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

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  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    12/26 AFDs today :)
  • stoplurking
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    Hi Shaggydoo please put me down for 12/25
    Thanks for keeping score.
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  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Will be driving back from parents tonight, so AFD again, 13/26 AFDs :)
  • Banana_custard
    Banana_custard Posts: 1 Newbie
    Hello all please can I join you ? I'm not sure how the target setting works , but I'm aiming to not drink alcohol until Saturday - am at an event then do will have max 3 drinks . Planning to then have nothing until the end of term. I'm cutting down for health/weight reasons.

    Thank you x
  • Honey_Bear
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    Welcome Banana Custard! :wave:


    For target setting, what most of us do to make it straightforward for the lovely Shaggy to keep the scores for us is to have a guesstimate at roughly how many days you don't intend to drink until the end of the month, and then post when you've racked up an alcohol free day. It helps Shaggy pick out the relevant numbers if they're highlighted in some ways, too. So, to translate my score - I don't intend to drink at all this month, and I've been alcohol-free for fourteen days so far during March, hence:


    14/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • Fruball
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    Banana_custard wrote: »
    Hello all please can I join you ? I'm not sure how the target setting works , but I'm aiming to not drink alcohol until Saturday - am at an event then do will have max 3 drinks . Planning to then have nothing until the end of term. I'm cutting down for health/weight reasons.

    Thank you x

    Welcome :hello: As HB says, just decide how many AF (alcohol free) days you want to have for the month and update numbers in red :)

    I am aiming for 20 AF days in total for March and have finally managed 7 :o

    7/20 please Shaggy

    Broke my rule of not drinking 2 nights in a row last night and am cross with myself now but drawing a line and will be AF tonight for definite :)

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  • Chardonnay
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    Welcome to the thread Banana Custard! :)

    Don't be too hard on yourself Fruball - well done for having an AF Sunday!

    14/31 please Shaggy.
  • PriceySOS
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    8 please, Shaggy, thanks
  • Honey_Bear
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    15/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    Morning :hello:

    AF weekend - so 3 more AFDs.

    Another half a pound lost making 6 Llbs (out of a target of 11).

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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.
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