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The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 13

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  • loveasale
    loveasale Posts: 620 Forumite
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    PS well done shaggy for keeping score ,, I have trouble keeping my own , so I really don't know how you do it ,, but I'm sure I speak for everyone here and say I'm blinking glad you do!!
    flowers
    :money: I will never be rich but I'm happy :rotfl:
  • I'm self-employed, so my finances are slightly erratic in that I don't get a fixed income every month, therefore don't have a fixed disposable income, so the amount I drink each month depends on that. So I'm not exactly sure how much I've saved, but I'd guess at at least £100. I'm probably underestimating how much I fork out when I nip to the pub 'for one' though!
  • sukeyboo
    sukeyboo Posts: 2,322 Forumite
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    First one for February as declaring early for tonight - 1/12 please Shaggy
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Morning :hello:

    1 more for yesterday.

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    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
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Congratulations to All Completing

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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
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    January 2017
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    :A = 28 days AF

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    Alcohol Free Days
    Arkers 30/TF yay.gifdance013.gifbanana.gif:A

    BaileysOnIce /10

    Barny1979
    24/25 yay.gifdance013.gifbanana.gif

    CathyBird 22/21
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    CuppaTea 20/22
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    DebJay 31/31
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    DizzyImp 31/31
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    Dprovan
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    Eltee
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    ElusiveLucy
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    FakePlasticTwee 31/31
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    [Deleted User] 31/31
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    GlasgowGirl 25 /31
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    GreenKaren
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    Honey Bear
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    Honey Bee 9/31
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    LoveASale 13/9
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    MaggieM 31/31
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    Maman
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    Munchin 15/31
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    NewMe 5/23

    NoSuperWoman 3/3
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    PettyPace 2/28

    Poor Single Lady 19/22
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    Pricey
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    RolandTheRoadie 30/30
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    Sandypan
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    ScatterBrain 28/30
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    Shaggy 15/17
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    Smiley 28/31
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    SoWorried 27/30
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    SukeyBoo
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    WBF 14/14
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    Everyone Welcome! It's never too late to join....

    Please highlight your AFDs in Red

    Don't hesitate to let me know if I've made a mistake!
    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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    February 2017
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    Alcohol Free Days

    Arkers /15

    BaileysOnIce

    Barny1979
    /21

    CathyBird /21


    CuppaTea


    DebJay 1/24


    DizzyImp


    Dprovan
    /18

    Eltee
    /20

    ElusiveLucy
    /15

    FakePlasticTwee /15


    [Deleted User] /25


    GlasgowGirl

    GreenKaren
    /12

    Honey Bear
    /28

    Honey Bee


    LoveASale /15


    MaggieM /15


    Maman
    /10

    Munchin


    NewMe

    NoSuperWoman /28

    PettyPace

    Poor Single Lady /21


    Pricey
    /22

    RolandTheRoadie /28


    Sandypan
    /14

    ScatterBrain
    /28

    Shaggy /17


    Smiley
    /28

    SoWorried /12


    SukeyBoo
    1/12

    WBF /13



    Everyone Welcome! It's never too late to join....

    Please highlight your AFDs in Red

    Don't hesitate to let me know if I've made a mistake!
    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.
  • First day of my new target and I am already getting cravings. I'm at work, tired but not that stressed and thinking about buying a bottle on the way home.
    I'm not going to, but it's such a habit!
    I'm surfing the cravings- letting them just be. They're only thoughts and feelings I don't have to act on them
    '...it is only kindness that makes sense anymore ' Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,504 Forumite
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    Huge congratulations to everyone who made it through January on target. Really brilliant vibe on the thread this month.

    I watched the weightloss programme and wasn't in the least bit surprised that the champagne diet resulted in the woman finishing the bottle and thus didn't lose any weight. Entirely predictable.

    As to the financial cost of boozing, I keep track of all of my spending so I know exactly what it used to cost me. Every six months after I gave up the booze I'd take the savings and spend them on something lovely. We've now got lovely huge blue pots on the sundeck holding raspberries, blackcurrants, blueberries and smelly shrubs like jasmine thanks to not boozing, and I did a lot of evening classes - beginners plastering, beginners carpentry etc and some new clothes that I wear every day with a bit of style, but mostly comfort.

    1/28 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    1/21 AFDs today
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