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Giving up/ Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 16

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  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,478 Forumite
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    maggiem wrote: »
    4/18 please and I was in Totnes today too. Lovely weather after a rocky start. I could easily have spent a fortune but resisted the temptation. Now to keep going.

    I wonder if that's more than just a co-incidence?! Weird but marvellous.

    16/30 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • AnnieG
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    Ok, I need to get a grip here. It's 17th June and I've only had 5 af days this month. I feel dreadful, my stomach isn't enjoying it, I'm not getting to the gym because I feel lethargic... and so on!

    I'm determined not to drink for the next 7 days, I want to feel healthy again.

    Here goes...!!
    Say what you mean.. mean what you say... without being mean.
  • maggiem
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    5/18 please - and Annie, I too want to have a good run of AFDs at least until Friday.
  • marahouti
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    No more AF days to report so I'm still on 14/16. I'm on holiday for a week so will be drinking. I will get back on track when I get home.
    Have a good week everyone, particularly those who have been having a hard time recently. X
  • cathybird
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    Morning all, 16/21 for me today please. :)
  • Honey_Bear
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    edited 18 June 2019 at 10:38AM
    It's been a very disruptive few months, Annie, so finding your equilibrium takes a while. Good on you for seizing the moment.

    66.8kgs I'm sadly rather chuffed with that.
    17/30 please, Shaggy.
    Better is good enough.
  • 3Catssooz
    3Catssooz Posts: 3 Newbie
    Hi All
    I am a long time lurker and have bitten the bullet to join.
    I've never posted online so please bear with me.
    I am so cross that I can't get the booze under control, so need help please. I regulary drink wine and don't have an off button, so best not to start......easier said than done.
    Fed up with my lack of willpower and feeling rubbish all the time!
    I am going back and reading the posts, so will take me a little while, so apologies for not acknowledging the events on here yet.
    Feeling ashamed and vunerable and to cap it all I just lost my job-so now can't afford alcohol anyway.
    I would like to be able to "take it or leave it".
    Baby steps.
  • AnnieG
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    I'm calling today as AF and now am on 6 days this month. I almost got a beer from the fridge without thinking about it but caught myself in time.

    Onwards and upwards!!
    Say what you mean.. mean what you say... without being mean.
  • shaggydoo
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    Arkers wrote: »
    I just wasn't expecting my news at all. I have had 3 mammograms in the last 13 months and essentially the tumour has been missed until the last one where I said I think I have a lump.I'm trying to be positive etc, but I'm pretty cross and I am failing to understand how it could be missed especially the one in Jan.


    Gosh that is incredible.
    Arkers wrote: »
    I've also stopped reading internet info about it all, already I feel better for this. Everyone has their own story, and I was scaring myself witless with this, because for every positive I'd find two negatives. It's very damaging so although difficult I don't read Dr Google.



    My sister was told to do this too. Also, she was warned about talking to others who've had BC because ebryone's cancer is different and everyone's experienc is different. You just have to put faith in your doctors.
    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
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    arsenalbarnie wrote: »
    I just need to get the weekend out of the way, scan on Monday.


    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.
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