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Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

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  • loveasale
    loveasale Posts: 620 Forumite
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    edited 28 January 2019 at 12:53PM
    Morning all!
    Annie , I really am an ALL or NOWT with booze , that’s why it’s best for me not to drink rather than cut down !
    I am really in early stages , mostly finding it easy , Saturday night I was very low, and really there wasn’t anything WHATSOEVER wrong with me , my life , family and man all are good ,,, but I felt DESPERATE, paranoid and that’s not me , so I can only put it down to me missing wine , yet at the time I really didnt want a drink !
    Does that make sense to anyone else , or just crazy me ?
    Will do SNC please
    An early call but ,,,,
    17/20-2/2-1/5
    :money: I will never be rich but I'm happy :rotfl:
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    edited 29 January 2019 at 12:51PM
    January 2019


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    FabRab /31
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    HeleJenkins /29
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    Please let me know if I've made a mistake!

    Everyone Welcome Anytime of the Month!
    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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    edited 29 January 2019 at 12:55PM
    February 2019


    t4522.gif= 7 Days

    happy-smiley01.gif= 14 Days

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    ZZangel.gif= 28 Days


    dance013.gif= Target Reached
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    AnnieG /15

    Arkers

    Barney /24

    BestLifeNow

    CathyBird /17

    CuppaTea

    ElusiveLucy

    FabRab

    Glenda /25

    GreenKaren /25

    HeleJenkins

    Honey Bear /28

    LoveASale /28

    MaggieM /20

    Maman /10

    Nicnak /25

    PollyAnna /14

    Pricey /23

    Rosy /23

    Season of Mist

    Shaggydoo /21

    Sukeyboo

    Sunwise

    TammyKitty /22

    WannaBeeFree /16





    Please let me know if I've made a mistake!

    Everyone Welcome Anytime of the Month!
    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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    edited 29 January 2019 at 12:57PM
    Roll Up, Roll Up!

    It's the Monthlly Challenge !


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    Set Your TARGET

    28 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 read a book by Jason Vale ,, how to kick the booze , it really makes sense and has helped me
    I’m taking it all one day at a time ,,,,,,
    Without my friends inside my iPad I wouldn’t being so well ,, so I really can say from the bottom of my heart thank you so far ,,,,,,,x
    :money: I will never be rich but I'm happy :rotfl:
  • shaggydoo
    shaggydoo Posts: 8,435 Forumite
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    loveasale wrote: »
    Without my friends inside my iPad I wouldn’t being so well ,, so I really can say from the bottom of my heart thank you so far ,,,,,,,x


    I agree.


    Thank you everybody for being on and contributing to this thread!!

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    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.
  • Arkers
    Arkers Posts: 1,587 Forumite
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    Good afternoon everyone,
    28 please Shaggy
    have a flight to catch tomorrow, don't think there will be anymore AF days for me this month.
    TF for Feb please Shaggy

    Thank you Shaggy for all your time/effort and thanks to those of you who contribute all your words of wisdom.

    Hopefully tomorrows flight will be better then the last one took three attempts to land - courtesy of storm Dierdre "gulp!"

    Bye for now Arkers x
  • AnnieG
    AnnieG Posts: 877 Forumite
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    So very definitely not drinking today, the hangover arrived at lunchtime!
    20/15 today
    Looking forward to going to bed!!
    Say what you mean.. mean what you say... without being mean.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,674 Forumite
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    Thanks Shaggy, maman and Green Karen for the holiday wishes x :)
  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,493 Forumite
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    Big Shout Out from me, too, to everyone who contributes to the thread, particularly Shaggy who does all the work. Without this thread, I'm not at all sure I'd be where I am today, which is bogged down in stuff, with a million things to do, getting nowhere fast. However, that is a big improvement where I was when I was drinking, which was in exactly the same place, but with a hangover. I'm not good at pain.

    Shaggy, no, I don't think you've ever mentioned anyone other than a DH. So, well done to Mr Shaggy, and the Shaglets.

    AnnieG, there are times that like in everyone's lives and it's a slog to get through them, but they do end. It might feel, sometimes, that a drink will make it better, but all it does is take the edge off it for a couple of hours and then we're back to exactly where we were before the drink. We all get homesick, and you learned from that episode that we all need to look after ourselves a bit more than we do. You are doing a lot more than treading water, you are actually getting somewhere and when the time is right, it'll all fall into place. In the meantime, just know that we're all rooting for you, and as long as you leave no stone unturned, it will come right. (((hugs)))

    Happy Hols, CathyBird. :wave:

    LoveaSale, I just told awkward people I was doing the 100 Day Challenge because I wanted to know I could do it. That works a lot of the time. Lying's fine if they're being rude - it's none of their business what you choose to drink.

    (((Hugs))) Pollyanna.

    Really struggling to keep up. Thanks for putting me down for 28 in February, Shaggy. How did you know?! 28/31 please.
    Better is good enough.
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