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

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  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    April:

    yahoo.gif= 7 Days AF

    cloud9.gif = 14 days AF

    Smilies_Bananas_ChristmasDancing.gift4426.gif= 21 days AF
    s12665.gif= 28 days AF

    yaysmilesa-smiley.gif= 30 days AF

    smiley-score010.gifbiggrin.gif = target achieved


    Alcohol Free Days


    Arkers /20

    Barny1979
    /24

    CathyBird
    /15

    CountingPenniesClaire


    CuppaTea /17


    DebJay /20

    DizzyImp


    Doshwaster /22

    Effyb4

    Ellsbel


    ElusiveLucy


    Gabriel


    Gien


    Honey Bear
    /30

    Mackeroo
    /10

    Maggie


    Maman
    /10


    Muser

    NewMe


    Piggles


    Pricey
    /20

    Satchmo


    SandyPan
    /15

    Shaggy /17


    SmallHoldingSister


    Smiley_77


    StuPotStu


    WBF
    /14

    Yellowmonkey


    Alcohol Low Days

    CountingPennieClaire


    Debjay


    Doshwaster /30

    Shaggy /22





    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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    Roll up, Roll up. A New Month, A New Challenge.
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    SET YOUR
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    30 days up for grabs!

    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.
  • I'm going to try for 20 AFD in April please Shaggy
    What goes around comes around.....I hope!
  • Doshwaster
    Doshwaster Posts: 6,348 Forumite
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    What are people defining as a "alcohol low day"?
  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,822 Forumite
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    Back from my Easter break which was decidedly ALD. No actual AFDs but no lunchtime drinking or bottles of wine in my hotel room (both of which I'd have done before) so I'm pleased with that.


    I'm finding it hard to shake of a fluey cold so don't really feel like drinking. AF yesterday.


    10 AFDs please Shaggy


    and thank you for posting my April target.
  • ElusiveLucy
    ElusiveLucy Posts: 686 Forumite
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    Definitely not drinking tonight, so March totals so far: 17 AFD, 13 AD, so 17/20 for me please
    What goes around comes around.....I hope!
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
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    Evening lovelies :wave:

    Survived the Easter break without alcohol so am delighted to say 30/31 for me please Shaggy. No drinking planned for tomorrow as I want to do the whole month AF :j

    Same for April - 30 days AF is my target (still have half the Easter school holibobs to get through though...)
  • piggles1
    piggles1 Posts: 161 Forumite
    hi all :)

    I've managed another AFD yesterday, and tonight I have a big dilemma. I can't drink tomorrow night because I'm up before 7am the next day, so tonight is the only time I could.

    A large part of me says don't bother tonight either and then I'll hopefully have had 4 days in a row without. I've never done that ever, but there's also a part of me that says last chance saloon! And then there's the bit of me that wants to see if I can drink in moderation, but that might just be an excuse to have more than moderation. And then back comes the why bother with any, I'll only be disappointed.

    Why do I want to drink? I don't know the reason really apart from I'm not ready to change. But I can see I might want to, and then I think well then I can have some because now I know I can change I don't need to bother today. But I can't change unless I try.

    So there's a big fight in my brain for this evening. It's a lovely spring evening, and I have no idea which to do. I nearly deleted this and went to the fridge.

    Apologies for airing my battles, as at this morning:

    9/10 AFD please shaggy :) and can I have a slightly higher target of 12 for April. thank you!
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    25/26 AFDs today :)
  • satchmo1
    satchmo1 Posts: 3,247 Forumite
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    26/27 AFDs and victory is in sight!


    Piggles I hope the internal battle has been won. You've done really well considering the upheavals, stresses and fleas you've had to contend with. Have the fleas been wiped out?
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
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