The Cutting Down / Giving Up Booze Thread (Part 14)

maman

Honey_Bear wrote: »

WBF, you've obviously come a long way if you're disappointed with 15!

Couldn't agree more HB.:T
I reached 15 and I'm delighted with that.:D


Don't be hard on yourself WBF, every AF day counts.:A

Poor_Single_lady

Please can I have a september target of 24.

Finished Augist at 16/20

Had work drinks earlier. Hoping for new job before 2018 and escaping this environment.

Thank you All. xxx

StitchyWitchy

Oh dear - it hasn't been a very good second part of the month for me and I definitely haven't managed 26 AF days. Not helped by a last minute opportunity to go to an extended family get-together for the bank holiday weekend.

And today is the last day of my 6 weeks off so felt the need to celebrate / drink alcohol. I really need to get reading my book again.

So August is 14 / 26

And for September I'm aiming for 15 AF free days

cathybird

Morning all, another lovely morning - 2/21 for me please.

CuppaTea

1/18 for me please

Honey_Bear

It sounds as though a lot of people struggled with their targets in August, which is interesting. Still, it's over, so everyone can draw a line under it and move on in September. Good luck with it everyone.

I was going through the drinks cupboard the other day looking for some sherry to cook with and came across a quarter bottle of sweet white wine we were given in 2011 by a couple at their wedding. It's an incredibly special wine, made on a tiny island in the Mediterranean called Pantelleria, which is half way between Scicily and Libya, and that was where the wedding was. I found myself musing about whether it would be okay to drink it over Christmas, and whether it was worth the risk. I'd almost decided it was when I redecided because of course it's not. Still, intersting, over three years on and I'm still finding reasons it would be okay to drink even if I'm not that tempted by the idea of alcohol and don't get cravings or anything like that.

2/31 please, Shaggy.

cathybird

Honey Bear, well done for sticking to your guns!! :T

StitchyWitchy

1 / 15 so far for me please

I have started reading Allen Carr's book again so hopefully that will help too

cathybird

Morning all, 3/21 for me please.

Honey_Bear

Thanks CathyBird.

Anything that helps, StitchyWitchy. I found reading blogs by other women who stopped drinking incredibly helpful. In fact, along with several other online resources such as this thread, I wouldn't have made it, and I absolutely know that. I borrowed absolutely every book the local library had about it, too, but I noticed there were a lot more about drinking (wine, particularly) than there were about not drinking.

3/30 please, Shaggy.