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

Baileysonice

Calling tonight so 12/15 please Shaggy

Could you also put me down for 15 for February Thanks again for keeping us all on track

debjay

milky1991 wrote: »

After a good start ( in my eyes anyway) I have struggled with cutting down alcohol managing only 5 days AF so far this month.
I find it easier when I work a late to come home and not drink than if I work a day. Normally on a late shift I would still come home and down a bottle of red, what I need to do is work on not drinking on some of my days off and when I work a day.

I have some late shifts to do this week and hopefully these will be AF.
So I should have more to add to my total for this month which is still better than what would normally be 2AF days every 4 weeks .

I am setting my AF total for February at 12 please shaggy.

I'm hoping to make it to 8 for Jan so this will be an improvement for me

I work shifts and that's part of my problem. If I was working at the weekend I'd drink during the week so no nights were safe.

What I've found has worked for me is swapping what I drink. Apple juice and soda in a wine glass is fab and fools me into thinking it's a glass of wine.

AlexLK

6/14 for me this evening.

Going to be aiming for a (largely) dry February so aiming high with a target of 25.

Greytcatlady

Alex, you're on a roll.:D

Sorry not checked in. There's clearly been a catastrophe at virgin as broadband has been more off than on since Sat am. Bit of a nuisance as I've got a tax return to do. My fault for leaving it to the last minute as per.

So, stayed AF during our social on Sat eve. It was a quiz night so at least I had something to concentrate on. Our team won and we each got..... A bottle of wine. Oh, the irony. But that's fine, it keeps.

Anyway, 27/31 for me please.

I haven't quite decided but I think I'll go TF for Feb and instead count units and stick to NHS guidelines, obviously treating them as an absolute maximum and not a target to be met.

This could be a deal breaker, but if I go TF but still come here with AFD updates, do I still get jiggly smilies by my name

milky1991

No alcohol tonight so that makes 6 AF days for me

beth2242

AFD #21 today.....

Yes I had my blip yesterday but I've given my head a good wobble tonight and I'm right back to it! I haven't reached my target for the month but if I carry on with AFDs for the rest of the month I'll be down by one! And do you know what - I'm not going to beat myself up about it cos I'd usually be lucky if I managed 1-2 AFDs a week! In fact I'd be grateful of night shifts so I couldn't be tempted to drink!


Shaggy please can I set my February target as 21 AFDs please.
This is taking into account that I have 2 possible 3 nights out in February and then 4 days for a bit of lea way!


Keep it up everyone!

Top_Girl

27/31 thanks Shaggy. Long weekend, but home stretch now!

CuppaTea

I'm on 15 days for January pls shaggy.

Had a social weekend tho and wasn't as controlled as another poster. I did hv some birthday drinks! !!!
I won't make my target this month but I'm going to learn what went wrong.

Greytcatlady

Control didn't have much to do with it, I volunteered to drive:o

afoolwithmoney

27/31 please