Giving up/ Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 16

maman

doingitanyway said:

I'm thinking a F*** it Friday where I can eat and drink whatever I fancy. 

That's brilliant. I'll join you, along with s*d it Saturday and Sunday. 😁👏

Season_of_Mist

maman said:

doingitanyway said:

I'm thinking a F*** it Friday where I can eat and drink whatever I fancy. 

That's brilliant. I'll join you, along with s*d it Saturday and Sunday. 😁👏

Yes, it tickled me too. 

To answer your question doingitanyway, I don’t really have anything as sensible as a plan. I just try and do my best and see how I get on! Not sure if you followed this thread last year (?), I did go 6 months straight without having a drink at all, honestly at the end of that I’d got so out of the habit that I just didn’t feel like drinking and I almost had to sort of consciously push myself to start again and was very restrained when I did so. Which did come as something of a surprise to me, after drinking too much for too many years. Not sure I’ll do the 6 months again this year - very different set of circumstances of course - I’m only looking as far ahead as the end of this month and then I’ll see where I’m at.

doingitanyway

Season_of_Mist said:

maman said:

doingitanyway said:

I'm thinking a F*** it Friday where I can eat and drink whatever I fancy. 

That's brilliant. I'll join you, along with s*d it Saturday and Sunday. 😁👏

Yes, it tickled me too. 

To answer your question doingitanyway, I don’t really have anything as sensible as a plan. I just try and do my best and see how I get on! Not sure if you followed this thread last year (?), I did go 6 months straight without having a drink at all, honestly at the end of that I’d got so out of the habit that I just didn’t feel like drinking and I almost had to sort of consciously push myself to start again and was very restrained when I did so. Which did come as something of a surprise to me, after drinking too much for too many years. Not sure I’ll do the 6 months again this year - very different set of circumstances of course - I’m only looking as far ahead as the end of this month and then I’ll see where I’m at.

I dipped in and out last year on the thread.
Wow 6 months. That is brilliant. It is a good idea to see where you are at the end of this month. Maybe I'll keep you company if you decide to do another month who knows? I haven't gone several months before maybe I would lose the desire too...? It's been great to be part of this thread where I don't feel weird in thinking about my alcohol intake

Wanna_Bee_Free

Committing early for tonight so 6/14 please Cathy. Great sleep last night. Have a good day everyone!

Barny1979

19/20 AFDs today 

lantanna

Today is 14/12 for me please

maggiem

 Very understandable Sukeyboo in the circumstances. I remember the shock of being made redundant. I'm not sure I would have reined it in as quickly to be honest. I'll look forward to seeing you reach target. 

Wanna-bee-free too, good luck in achieving the star this week. Better to keep posting and reading; I tend to stop both when off track and it takes effort to re-start. 

Declaring early today so 17/18 - so close! 

marahouti

Good morning everyone. 
22/21 for yesterday please cathybird. Thank you. X

Wanna_Bee_Free

maggiem said:

Wanna-bee-free too, good luck in achieving the star this week. Better to keep posting and reading; I tend to stop both when off track and it takes effort to re-start. 

Thanks Maggie, that is so true. Sometimes I question why I hang around on here bumping along the bottom of the leader board but the truth is being on here for all these years has so far kept me pushing more in the right direction and the company of you lovely people is a real treasure. There aren't many people I know who could even feign interest for this long in whether or not I was having a booze free day, even my lovely. BF.
I calculated I am currently 14 days behind my 150 day target - 30% to my target and 40% of the way through this crazy year.
Sukeyboo, I am very impressed with how quickly you've come back here and been AF again -> well done!!

sukeyboo

Thanks everyone for your very kind words and encouragement - you really are a lovely bunch 🥰.

Aiming to be AF today and I feel confident enough to declare early on 11/12 please cathybird