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

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  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,406 Forumite
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    August:

    t4239.gif= 7 Days AF

    smiley_soleil___sun_by_lucifer4671.gif= 14 days AF

    rain%20dance.gif= 21 days AF


    Angel3.gif = 28 days AF

    smiley-score010.gif= 31 days AF

    smiley-score010.gifsmileys-winner-268658.gif = target achieved


    Alcohol Free Days

    Alchemilla     /13

    AlexLK     5/15
    Barny1979 7/31 t4239.gif

    Chardonnay 5/31

    DebJay     5/17

    Honey Bear     6/31

    Maman     3/10

    Pricey 1/20

    Satchmo 6/20

    ScotDebs 2/10

    ThriftMonster 1/21


    Alcohol Low Days

    Dizzy Imp 5/21

    Shaggy 5/25




    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.
  • Honey_Bear
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    Being more mindful of your consumption will help, Dizzy, as would going to bed earlier if you want to avoid temptation! In my early sober days I was in bed by 8.00pm when OH went out, 9.00pm when he was in, just to stop myself from falling back to old habits.

    It sounds as though your mother feels a bit more stable and settled, Satchmo, if she was bright and chatty at the crack of o'sparrow fart, which I hope is some comfort. (((Hugs))) anyway. I had nine calls and texts one Mothering Sunday when I couldn't be with my mother, although I had visited her the previous weekend (250 miles away) and alerted my brothers to the fact I couldn't be with her on the day itself - barstewards didn't do anything.

    8/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • maman
    maman Posts: 28,593 Forumite
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    Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

    Thanks for the support Maman - sorry to report temptation got the better of me and a bottle opened and mostly consumed, but feel OK this morning so far, so I'm hoping I've got it out of my system (the temptation, that is). I'm annoyed as I got to 10pm on tea before I cracked. I should've gone to bed.


    Oh dear! But I do have sympathy because for some reason while (after years of being on here) I can cope fine on a weeknight, weekends are different. Unless I'm driving somewhere I never try to have an AF day at weekends.


    I had too much last night too and fuzzy head is only now clearing. Will try to find the stop button earlier tonight or perhaps start later.
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    8/31 AFDs today
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
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    Ought to update this, I'm up to 7/15. :)
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • satchmo1
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    Oh, HB, I'm getting off lightly then! Sorry your siblings were sucky
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,047 Forumite
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    Well done everyone!
    Creeping in to report 1/13.

    Mainly because of having to drive with a trailer!

    Trailers as the new aid to sobriety?!
  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,082 Forumite
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    edited 11 August 2015 at 10:43AM
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    As sucky as could be, Satchmo. Even now, nearly a decade later I can't understand how they could have been so heartless. It went on for three years, and not once did they visit her on Christmas Day, her birthday or Mothering Sunday. Selfish $h!t$. After she died I booted them out of my life and, sad to say, have never missed them.

    9/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    9/31 AFDs today :)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,047 Forumite
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    2/13 please Shaggy.
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