whole month.
    God this perfectionism is exhausting and bewildering.
  • Day 61 now. Two full months without a beer and feeling really impressed with myself. Lardloss has bottomed out into a slow '2 pounds off every ten days' thing now which I'm absolutely fine with and fully expected after the massive losses in January and February.

    I'm now finding that my mind is in a perfect schizophrenic balance about alcohol...

    One half thinks:
    - The past two months have been a nightmare
    - I love beer and I can't wait for the 100 day thing to be over so that I can have one!
    - I'm going to get so drunk on April 12th!
    - I miss beer so much!

    While the other half thinks:
    - I'm not missing beer at all
    - These 60 days have been easy
    - I've become so much fitter, lost a load of weigh and saved money
    - It would be a real shame to get to the 100 days and throw it all away by getting plastered
    - Do I even want a drink anymore?

    I can even look at peoples friday night 'hey look at me I'm getting !!!!ed' facebook pictures and not feel really bothered by them. I went out at 9pm last night for a 10k run.

    Weird how your mind flips.
  • Should apologise for posting so sporadically. Can't logon to here from work now which is where I used to do a lot of my posting and don't have a massive amount of time in the evenings anymore. I try to post whenever I have a new LardLow though.
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