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Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

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  • Honey_Bear
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    wintersunshine wrote: »
    Re indulging the urge- I seem incapable of drinking less than 7 plus units in one sitting probably I'm happiest drinking at least 10 units :o


    I was exactly the same, which is why I don't drink at all any more.



    Good to know you're okay, WBF. I do worry when people disappear.



    Have a lovely time at the wee one's birthday party, BatFar. ;)



    Healing vibes for you, SukeyBoo. I've never broken a rib, but OH did once and it's the only thing that's ever stopped him laughing. (Playing football, not booze related, either.)


    23/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • cathybird
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    Morning all, 18/21 for me today please. :)
  • Honey_Bear
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    24/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • Green_Karen
    Green_Karen Posts: 367 Forumite
    10 AF days for month and 5/5 for the school night challenge please Shaggy.
  • Barny1979
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    17/24 AFDs for yesterday
  • cathybird
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    Morning, 19/21 for me today please. :)
  • Honey_Bear
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    25/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • Itisme_2
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    edited 26 August 2018 at 5:05AM
    Well, I've been drinking every day... but I did manage to most days drink less than sometimes, even changing my main drink to a lower ABV one. So while in one sense I haven't been doing well with this, in another sense I (mostly) have. I've had a few slip-ups where I've drank more, and I do still want to cut down in general, but just thought I'd update on here what I've been up to.

    Another thing I'd like to add, even though I know I've been spending more than I should have been recently, the most recent time I went out I didn't buy a drink in one expensive bar I went to (where I knew the drinks weren't even always that nice), sometimes temptation might have got the better of me, but I didn't let it, and at least twice this month when I was out I had at least one soft drink as well as alcohol (not including water, which several times I've had as well, although would like to do that more too).
  • cathybird
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    Morning all, 20/21 for me today thanks. :)
  • Honey_Bear
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    26/31 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
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