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The Cutting Down / Giving Up Booze Thread (Part 14)
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I do really struggle with soft drinks, sounds daft since I drink beer but I hate all sugary drinks
Have not found a replacement except water which, while good for me, gets a bit boring
Or too much coffee
My biggest struggle will be holidays but luckily my next one is visiting a relative in the Middle East and she does not drink
The most difficult thing about life without booze was finding something to drink that I liked enough to want to drink all evening. I share your dislike of sugary drinks, which made it really difficult. My fallback in the early days was tomato juice with a good slug of Worcester Sauce, but I could only manage a maximum of two per evening, which wasn't enough.
I was a wine drinker and I tried all of the AF wines and they were all equally disgusting.
So I started on the alcohol-free lagers and that was, fortunately, where I found what I was looking for. I needed something slightly sour and my preferred brand is Beck$ B1ue, but I'll drink any AF lager or beer that any pub or bar has, and they're all preferable to anything sugary.
Bonus time - after water, they're the healthiest drink in the pub, according to a doctor on the radio the other day. Hurrah!
I'll catch up with the rest of the thread tomorrow.
30/31 please, Shaggy.Better is good enough.0 -
Penelopedee wrote: »Would like to try 20 days November to start with. Hope everyone else is ok and enjoying the first Sunday of the winter hours xxxx
and Good Luck!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.0 -
October 2017
= 7 Days AF
= 14 days AF
= 21 days AF
= 28 days AF
= 31 days AF
= Target Achieved
= Target Beaten
Alcohol Free Days
AlexLK 14/21
Arkers 21/TF
Barny1979 18/24
CathyBird 25/21
CuppaTea 13/18
Eltee 9/25
ElusiveLucy 12/14
GreenKaren 14/TF
Honey Bear 30/31
MaggieM 15/15
Maman 15/10
Nicnak 7/15
Paspatur 19/20
Poor S Lady 25/24
Pricey 16/20
PurpleMumof2 3/10
Shaggy 20/13
SlowDown 5/8
SukeyBoo 14/14
TakingOneDay 27/31
WBF 5/14
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.0 -
November 2017
= 7 Days AF= 14 days AF= 21 days AF= 28 days AF
= 31 days AF
= Target Achieved
= Target Beaten
Alcohol Free Days
AlexLK
Arkers /10
Barny1979
CathyBird /21
CuppaTea
Eltee
ElusiveLucy /14
GreenKaren
Honey Bear /30
MaggieM /15
Maman /10
Nicnak /20
Paspatur /24
Penelopedee /20
Poor Single Lady
Pricey /22
PurpleMumof2 /10
Shaggy /13
SlowDown /20
SukeyBoo /14
TakingOneDay
WBF
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.0 -
Roll up, Roll up. A New Month, A New Challenge.
SET A
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.0 -
Good evening everyone,
1AFD please Shaggy.
Arkers x0 -
8/15, please
Thank you xxSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x0 -
20/20 for last night please0
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Well October wasn't very good for AF days.. but for November I'd like to go for 10 and hoping for more. Hope everyone is ok.LBM 1st Feb 2015 £18182 to go
my diary: time to step up to the plate. SPC#0790 -
Jumping on the broom (by the skin of my teeth
) with 15/14 for today please Shaggy - thank you so much for all your hard work keeping track of us all - you are a star :T 0
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