Giving up/ Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 16

Wanna_Bee_Free

cathybird said:

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

Wow, I can't sleep and I just had a total blast from the past looking back at part of the first thread I was on, back in 2008. Can't believe it's 12 years that this thread has been part of my life. When the forum changes happened earlier this year I thought about leaving and it was you lovely people who I stayed for, even though there is less other chat on here it is such a lovely, supportive thread. I keep meaning to go back and add up my annual totals again to see what my overall trend is. I know I don't hit the huge numbers some of you do but I'm happy to be averaging at least 2 nights each week AF and when I found this thread I never had a day off. Thanks everyone!

WBF, I guess that means you're probably the person who has been posting the longest? ... Barny I think has also been around on the thread for many years, in addition to maman. I'm relatively new, think it was the end of 2016 when I joined.

I will reread some of the old stuff but it's touch and go between Maman and I. The same year I expect. I was interested to see how many of the earliest Thread 1 posters are still on MSE now - quite a few! I do remember MollyPolly and her whip with great fondness, and Winebox who had a hilarious sense of humour. Before we tracked our numbers it used to be a lot more chattering about stuff. I think the thread has evolved enormously since then. Then again Maman is much more of a consistent star on here, I've always tried to act as a low bar others can feel confident about exceeding

cathybird

October

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

October targets

AnnieG 16/25

Arkers 12/TF

Barny 17/25

cathybird 21/21

Coveredinbees 4/8

Cuppa 5/18

happydenial 14/20

lantanna 13/15

Leftpeg 3/14

maggiem 20/21

maman 10/10

ManPants 22/31

marahouti 21/21

PriceySOS 11/20

RobM99 21/28

Season of Mist 22/28

smushesma 2/TF

sukeyboo 11/10

WBF 8/17

ALL WELCOME TO JOIN!

cathybird

marahouti said:

I wonder how many people have been helped by this thread even if they only stay for a short time?

It's hard to say, isn't it, but it took me loads of tries to get my drinking down to a reasonable level (though it did start to happen as soon as I joined this thread), and I think loads of tries is probably a common experience, so if people only stay for a short time maybe it's one of their "tries"? ... Actually there have probably been a few lurkers over the years who have never posted a word but for all we know the thread might have helped them too! I hope so.

cathybird

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

cathybird said:

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

Wow, I can't sleep and I just had a total blast from the past looking back at part of the first thread I was on, back in 2008. Can't believe it's 12 years that this thread has been part of my life. When the forum changes happened earlier this year I thought about leaving and it was you lovely people who I stayed for, even though there is less other chat on here it is such a lovely, supportive thread. I keep meaning to go back and add up my annual totals again to see what my overall trend is. I know I don't hit the huge numbers some of you do but I'm happy to be averaging at least 2 nights each week AF and when I found this thread I never had a day off. Thanks everyone!

WBF, I guess that means you're probably the person who has been posting the longest? ... Barny I think has also been around on the thread for many years, in addition to maman. I'm relatively new, think it was the end of 2016 when I joined.

I will reread some of the old stuff but it's touch and go between Maman and I. The same year I expect. I was interested to see how many of the earliest Thread 1 posters are still on MSE now - quite a few! I do remember MollyPolly and her whip with great fondness, and Winebox who had a hilarious sense of humour. Before we tracked our numbers it used to be a lot more chattering about stuff. I think the thread has evolved enormously since then. Then again Maman is much more of a consistent star on here, I've always tried to act as a low bar others can feel confident about exceeding

Oh that's great to hear they're still around! I wonder why they stopped posting over the years? ... WBF, how interesting

Season_of_Mist

22/28 for me please cathybird. 

maggiem

Declaring early today, Friday  so 20/21 - almost to whizzy witch and target! 

happydenial

Also declaring early today - 14/20 - and excited to be getting the cat on the moon 😁

Have got a planned day out with the girls tomorrow, so no doubt a few proseccos will be consumed, but pleased with the progress so far. Well done everyone, have a good weekend! 

marahouti

Good morning everyone.
21/21 for yesterday please cathybird.
Target met and whizzy witch earned 😀

cathybird

Afternoon all, it's 21/21 for me today too

CuppaTea

12 for me please. At the low end of af days this month. Despite promises to myself. It’s been a few weeks since I posted. 

I’ve been using MSE for at least 20 years but set up a new profile for this thread. So I think I joined as Cuppa in about 2010. I’ll check. However I’ve not posted as regularly as Maman and WBF, even having a few years off at one point.