Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

Coveredinbees!!!!

I'm up to 3. That's it for today, motogp is back!

maman

RobM99 said:

Morning all, 6/31 here and a disappointing day at Lewes FC. Big crowd (record, I think) of 2349 and lost 1-2. 

I'd have settled for 1-2 @RobM99 instead of a 4-0 thrashing. ☹️

Had one of my occasional AF Saturdays as was driving. 

4/10 AFDs please@cathybird 

RobM99

Ooh I like good thrashing but that's another story 
Managed to get 24 cans of Leffe 0.0% delivered for £15! Bazonka!

cathybird

March

7 days = 14 days = 21 days = 28 days = Target reached = Target beaten =
Entire month =
March targets
AllNightDiner 2/14 alt80 3/TF Arkers 3/TF cathybird 6/21 CCW007 5/29 Coveredinbees 3/18 Dexsmummy 21 [Deleted User] lantanna 3/12 leftatthetrafficlights Lupus Lou 21 maggiem 3/15 maman 4/10 marahouti 4/25 pollyanna24 2/TF PriceySOS 23 RobM99 6/31 satchmo1 3/27 Season of Mist 27 sukeyboo 3/10 Watty1 WBF 3/19 Newcomers welcome!

lantanna

3/12 please

Wanna_Bee_Free

Happy Birthday for yesterday Marahouti! I hope you had a lovely milestone birthday.

Declaring early for 4/19 please Cathybird.

Slowdown

Hi
Im looking for a bit of support as I try to cut down on my alcohol consumption. 

I had a drier January where I only drank on 3 nights are a rather heavy Christmas but Feb and March so far not been AF by any means. 

I think I may have tried this before many years ago but I’m ready to try cutting down again. 

This last week I had 4 days where I drank too much. Only evening drinks and about 8 units each time but maybe more on my sisters 60th birthday. 

This is too much. I’m 55 and have been a bit of a drinker all my life. Not when pregnant/feeding and when kids were little and have had AF nights often. But the rest of the time it’s like I can’t stop at 1 drink. I used to get quite drunk but now it seems to be a regular drink but not getting drunk anymore. 

Ideally I’d like to drink only at the weekend and not more than a couple. But it seems I start with good intentions  then after a week or two I give in. I am also putting on weight. 

There are 25 days left in March. I have two socials to attend where I will be drinking and a couple of other evenings out with my OH. I’d like to think I could achieve 20/25 AF days and I will try my best to stick to it. 

Do you think I could join your group please? 

Thanks. 

Wanna_Bee_Free

Good morning Slowdown and welcome! Our amazing Cathybird will be along soon to roll out the welcome wagon for you and add you to the leaderboard of runners and riders but in the meantime I didn't want to read and run. Welcome to the list and you're in the right place if you want to cut down. I always find it helps me to keep posting, especially when things have gone off track. It helps me to reset somehow. I hope you find posting on here helpful. Good luck for the rest of March!

alt80

7 please. We went out with wife’s family for a meal yesterday, everyone else was drinking and one of wife’s family brought it up first asking me why I wasn’t drinking and saying he didn’t realise I had a problem with drinking too. Told him I don’t and even if I did I’m avoiding drinking now to give myself the best chance. 

Slowdown

Wanna_Bee_Free said:

Good morning Slowdown and welcome! Our amazing Cathybird will be along soon to roll out the welcome wagon for you and add you to the leaderboard of runners and riders but in the meantime I didn't want to read and run. Welcome to the list and you're in the right place if you want to cut down. I always find it helps me to keep posting, especially when things have gone off track. It helps me to reset somehow. I hope you find posting on here helpful. Good luck for the rest of March!

Thank you for the welcome. 😊
A rest is exactly what I need. 👍