Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

Wanna_Bee_Free

cathybird said:

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

I am feeling really pleased with myself for staying AF last night. There are 35 days remaining this year including today. For the last few years by this point in the year my annual target of 150 is no longer possible. I'm currently on 128/150. This year it's still possible but feels like a big challenge. Last year I had 4 AF days in December so I can and will need do significantly better than that this year!

This is just a thought but what about going straight through until Christmas Day? I don't know whether or not it might be tricky to combine this with work or family festive occasions but it would get you most of the way to 150 with a few days in hand after Christmas Day to reach target. Then you could go non-AFD on New Year's Eve?? ... xx

That's a really helpful idea and funnily enough my musings over the last few days were on those lines too. I'm planning at least 1 more AFD in November (Monday) so will set my December target at 21 days and can then reduce it if I squeeze any more AFDs in. I'd be happy to be AF on Tuesday but I'm meeting my sister for lunch on her birthday so will have alcohol with her if she fancies it. I have a lovely roast lunch planned today and at least the debating society in my head is thinking about an AF day but I worry I will cave in the face of temptation.  

leftatthetrafficlights

Can you put me down for 10 please @cathybird - who knows, might actually achieve it at some point! 🙈

Wanna_Bee_Free

Good luck Leftatthetrafficlights - it's a good feeling when you hit 10 for the first time. When I started out it helped me if I pencilled my planned 10 on the calendar. I hope December is a good month for you. 

Barny1979

23/25 AFDs today 

RobM99

Morning all, skater-boy (well, old git!) here with a 28/29 and the same  target for next month, 29 - I won't go for 31 as I won't get a full set of dancing Christmas puds, penguins etc! Saving for a convertible seems a bit rash with the temp' outside being 2°C. Hmmm... Wind round the lug'oles seems a  long time away but spring will come.

marahouti

Good morning.
27/25 please cathybird. Thank you. X

I will drink over the Christmas weekend and on NYE so I think I am going to give myself a few 'just in case something turns up' days in hand and say 21 for December.

cathybird

December targets

alt80 TF

Arkers TF Barny 20 cathybird 21 Coveredinbees 10 CuppaTea Elisheba lantanna 12 leftatthetrafficlights 10 Lupus Lou maggiem maman 10 marahouti 21 PriceySOS RobM99 29 satchmo1 25 Season of Mist sukeyboo 10 Watty1 WBF 21 Newcomers welcome!

cathybird

November

7 days =

14 days =

21 days =

28 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

November targets

alt80 26/TF

Arkers 13/TF Barny 23/25 < cathybird 25/21 Coveredinbees 18/18 CuppaTea 9/20 Elisheba 19/29 lantanna 17/20 leftatthetrafficlights 3/10 Lupus Lou 23/30 < maggiem 19/18 maman 16/10 marahouti 27/25 PriceySOS 10/23 RobM99 28/29 satchmo1 23/25 Season of Mist 29 sukeyboo 13/10 Watty1 18/TF WBF 15/16 Newcomers welcome!

lantanna

I’m going for 12 in December. I know I can comfortably reach that and need to be realistic too.

alt80

26 for tonight please. 

TF for December as usual please.

@RobM99 had to laugh at your reasoning for target number lol, you’ll smash it. Tbf I really don’t want a target but have considered a target of 1 just to get the target reached/ target beaten stickers haha. Weather will soon change and you won’t regret it when we get those 2 days of sun next summer.